Brighton Fringe and The Pebble Trust Announce £10k Support Package
Brighton Fringe and principal funder The Pebble Trust are delighted to announce that they will...
Thank you to everyone who made Brighton Fringe 2019 the biggest so far. Here's what the festival looked like in numbers…
604,008
Attendees experienced Brighton Fringe
2,940
Tweets included #brightonfringe during the festival
1,034
Events were hosted throughout the city
4,476
Performances took place across 164 venues
144
International events were showcased
34
Countries were represented. Performers travelled from countries including Australia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Iceland, Korea, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden to perform
150
Accessible events part of our Freedom Season took place, a massive increase from 16 in 2018
52%
Of Freedom Season events offered additional accessibility at the Fringe this year, for example many events were BSL interpreted, audio described, touch tours, relaxed performances, and/or captioned
365
Events were world premieres
99,000
Visitors attended Fringe City, our free street festival that takes place every weekend in May
£22,000
Of financial support was granted to Brighton Fringe participants in 2019, helping productions reach their full potential
It has been our most successful year so far, but we are already looking forward to smashing these numbers at Brighton Fringe 2020!