Mission:

The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival exists as a means to connect venues, performers, artists, educational institutions and the audience. The organization facilitates an open environment so that artists and performers can stage their own work and venues can decide on their own programming.  Fringe festivals are creative and economic engines for their host communities, and the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival will be no exception it will draw crowds into Downtown Rochester's East End as well as dollars into the local economy.