Fringe Eve Preview 2026

Doors open at 5pm, with performances starting at 6pm SHARP!

Fringe Preview takes over the Alix Goolden Performance Hall for the first time!

Join us at an indoor venue (no need for sun hats or rain plans!) with your highlighters, program guides, and create your Fringe schedule as you experience a sample of all Fringe has to offer this year with 2 minute previews of every show in the festival. Hosted by Sean Guist and Nicole Malcolm, this evening will include a traditional welcome from Brianna Bear, an opening performance from the City of Victoria Youth Poet Laureate, a concession and merch booth featuring brand new Fringe merch, and much more! Donations upon entry support the Fringe.

Donations upon entry are encouraged for this event, all donations support the Fringe. Keep an eye out for a donation volunteer, or buy a 50/50 ticket!

Alix Goolden Performance Hall is located off Johnson St., through the court yard. Look for our signature Fringe Flag and follow us inside for a night full of surprises!

Brianna Bear Art is an Indigenous –  owned and founded, Canadian artist established in 2020 by Brianna Bear. Based in the traditional territory of the Lekwugen, place to smoke herring lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt nations in Victoria B.C.  Brianna started first as an artist with more than fifteen years of experience. She began learning under her grandfather Skip Dicks younger brother, Butch Dick. Afterwards she branched out into discovering her roots and design through her cultural connections to Songhees & Namgis formline design. Today working as one of a few Indigenous female artists within her traditional territory of the Songhees people, she has worked on murals, logos, small business designs, small event designs and more!