The Cincinnati Fringe Festival is one of the many events that make Cincinnati a weird and fun place to live. If you aren’t familiar with the festival, consider it a strive to “provide opportunities and exposure to artists who are willing to take a risk.”
Now that sounds right up our alley!
Fringe Festival is experimental, unique, [...]

[ July 24, 2008 to July 27, 2008. ] I wonder if there is any other event in the country that so explicitly mixes video, film, and live music into one attraction.  Or does Cincinnati have the only one?

The Lite Brite Indie Pop & Film Test (that’s Test, not Fest) returns for its 5th year.  On July 24th, it kicks off with a feature [...]

[ July 3, 2008 to July 5, 2008. ] Wow. That’s a mouthful.

As noted on the flyer, this is your chance to see the Cloven Hoof Theatre, Barnyard Burlesque, Pickled Brothers Sideshow, and Dante’s Gypsy Circus all at once!

More at Northside Rocks.

[ June 20, 2008 to June 22, 2008. ] I had two events set to write about for this weekend, when I looked over at Soapbox Cincinnati and saw that they had beaten me to it already, and even included more events! Well, here they are anyway. On the longest weekend of daylight of the year, the list of quirky things to [...]

One of the original founding board members of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Jeff Syroney, on why he won’t ever live in a city without a Fringe Festival:
I’ve made the decision that I won’t live in a city that doesn’t have its own Fringe Festival. A Fringe city makes a statement about itself. It says it’s [...]

[ May 27, 2008 9:00 pm to May 28, 2008 3:00 am. ] The Fringe Festival is here! Shows start this Wednesday, May 28, 2008. But if you can’t wait for that, the Visual Fringe starts off at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Over-The-Rhine on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, from 6-9 pm. After that, the official kickoff party rages from 9pm-1am at the Know Theatre. [...]

[ May 28, 2008 to June 7, 2008. ]

This year’s Fringe Festival kicks off on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. See the website for details.

[ June 19, 2008 to June 22, 2008. ] The second installation (and I use that word intentionally) of the Scorched Nuts festival is from June 19-22 2008. It is the Ohio version of the famous Burning Man festival held out in the Nevada desert.

More on the Scorched Nuts website.

“Attending a well-run fringe festival is sort of like shopping at an engorged Findlay Market while under the influence of something spectacular. You really have no idea what you’ll find, but you will have some great stories to tell later.”- Cincinnati Fringe Festival