Archive: this article covers the 2021 Buxton Festival Fringe. Visit the organiser’s website for current information. The photographs include scenes from earlier Fringes.
Buxton Festival Fringe ran from 7 to 25 July 2021, with theatre, music, film, art and comedy in venues across the town.
It marked a return to predominantly live events after the disruption of the pandemic. The organiser records 111 entries, including online and hybrid events, with some social distancing restrictions still in place during July.
The Fringe Information Desk was in the Pavilion Gardens conservatory and was advertised as open from 10am to 7pm during the 2021 festival.
The programme included events for children alongside the wider selection of music, theatre, comedy and other arts.
The 2021 Fringe used its website and app for listings, with a general printed guide in place of the usual printed programme. Some events could be watched online.
The open-access arts festival runs in Buxton each summer, with some performers also appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Fringe@5 and Fringe Sunday could not go ahead in 2021. A replacement busking initiative, Fringe 10 to 5, was advertised for the Pavilion Gardens promenade; the organiser says buskers performed on most days of the festival.
The festival’s return brought live performances back to Buxton after an extraordinary year for the arts.
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