Tropical Storm Helene Update

The Asheville Fringe board have all been accounted for, but dealing with the challenges of a large scale disaster, and helping where we can. We expect to still have a 2025 festival March 16-23, but what it will look like is unknowable right now. We have extended the application deadline to at least October 31. Please be patient with any communications. It may take weeks to get back to you. We will update as we know more.

We have opened donations for an Artist Relief Fund.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!

Deadline Extended for Artists in Western North Carolina

We’re now using Eventotron for applications so you’ll notice the process is a little different.

Apply to the 2025 festival via eventotron

If you are new to Eventotron, create an account. If you already have an account, sign in.
Click on Festivals & Seasons in the top menu.

You will see a list of all festivals and seasons currently accepting applications.
Scroll or search to find Asheville Fringe and click the Apply button.

2024 was the 22nd year of the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival.

Asheville Fringe Society

The Asheville Fringe Society is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to producing innovative, boundary-pushing work in Asheville, North Carolina. AFS produces the annual Asheville Fringe Arts Festival in March, as well as individual artist-driven projects throughout the year.

OUR MISSION

 

The Asheville Fringe Society is dedicated to cultivating strange and wonderful work that lies outside the mainstream. The Asheville Fringe Arts Festival provides artists with opportunities to explore the edges of their work, to collaborate across genres and to bring new and innovative performances to culturally adventurous audiences. Our continual goal is to curate experiences that expand the minds and hearts of our audiences and to be inclusive of artists who work within a myriad of genres, styles, and forms to create truly unique and original pieces in our community.

 
 

Board Members

Jim Julien, Jocelyn Reese, Erinn Hartley, Jenni Cockrell, Morgan Biessert, Jennifer Murphy and Jennifer Bennett.

 

Reach Out

 

This project was supported by ArtsAVL, Buncombe County Government, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. 

 
 
Thanks to our 2024 sponsors!
 

In our off season, we may be reached by email at ashevillefringe@gmail.com

 
 
 

Asheville Fringe Arts Festival is a proud member of the United States Association of Fringe Festivals.

 
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