Frequently Asked Questions for Fringe Artists

The individual who applies to the festival and ultimately accepts a slot. They are considered the producer and will be the person that the festival communicates with directly (also called Participant).

The fee a participant pays to apply to the festival in any category. 

If drawn in the Main Venue Lottery, Satellite Venue Lottery, or accepted into the Unconventional Venue Category, the fee the participant pays to accept the slot in the festival.

The lottery draw in which slots at main performance venues are determined. 

The Unconventional Venue Category is an expansion of the formerly named Site Specific Category, to acknowledge the alternative forms of performance art that seek the Fringe platform to reach audiences. This category is for companies who wish to produce a show that cannot be presented in a conventional theatre venue, Applicants apply with a venue, the Festival does not enter any direct agreement with the venue.

Slots in this category are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, separate from the Main Venue Category lottery. Participant fees are scaled according to the max potential ticket capacity the production will offer over the 12 days of the festival. 

There will be a limited number of theatre venues joining the Toronto Fringe as a satellite venue. This is separate from the Main Venue Lottery. More details on this category and application process coming soon. 

Yes, Eventotron is the festival management platform that Toronto Fringe uses to manage applications, information collected from participants, and resources we share with participants in the festival.

From the sign in page, click on “forgotten or missing password” to receive a new password link to your email. If you continue to have trouble, contact help@eventotron.com. 

Yes, the secondary contact is not limited to only being your secondary contact. Please note, this is someone who should be reachable and able to give information about the application/event should the Festival be unable to reach the Main Admin Contact with critical information for any reason.

You can only apply to ONE category in the Main Lottery. However, if you aren't selected in the Main Lottery draw, you may submit an application to the Satellite Venue Lottery or the Unconventional Venue Category.

Yes, your application will be saved. To ensure the autosave function is working, always be sure to click out of the answer field (anywhere else on the page that is not a button) and you should see the border of the answer box turn grey again, and a green SAVED icon appear in the top right corner. To come back to an application that you have started, go back to where you clicked Apply to Toronto Fringe and select “My event is already in Eventotron” to select your show title from the drop down.

We always recommend keeping a backup copy of your application answers in a separate document (Word doc or similar format) in case you need to refer to them at any later point.

You can change your show title if you are drawn in the lottery and offered a slot. You cannot at any point change the main admin contact, the secondary contact, or the company name. Please note temporary titles such as “TBC”, “Untitled”, “NA” will not be accepted, so do put in a title for now.

You must have a company name to apply to the festival, and this name cannot change at any time thereafter. If you do not have a company already, you will need to create a name for your collective when you apply.

If the credit card payment fields and submit button do not appear after you’ve selected a fee amount, it means there is a required question on the application that has not been answered. Be sure to answer all questions that appear in RED. This includes checking off that you have read and agree to the terms of the applicant agreement.

If the submit button does not appear after you’ve selected “pay by cheque”, it means there is a required question on the application that has not been answered. Be sure to answer all questions that appear in RED. This includes checking off that you have read and agree to the terms of the applicant agreement.

Please contact our Programming Manager Suzanne Wilkie, who will be happy to assist you if you require an alternative format of the application, or if you have questions still after reviewing the 2025 Application Guide. Her email is suzanne@fringetoronto.com, or by phone at 416-966-1062 ext 228.

Toronto Fringe commits to reserving at least 50% of available slots in each category for applicants who are Indigenous, Black or People of Colour (IBPOC). The two-phase lottery draw is a measure to deliberately strengthen equity at the Festival. 

When we hold the Main Venue Lottery, each category's draw will have two phases: 

PHASE ONE:  Applicants who identify as Indigenous, Black, or a Person of Colour will be entered into the draw exclusively for the first 50% of all available slots in the category. 

PHASE TWO: Once at least 50% of total slots are filled by IBPOC applicants, or if no more IBPOC applicants remain to draw from (whichever occurs first), the remaining slots will be drawn from all applicants in the category. 

The Main Admin Contact is considered the individual applying who must identify as IBPOC for the application to be included in the first drawing phase. We strongly encourage that applicants who select this also commit to at least half or more of their creative and performance team identifying as IBPOC as well.

Main venue slots will be pre-allocated to one of three venue size tiers. This is to ensure our festival is the right size for the shows that are drawn, and each show will be placed in a venue that is the correct size it requires. The tiers are broken down into Small, Medium, and Large venues – you can find more details about the tiers here.

You can do that through the Unconventional Venue Category. We encourage interested applicants to submit a proposal to the Pre-Approval submission form to learn if the venue and production are suitable. 

If you accept a slot in the Festival, you are responsible for abiding by all of Toronto Fringe’s policies, including any health and safety policies in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As of November 1, 2022, the Toronto Fringe does not require any party to provide proof of vaccination for entry or participation. Additional public safety measures such as masking indoors and pre-entry health screening may be required at the Festival’s discretion. If any venues which the Festival occupies has additional COVID-19 policies that exceed the Toronto Fringe’s, they will be abided by.