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title: "OPEN CALL: Bergen Fringe Festival 2027"
organization: "Bergen Fringe Festival"
category: open_call
deadline: 2026-08-19
valid_through: 2026-08-19
countries: ["NO"]
location: "Bergen, Norway"
entry_fee: "Free"
award: "Professional venue (performance space at Cornerteateret or urban space, including technical arrangements and practical support), workshops, international platform for distribution and networking with festivals in the Nordic-Baltic Fringe Network (BNFN), and marketing through festival channels and urban space campaigns. Financial terms are agreed upon individually."
eligibility: "Open to artists, companies, musicians, and creative performers. Categories include Fringe Junior (child and youth groups from Bergen and surrounding area), Amateur Theatre (groups from Bergen and surrounding area), Regional Professionals (professional practitioners residing in Bergen and surrounding area), National Professionals (innovative productions from across Norway), and International Professionals (professional productions from the international independent performing arts field)."
source_url: "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5lOECy07PyAfMcVMYH6ziScFYoy4qnlwGksmqy58una1P5A/viewform"
canonical: "https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/open-call-bergen-fringe-festival-2027-bergen-fringe-festival-e697d4d1"
status: open
last_updated: 2026-07-13T06:30:17.892299
---
# OPEN CALL: Bergen Fringe Festival 2027

**Organization**: Bergen Fringe Festival
**Category**: open_call
**Deadline**: 2026-08-19
**Location**: Bergen, Norway
**Country code(s)**: NO
**Entry fee**: Free
**Award**: Professional venue (performance space at Cornerteateret or urban space, including technical arrangements and practical support), workshops, international platform for distribution and networking with festivals in the Nordic-Baltic Fringe Network (BNFN), and marketing through festival channels and urban space campaigns. Financial terms are agreed upon individually.
**Eligibility**: Open to artists, companies, musicians, and creative performers. Categories include Fringe Junior (child and youth groups from Bergen and surrounding area), Amateur Theatre (groups from Bergen and surrounding area), Regional Professionals (professional practitioners residing in Bergen and surrounding area), National Professionals (innovative productions from across Norway), and International Professionals (professional productions from the international independent performing arts field).

## Description

The Bergen Fringe Festival, Norway's oldest Fringe festival, is inviting artists, companies, musicians, and creative performers to apply for its eighth edition, taking place from September 2nd to 5th, 2027. The festival celebrates artistic freedom and interdisciplinary experimentation, serving as a hub for performing arts, music, visual arts, and literature. For 2027, the festival is focusing on the theme of "COMMUNITY" and is seeking bold projects that are innovative, original, and reflect diversity, explore interdisciplinarity, or utilize the stage in unexpected ways. Selected participants will receive a professional venue, workshops, an international platform for networking, and marketing support. Financial terms will be individually agreed upon.

## Apply / Verify

- Official source: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5lOECy07PyAfMcVMYH6ziScFYoy4qnlwGksmqy58una1P5A/viewform
- OpenCall Radar listing: https://opencallradar.com/open-calls/open-call-bergen-fringe-festival-2027-bergen-fringe-festival-e697d4d1