Archive: this article covers the 2022 Buxton Festival Fringe. Visit the organiser’s website for current information. The photographs include scenes from earlier Fringes.

The 2022 Buxton Festival Fringe ran from 6 to 24 July, bringing theatre, music, poetry, comedy, film, exhibitions and more to venues across the town.

Crowds in Pavilion Gardens near the bandstand

The organiser records 171 entries in 2022. The full printed programme returned, and the information desk was in the Pavilion Gardens conservatory.

Fringe information display and orange banner

Underground at the Old Clubhouse sign

Managed venues included The Green Man Gallery, The Rotunda and Underground Venues at The Old Clubhouse and the Arts Centre Studio. Events were also listed at venues including Poole’s Cavern, Buxton Crescent, the United Reformed Church, The Pump Room and Pavilion Gardens.

Performers on a stage with orange balloons

The programme also included events outside Buxton, including at High Peak Bookstore at Brierlow Bar and in New Mills, Eyam and Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Colourful outdoor performance in Pavilion Gardens

Fringe float in a street procession

Musicians performing under orange decorations

Fringe@5 was advertised as an early-evening showcase, but the organiser’s archived listing marks it as cancelled.

People watching a bandstand performance in Pavilion Gardens

The Fringe and Buxton International Festival float returned to Carnival Day, and Fringe Sunday returned to the Pavilion Gardens.

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