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Edmonton Fringe Festival unveils 2025 theme: A Fringe Full of Stars

The Edmonton Fringe Festival has unveiled its theme for the 2025 edition of the theatrical free-for-all. Article content Playing off the notion that the festival is a constellation of artists, volunteers, and audiences who help the event shine, organizers announced Friday the theme for this year is A Fringe Full of Stars. Article content Article content 'When you Fringe with us, you become part of an ever-expanding constellation. A vast network of dreamers, darers, rule-breakers, razzle-dazzlers, and day-long dance-party starters,' a festival press release reads. Article content Article content 'At Fringe, you're not just part of the crowd — you're part of the cosmos. A galaxy stitched together by music, by story, by the fearless pulse of play. Every ticket you buy, every show you see, every beer you drink, every story you tell, adds a new spark to our sky.' Article content Article content Artwork to accompany the theme was created by Yu-Chen (Tseng) Beliveau, who is the Fringe's own graphic designer. Article content The event will feature 223 theatre productions in 40 venues, more than 1,600 artists from Alberta, across Canada and around the world. Article content As part of Friday's theme launch, the festival also announced the return of the pêhonân Series, an Indigenous-curated and Indigenous-centred performace series led by MJ Belcourt Moses. Article content There will be a free nightly music series on the ATB stage in McIntyre Park, and the Late Night Cabaret will run at the Granite Curling Club over seven nights. Article content Article content The festival also announced a collaboration with Sea Change Brewing, the Fringe beer supplier: Fringe Beer Tent Blonde Ale, which will be available in the Whyte Avenue area through the summer, and will a portion of proceeds from the sale of the beer will help support the festival. Article content Article content Meanwhile, the Fringe also announced that its Sustain Fringe campaign has hit more than 540 supporters, which helps the festival continue this year, but pleaded for more donors to step up. Article content 'Expenses continue to staggeringly outpace funding supports,' Fringe Theatre executive director Megan Dart said in a release. Article content 'We've built this Festival on duct tape and dreams since we first exploded onto the scene in 1982, but we need the continued help of our community if we're going to sustain the Edmonton Fringe Festival for generations to come.'