Marquette Fringe

06/11/2026

You asked "Where is it?", and we think you'll love the answer.

On Saturday, October 24th, downtown Marquette becomes your stage. We're partnering with three incredible local venues, and the festival happens at all of them throughout the day:

📍 Ore Dock Brewing Co.
📍 The Honorable Distillery
📍 Landmark Inn

Attendees stroll from venue to venue, hopping between shows and discovering acts in some of the coolest spaces in town. No single stage, no single crowd. Just live performance woven right into downtown Marquette.

For performers, that means a built-in, curious audience moving through your space all day, and a chance to play a room with real character.

Want in? This is your sign to be part of something different ✨ Visit marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/ for application info!

06/09/2026

🎭 Applications are open for Marquette Fringe Fest!

We’re looking for performers and creatives of all kinds, including theatre, music, spoken word, dance, drag, experimental performance, and more, to help fill multiple venues throughout Downtown Marquette on October 24 with original, creative, and community-driven performances.

Whether you’re an established performer or trying something new for the first time, Fringe is about creating space for artists to bring their ideas to life.

📅 Applications close Friday, July 3. Visit https://marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/ to apply!

06/04/2026

Thanks for the feature TV6 & FOX UP 💜

Artists will have the chance to showcase any new art they are working on and may need help fleshing out

06/04/2026

The Marquette Spectacle returns on Friday, October 23 as the kickoff event for Marquette Fringe Festival, bringing large-scale outdoor performance, music, movement, and creative energy back to Downtown Marquette.

Created as a free community arts experience, the Spectacle transforms public space into a collaborative performance environment featuring local artists and creatives in a way that is immersive, accessible, and uniquely Marquette.

Want to be part of the Spectacle? We're looking for performers of all kinds to bring downtown Marquette to life. Aerial artists, dance and movement troupes, costumed performers and puppetry, live artwork, and anything else you can imagine!

Learn more and apply at https://marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/

06/02/2026

What IS a Fringe festival? Short answer: it's a performing arts festival without a curator's velvet rope.

Here, there's no 'right' kind of art. We celebrate the work that traditional venues won't touch — and the artists who refuse to make themselves smaller to fit in.

🎤 Genre-defying musicians
💃 Movement artists, improv, performance art
🎙️ Comedians, spoken word, storytellers
✨ Drag, cabaret, circus, magic, variety
🌀 Anything that doesn't fit the categories above

If your work has ever been called 'a little out there' — Marquette Fringe was built for you.

Apply by July 3 → https://marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/

06/02/2026

What IS a Fringe festival? Short answer: it's a performing arts festival without a curator's velvet rope.

Here, there's no 'right' kind of art. We celebrate the work that traditional venues won't touch — and the artists who refuse to make themselves smaller to fit in.

🎤 Genre-defying musicians
💃 Movement artists, improv, performance art
🎙️ Comedians, spoken word, storytellers
✨ Drag, cabaret, circus, magic, variety
🌀 Anything that doesn't fit the categories above

If your work has ever been called 'a little out there' — Marquette Fringe was built for you.

Apply by July 3 → https://marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/

05/15/2026

Fringe is heading downtown! 🎭✨

Applications are now open for performing artists to be part of the inaugural Marquette Fringe Festival October 23–24, 2026.

Two days. Three venues. Every kind of performance you can imagine... and some you can't.

We're building this festival for the artists who don't fit neatly anywhere else. The weird, the bold, the experimental, the genre-defying. Whether you want to be part of the return of the Marquette Spectacle on Friday night or perform during Saturday’s ticketed, multi-venue programming, this is your chance to help shape the very first year of this festival.

Applications close July 3. Don't wait until the last minute.

Learn how to apply and submit your performance here: marquettefringe.org/marquette-fringe-festival-2026/

04/26/2026

A huge thank you to Ore Dock Brewing Co. and Superior Expressions for making the 4th annual Drag Menagerie a night to remember!

We appreciate all of the performer and attendees who joined us for a night of fun and self-expression. Celebrating art and individuality is what Fringe is all about.

04/22/2026

🌸 Tomorrow night, see what’s in bloom at Drag Menagerie: In Bloom at Ore Dock Brewing Co..

Join Marquette Fringe for an evening of local drag performances as we welcome spring with style.

Doors open at 6:30 PM
Show runs 7:00–9:00 PM

A $5 suggested donation helps support future Fringe programming. Come early, grab a drink, and get ready for a night of local drag.

Learn more at: marquettefringe.org/4th-annual-drag-menagerie/

04/22/2026

🎤🌺 This Thursday, the stage is set for Drag Menagerie: In Bloom at Ore Dock Brewing Co. from 7-9 PM, and a familiar presence is returning to guide the night.

L. DeBerri is back as host, bringing the style and steady hand that has led the past three Menagerie shows.

Join us for an evening of local drag as L. DeBerri keeps the show in bloom from start to finish.

Learn more at: marquettefringe.org/4th-annual-drag-menagerie/