St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival

St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
GenreConcert dance
Drag queen
Fringe theatre
Recital
Repertory theatre
Date(s)June
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Inaugurated1990
Attendance60000+
Patron(s)McAuslan Brewing
Websitehttp://montrealfringe.ca/

The St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is a festival that hosts fringe theatre, repertory, dance, music, and drag-queen performances in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The festival is held annually and lasts for 20 days in June.[2] The festival was previously run by Jeremy Hechtman and Patrick Goddard,[3] but Hechtman stepped down in 2010 after being in the position for 15 years.[4] The festival has been run since 2011 by choreographer Amy Blackmore.[5] McAuslan Brewing sponsors the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival and several other festivals in Montreal, including Pop Montreal, the Montreal World Film Festival, and the Fantasia Festival.[6] The 2007 festival featured a mass fake marriage for theatre-goers at the beginning of the festival and then a corresponding mass fake divorce at the end symbolised by the eating of timbits.[7]

References

  1. ^ Regis St Louis (2009). Montréal & Québec City Encounter. Lonely Planet. p. 26. ISBN 978-1741790559.
  2. ^ Regis St. Louis; Simona Rabinovitch (2010). Montréal & Québec City City Guide. Lonely Planet. p. 14. ISBN 978-1741791709.
  3. ^ "This year's action: 700 performances". The Gazette (Montreal). June 9, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Richard Burnett (August 31, 2012). "Festival directors: Would you like a beer with that?". Hour Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  5. ^ Bill Brownstein (June 11, 2011). "Director is mesmorized by tricks of the trade". The Montreal Gazette.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Jamie O'Meara (November 18, 2010). "Centre St-Ambroise's Dave Cool: Kings of beer, patrons of arts". Hour Community. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  7. ^ Laura Roberts (October 25, 2007). "V for Vixen: How to make a fake marriage work". Hour Community. Retrieved August 31, 2012.