The Fringe Society want to do everything we can to support Fringe artists and partners during this time. As the situation is changing rapidly we are issuing regular updates on the latest developments.
Your registration fee gives you access to all of the services offered by the Fringe Society, including:
A show listing on the website and the Fringe App (and the printed programme if registered before the April deadline).
Access to all events at Fringe Central, our participants’ centre, in August.
Marketing advice and media contacts from our Media Office.
Bespoke sessions on touring your show, engaging with the Arts Industry Office, and your professional development.
Year-round practical advice and support from the Participant Services team.
2020 Registration Fees
In 2020, for the thirteenth year running, registration fees remained frozen as in previous years. The fees for registering shows for the printed programme, online and in the Fringe App were:
Full run (6 or more performances)
Discount rate: £295.20 (£246.00 excl VAT)
Standard rate: £393.60 (£328.00 excl VAT)
Summer registration rate (27 May onward. Web Only)
£295.20 (246.00 excl VAT)
Limited run (3 to 5 performances)
£204.00 (£170.00 excl VAT)
Limited run (1 or 2 performances)
£96.00 (£80.00 excl VAT)
The discount rate applies to full run registrations made before the discount deadline (17:00 GMT on 11 March 2020) or after the printed programme deadline.
Registration fee instalment option
We offer a staggered payment plan available option to those who would benefit from not having to pay the full fee due all at once, at the point of registration. If you are interested in this option, then please check your eligibility for the scheme via the link below:
Conditions
You have completed the show registration form, are ready to submit with all required fields filled, and all the information you have provided is final and ready to print.
You agree to a set of fixed instalment dates on which payments must be received.
If you fail to make the payments as agreed, we will cancel your show registration and refund all monies received up to that date.
Please note that if you are looking to take advantage of the discounted registration fee then full payment must be received by 17:00 on 11 March 2020.
Registration deadlines
Please note the 2020 registration dates have been updated in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The programme will now launch w/c 06 Jul with an additional on sale scheduled for 10 June.
Programme deadline - 06 May, 17:00 BST
After the printed programme deadline registration will close, while the team proof all registered shows for the final document, but will only re-open for web-only listings from 22 June. At this point shows can be listed on the website within 10 working days of approving their show proof, beginning from early July.
Early on sale dates
The 2020 early on sale dates can be found below. Please note that for a show to make any of the on sale dates listed, a company must approve their listing by the given date. Your venue will also have to approve your listing.
30 January (approval deadline 20 January)
27 February (approval deadline 10 February)
19 March (approval deadline 02 March)
16 April (approval deadline 30 March)
14 May (approval deadline 22 April)
10 June (approval deadline 20 May)
w/c 06 July - programme launch
Registration Terms and Conditions
Please carefully read the terms and conditions of registering a show with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. These can also be found on Edfringeware at the point of show creation.
The following terms apply if you are registering a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (at registration.edfringe.com), in addition to the other clauses in these terms and conditions, except for clause 12 (Purchasing Tickets), clause 13 (Purchasing Goods from the Fringe online shop on the Website), clause 15 (App Licensing Terms) and clause 16 (Advertising Terms). All references to "we", "us", "our" etc. in this clause 14 shall refer to EFFS.
14.1 Membership of EFFS
EFFS is the organisation that underpins the Edinburgh Fringe and provides services to participants and audience members alike. EFFS exists to support and encourage participants, to provide comprehensive and accurate information and ticketing from participants and the public, and to promote the Fringe as a whole. EFFS is a membership organisation and anyone can join, but we particularly encourage applications from individuals with a direct involvement in making the Fringe happen. As part of the show registration process, we request that you make all individuals connected to your show aware that they are encouraged to become a member of EFFS.
14.2 Submission Guidelines
In order to register a show for the Edinburgh Fringe, you are required to register here and complete a Show Registration Form, which is your contract with EFFS (the "Show Contract"). EFFS will take you, as the person designated on the organisation contact page of the form, as the signatory.
Your Show Registration Form will only be accepted if completed in full, so please ensure you provide all the information required.
You cannot submit your Show Registration Form without the required payment.
Your show registration must represent one show or event, and individual show copy cannot advertise or reference another show or event. Similarly, multiple registrations submitted for a single event are not permitted and will be cancelled.
14.3 Terms of Your Contract
In order to register a show for the Edinburgh Fringe, you are required to register on the Website here and complete a Show Registration Form, which is your contract with EFFS (the "Show Contract"). EFFS will take you, as the person designated on the organisation contact page of the form, as the signatory.
Your Show Registration Form will only be accepted if completed in full, so please ensure you provide all the information required.
You cannot submit your Show Registration Form without the required payment.
Your show registration must represent one show or event, and individual show copy cannot advertise or reference another show or event. Similarly, multiple registrations submitted for a single event are not permitted and will be cancelled.
14.4 Terms of Your Contract
Your completion and submission of the Show Registration Form with the required payment entitles:
tickets for your submitted show(s) to be available for purchase through the Fringe booking system. A minimum of 25% of tickets for each performance of each ticketed show must be available for sale through the Fringe booking system. A commission of 4% (+ VAT) is charged on all sales through the Fringe booking system. (Tickets for sale at your venue are not provided by the Fringe booking system); and
you to payment of all returns made through tickets sold through the Fringe booking system, less the stated commission charges and music licensing fees, if applicable. Ticket sale revenues can be sent to the organisation contact listed on the booking form, the performer/performing company, the venue or another individual, as designated in the Payout Details section of the Show Registration Form. EFFS will send out all such returns no later than 30 September of the year in which your show will be performed.
