MARQUETTE
FRINGE
FESTIVAL
October 23rd & 24th, 2026 in Downtown Marquette, MI
Step Into the Fringe
Marquette Fringe performances take place across multiple downtown venues on Saturday, with artists programmed into curated 60-minute Fringe Blocks designed to give audiences a full hour of diverse, engaging work. Performers may be scheduled alongside other artists whose work complements their own, creating a shared and dynamic festival experience.
The festival also marks the return of the Marquette Spectacle on Friday evening — a free, outdoor celebration of performative art open to the entire community.
As a participating artist, you’ll receive venue placement, scheduling details, and production guidance as the festival approaches. We strongly encourage all applicants to review the Fringe Festival Handbook, which outlines timelines, expectations, paperwork, and how the festival operates in greater detail.
Ready to Apply?
Creating your Eventotron Account:
Go to https://www.eventotron.com/ and click the Login / Sign Up button
Enter your email address in the ‘New Users’ box then click ‘Register’. You will receive a password by email very quickly. If you haven’t received a password within five minutes, please check your spam / junk email. If it’s not there, please email help@eventotron.com and they will get you sorted out ASAP.
Applying to the Festival:
Once you’re logged into Eventotron, click on Festivals & Seasons in the top menu.
You will see a list of all festivals and seasons currently accepting applications. Use the search filter or scroll through the list to find the Marquette Fringe Festival and click the Apply button.
There will be information about the festival followed by a box asking whether your event is already in Eventotron or if you are creating a new event. Your “event” is the performance you are submitting to the Fringe Festival and/or the Marquette Spectacle. If you want to submit an event for both, you will need to fill out two separate applications.
If you are applying with an event that is already in Eventotron (ie: an event you have applied to a previous festival/season with) click My event is already in Eventotron, find it in the dropdown list and click next.
If you are creating a new event, click I am creating a new event, enter the name of the event and click next.
Now fill in the festival application/registration questionnaires.
Your answers will be saved automatically so you can return to complete them later.
Questions about using Eventotron? Check out their documentation here.
About the Fringe Festival
A Fringe Festival is for those acts outside the mainstream. Acts of theatre, dance, comedy, music, and more that you might not see in a traditional festival. Fringe acts are known for being strange and abstract, thought-provoking and irreverent, but they aren’t required to be any of that. Anything performed at a Fringe festival is considered Fringe.
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