The 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival did it again, With a significant rise in participation, attendance and revenue, it would seem that there is a hunger for new edgy works for Los Angeles audiences.
Official HFF17 Stats
The eighth Hollywood Fringe sold an estimated $540,000 in ticket sales. This is a 21% increase in ticket sales from last year.
The numbers reflect a growth trend that has been in place since the festival began in 2010:
- The festival sold over 65,000 individual tickets (from 17,000 in 2010).
- The festival sold an estimated $540,000 in tickets this year (from $50,000 in 2010, almost 1,000% growth).
- In its eight year history, Hollywood Fringe has returned over $2.3 million to artists.
- 375 productions participated in this year’s event (from 180 in 2010), mounting 2,064 performances at 51 spaces throughout central Hollywood and some West Hollywood locations.
- 1,802 artists and producers participated in this year’s Hollywood Fringe.
The central Fringe organization doesn’t retain any of the ticketing proceeds; all $540,000 have been returned to Fringe artists and venues.
And yet there’s more,
Extensions This Week:
Thursday, July 20
8:00 PM – Songs of the Fall (Actors Company)
8:30 PM – Narcissus & Echo (Complex Theatres)
Friday, July 21
7:30 PM – Terror on The High Seas (Asylum @ Studio C)
8:00 PM – A Void (Actors Company)
8:00 PM – We Are Not These Hands (Met Theatre)
8:00 PM – Desert Warrior (Complex Theatres)
8:00 PM – My Janis (The New Collective)
8:00 PM – The Spidey Project (studio/stage)
8:00 PM – 6 Figures (Asylum @ 2nd Stage)
9:00 PM – Just Old Woman from Old Country…. (Asylum @ Studio C)
9:00 PM – Narcissus & Echo (Complex Theatres)
9:30 PM – 6 Figures (Asylum @ 2nd Stage)
10:00 PM – Hot Dates (Three Clubs)
Saturday, July 22
2:00 PM – THANKSGIVING (Lounge Theatre)
2:00 PM – Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Asylum @ 2nd Stage)
3:30 PM – Ashlee Olivia presents E.A.R.T.H.A. (Asylum @ Studio C)
5:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH JOHN WILKES BOOTH (Complex Theatres)
7:00 PM – Toys (Complex Theatres)
7:30 PM – BRAVO 25: Your A.I. Therapist Will See You Now (Actors Company)
8:00 PM – Dying City (Actors Company)
8:00 PM – SECRET IDENTITY CRISIS (Asylum @ Studio C)
8:00 PM – The Spidey Project (studio/stage)
8:00 PM – WINNER BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE & ENCORE: UNDER THE JELLO MOLD(Complex Theatres)
8:00 PM – Claim Jumper (Complex Theatres)
8:00 PM – My Janis (The New Collective)
9:00 PM – The Amitycode (Asylum @ Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre)
9:00 PM – DEAD BOYS (Actors Company)
9:30 PM – Desert Warrior (Complex Theatres)
Sunday, July 23
2:00 PM – AN EVENING WITH JOHN WILKES BOOTH (Complex Theatres)
2:00 PM – THANKSGIVING (Lounge Theatre)
5:00 PM – WINNER BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE & ENCORE: UNDER THE JELLO MOLD(Complex Theatres)
5:30 PM – Magic 8 Ball (My Life with Asperger’s) (Asylum @ Studio C)
7:00 PM – The Complete History of Drag in a Few Mo-mo (Actors Company)
7:00 PM – THE PLEASURE PROJECT (Met Theatre)
7:30 PM – Save Me a Spot! (Asylum @ Studio C)
8:00 PM – The Amitycode (Asylum @ Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre)