Hollywood Fringe Festival '17 Ticketing Numbers Smash Previous Records

Hollywood Fringe Festival organizers announced today that the eighth annual festival, which closed June 25th, sold an estimated $540,000 in tickets. This is a 21% increase in ticket sales from last year.

The numbers reflect a growth trend that has been in place since the festival began in 2010:

• The festival sold over 65,000 individual tickets (from 17,000 in 2010).
• The festival sold an estimated $540,000 in tickets this year (from $50,000 in 2010, a nearly 1,000% growth).
• In its eight year history, Hollywood Fringe has returned over $2.3 million to artists.
• 375 productions participated in this year's event (from 180 in 2010), mounting 2,064 performances at 51 spaces throughout central Hollywood and some West Hollywood locations.
• 1,802 artists and producers participated in this year's Hollywood Fringe.

The central Fringe organization doesn't retain any of the ticketing proceeds; all $540,000 have been returned to Fringe artists and venues.

Some of the best shows from this year's festival have been extended and will continue through the summer. The full lineup of extensions can be seen at hollywoodfringe.org/schedule.

Organizers are already planning for the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival; dates will be announced soon. Audience members & participants from this year's festival are encouraged to take the organization's online survey or attend the Post-Fringe Town Hall on July 24.

The Hollywood Fringe is a non-profit organization. Tax-deductible donations can be made at hollywoodfringe.org/donate.

About Hollywood Fringe Festival

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrate the Hollywood neighborhood: Fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Participation in the Hollywood Fringe is completely open and uncensored. This free-for-all approach underlines the festival's mission to be a platform for artists without the barrier of a curative body. By opening the gates to anyone with a vision, the festival is able to exhibit the most diverse and cutting-edge points-of-view the world has to offer. Additionally, by creating an environment where artists must self-produce their work, the Fringe motivates its participants to cultivate a spirit of entrepreneurialism in the arts. Visit www.HollywoodFringe.org/press for more information.