The Post reports today that a new experimental arts festival is planned for July 2006. The Capital Fringe Festival will be a 10-day showcase of local and visiting performers working in theater, dance, music and other disciplines. According to festival founder Damian Sinclair, director of marketing for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and a relative newbie to D.C., Capital Fringe will be concentrated downtown along the Seventh Street corridor in 20 venues, including theaters, galleries, lobbies, vacant storefronts and outdoor areas. Tickets will be a reasonable $10 and the festival will include approximately 1,000 events.
Interested performers are invited to learn more at a June 27 meeting at the Warehouse Theater. You can also join a bus trip to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival on Saturday, September 3 to see a fringe festival firsthand. Or, just read more about the festival here.
DCist thinks the timing will be great for this festival and that Sinclair chose the right locale. Tell us: what do you think of this new event — and would you like to see at the inaugural Capital Fringe Festival?
