Welcome to the Nashville Fringe Festival
The Nashville Fringe Festival presents a free celebration of performance and fine arts in Nashville, on June 21, 2010. Musicians, fine artists, craftspeople, and spoken word performers will join to celebrate the great diversity of the Nashville arts scene and to present performances of all varieties. One extremely important feature of the Nashville Fringe Festival is the Kids Fringe, focusing on the youth of the Nashville performing arts community. Nashville is a city like no other in the world and the Nashville Fringe Festival will reflect the diversity that makes the Nashville art scene so unique and so vital. Performers, artists, and all who love them are invited to join the Nashville Fringe Festival. Times and venues for the Nashville Fringe Festival are:
4:00 p.m., Simon Ripley’s Music Store, 1305 Eighth Avenue South, Four O’Clock Fringe
6:00 p.m., W.O. Smith Music School, 1125 Eighth Avenue South, Kids Fringe
7:00 p.m., THE Basement, 1604 Eighth Avenue South, Friends of the Fringe Concert
WOW! New info and new news – almost every day! Birdie and James “Nick” Nixon will be honored as Legends of Nashville Music, at the Friends of the Fringe Concert, Monday, June 21, 2010; at 7:00 p.m., at THE Basement, 1604 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville!
We did it! On June 21, 2010, The Nashville Fringe Festival joined performance and fine arts. Musicians, spoken word performers, and street artists celebrated the great diversity of the Nashville arts scene and presented performances of all varieties. The highlight of the inaugural Nashville Fringe Festival was the presentation of the Friends of the Fringe Legends Award to Birdie and James “Nick” Nixon. The legendary Billy Cox presented the award to his friends, Birdie and Nick. If there was a dry eye in the house, it surely wasn’t this writer’s! One extremely important feature of the Nashville Fringe Festival was the Kids Fringe, focusing on the youth of the Nashville performing arts community. Kids Fringe also included a rock band based in Memphis, Young Guns. Nashville is a city like no other in the world and the Nashville Fringe Festival reflected the diversity that makes the Nashville art scene so unique and so vital. We are resting for a minute and looking forward to The Nashville Fringe Festival, June 21, 2011!