Minnesota Fringe

Since 1993, Minnesota Fringe has connected adventurous artists with adventurous audiences. Through our dynamic annual performing arts festival and additional year-round programming, Minnesota Fringe supports artistic growth and serves as a vibrant catalyst for audiences to experience new ideas, artists, venues, and neighborhoods.

For the vast majority of our existence, the $5 Festival Entry Button has been a part of our successful business model. But expenses are skyrocketing, arts funding is dwindling, and previously dependable revenues are not keeping pace with the cost of producing the Midwest's largest celebration of the performing arts. In order to keep providing a stage that elevates artists of all abilities, backgrounds, and ambitions, we are adjusting the price of the Festival Entry Button in 2025 to $10. 

You still have a chance to secure a button at last year's $5 price or even for free as our way to say thank you! Become a sustaining donor for Give to the Max Day to gain access to exclusive festival entry button opportunities and support adventurous art in our community for years to come. Supporting Minnesota Fringe with a monthly gift makes you a transformational contributor towards helping local, national, and international artists take bold risks, develop new ideas, and hoist themselves to the next rung of their artistic ladder.  

• $5 / mo - receive a discount code to purchase a 2025 Festival Button for $5 (shipping not included)
• $10 / mo - receive a discount code for a FREE 2025 Festival Button (shipping not included)
• $15 - $49 / mo - receive a discount code for a FREE 2025 Festival Button, shipped to your door before the festival begins
• $50 / mo (and up) - receive a FREE limited edition 2" soft ename Fringe Forever Pin - good for 10 years of festival entry, shipped to your door before the festival begins

• Any monthly gift makes a significant difference to the hundreds of artists we serve each year. We appreciate you!

The 32nd Annual Minnesota Fringe Festival will take place July 31- August 10, 2025, where both new and familiar friends will gather to feel the vibrant pulse of life that is live theater and cultivate a rich performing arts community in the process.

Photo: Sara Erdman, Wait, Didn't Patrick's Cabaret Close? presented by Patrick's CabaretPhoto: Alex WohlhueterPhoto: Alex Wohlhueter, Dock Work presented by Jackdonkey ProductionsPhoto: Alex Wohlhueter, Zombies and Pirouettes presented by Pacific Midwest Ballet