Fringe Festival Hub & Beer Garden

Fringe Festival Hub - Fitzwilliam Gate in Nanaimos Old City Quarter

August 12-22nd | Hours: 11am-6pm

Tickets & Festival Passes, Festival Info, 50/50 raffle, Merch

Fringe Beer Garden - Gallery Row in Nanaimos Old City Quarter | 19+

Friday, August 13 & 20th | 1-9pm

Saturday/Sunday August 14-15th & 21-22nd | 3-9pm

Mobile Longwood Brewery truck, 50/50 raffle, Respect Fringe performances on Gallery Row outdoor stage

Fringe Ticketing

ALL PATRONS ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE A ONE-TIME $5.00 FRINGE FESTIVAL BUTTON TO SEE ANY SHOWS (available at the Fringe Hub and at the door). Proceeds support the operating costs of the festival.

In-person shows: $12.00 plus applicable fees

On Demand streamed shows: $8.50 plus applicable fees

Festival Pass: $50 - See any 5 Fringe shows

Artists receive 100% of their box office revenues; to protect artist income, all ticket sales are final.

Shows at the Port Theatre (125 Front Street, Nanaimo)

Nanaimo Fringe Festival Preview Night - MC: Dana Doucette | Port Theatre Mainstage | FREE EVENT

Let us kick off the festivities with this FREE event, compiling 5 minute teasers from each Festival show!

The Great Might-Have-Been - David Heyman, Victoria | 40 Mins | All ages, recommended 8+

From the winner of the 2020 audience Pick of the Fringe, comes a Staged Reading of an original musical about a Scottish woman in the 1890s who nearly won Canadian women the right to vote.

Times: Fri Aug 13 3pm, Sat Aug 14 8pm (Livestream), Wed Aug 18 8pm, Fri Aug 20 5:30pm, Sat Aug 21 5:30pm, Sun Aug 22 3pm

Wings Over Water: A Diaspora Bird Dance - Anjalcia Solomon & Chantal Gering, Vancouver | 60 Mins | All ages

A play, a poem, a dance, and a dream, of longing for a home once forgotten.

Times: Sun Aug 15 3pm, Tue Aug 17 5:30pm (Livestream), Thu Aug 19 3pm, Fri Aug 20 8pm, Sat Aug 21 3pm, Sun Aug 22 5:30pm

Domesticated Disputes - Material Theatre, Winlaw | 60 Mins | 16+

Evelyn is a Perfect Housewife, stewing in her own repressed juices. A one-woman play in a neo-bouffon universe.

Times: Fri Aug 13 8pm, Sat Aug 14 5:30pm (Livestream), Sun Aug 15 5:30pm, Wed Aug 18 5:30pm, Thu Aug 19 8pm, Fri Aug 20 3pm (ASL)

A Conversation in the Night - Daniel Puglas, Nanaimo | 60 Mins | 16+

After trying to leave town in the night, Ash gets confronted by her old friend Grace.

Times: Fri Aug 13 5:30pm, Sat Aug 14 3pm (ASL), Tue Aug 17 8pm (Livestream), Wed Aug 18 3pm, Thu Aug 19 5:30pm, Sat Aug 21 8pm

Shows at the OV Arts Centre (25 Victoria Road, Nanaimo)

Hegnimwaal - Andrew Fraser, Victoria | 35 mins | 13+

A one-person comedic DIY show will guide you through the missing pieces, opaque instructions, and existential dread that comes packaged with every piece of Swedish furniture.

Times: Sat Aug 14 7pm, Sun Aug 15 12pm, Wed Aug 18 4:30pm, Fri Aug 20 7pm (ASL), Sat Aug 21 7pm, Sun Aug 22 12pm, Stream Aug 19 7pm

Built Different - Connor Runnings, Nanaimo | 35 mins | 12+

After the death of their childhood Behaviour Consultant, four autistic young adults get together for a night of reconnecting.

