Thank you so much to all of you who joined us for the 2013 Ottawa Fringe Festival lottery gathering at the Royal Oak Laurier.  It was fantastic to see familiar and new faces together celebrating over their wins and hugging it out over their bad luck. Wait-list applicants, please do not despair.  BYOV applications will… Read More

Have you submitted your application to the 2013 Ottawa Fringe Festival yet?  It’s due today at 5pm so…. you might want to get cracking on that! The lottery will take place this Wednesday November 28th at 7pm in the basement of the Royal Oak on Laurier.  For live results, follow @ottawafringe on Twitter.  Results will… Read More

It’s that time of year again! Download your 2013 Ottawa Fringe Festival application. Early-bird applications are accepted starting at 10am on Sunday October 21st.  The final deadline for submission is Monday November 26th.  Email Executive Producer, Natalie Joy Quesnel, if you have any questions. [email protected] Good luck!

Are you finding yourself reading reviews from shows currently performing in Fringes across Canada? Do you find yourself constantly humming tunes from the musicals you saw at the Ottawa Fringe? Did you frame your fully punched-out 10 shows pass and hang it above your bed with pride? (Ok, that last one was just a bit… Read More

The 2012 Ottawa Fringe Festival is over. Thanks to all the artists, audience members, volunteers, and staff who helped make the 2012 festival a success! Festival attendance in 2012 was 12,112, with close to $78,000 going to artists. We had 25 sell out performances this year, compared to 11 in 2011. And as usual, the… Read More

The 2012 Ottawa Fringe Festival is over! But before we closed the Fringe for another year, Executive Producer Natalie Joy Quensel announced the winners of the 2012 Closing Night Awards.  A committee of accomplished professionals and dedicated Fringe patrons from Ottawa’s arts community saw every show in the festival and chose the winners in the… Read More

It’s the last day of Fringe! What are we all going to do with ourselves tomorrow? I’ll be sleeping in tomorrow, but today I’ll be at a BEST IN FEST show(though I’m not sure which one yet). Awarded to the top ticket selling show in each of the four regular venues, you can catch an… Read More

In the final Fringe Minute of 2012, we finally meet Octavius Fringe!

There may be only two days left to Fringe, but last night Executive Producer Natalie Joy Quensel gave Fringers another chance to get excited by announcing the recipients of  BEST IN FEST. What is BEST IN FEST? The top selling show in each of the four main venues (based on total number of tickets sold… Read More

Ottawa Fringe Festival Executive Producer Natalie Joy Quesnel announced the BEST IN FEST winners in the Fringe Courtyard tonight during Chats with Cat. The top selling show in each of the four main venues (based on total number of tickets sold over their first four performances) will receive an extra performance on Sunday, June 24… Read More