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.
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