Dates: 6/30/2026 - 7/12/2026
📍 Theatre: Soulpepper Theatre
50 Tank House Lane
Toronto, ON M5A3C4
Toronto Fringe is proud to announce programming for the 38th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival, taking place June 30-July 12, 2026 with 123 shows in 27 venues across the city. Tickets and passes are on sale now at www.fringetoronto.com.
Chosen by lottery, Toronto Fringe is the home for first-time performers, celebrated collectives, TikTok stars taking to the stage, and award-winning theatre pros presenting their new works.
The Toronto Fringe is Ontario’s largest performance festival with an eclectic mix of topics and themes including eight shows inspired by Shakespeare, five shows from the Caribbean diaspora, three magic shows, two shows about Medical Assistance in Dying, and a comedy show performed entirely in Mandarin.
Toronto Fringe will host performances at traditional theatre spaces and pop-up venues spread out between Keele Street, Davenport Avenue, Pape Avenue, and Lake Ontario, with dramatic theatre, clown, dance, storytelling, sketch comedy, musicals, improv, puppets, and stand up, plus six KidsFest shows, and thirteen days of free community programming at the Festival Hub at Soulpepper.
Toronto Fringe has announced the award recipients for the 38th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival. In a ceremony on July 10 at Old Flame Brewing Co in Toronto, hosted by Toronto Fringe Co-Leads Rachel Kennedy and Laura Paduch, 20 awards were presented to a dynamic range of artists.
From writer and director Priscila Gonzalez comes the story of Snacey, a young snake who lives in the Northern Andes. She has not been the kindest snake and is afraid no one will show up to her birthday party!
The Remainders is a touching theatrical love letter to public libraries and to any patron who has ever found a sense of belonging through public libraries.
Soulpepper Theatre Company will present a limited concert run of Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical parody, the off-Broadway hit, at its Distillery District venue in Toronto.
Modern Classic Theatre will present MY OWN PRIVATE SHAKESPEARE, written and performed by Justin Hay and directed by Mona Zaidi, at the Toronto Fringe Festival, running at Soulpepper Theatre's Kevin & Roger Garland Cabaret.
Dodo Tree Productions will present QUESTING THROUGH LIFE at Soulpepper's Weyni Mengesha Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, a fantasy-drama written, directed, and produced by 17-year-old Tanya Yong.
The Howland Company announced the cast for YOU CHOOSE: AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY at the Toronto Fringe Festival, featuring seven Second City and CBC veterans in a Traitors-style interactive comedy created by Ruth Goodwin and Liz Johnston.
Toronto Fringe has announced venues for its 2026 festival. The event will feature more than 120 productions across the city. A new Fringe Encore Series will also debut later in the year.
In a ceremony on July 11 in the Kevin & Roger Garland Cabaret at Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, hosted by Toronto Fringe Co-Leads Rachel Kennedy and Laura Paduch, 19 awards were presented to a dynamic range of artists.
Following a celebrated Off-Broadway run at New York's SoHo Playhouse, Emilio's A Million Chameleons will return to Toronto this July for four performances only as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Learn more!
Bernhardt Productions will present Divine Monster as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival, running July 2–12 at Soulpepper Theatre’s RBC Finance Studio in the Distillery District.
The Ensemble, a bold and biting new adaptation of José Sanchis Sinisterra’s Los Figurantes, is debuting at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival. Performances run July 3–13 at Soulpepper Theatre’s Michael Young Theatre.
Toronto Fringe Festival will present the world premiere of Me and You and the Highland Coo, presented by Montreal-based theatre collective Happy as a Clam Productions.
Toronto Fringe has announced the full slate of venues that will host over 100 indie productions across the city during the 37th annual Toronto Fringe Festival.
Toronto Fringe has revealed the 2025 Next Stage Series will be presented during the 37th annual Toronto Fringe Festival. The Next Stage Series will feature four shows. See programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
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SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS Collingwood Music Festival (7/11-7/11) |
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HARMONY OF THE WORLD Meridian Arts Centre (3/06-3/06) |
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Cabaret Canadian Stage (2/13-2/28) |
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A Christmas Story - The Musical Centre In The Square (11/25-11/25) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |
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UNIONVILLE CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Unionville Millennium Square (7/01-7/01) |
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A Christmas Carol Fleck Theatre at Harbourfront Centre (11/12-12/23) |
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Radiant Vermin Red Sandcastle Theatre (11/12-11/22) |
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Fred Penner: The Hero in You Ada Slaight Stage, Young People's Theatre (3/06-3/20) |
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Freely - A Mixed Media Cabaret Freely Shows (11/05-11/05) |
