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Shows at Accommodations
Back by popular demand! Fringe favorite and physical comedian Mark Gindick (Cirque du Soleil, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Late Show with David Letterman). This one-of-a-kind artists’ cabaret show will feature Rochester Fringe performing snippets from their individual shows to offer festival-goers a sneak peek of the performances occurring at various venues. Settle in with a libation and get ready for late night gasps - on an early bird schedule!
- Length: 85 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Multidisciplinary
Charming Disaster’s Musical Séance is part concert, part spirit divination, part guided tour of what may lie beyond the mortal veil. The playfully macabre goth-folk duo take on phantoms, poisons, witches, monsters, mediums, and more of their favorite things in this performance of original songs and mysterious onstage rituals. Just in time for spooky season, Charming Disaster invites you to get haunted with them – exploring the dark side with tongue in cheek and cocktail in hand. Seance kit included!
- Length: 85 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Music
ENTIRE RUN SOLD OUT! Sky-high feats. Latin beats. Mind-bending moves. Circolombia, a groundbreaking circus troupe with a history of engagements in Edinburgh, London, and Chicago, will perform a show written and produced exclusively for Rochester Fringe audiences in the Spiegeltent this fall. The show, titled Corazón, will feature six extraordinary artists who each bring an exuberant, Colombian-born vibe to the act—along with madly daring skills.
- Length: 75 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Multidisciplinary
Back by Popular Demand! The Comedy Trio Happy Hour (Matt Morgan, Mark Gindick & Ambrose Martos) never fail to entertain with acts that are very physical, occasionally sexy, somewhat dangerous, potentially intelligent and always hilarious. They last performed at the Rochester Fringe in 2021 with their hit show "Cirque du Fringe: AfterParty" and are back because the Fringe organizers needed a last-minute replacement for a trained dog act that ran off.
- Length: 90 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Comedy
Pull up a barstool and get
fabulous with four magnificent drag queens, who will pour out the hot goss and
sing you their torchiest songs. Captivating, world-famous RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Mrs. Kasha Davis and Darienne Lake join Rochester faves Aggy
Dune and Ambrosia Salad to serve up plenty of glam with every gulp. Munch on
some yummy hors d’oeuvres (included) while you devour the dazzle of these divas—and of
course, the vintage Spiegeltent bar will be ready with your bevvies.
- Length: 90 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Comedy
Sing, Sunday, SING. Reverend Rickey Harvey of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church leads an afternoon of sacred song by some of Rochester's best gospel artists. Be uplifted by Mr. George McCalister and the D.C. Knights, be inspired by Fresh Anointed, and be moved by Pastor Harvey's own group: Dr. Rickey Harvey and Truly Committed. Not to be missed.
- Length: 90 Minutes
- Tickets: Not Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Music
With rave reviews from New York, Las Vegas, Adelaide Fringe, and previous Rochester Fringe engagements, Shotspeare puts the "Lit" in Literature! Five sword wielding actors, one lucky audience member, a ton of booze, the Wheel of Soliloquy, and an entire work of Shakespeare – all in 90 minutes. Equal parts bacchanal and classical theater, Shotspeare’s world premiere adaptation of Othello takes the world's most beloved playwright, soaks him in beer, and flips him on his head. You may know the Bard, but you’ve never experienced him like THIS, Rochester! 21+ only.
- Length: 90 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Comedy
The glamorous Spiegeltent will be filled once again with a giant dance party. But with a twist: you don’t hear a sound until you slip on a set of headphones. Wait! Is that YMCA on one channel, Calvin Harris on the second, and David Guetta on the third? A three-channel system and live DJs let you switch up your music (and mood) at the touch of a button. Hugely popular at Coachella and Burning Man, it’s an unforgettable experience you have to see – and not hear – to believe!
- Length: 180 Minutes
- Tickets: Required
- Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
- Genre: Dance