By submitting the Show Registration Form, the organisation confirms they have a signed contract with the venue(s) chosen within this form. Any failure to have a contract prior to submitting this form could lead to the show being removed from the Programme and the Website with no refund of payment for that show.
By submitting the Show Registration Form, the organisation confirms that it has obtained or is in the process of obtaining all necessary rights and permissions pertaining to the show being registered. The organisation indemnifies EFFS against any legal action pertaining to the rights or licences for the show.
By submitting the Show Registration Form the organisation confirms it is the originator of all content and is, therefore, solely liable for the content. EFFS will take no responsibility for content submitted for publication on the Website, Apps, printed programme and other listings associated with EFFS. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any content, including but not limited, to errors or omissions, or loss or damage (or claim thereof) of any kind as a result of any content contained within.
By submitting an image for the show, the organisation confirms that it has obtained all necessary rights and permissions to use this image. The organisation indemnifies EFFS against any legal action pertaining to the rights for this image.
By submitting the Show Registration Form the organisation confirms that the details of the show are correct and final. Minor editing to show content is allowable during the proofing process, but any significant changes will be considered a new registration, leading to the cancellation of the existing registration and the payment of any fee difference (if applicable). Significant changes include (but are not limited to); show title, copy changes, change of venue. If your circumstances require a change to be made then please contact the Programme Team directly.
EFFS does not tolerate any unacceptable behaviour towards our staff and contractors. EFFS have a written unacceptable behaviour policy.
EFFS support the rights of those who take part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do so without fear of bullying or harassment.
EFFS shall not be responsible for checking any materials (including any links to, or content on, any third party sites) submitted as part of the Show Registration Form for publication in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme and/or the Website, and shall not be held liable in respect thereof.
14.4 Use of Data
By completing and submitting the Show Registration Form, the organisation confirms (a) its consent; and (b) that it has obtained all necessary consents, licences and permissions from third parties, in each case to permit the collection, processing, transmission and disclosure by EFFS of all information or data submitted by you in the Show Registration Form for the purposes of organising, co-ordinating, advertising and marketing your show and/or the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including the sharing of such information and data with carefully selected third parties for those purposes. The foregoing consents expressly include any consents required under the Data Protection Act 1998 in respect of personal data (as defined in that Act). The organisation indemnifies and shall keep indemnified EFFS against any loss or damage arising out of a failure or delay in the organisation obtaining consents, licences or permissions under this clause 14.4.
14.5 EFFS rights under the Show Contract
EFFS reserves the right to:
retain any money from ticket sales that is owing to it;
refuse an application to register a show for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by any company or individual that is a debtor to EFFS or FFTL (persistent or otherwise), or is deemed to be connected to a debtor (persistent or otherwise) of EFFS or EFFTL;
charge all applicable fees to any show or organisation that appears in the Programme or on the Website or the App but that withdraws from the festival before the Fringe actually starts, for the avoidance of doubt this includes shows registered after the Programme has been finalised for print but not distributed to the public;
withdraw a listing from the Programme or the Website if sufficient payment in advance is not received;
edit copy for the Programme and the Website copy to reflect Fringe copy style;
refuse copy that contravenes Programme and the Website copy style;
cancel and relist a show where significant edits are requested after the stated deadline;
accept corrections to a show's stated performance dates, times, durations and prices from its venue manager;
limit entry in the Programme and on the Website on a one-show-per-listing basis, EFFS will enforce in line with the ticket-selling requirements of its booking system;
refuse to publish any text or images deemed by EFFS to be inappropriate for the general audience for which the Programme or the Website is intended;
refuse to allow the registration of a show, or, if a show has already been registered, at any time prior to, or during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, cancel a show, upon reasonable justification, including the enforcement of our unacceptable behaviour policy;
distribute listings and images for third party listings at EFFS' discretion; and
from time to time, send emails and e-bulletins regarding the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and EFFS to the contacts provided by the organisation in the Show Registration Form in line with data regulations.
Furthermore, whilst EFFS will endeavour to ensure that show listings will be printed and/or uploaded in full, it will not be liable for errors or omissions. EFFS will refund a portion of fees paid solely in the event of a listing not appearing in the Programme and the Website, but will not be liable for any costs incurred by you, your organisation, your performer/performing company or your venue, including any loss of profit, business contracts, revenue, or any special, indirect or consequential damage, or loss of any nature whatsoever arising out of errors or omissions or failure to print and/or appear the Website or the App.
14.6 Indemnities and liability
The indemnities granted under clauses 14.3(c), 14.3(d) and 14.4, are also granted for the benefit of FFTL, and in the event of any loss being suffered or any claim being made against FFTL, it shall be treated as being a loss suffered by EFFS. Any such loss suffered by FFTL shall not be regarded as indirect, special or consequential simply because it has been suffered by FFTL and not EFFS.
The terms of clause 17 shall also apply to liability of EFFS and FFTL.
14.7 Notices
Any notices given to EFFS or FFTL, or by either EFFS or FFTL to you, as a business, under or in connection with these terms and conditions, shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by pre-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service or email.
A notice or other communication shall be deemed to be received:
if delivered personally when left at our registered office;
if sent by prep-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second working day after posting; or
if sent by email, one working day after transmission.
In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and place in the post and, in the case of an email, that such email was sent to the specified email address of the addressee.
The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.
Please get in touch with [email protected] if you have any specific questions about the information on this page. A member of our team can set up a 10-minute slot to talk things over with you on the phone or through Skype.
Please note, slots are based on team availability.
