2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival
This year's Minnesota Fringe Festival, featuring 167 theater and dance performances at 17 venues, will be held from Aug. 3-13. Tickets: VIP all-access passes are $200. Day passes ($16 on weekdays, $22 weekends) offer entry to all shows that day. Seats can be reserved via the Fringe website.
How to navigate the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival
This year the Midwest's biggest performing arts festival will host 167 shows at 17 venues from Aug. 3-13 — in all, 850 live performances in 11 days. Click on a venue to get more information. The red icon marks "Fringe Central," the official post-show hangout from Aug. 3 through Aug. 12 at Grumpy's Bar & Grill. Day passes also can be purchased there on weekdays from 1 to 3 p.m. and weekends 11 a.m.-1 p.m. so you can skip lines at festival venues.
Ten don't-miss shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival
It's opening weekend and the Fringe has 167 shows on tap. Yep, that's a lot — but here are the 10 best that our squad of critics has seen.
10 more must-see shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival
So far our critical crew has taken in 43 of the Fringe shows. Here's the best of what they saw over the weekend.
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