Calls for Artists: Fringe

HOW TO BE A PART OF THE 2024 TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL

If you are applying to the Toronto Fringe Festival for the first time, we encourage you to download and check out the full 2024 Application Guides and Participation Policies.

2024 Toronto Fringe Participation Policies

There are three main ways to apply for the Toronto Fringe Festival. To apply with a show, you can:

1. Apply to the lottery for a slot at one of the main performance venues, in the Main Venue Category

2024 Main Lottery Application Guide

Click here for the full results of the lottery draw.


2. Apply with a proposal for a non-conventional performance venue in the Unconventional Venue Category which is programmed on a first-come, first-served basis.

2024 Unconventional Venue Application Guide

2024 Unconventional Venue Access Definitions


3. Apply to a Satellite Venue

2024 Satellite Venue Application Guide

CLICK HERE FOR THE RESULTS OF THE ALUMNAE THEATRE LOTTERY DRAW.

CLICK HERE FOR THE RESULTS OF THE AKI STUDIO LOTTERY DRAW.

Why produce your show at the Toronto Fringe Festival?

Fringe covers part of the cost of producing a show, which can otherwise be $10,000+ if self-producing. Together, we can help lower the costs for everyone involved.

A participant pays approximately $760 for their slot in the mainstage Fringe Festival (Site-Specific fees vary). For this fee, you receive a performance venue with technical staff*, box office staff, front of house staff; also ticket sales service, venue insurance, and a share of our festival marketing. Participants are expected to cover artist fees, royalty fees, set/costume costs, show-specific marketing, and other production costs. 

It’s Better Together

This shared producing model allows your dollar to stretch further, because we are pooling our resources and working together. As always, you take home 100% of the ticket revenue and Fringe takes a small surcharge on each ticket.

When you produce a show at Fringe, you're joining a community – this isn’t simply a co-production agreement. Being part of the Fringe community means access to a step-by-step Producing 101 pathway, greater reach for your show due to our province-wide marketing campaigns, and hands-on support from our fabulous team.

Fringe Artist Infographic

If you are drawn in the Lottery, you enter into a shared producing model with the Fringe.

WHAT FRINGE PROVIDES

  • Show Venue
  • Tech Labour
  • Ticketing System
  • Patron Services
  • Venue Insurance
  • Festival Marketing

WHAT PARTICIPANTS PROVIDE

  • Artist Fees
  • Royalty Fees
  • Set/Costume
  • Other Production Costs
  • Show-specific Marketing
  • Participation Fee