Society membership
As an open membership organisation, we’re always looking for new and diverse voices to join the conversation and help shape the future of the Society.
Members are responsible for electing the Board of Directors, adopting the accounts and appointing the auditors each year. Membership costs £5 a year to cover administration costs.
Membership sign-up and renewal form
Voting for the Board of Directors is now open
Voting for the 2024 elections to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Board is now open. Voting closes 11:59 BST Tuesday 20 August 2024.
To be eligible to vote in the elections, you must be a member of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society by 12:00 BST on Tuesday 06 August 2024.
Those who become a member after this date will not be eligible to vote, but are still welcome to attend the AGM.
AGM
The next Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 20 August 2024 at 12:00.
The AGM will be held at Edinburgh City Chambers. The address of which can be found below:
City Chambers, 253 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YP
This is primarily an in-person event, but will also be available as a live-stream. Check the Members Area for further information.
Our commitments
The founding principle at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – to be an open-access arts event that welcomes anyone with a story to tell and a venue to host them – still guides the work of the Society today.
It’s our policy that no single individual or committee determines who can or cannot perform on the Fringe.
The Society was formed in 1958, in recognition of the fact that more and more performers were coming to Edinburgh despite not being included in the Edinburgh International Festival programme. Its earliest tasks included providing information to artists, publishing the Fringe Programme and creating a central box office. In 1969 the Society was incorporated as a limited company and its constitution published.
Unlike many other festivals, our constitution celebrates the fact that the Society does not vet the Fringe Programme. That means we have no artistic director and that the programme is shaped by the initiative and vision of performers willing to showcase their work here.
The Fringe Society exists to
- Support, advise and encourage everyone who wants to participate in the Fringe.
- Provide information and assistance to help audiences curate their own Fringe experience.
- Celebrate the Fringe and what it stands for all over the world.
- Ensure the Fringe Society is sustainable, utilising its resource to the greatest benefit of the Fringe and its constituents.
Board of Directors
The Society has a Board of Directors which oversees our core Fringe Society staff in their year-round work and makes sure everything is in place to support those who produce and present the world’s biggest explosion of culture every August.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fringe Advisors
To help us meet our Blueprint ambitions and make the Fringe as accessible, affordable, connected and relevant as possible we work with a group of Fringe Advisors, representing a wide variety of different backgrounds and perspectives.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FRINGE ADVISORS