2017 Fort Lee Fringe Fest May 30th - June 3rd

Fort Lee Fringe Festival: May 30th – June 3rd, 2017

The genesis of Fringe Festivals dates to 1947 and the first Edinburgh Festival in in Scotland. With the “official” festival using the city’s major venues, independent theatre companies took over smaller alternative venues for their productions. Thus these arts events were on the “fringe” of the official Edinburgh Festival. Since that time Fringe Festivals have spread across the globe even to NYC.

These Fringe Festivals are multi day events and usually last no longer than one hour per event / performance. The admission is free to all events. We encourage people to bring lawn chairs to the events.

Venues and dates:

Tuesday, May 30th – 7pm – 8pm - Main Violin Classical music extravaganza performed by Camerata New Jersey on the porch / green of this historic structure at 523 Summit Avenue (the oldest surviving building in Fort Lee dating to the US Civil War) which was saved in part through the efforts of Main Violin and the Fort Lee Historic Preservation Commission - in West Fort Lee section of the borough.

Wednesday, May 31st 7:3opm – 8:30pm Fort Lee based Verismo Opera Association to perform cabaret music at park at Hudson Lights on Main Street and Lemoine Avenue from 7:30 – 8:30pm. (Rain location the Fort Lee Public Library meeting room at 320 Main St.)

Thursday, June 1st – 5pm – 10pm - Classic Fort Lee Car Show –Columbia Avenue & Abbott Boulevard in The Junction (795 Abbott Boulevard) . Palisade section of borough.

Friday, June 2nd– 7:30pm – 8:30pm live music at park at Hudson Lights on Main Street and Lemoine Avenue featuring Doc Lane and Loose Change. (Rain location the Fort Lee Public Library meeting room at 320 Main St.)

Saturday, June 3rd – 1pm – 5pm Fort Lee History event at historic Rambo’s Hotel building at 2423 First Street in the Coytesville section – picnic in backyard with live music and burgers and hot dogs and soft drinks free to the public. Event includes the presentation of 2017 Fort Lee Historical Society Sylvia Abbott Award for Historic Preservation to the Fort Lee Housing Authority. Music by Dr. Dubious & The Agnostics. This historic house dating to the 1860s was a location used by movie studios and crews during Fort Lee’s days as the first American film town in the 1910s. This house was saved from demolition through the efforts of the Fort Lee Film Commission, the Fort Lee Housing Authority and the Fort Lee Mayor & Council.

Thus the Fort Lee Fringe Festival will reach every section of the borough, from Coytesville, West Fort Lee, Palisades and Main Street.

Sunday, June 4th 11am – 6pm Annual Fort Lee Arts & Music Fest on Lemoine Avenue between Main Street and Bruce Reynolds Blvd. Over 150 vendors, free rides for kids, two stages of free entertainment, food vendors, crafters, Harley Davidson Motorcycle Show. Performing on Stage 1 on Main and Lemoine at 4:30pm is our main group The Amish Outlaws. They perform 4:30 – 6pm. Admission is free – parking free in Fort Lee Municipal Lot adjacent to festival.

For further info contact the Fort Lee Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs / Tom Meyers, visit www.fortleenj.org or call us at (201) 693-2763.