New York International Fringe Festival
| Location | New York City |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founded by | Aaron Beall John Clancy Jonathan Harris Elena K. Holy |
| Artistic director | Elena K. Holy |
| Type of play | Fringe theater |
| Festival date | October |
| Website | fringenyc |
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, was a fringe theater festival held annually from 1997 until 2019 (but not in 2017). One of the largest multi-arts events in North America, it took place over the course of a few weeks in October, spread on more than 20 stages across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Greenwich Village. Most of the venues were centered on the FringeHUB. Yearly attendance topped 75,000 people.