2023 Halifax Fringe Application
Today February 1 2023, we're launching our 2023 application for the 33rd Halifax Fringe Festival! 

PERFORMER APPLICATION: PLEASE READ AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING

Please note: If you find any portions of this application are not functioning or if you are experiencing difficulty submitting, please e-mail sara@halifaxfringe.ca and we will correct the problem as soon as possible.

Halifax Fringe Festival takes place in K'jipuktuk on unceded Mi'kmaw territory. 

Application Form/Fee Due: March 31 2023! 
Confirmation of Acceptance/Prod Fee due: June 1 2023!


We've been presenting an accessible, un-juried, uncensored, arts festival annually for the last 33 years. Halifax Fringe Festival is 11 days, over 11 venues, over 55 days, preforming over 350 individual performances and 100% of the box office is returned to the artists. 

We are proud members of the World Fringe, Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals, Theatre Nova Scotia, and The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op. 

Application Fees are $50. Email transfer to sara@halifaxfringe.ca 
Security Question: What Fringe? Answer: halifaxfringe
Production Fee: ranges from $200 - $2,275.00
Withdrawal by July 1, 2023: 50% return
Withdrawal after July 1, 2023: 0% return
(Application fees will not be returned)

If you are submitting more than one show, please fill out separate forms for each show. 

If you're selected, your registration fee will be determined by how many performances you want in what size venue. 

Key Dates: 
February 1 - applications open
March 31 - applications close 
March 31 - lottery draw to select participants 
May 15- Schedule and invoices sent to participants with artist package of need to know information and artist agreements
June 15 - Registration fees and artist agreements due 
July 1 2023- Last Day to Withdrawal and receive 50% registration back/ approx schedule date
August 31-September 10 - festival dates

Your production fee ranges depending on how many performances you want in what size venue.

You choose you rune time (up to 70 min), your venue size (up to 175 seats), and how many performances (up to 13). You also choose your ticket price (ranging from PWYW to $15.)

Correspondence will be through e-mail with the Primary Contact only, unless the Secondary Contact or another method of communication is required for any reason. Halifax Fringe Festival (the “Festival”) is part of a growing community of Fringe Festivals throughout North America, dedicated to supporting independent performers and artists and creating affordable spaces through which diverse communities can experience boundary-pushing theatre and other performances, in accordance with the four criteria set out by the Canadian Association Of Fringe Festivals (CAFF):

Fringe Festivals are un-juried.
Fringe Festivals are uncensored.
Fringe Festivals are accessible to audiences and artists.
Fringe Festivals return 100% of the ticket price to participating artists.

BYOV: We accept "bring-your-own-venue" (BYOV) shows. In that case you supply your venue, your technical equipment, your technicians. We supply volunteers to run box office. If you supply your own venue, your Registration Fee is a flat $250.

Halifax Fringe Festival will provide a venue/stage with sound, lighting, seating, venue technician and technical set-up time. We provide box office management services to sell tickets and deal with audiences. You must use our ticket seller. We will place your show into the Fringe schedule, on HalifaxFringe.ca and in the official Halifax Fringe Festival printed program, with blurb/write-up and a (small) hi-res graphic of your choice. We will return to you all box office receipts within 5 business days of the closing of the Halifax Fringe. We will attempt to provide billeting, but make no guarantees we will be able to accommodate all billeting requests. 

You are responsible for your own publicity, posters, advertising.
You are responsible for your own personnel/volunteers in set-up, take down, stage management, etc.
You are responsible for providing prompt and accurate information to the Festival when we request it.

Contact Sara@halifaxfringe.ca with any questions
Sign in to Google to save your progress. Learn more
Email *
Email *
Primary Contact Name *
Pronouns *
Phone Number *
Address *
Production History *
Stage of Development *
Type of Performance *
Title of Performance *
Written/ Created By *
Run Time of Performance (70 mins max) Please note if estimated or confirmed *
Ticket Price (Max $15)
Type/Description
Rating (ex. Mature Audiences Only. Please include any Content Warnings i.e. nudity, strobe lights, etc.)
Blurb (125 words max)
Website
Social Media
Any Scheduling Conflicts between August 31-September 10? (if yes, please list conflict dates) *
Remember: Your production fee ranges depending on how many performances you want in what size venue. After we process your application we'll be in touch to confirm your registration fee. Registration fees range from $200 to $2,275. More shows in a larger venue costs more. Less shows in a smaller venue cost less.
How many performances would you like to do?
 *
Venue Type: I am willing to perform in (check all that apply) *
Required
Please note top 3 choices of venue
EQUITY LOTTERY PROGRAM: We are committed to an ongoing effort to support an inclusive, accessible, and diverse theatre arts community.
In this instance, equity-seeking refers to an artist whose self-identifies as a voice that is traditionally underrepresented and under-resourced on theatre stages and in festival settings. For example, equity-seeking artist may identify as but not limited to an Indigenous artist, artist of colour, transgender artist, disabled artist, or neuro-divergent artist.

EQUITY LOTTERY BENEFITS
The Equity Lottery is given annually to one equity-seeking artist who applies to participate in the Halifax Fringe Festival. The Equity Lottery recipient will receive:
in-kind support including one lottery venue spot, technicians, lighting, sound equipment, box office support, marketing, public relations and advertising in support of their show; and
reimbursement of the Festival application fee in full.

Unsuccessful applicants will be placed in the general Festival lottery in accordance with their designation as a local or national artist, providing them an additional chance to secure a lottery spot.

Eligible applicants must be:
the lead artist of the project who self-identifies as equity-seeking (equity-seeking may not be extended to the subject matter of the work or additional artists contracted to support the creation and production of the work);
available to participate in the upcoming Halifax Fringe Festival, including any necessary technical rehearsal time in advance of the Festival.

EVALUATION
Applicants are self-selecting and will automatically be entered into a lottery draw for the Equity Lottery. Please note, all applications will be vetted by committee to ensure adherence to the eligibility guidelines above. Any applications that do not meet the award eligibility will be removed from the Equity lottery and placed in to the appropriate lottery category.
Do you Identify as equity-seeking?
Clear selection
Self-Identification
We are especially keen to support artists and stories from communities that are currently underrepresented in Canadian theatre (including but not limited to IBPOC and Deaf and disabled artists). If you are a member of an underrepresented community, we invite you to self-identify here:
I understand that Halifax Fringe will be following all up to date Public Health guidelines. Including travel restrictions, gathering limits, etc. And that these changing variables might affect the festival.
 *
I agree to payment of a $50 Application Fee. This non-refundable fee is due by March 31th at 12pm noon AST, to cover administrative costs of processing applications. Applications are not valid without payment of this fee. Application and payment may be submitted separately; however, payment must be received by March 31 for your application to be considered.
 *
email transfer to sara@halifaxfringe.ca Security Question: What Fringe? Answer: halifaxfringe
Anything else we should consider?
Comments/Feedback
Please share any additional comments or feedback you may have. We are very open to constructive feedback that may help us make theatre more accessible at all steps.
Submit
Clear form
Never submit passwords through Google Forms.
reCAPTCHA
PrivacyTerms
This form was created inside of Lee-Anne Poole. Report Abuse
Google Forms