Find a Venue for Your Show
Every year, artists find interesting new spaces all around the city to use in for their Philadelphia Fringe Festival performances. The Festival operates under a BYOVenue model, meaning artists are responsible for finding and securing a venue and can perform almost anywhere in the city. Venues are not managed or booked by FringeArts, but participate independently by hosting festival artists and performances!
Many self-producers like to present art in non-traditional places. Audiences like this too, so don’t be afraid to seek out-of-the-ordinary spaces. We do not require that all artists present in accessible spaces, but we do require some accessibility information about the venue to ensure audiences have all the right information.
Take a look at the venues used in past years and feel free to reach out to Fringe Festival Manager, Simon, Simon@fringearts.com, with any questions.
Preferred Venues
Preferred venues are a list of recommended venues that have hosted Fringe Festival shows in the past, and are actively seeking to host shows during the 2025 Fringe Festival.
ComedySportz
An intimate fixed seating black box located at 2030 Sansom St. Perfect for comedy of all types, as well as any theatrical performance with minimal need for a backstage area.
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The theater is 1375 sq ft with a 12′ x 10′ stage (7” rise, non-movable)
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The theater seats 100
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Includes: lights, sound, AC/Heat, private bathrooms
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HD Projector and screen also available
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Rentals available by the hour, day, week or month
The Deep End
An artist-run performance space in the Grays Ferry at 1313 S 33rd St. Located inside the beautifully preserved Queen Memorial Building, you can find flexibility and community in this creativity-inspiring venue.
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- The Deep End has 4 4×8′ wooden platforms that can be used as either raised stage space or risers for audience.
- 8-channel PA system that is very simple to use (zero audio-tech experience needed!)
- Homemade 6-channel lighting board that you can plug lights into (regular lamps with edison plugs– NOT stage pins). This is also very simple to use and requires zero knowledge of lighting boards.
- We do NOT have any kind of equipment that works with QLab or similar programs, and our DIY dimmer board is completely manual (like, imagine a dimmer board made before computers)
- We have a handful of clip lights and similarly basic lighting instruments you may borrow, but we encourage folks to bring their own.
- We have 100 folding chairs for seating
- The venue has a parking lot that can be used freely by artists and audiences.
- Private entrance and easy load-in
- 9 stairs to entrance, 18 to bathrooms once inside
Old First Reformed Church
A flexible sanctuary space, serving fringe-loving Old City at 151 N 4th Street. This is NOT your grandparents church (unless your grandparents are super cool.)
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- A recently renovated sanctuary space inside a gorgeous historic building
- Flexible seating for 100+, including comfortable chairs and pews
- Amazing acoustics
- Sound system (including 2 wired mics, 1 wireless, and 2 lavs)
- Built-in high quality streaming capabilities
- Secondary rehearsal space available
- Grand Piano
- Organ
Performance Garage
An elegant dance space in Spring Garden at 1515 Brandywine Street. Replete with a large sprung marley dance floor, lighting and sound booth, beautiful lobby and dressing rooms. Performances take place in the theater with audiences of up to 110, or in the intimate dance studio with audiences of up to 30
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- Audience risers with Premiere Wenger seating (capacity of 110)
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New sprung marley floor (52′ x 30′) designed for bare feet and dance footwear
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Masonite floor available for tap dance, heeled shoes, and street shoes
- Front desk, lobby, coat closet and reception area (with a movable wall connecting theater to the lobby area)
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Tech booth with performance lighting, audio and video projection system
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Concert quality speakers with optional Bluetooth connectivity
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Adjacent dressing room with dressing tables, refrigerator, washer, dryer, (2) bathrooms with showers
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White cyclorama full stage projection surface (removable)
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Black scrim (removable)
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Dance lighting rep plot with LED cyclorama lights
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(8) moveable mirrors / black flats
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(4) 8-foot ballet barres
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Kimball Vienna Series Grand Piano
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HVAC system
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Production manager on-site, renters may bring additional production staff as needed
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Dance studio (41′ x 31′) available for more intimate performances (capacity of 30)
Philly PACK
A white-box performance space in Pennsport at 233 Federal. This one-of-a-kind venue features two clear garage doors, that can fully open to allow for a unique indoor-outdoor performance space. Transform this space using the array of colorful lights, projector, and handmade skeletal rehearsal blocks.
- Maximum Capacity is 150 in a thrust configuration
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Separate audience vestibule
- Theatrical lighting grid with spot lights
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Professional sound system
- Large dressing room
Glen Foerd
- Artist Friendly Rates for Indoor & Outdoor Space
- Plenty of Weekday Evening Availability!
- Steinway baby grand piano
- Pipe organ
- Projector and projector screen that can be set up inside or outside.
- Performers are responsible for their own A/V equipment.
Resource Sharing Committee Venue Database
For a comprehensive list of theatrical venues in the Greater Philadelphia area, consult the Venue Database compiled by the Resource Sharing Committee.
2024 Festival Venues
Take a look at the venues used in past years and feel free to reach out to Fringe Festival Manager, Simon, Simon@fringearts.com, with any questions.
You can find maps with venues from 2024 – 2021 here.
