WHAT IS THIS?
This culture & arts event is a boutique sized, multi-vector, curated, profit sharing festival aiming to cross pollinate people in Richmond, Virginia. It is shepherded by the local creative haus, SPECTACLE & MIRTH.
This endeavor, aims to foster the resilient creative spirit of the city amidst its many transformations. To further cultivate the city's fertile ground for experimentation in performance & mutual aid. To bring more voices & hearts together.
This year…
We are delighted to experiment with the programming of this fest to include the many unique but often silo’d weirdo cultures of Richmond. We are hosting:
City wide gaming adventures
Art Markets
Cabarets & late night dance parties
Immersive musical concerts
Community mural projects
A public Fringe Funeral for grief & resilience
Community Chaos Mural
Its back! Come paint and play and add and smear and laugh and get a bit messy at out HQ and this 3 day collaborative masterpiece guided by local muralist Emily Herr.
After the shows, we want you to Dive in, get down, lift your knees up, and fall into each others arms…
SATURDAY After Hours
The Vulgar Bulgars lead this after cabaret klezmer show at Révéler!
SUNDAY After Hours
A reverb soaked surf rock party at our HQ with The Embalmers!
MONDAY After Hours
Holy River’s mesmerizing indie drone-folk closes out the festival and Audience Choice Awards
Where are the events?
Good question. Check this map!
Why curated?
Richmond Fringe wants to discern those who are in readiness to present & willing to push conversations forward. We do not sit in judgement of you or your work’s value.
In a profit sharing model we must trust & respect one another.
This is a Queer & BIPOC positive event.
Want to hear from us? We want to hear from you!
But…WHY?
Originally, we founded this because Richmond is fertile ground but venues for collaboration are disappearing. Fewer places to play, fewer places to connect, fewer reasons to even try those things. Let us not go quietly- let us light a lamp and gather in close to share stories.
How did this start?
Originally slated to launch in April 2020 (We know!) our innaugural year transformed into the very first digital fringe Festival in the world. In those wild west days of streaming in early lockdown times, we hosted excellent art at a low ticket price, accessible digital spaces, performance art, satire, musical spectacle, dance, circus, burlesque, and a new online Fringe Family.
#WeMakeOurOwnLight #RichmondFringe
