A collage made from promotional show images from the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader‘s coverage for the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published.

• FRINGE FILE #23: Mini-Reviews #4 – Magical %$@!s, The Shire/Surge, and Anna
• FRINGE FILE #22: Mini-Reviews #3 – Importance x3, Bury the Leads
• FRINGE FILE #21: INTERVIEW – Sam Landman and Nissa Nordland on Bury the Leads
• FRINGE FILE #20: Mini-Reviews #2 – Run, Witness, and the Fast Death of a Salesman
• FRINGE FILE #19: Touring Artist Spotlight – Band Practice and Don't Be Scared
• FRINGE FILE #18: Mini-Reviews #1 – Watership Down, Mario, and Papi
• FRINGE FILE #17: INTERVIEW – Dawn Bentley on The Quiet Piggy and Helming Fringe
• FRINGE FILE #16: INTERVIEW – r. d. rhobajt and the Shoes & Socks & Coats Show
• FRINGE FILE #15: Preview #2 (August 5)
• FRINGE FILE #14: INTERVIEW – Foshay, Foshay, Foshay – with Kevin Bowen
• FRINGE FILE #13: INTERVIEW – Christy Johnson and the Radiant Ember in the Theatre
• FRINGE FILE #12: INTERVIEW – Storyteller and Producer Jena Young on The Label Maker and More
• FRINGE FILE #11: INTERVIEW – Paul Andrew Willis, Jr. and The Importance of Being Eternal
• FRINGE FILE #10: INTERVIEW – Wesley Tilford on Being a Scab for Hire
• FRINGE FILE #9: The Previews
• FRINGE FILE #8: INTERVIEW – Phillip Andrew Bennett Low on A Revolution Highly Favorable
• FRINGE FILE #7: INTERVIEW – Multidisciplinary Theatremaker Kyle Dekker and Witness Loudly
• FRINGE FILE #6: INTERVIEW – Actor Robin Carlisle on A Real Piece of Work and Falling Into Fringe
• FRINGE FILE #5: INTERVIEW – Ariel Pinkerton, Mermaids, and The Importance of Living
• FRINGE FILE #4: Touring Show Spotlight: Too Fat to Run
• FRINGE FILE #3: INTERVIEW – Director Casey Marie Holmes and A Woman's Place is in the House
• FRINGE FILE #2: INTERVIEW – Amber Bjork on The Winding Sheet Outfit and Returning to Fringe
• FRINGE FILE #1: MN Fringe - Let the Planning Begin

Readers may also be interested in:

• Cherry and Spoon’s Minnesota Fringe Festival Must See list for 2026.
• Single White Fringe Geek’s coverage of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

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The Twin Cities Arts Reader is an arts and lifestyles magazine whose coverage examines arts and selected activities in the state of Minnesota and across the country. It provides in-depth, critical arts coverage and reaches more than 600,000 readers per year.

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• FRINGE FILE #23: Mini-Reviews #4 – Magical %$@!s, The Shire/Surge, and Anna - August 10, 2026
• FRINGE FILE #22: Mini-Reviews #3 – Importance x3, Bury the Leads - August 9, 2026
• FRINGE FILE #20: Mini-Reviews #2 – Run, Witness, and the Fast Death of a Salesman - August 8, 2026