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Actual Spooky Stories

Local Pittsburgh Actors tell true spooky tales from Pittsburgh.  
If you enjoyed the Halloween show, or enjoyed our festival in the past, please donate even a few dollars to help us weather this COVID arts crisis.

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If you have the means to help, please help us continue to help artists.  We know we can assist more artists with each dollar you give.  In our organization, each dollar goes a long way.  With one of the smallest festival budgets in Pittsburgh, and one of the smallest art budgets in Pittsburgh, our organization really packs a powerful punch in artistic impact per dollar. Our festival in 2019 had about 100 performances/events of 50 different titled shows in just 4 days.  Even our Virtual Festival is one of the first virtual festivals of this size with 20 productions in 2 days.  

We know not everyone can help, and that is OK.  We don't want anyone to burden themselves helping us.  But if you do have a few spare dollars to share with us, we will be able to continue to help the artists that we as a society need more than ever today.  ​

City Paper Best of PGH
Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe Festival was SECOND PLACE for Best Virtual Event!!!!

With our quick turn to virtual after a last minute cancelation of our early April festival, and planning an entirely new festival in less than a month, we managed to get SECOND place for the Best Virtual Event in Pittsburgh!!!  This is an amazing award to get after having to pull it together so fast!  

We want to thank all the performers, who learned how to go virtual and even created new shows in less than one month.  Our performers and staff really put in a lot of effort to make this happen, and we want to Thank You all so much!!!!

There were almost 600,000 people who voted, so this is really amazing!!!  Thank you!!!


​While the main packed May 1st weekend part of the festival is over - we are doing a sprinkling of shows all May!

We also have recordings of several of our shows  from the first big weekend available all month.  To see which shows are still availble check out our show listings titled "Shows Running All Month."  We will also be adding more shows througout the month starting May 11th.
We have an amazing collection of shows from across the U.S.!  And all sorts of genres!  Comedy, Theatre, Music, Dance, Puppets, Performance Art, Visual Art, Circus and more!  Everyone should be able to find something they like!  

We have 19  performances three days (mostly 2) online!  And we're working on a sprinking of shows throughout the rest of May.

Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe 

To be able to serve our audiences and artists, Pittsburgh has decided to host the first ever Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe!  The festival is re-imagined and re-engineered for our new reality.  Join us May 1st and beyond for all the best virtual fringe content from our backyard, to around the globe delivered - right in your living room!

Want to take part in Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe?

We are accepting applications for our new Pittsburgh Virtual Fringe.  If you have online content, or want to create some, we encourage you to apply!  If you have questions, or want to talk through a plan, contact us at info@pittsburghfringe.org
Applications for 2020 performances are closed.  Check back in late fall, early winter for 2021 applications.

2020 Festival Cancelled

With heavy hearts, we want to notify our audience that the 2020 Pittsburgh Fringe, scheduled for April 2-5, has been cancelled. All tickets, buttons, and passes will be refunded immediately. We are investigating alternatives, so stay tuned.

Please stay safe, stay healthy, and take care of yourself during this difficult time.

2021 Applications open in the Fall

 If you are a VENUE hoping to book shows, please email us your interest!

Artists: check out old 2020 Performers Pages to learn how to apply!  And then wait for the updated 2021 information.

Check out the electronic version of last year's brochure!

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105 Performances of
​49 different shows
in 4 days!

Fringe Buttons!!!  

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Read our preview by Pittsburgh in the Round! Push the logo to follow the link to the review!
2021 Dates Still To Be Announced


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