If you’d like some great publicity for your show or business, we invite you to take part in the auction for the most coveted Guide spots: the centerfolds, inner front cover, and back cover. The auction opens Thursday, April 20th at Noon PDT and ends Monday, April 24th at 6pm PDT. You can participate whether or not you have already purchased an ad in the Guide (if you did, your original purchase will be deducted from your bid). If you purchased an ad smaller than the full-page size, you will need to upgrade if you win. The opening bid for the centerfolds is $750, and both the inner front cover and back cover opening bids are $1,000. We have also set “Buy Now” prices for each option. Go here to participate in the auction. 

The sponsored drinks program is back for its seventh year, allowing you to feature a drink crafted especially for you at the infamous Bryan’s Bar at Fringe Central. For $100, you provide the name, your base alcohol choice and other information about your show, business, etc and our bartenders will create a hand-crafted beverage to promote you, your business, and/or production! You will also receive an official #hff17 social media mention, a newsletter shout-out, and printed signage at the bar. All proceeds from sponsored drink sales go to the Fringe.

The deadline for sponsored drink submissions is May 20th. If interested, please complete this form.

The 2017 Fringe Central social space will be hosted at a new club located in what was formerly known as The Dragonfly, on Theatre Row at 6510 Santa Monica Blvd. The venue is set to open in June, with Hollywood Fringe being one of the first guests of the new club. We are happy to return to this space and excited to see what the new management will develop! 
 
Fringe Central is the community center of the festival, featuring major Fringe events, concierge staff, and the festival box office, as well as free programming, food trucks, and Fringe merchandise. The space serves not only as a place for Fringe-goers to unwind but also as a gathering place for those wishing to network, distribute flyers or hold meetings.
 
This is also the location of Bryan’s Bar, the infamous Fringe watering hole, designed as a place for artists, audiences, producers and local community members to mix and mingle. Anyone with a Fringe Button will receive discounts on Fringe bar items as well as deals at local Hot Spots. 
 
Fringe Central will officially open to the public on June 7th for the Opening Night Party. There will also be a Fringe Runway event, a Fringe Prom, and regular installments of Fringe Cabaret (the sampler platter of the Hollywood Fringe buffet). 
 
The venue is 18+ only.  

If you have completed the registration of your show for this year’s festival, you are now an official participant of The 2017 Hollywood Fringe. Congratulations! As you begin the journey of marketing your production, we have a resource to help you on your path.
 
We’ve put together a packet of information, reminders, marketing tips & tricks, promotional opportunities, and other goodies. We strongly suggest that you read the entire packet— it could contain the keys to your festival success! Check out your participant packet at www.hollywoodfringe.org/participants. 

The Hollywood Fringe Festival tee that is produced every year is a collector’s item; iconic for that year’s fringe.

We are once again reaching out to our Fringe community to design the 2017 festival tee. Join the design contest and you could win $499 (minus the commission taken by 99Designs). The qualifying round of the contest is officially open as of the sending of this newsletter and will close on Sunday, May 1st.

Please see this link for all the guidelines and spread the word to any of your design friends! To enter, set up a (free) profile on 99designs.com.