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KC Fringe Festival is celebrating its 20th year. Here's what to expect

By Brian Ellison,
Zach Wilson
Published July 11, 2024 at 4:00 AM CDT
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A performance from 2023's Fringe Festival.
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Actors engage in stage combat during a performance from 2023's KC Fringe Festival.

The KC Fringe Festival, which labels itself as the largest celebration of arts and culture in the Kansas City metro, will begin its 17 days of festivities on Friday, July 12.

The KC Fringe Festival starts this weekend, marking the 20th anniversary of the event.

Each year, the festival takes over locations all across town to show films, visual artworks, live performances that may be too new or edgy for bigger venues or screens, but which promise to entertain, delight and surprise

The festival's executive director Audrey Crabtree told KCUR that KC Fringe has a reputation for being one of the best of its kind in the country.

"We have 34 visual artists, 53 productions and seven film slots. We have circus, comedy, theater, we have stained glass, we have painting, we have drawing, we have ink printing," Crabtree said. "(It's) so much. We have something for everyone."

Find the full festival schedule here.

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As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.
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