{"id":235,"date":"2016-01-28T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mattkemple.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-01-28T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:08:28","slug":"announcing-milwaukee-fringe-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattkemple.com\/home\/2016\/01\/announcing-milwaukee-fringe-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing The Milwaukee Fringe Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Announcing The Milwaukee Fringe Festival <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>New annual arts event will feature top performing and visual arts<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MILWAUKEE, WIS \u2013 The <strong>Milwaukee Fringe Festival<\/strong>, the regions newest city-wide art festival is a two-day performance and visual art event <strong>celebrating Milwaukee\u2019s vibrant and diverse arts scene<\/strong>. The inaugural event will take place <strong>Saturday, August 27<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> and <strong>Sunday, August 28<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>Downtown, Milwaukee at <strong>Pere Marquette Park<\/strong>, <strong>The Marcus Center Vogal Hall<\/strong> and surrounding venues.<\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Fringe Festival will showcase <strong>live theatre, music, dance, comedy and visual art<\/strong> from the region along side keynote speakers and national performers with a connection to the Greater Milwaukee area. In addition, MKE Fringe Fest will also feature some of the areas best food trucks, breweries and other culinary delights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilwaukee\u2019s art scene is as diverse and prolific as any in the nation. The Milwaukee Fringe Festival is an event to celebrate that diversity on a wide scale.\u201d Said festival Co-Founder Eric Engelbart. \u201cWe want this festival to be an immersive experience that features extraordinary entertainment from the many Milwaukee and Wisconsin based arts groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature free outdoor performances in Pere Marquette Park and along the Milwaukee River, as well as ticketed indoor performances at some of Milwaukee\u2019s best theater venues. The MKE Fringe Fest will focus on accessibility to the citizens of Milwaukee by offering free or inexpensive live performances in the center of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Kemple, Co-Founder of the MKE Fringe Festival stated, &#8220;Our goal is to expose audiences to talented performers they may not discover on their own, while also celebrating established artists who got their start in Milwaukee. There is a high level of talent here in Brew City and we want to acknowledge that talent with a celebration of the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Fringe Festival is presented under the direction of renowned television and film actor <strong>Willem Dafoe<\/strong>, <strong>John Schneider<\/strong> (Theatre Professor at Marquette University), <strong>Eric Engelbart<\/strong> (Shepherd Express) <strong>Matt Kemple<\/strong> (Milwaukee Comedy Festival), <strong>Karen\u00a0Rayzak<\/strong> and <strong>Katie Rhyme<\/strong> (MKE Follies) and <strong>Brian Rott<\/strong> (Quazimondo Physical Theatre). The festival is produced under Nice Plays, Inc a 501c3 nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<p>A call for submissions is announced for creative artists of all kinds to <strong>submit to perform or display<\/strong>. Those interested may do so as of <strong>March 1, 2016<\/strong> via the Milwaukee Fringe Festival website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkefringe.com\">http:\/\/www.mkefringe.com<\/a>. Submission fee: $20 or Early Bird is $15.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>The Inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong>August 27 and 28, 2016<br \/>\nPere Marquette Parke and surrounding venues in Downtown Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing The Milwaukee Fringe Festival New annual arts event will feature top performing and visual arts MILWAUKEE, WIS \u2013 The Milwaukee Fringe Festival, the regions newest city-wide art festival is a two-day performance and visual art event celebrating Milwaukee\u2019s vibrant and diverse arts scene. 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