Call to join “The Great Artists’ Pilgrimage”  

The Island’s answer to the world famous Edinburgh Fringe,  the Ventnor Fringe Festival will take place over four days in locations at varied as parks to basements, churches to courtyards, hosting artists in disciplines as diverse as spoken word, film, music and theatre.

The Festival, which will run from the 11th – 14th August 2010 to coincide with the 121st Ventnor Carnival celebrations is an open arts festival in which artists from any discipline and from any location in the world can take part in, performing and experimenting with their work, networking and developing new skills and ideas. 

Applications from filmmakers, painters, musicians, writers, theatre groups, poets and more to perform at the first Ventnor Fringe Festival, an event which aims to develop as a “Great Artist’s Pilgrimage” open this week.

Developed as a centre of wellbeing and inspiration to some of the greatest literary figures of recent history, the new festival in Ventnor launching for the first time this summer aims to re-establish and develop the ambitions of the town’s founders and create a centre of learning, arts and emotional enrichment.

The Festival will be unique to the Island not only in its form but also in its management, with the event being established and led by a team of local teenagers, giving the Fringe a unique drive and perspective. Supervised by an advisory group of experienced theatre and management professionals   Ventnor Fringe promises to provide something for a great diversity of interests.

Applications to perform are available online at www.vfringe.co.uk until 11th June 2010.