Asheville Fringe Arts Festival returns this Sunday, March 16 to put the spotlight on the avant-garde.
Some of the festival’s beloved venues were lost to the storm, but there’s still no shortage of unconventional art on display. There are plenty of free events, aka Random Acts of Fringe, sprinkled into the ticketed events.
Check out the schedule, which features performances from Fringe favorites — there’s a satirical puppet show from Edwin Salas, a sci-fi lesbian folk opera from Skysail Theatre, and an intimate + experimental dance from strange daughters butoh.
More good news: thanks to several grants, the festival can now offer higher pay to behind-the-scenes staff and free show performers.
Celebrations begin at this Sunday’s kickoff party at the LaZoom Room. The out-of-the-box art culminates on Sunday, March 23.
