Victoria Fringe Artists 2015

FRINGE PREVIEW #2 – TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 10PM – FRINGE CLUB (1501 Douglas St) – RUNNING ORDER

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH THE HOSTS AND BE READY TO GO 10 MINS PRIOR TO YOUR TIMEBLOCK

10:00pm

1. Mochinosha Puppet Company – Oni

2. Kirchmann Productions - Deranged Dating

3. Life & Depth – James & Jamesy in: High Tea

4. SNAFU - Kitt & Jane: An Interactive Survival Guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic...

VENUE + TECH REHEARSAL ETIQUETTE & FAQs

We know we've told you these things before, but in the interest of you having the best and most productive tech rehearsal possible, especially if it's your first time, please take a moment to review.

- Please don't go by your venue before your tech to see the space. Some spaces are being built early next week, and may look different than you think, even if you've been there...

Look out for the Fringe Preview at Centennial Square  (outdoors) on Wednesday 26 August from 5:30-8:00pm. Join us at 4:30 for a VIP event. Meet fellow artists, grab a slice of pizza, and get ready for the festivities!

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH THE HOSTS AND BE READY TO GO 10 MINS PRIOR TO YOUR TIMEBLOCK

Fringe Preview Lineup

5:30

Welcome! (5 minutes)

SMUS Band Gee...

DIY Marketing and Promo Guide 2015

HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE!

Make an “electronic press kit”—a website where you have posted all of your press kit ingredients—and then you can send your web link to the media inviting them to have a look. Here's a sample: infinityliveproductions.com/html/poison_the_...

Please feel free to use our crest logo on your promo materials.

For ticket information you can add our website victoriafringe.com and the ticket rocket phone number 250-590-6291

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 A while back we asked you to fill out a form that included a 60-word Show Description, to go in the program guide. If you have been confirmed in the Fringe, it is time to review your show description, and either approve it or make any changes. There are two easy steps to this process.

In STEP ONE, you'll go the the link below and find your show description proof - information you sent us a couple of months ago. Scroll down through the page til you find yourself. This...

FRINGE TUTORIAL #2: Program Guide Images and Promotional Photos

This is kind of a long tutorial, but there's lots of important info so please read it carefully. We talk about two different but related things in this section.

PART 1: your program guide image, which will illustrate your 60-word show description in the Fringe Program Guide (in print and on our frin...

Program Guide Image - Deadline June 30

By June 30, we will need the image to accompany your show description in the Program Guide. For complete details, have a look at TUTORIAL #2.

In brief, we are looking for

• 300 dpi
  
• 4 inches square minimum size (= 1200 pixels square minimum, but larger is better)
• RGB mode, full colour
  
• TIF or DNG or best-quality JPEG format

Don't know what any of this ...

Victoria has very strict posterling bylaws, so please do not go poster crazy when you arrive. Posters are limited to in stores and on specific poster poles downtown. You cannot poster on the outside of windows or buildings, utility poles, construction hoardings, or any city property.  There are a few options:

1. Metropol has a postering service, they can print your poster and do in-store or outside postering. More info on their website

 The Fringe Program Guide is your primary sales tool at the Fringe, so it pays to lavish attention on choosing the perfect 60 words to promote your show. Think of newspaper movie listings or TV guide, and how they describe a feature film in just a few words. The Fringe Guide is kind of like this.

Keep in mind that the reader is looking at the guide to decide what shows to see. On average, Fringe-goers attend only four of 50 shows on offer. They are usually scannin...

Below you'll find a link to  the online forms of Artist Package #1, Deadline April 30

CLICK HERE FOR ARTIST PACKAGE #1 FORMS

This package contains the following forms: 

- Company Contact Info

-  Show Description

-  Basic Technical Information

-  Billeting Request for Visiting Artists

You can also email photos or addition...

Please read the following carefully before you apply to be billeted in Victoria!

The Victoria Fringe provides billeting in area homes to visiting performers. We will provide billeting for you from the day before your technical rehearsal until Monday, September 2. If you are coming a week early, or staying after the Fringe ends, you'll have to find your own place to stay for that extra time.

“Billeting” means we find you a free place to sleep a...

Non-Resident Tax Withholding Info for international artists

If your company is not from Canada, there are a few things you'll need to think about this spring.

1. Travel Documents (make sure everyone in your company has valid ones - all the rules changed recently so what you used to be able to enter Canada with may no longer be enough.)

2. Letter of Invitation - we will email you a pdf of this letter shortly. Please "file" ...

 We are putting  together an online gallery of everyone's fringe promo photos so the media can access them easily. Its also useful to artists - say, if you need to get a photo somewhere and find yourself away from the computer that has your hi-res photos on it, but you have access to the web elsewhere. If you can remember howto get here to the Fringe Artist Page, you can access them from anywhere! 

Here is the link to the

PLEASE NOTE: a 2014 updated media list will be provided in the summer. This is from last year -  FYI only. If you choose to contact any of these media outlets before the update, please check their websites for contact information.

This list is part of our Press Kits & Press Releases Tutorial - but we've put it here as well to make it easy to find.Please pay attention to the NOTES section for submission and followup guidelines.

The 2013 Fringe Flickr Gallery is now up and running with the promotional photos we've received so far.

The sooner you get yours to us, the sooner they will be available to print and online media who .

Want some tips on promotional photos? Se...

List your fringe show for free on these web calendars Posted by Janet Munsil on June 20, 2011 at 1:00pmView Blog These are web calendars where you can list your shows for free. If you know of others, let us know and we'll add to the list.

Harbour Living: http://www.harbourliving.ca/

Monday Mag online events: http://mondaymag.com/calendar?cal_path=/events/add

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Online Forms of Artist Package #1 now available - Deadline April 15.

Before you fill out any forms, please visit our BLOG section for information and tutorials that will assist you. Then visit this link and fill out the CONTACT INFO, SHOW DESCRIPTION, & TECHNICAL INFORMATION form online, plus the BILLETING FORM if you need a place to stay while you're here.

CLICK HERE to fill out the online form for Package #1

Questions? Email or...