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29/05/2026

“We're all born alone, and we all die alone”.

27/05/2026

Going to the Fringe gets harder every year, for artists and audiences. So where are the accessible grassroots festivals to rival it?

19/05/2026

She's coming back to the Buxton Fringe
(Triple best show nominee / no wins )

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13/05/2026

Tickets for all of our Buxton Festival Fringe shows are NOW ON SALE! Take a look at our programme at

08/05/2026

Our 2026 programme is now live on our website - check it out at http://2026.underthefringe.com/programme/ - tickets on sale Thursday 14th May

08/05/2026

Our 2026 Buxton Festival Fringe programme is live on our website - go take a look at http://2026.underthefringe.com/programme/ - tickets on sale Thursday 14th May

19/03/2026

Apply at www.underthefringe.com to perform with us at Buxton Festival Fringe this July - applications close at midnight on Sunday

19/03/2026

Just 3 days to get your application in to perform with us at the 2026 - apply at www.underthefringe.com by midnight on Sunday

13/02/2026

We are open for entries for the 2026 - apply now at underthefringe.com

13/02/2026

We are open for entries for the 2026 Buxton Festival Fringe - apply now at

Presenting over 200 performances of the finest theatre, comedy and music shows, from across the world, at the beautiful Buxton Fringe, every July.

27/07/2025

Last day of the Buxton Festival Fringe, and the awards ceremony was held this afternoon - lots of our artists need to be congratulated for their awards and nominations!

Children's Event:
Nik Coppin Comedy, Stories Alive & Sweet Productions and Jeannie Jones (winner)

Comedy Show:
Anna Hale, Crudi Dench, Edy Hurst, Joz Norris, Rob Rouse & Tom Wrigglesworth and Will BF (winner)

Stand-Up Comedy:
Hayley Ellis, Samantha Day and Alasdair Beckett-King (winner)

Music Show:
Darren & Trish and Fred Up

Theatre Production
Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited (for both shows!) Isabel Singer, Headache Creative Productions, Working Progress Collective Theatre, Play Nicely Theatre and Charis King (winner)

Actor:
Jac Wheble from NoLogoProductions, Isabel Singer, Tanieth Kerr & Beth Birds from Headache, Max Burnett, Louis Martino & Sam Bates from Working Progress Collective Theatre, Henri Merriam from Play Nicely Theatre, Charis King, Lexi Wolfe from Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited (winner) and Patrick Kealey from Fetch Productions (winner)

Youth Actor:
Toni Brocklehurst, Lottie Darby, Lenny Brady and Abigail Newman from Shadow Syndicate Theatre Company

Youth Production:
Shadow Syndicate Theatre Company (winner)

New Writing:
Polis Loizou-Denyer, Ruth Berkoff Performer, Eli Yim and Stacey Cullen from Working Progress Collective Theatre (winner)

And More:
Caspar Thomas (winner)

Spirit Of The Fringe:
Darren & Trish (winner)

John Beecher Memorial Award:
Play Nicely Theatre (winner)

The full list is here: https://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/awards2025.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLzeZtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr7Dv8EoxctPVLADDZOD6c_BoScueSBPvvyfruwmszCR4ohT5u0QLXlWasKK_aem_Yk1ZNgjv8IHsX3w2ut24_w

At the end of each Fringe we recognise excellence at our prestigious Awards Ceremony. Our archive page shows winners from past years. We list current award winners and nominees below: