Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival celebrates 35 years running May 12-25, 2026 at Loch Haven Park. Tickets now available for over 100 shows spanning theater, comedy, music, dance, and experimental performance.
The longest-running Fringe festival in the United States operates unjuried and uncensored since 1992. Artists receive 100% of ticket sales. The accessible format welcomes both emerging performers and established acts creating an unpredictable lineup impossible to find anywhere else.
Shows run across multiple venues at Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E Rollins St, Orlando. Each performance requires a show ticket plus a ten-dollar Fringe Button. The button works as a one-time purchase valid for the entire festival duration.
Individual show tickets cost fifteen dollars. Buttons and ticket packs available through the box office at orlandofringe.ssboxoffice.com. Multiple showtimes run daily throughout the two-week festival.
Programming includes Kids Fringe, Visual Fringe art exhibits, outdoor stage performances, and lawn activities alongside the main theater lineup. Over 100 shows means something different every hour across different venues and formats.
The festival maintains core values established in 1992: providing space for artists to showcase talents and craft regardless of mainstream appeal or commercial viability. No jury selects shows. No censorship dictates content. Artists control their work completely.
Orlando Fringe receives funding from Orange County Government through Arts & Cultural Affairs Program, United Arts of Central Florida, City of Orlando, and Florida Theatrical Association. Sponsors include City Beverages, Ten10 Brewing Co., Savoy Orlando, and numerous media partners.
Full festival schedule, show descriptions, and ticket information available at https://www.orlandofringe.org/.
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