Times: Fri Aug 13 2pm, Sat Aug 14 4:30pm (ASL), Sun Aug 15 7pm, Wed Aug 18 7pm, Sat Aug 21 12pm, Sun Aug 22 4:30pm, Stream Aug 17 7pm

A Bunch of Things - Willem Roelants, Nanaimo | 35 mins | 16+

A show from a guy who isnt great at anything, but wants to do everything.

Times: Fri Aug 13 4:30pm, Sat Aug 14 8:30pm, Tue Aug 17 7pm, Thu Aug 19 4:30pm, Sat Aug 21 4:30pm, Sun Aug 22 2pm, Stream Aug 18 7pm

Working Hypothesis - Short Sleeve Productions, Qualicum Beach | 60 mins | 10+

What happens when we die? Archie explores the mysteries of what happens when our mortal bonds are loosened.

Times: Fri Aug 13 7pm, Sun Aug 15 2pm, Thu Aug 19 2pm, Fri Aug 20 4:30pm (ASL), Sat Aug 21 8:30pm, Sun Aug 22 7pm, Stream Aug 15 7pm

Confessions of A Spooky Mind - Evil Boy Theatre, Nanaimo | 60 mins | 10+

A cat and mouse game between a detective and a killer.

Times: Sat Aug 14 2pm, Sun Aug 15 4:30pm, Tue Aug 17 4:30pm, Thu Aug 19 7pm, Fri Aug 20 8:30pm, Sat Aug 21 2pm, Stream Aug 20 7pm

Outdoor Shows in the Old City Quarter

River: a Metaphor - Joy and Company, Nanaimo | Gallery Row | 60 mins | 6+

Truth is layered over by a shifting cultural context of womens lives gone wrong and Nature desecrated.

Times: Fri Aug 13 2pm, Sat Aug 14 7pm (ASL), Sun Aug 15 4pm, Fri Aug 20 6pm, Sat Aug 21 4pm, Sun Aug 22 7pm

Note: Please be advised that any minor patrons must be seated outside of the licensed Beverage Garden

Merlin Cosmos Live from Club Cludgy - Michael B Ross, Vancouver | Gallery Row | 60 mins | 11+

A one man Comedy Magic Show.

Times: Fri Aug 13 6pm, Sat Aug 14 4pm, Sun Aug 15 7pm, Fri Aug 20 2pm, Sat Aug 21 7pm, Sun Aug 22 4pm

Note: Please be advised that any minor patrons must be seated outside of the licensed Beverage Garden

Forum Theatre - Community Participants, Nanaimo | Gallery Row | 2 hours | 16+ | FREE EVENT

Newcomers to Nanaimo explore themes of belonging in two short Forum Theatre plays.

Times: Tue Aug 17 7pm, Wed Aug 18 7pm

Cast: Ammar Alfakosh, Bryony Dixon, Jeong Seon Lee, Josephine Burgess, Joy Dube, Myriam Verzat, Nabil Sayes, Usman Hafeez

Plus, roaming street performances from the Caravan of Curiosities!

Digital Only Shows

Digital Only shows from National/International Artists unable to join us in person for 2021. These offerings were available to stream ON DEMAND via PortTheatre.com for the full 10 day duration of the festival.

Dear Donald/Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence) - Sally Vahle | 60 minutes

The play takes liberties, for laughs, with the biographies of the famous political rivals.

Haram - Chelsey Fawcett, Calgary | 43 minutes

The journey of one womans spiral downward as she tries to become a belly dancing superstar in a fictionalized shisha club.

Tango in the Dark - PointeTango | 60 minutes

Award-winning dance company, PointeTango, heats up your screen with an original hour-long dance film created during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Festival Wrap Karaoke Night + Pick of the Fringe - FREE EVENT

Gallery Row | Hosted by Dana Doucette

Sunday August 22nd @ 8:30pm

Vote for your favourite 2021 Fringe show and celebrate alongside the winner and other Fringe artists at our Festival Wrap Karaoke event in Gallery Row.