FAQ
Buy tickets for our 2024 festival Right here!Will the venue(s) be accessible?
Our venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted. We’re proud to say that since 2019 every venue we have work with has been fully accessible by wheelchair. and it is our goal to keep all performances accessible.
Is there room in the budget to cover our travel as performers?
We do not currently have funds to offer travel stipends. We offer limited technical support, and all acts must set up and break down sets at the time of their performance.
I have a raunchy act I want to bring to the table. What are the parameters?
We welcome all types of acts. Per Louisville law, burlesque performers must keep genitals and nipples covered. We encourage content notes. If your act is intensely messy, uses bodily fluids, or has physical interactions with the audience, let us so we can plan accordingly.
NO. FIRE. unless artists get explicit permission. in advance.
What kind of censorship are we dealing with?
We want everyone to have a safe space of expression. We support free speech, difficult conversations, and searing interrogation of the self. We don’t support hate speech.
Safe space policy
Louisville Fringe seeks to provide artists and audiences with safe spaces to create and interact with art. We have a zero-tolerance policy with regards to hate speech, sexual harassment, threatening behavior or advances, and any other action that Louisville Fringe believes constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of our artists or guests. As such, Louisville Fringe reserves the right to remove or deny admission to any party that engages or has engaged in such behavior either before or during the festival.
We know that this is an incomplete policy. We also know that consent matters, that Black lives matter, and that brave artists need safe spaces. The conversation in the theatre about how to create those safe environments is ongoing and has become even more complex due to the debilitating effects of COVID-19.
Louisville Fringe believes the following are great jumping-off points and encourages everyone to read them and join the conversation:
We See You, White American Theater
The Louisville Arts Code of Conduct