Hamilton Fringe Festival at Hamilton Fringe Festival
Dates: 7/15/2026 - 7/26/2026
📍 Theatre: Hamilton Fringe Festival
Hamilton Fringe Festival
190 King William St
Hamilton, ON L8R 1A8
After a record-breaking year, Hamilton Fringe Festival is excited to return with its 22nd festival, running July 15-26, 2026 with 400 performances over 50 shows at 16 venues, and 50+ outdoor events throughout the city. Hamilton Fringe is the largest theatre festival in the Greater Hamilton Area, lighting up spaces across town with live theatre, music, dance, comedy, drag, visual art, film, and family friendly fare. The 2026 event listings are online now, with tickets and passes on sale at HFTco.ca/hamilton-fringe-festival.
Hamilton Fringe will host a weird, wild, and wonderful assortment of theatre and performances, including two shows about Ancient Greece, four shows created by teachers, three shows about food, three shows about the health care system, a show based on Hans Christian Andersen’s Sea Witch, and a whole lot of clowns.
By popular demand, Hamilton Fringe will once again host Fringe Boulevard on King William Street at James Street North. With music, dance, market vendors, drag, film, painting, and performance, it's the living, beating heart of the festival – and all programming is FREE. This pedestrian-friendly hub will be filled with free programming on an outdoor stage including Kids Club Fun Day on July 25. New on Fringe Boulevard in 2026 is Foodie Fringe, an onsite, rotating food activation featuring some of Hamilton’s hippest local restaurants serving street dishes created especially for Fringe audiences. Also debuting this year is Neechie Boulevard, an entire day dedicated to Indigenous programming on July 18, fully dreamed up and realized by Indigenous community members.
Returning for the third year is Fringe On The Streets, the free outdoor performance tour where downtown Hamilton becomes the stage for a thrilling set of five live shows. This immersive 75-minute walking tour will feature Where to Lay My Head to Rest by Sophie Bonifaz; Trash Bots by Liz Buchanan and Ryan M Sero; Project Fathering: Generations by Tom Boyd; The Hanging by Radha S Menon; and Paola Brown - The Town Crier of Hamilton by Melissa Murray-Mutch.
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Hamilton Fringe Festival Names 2026 Award Winners
July 27, 2026 Hamilton Festival Theatre Company announced winners of the 22nd annual Hamilton Fringe Festival, with FELT CUTE, MIGHT OVERSHARE LATER and TOWNSPERSON #3 each earning two honors.
RAGING GRACEFULLY to Play Hamilton Fringe Festival with Big Chick Energy Sketch
July 14, 2026 Big Chick Energy Sketch returns to the Hamilton Fringe Festival with RAGING GRACEFULLY, a new revue blending feminist satire, original songs, and sketch comedy exploring the many eras of womanhood.
HAMILTON FRINGE FESTIVAL to Host Six Affinity Performances for Marginalized Communities
July 08, 2026 The 22nd Hamilton Fringe Festival will present six Affinity Performances designated for Indigenous, Black, LGBTQ2S+, and disability communities across multiple venues, alongside 400 performances and 50+ outdoor events.
Laura Piccinin Brings GO To The Hamilton Fringe Festival
July 03, 2026 Just for Laughs 'Outstanding English Comedy Award' winner Laura Piccinin will perform GO, a 90-minute storytelling show about hiking Newfoundland's 336km East Coast Trail, at Hamilton Fringe Festival's Mills Hardware venue.
Interview: Kayla Kurin & Krista Rowe of CATCHING A CHEESE PERVERT: A PRISCILLA PATTON MYSTERY at Toronto Fringe
June 21, 2026 Creators Kurin and Rowe discuss the creation and evolution of their “regrettably, inspired by true events” mystery-comedy playing at Soulpepper Theatre's RBC Finance Studio from June 30-July 12 as part of Toronto Fringe.
POOKAMHURA: MISTRESS OF B-ROLL to Open at Toronto Fringe Festival
June 11, 2026 Pookamhura Alliance Productions will present the Hamilton Fringe hit at Theatre Passe Muraille, blending live performance, original songs, and MMORPG-inspired animation at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival.
2025 Toronto Fringe Festival Returns $577,500 to Artists
July 14, 2025 The 37th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, which took place July 2-13, 2025, sold 48,655 tickets, resulting in over $577,500 in revenue returning to the artists, the most in the festival’s history.
SISTER SOPHIA KICKS THE HABIT to Debut at 2025 Hamilton Fringe Festival
July 08, 2025 Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit, a bold and funny one-woman play about faith, doubt, and divine liberation, premieres at the 2025 Hamilton Fringe Festival, July 18–27 at The Players’ Guild of Hamilton. Written and performed by Lisa Randall.
Green Light Arts to Present IZAD ETEMADI: LET ME EXPLAIN at The Theatre Centre
September 04, 2024 Green Light Arts will present Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain, a new comedy special at The Theatre Centre in Toronto. Etemadi shares jokes, songs, and personal stories about his life. Learn how to purchase tickets.
UNMATCHED is Now Playing at The Toronto Fringe
July 12, 2022 Levity Theatre Co., a queer non-binary and woman led company in Ottawa, will present Unmatched as part of the 2022 Toronto Fringe Festival July 7 - 16 at the Factory Theatre Studio.
COME FROM AWAY Toronto's Eliza-Jane Scott to Premiere New Musical Comedy MEDITAISH At The Hamilton Fringe Festival
July 05, 2022 Are You Well will present Meditaish, playing at The Casbah as part of the 2022 Hamilton Fringe Festival Mini Bar Series from July 20th to 31st. After slapping a stage manager at her hit review 'Easy Dussett Elinor Russett!', the aging Broadway theatre diva with anger management issues has her day in court and things don't exactly go her way.
Tickets On Sale For The Toronto Premiere Of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
March 14, 2022 Tickets are now on sale for the Toronto premiere of Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl, running April 8th - 10th, 2022 at The Red Sandcastle Theatre.About the Theatre
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