We're back for our 12th year with a variety of amazing shows, all taking place in unconventional venues within and around the Capitol Centre in downtown North Bay, ON. The 10 winners of the lottery draw will perform once each day throughout the week of the festival starting at 5pm Wednesday Aug. 6th to Friday Aug. 8th and at 12:30pm on Saturday Aug. 9th and Sunday Aug. 10th.
Learn about all shows here:
https://fringenorth.com/fringe/2025-fringe-festival/
All tickets and festival passes are available to purchase at the Capitol Centre's box office. Show tickets are $14 per show and festival passes can be purchased for $120. All ticket revenue is returned directly to the artists! On the Edge Fringe only keeps fees to pay for our box office system and staff.
Duality Multi-Arts Programming will also be making a return.
Duality is a yearly multi-arts incubator/program that engages artists and audiences during and outside of the ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival. It features a series of disruptive interventions and explorations within the Capitol Centre and North Bay’s downtown area, often taking shape as theatrical engagements, pop-up performances, readings and dance events, workshops, community-engaged activities, media and multi-arts installations, and other immersive arts experiences that are FREE or a PWYC donation.
DUALITY OFFERINGS:
Wednesday, August 6th | 9:30pm - An acoustic set with musician Davi Aquino at Northern Himalayan Cafe (FREE)
Friday, August 8th | 9:15pm - The HighwayMen live D&D show at Cecil's Brewhouse (PWYC Donation)
Saturday, August 9th | 6:30pm - Conversations: Hidden Stories by Vanguardia Dance Projects & Aanmitaagzi (FREE)
Saturday, August 9th | 9pmish - FAUXCILS perform at The Warehouse (licensed event) (PWYC Donation)
Sunday, August 10th | 10am - DRAG BRUNCH with Lucy Flawless, Ophelia Manson, and Messy Margaret at Cecil's Brewhouse (FREE)
Since 2014, the ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival has been a forum for professional and emerging alternative theatre and performance in North Bay, Ontario. Our objective is to provide a diverse cultural and entertainment experience for our community and to promote and support artists from our region and afar. Every year the festival presents shows ranging from sketch and stand-up comedy, contemporary dance pieces, and slam poetry to storytelling, folk/indie music, multi-disciplinary performance art and more traditional theatre works.
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