Everything You Need to Know to Start Planning Your 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival Experience!

It’s time to get adventurous!  Here's everything you need to know to start planning your 2016 Minnesota Fringe experience (August 4 - 14). The 2016 Minnesota Fringe website is live now, which means 1) you can start browsing all 169 shows and deciding how to cram them into your festival schedule and 2) your Friday just got that much less productive. You’re welcome. Also? There are a few major upgrades that we’ve made to the website to make exploring the Fringe easier and more enjoyable than ever. Schedule Grid Listen up, planning enthusiasts! We heard you and made you a schedule grid that is interactive and….drum roll, please…printable! To use the schedule to its full schedule-y potential, log into your account on fringefestival.org. You can then start favorite-ing and locking in shows to create your own customized itinerary. When you’re ready to head out to the festival, you can easily access your personalized schedule on your phone or print it out at home ahead of time. Either way, you’ll be prepared for whatever a day at the Fringe throws your way. Advance Ticket Sales With the switch to day passes, it’s super simple to save a seat at that show you’re just dying to see. There are two options: “Reserve” and “Reserve with a wristband.” For your first show of the day, we’d suggest the “Reserve with a wristband” option to save your seat and purchase your day pass all at once. It'll save you a trip to the box office at the festival, which is pretty snazzy. Then you can use plain old “Reserve” for everything else. Button Deals You don’t have to buy a 2016 Fringe button, but you might just want to. Your $4 button gets you awesome deals at a bunch of local bars and restaurants during the 11 days of the festival. You’ll be able to buy 2016 Fringe buttons at Fringe Preview events and at any Fringe venue during the festival. Donate Do you love our website? Do you love how it connects you to shows and artists you’ve never heard of before? Do you love that printable schedule grid? If you do, consider making a gift to the Fringe today. All of the improvements we’ve made to the website, in addition to all the services we provide for our artists, don’t happen without the support of Fringe fans like you. BONUS: Our Donate page has been beautifully re-designed to make it easier for you to make a gift to the Fringe. Take a gander while you give.