TO Live today Best of Fringe 2026 will take place July 17–19, 2026, at the Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (27 Front St. E.), in downtown Toronto.

Chosen from 123 shows across 27 stages at the 38th annual Toronto Fringe Festival (June 30–July 12, 2026), Best of Fringe is a curated remount series featuring some of the festival’s most celebrated productions. with a jury of Toronto arts community members selecting standout and sold-out productions for Best of Fringe.

Participating shows will be announced July 10.

Best of Fringe provides a unique opportunity for Fringe favourites to extend their runs, offering artists another platform to share their work with broader audiences. Theatre lovers also have a second chance to experience some of the festival’s most talked-about shows—those they may have missed during the whirlwind two-week Fringe experience

The best way to secure your place at the 2026 Best of Fringe is the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) Fringe Pack, now on sale at www.tolive.com.

What are you seeing? No idea. Will it be brilliant, bizarre, or baffling? Probably. Will your friends wish they’d joined you? Absolutely. The FOMO Fringe Pack is a curated bundle of unpredictable, unforgettable, and possibly unexplainable shows. We pick. You show up. Magic (or glorious mayhem) ensues.

"We are very excited to see Best of Fringe come to the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts this summer, just a short distance from the Fringe Festival Hub. This partnership with TO Live is a terrific opportunity to continue celebrating Fringe artists with additional performance opportunities and offer exceptional shows to new audiences," said Rachel Kennedy, Executive Director, Co-Lead, Toronto Fringe.

“We’re proud to welcome Best of Fringe back to our stages,” said Clyde Wagner, President and CEO of TO Live. “This partnership celebrates the creativity and ambition of Toronto’s independent theatre artists, while giving standout Fringe productions the opportunity to reach even broader audiences.”

About the Toronto Fringe Festival:

Toronto Fringe is a grassroots, charitable organization that runs the annual Toronto Fringe Festival each July. Toronto Fringe offers various year-round programs that benefit youth,

emerging artists, BIPOC artists, artists with disabilities, and the performing arts community at large. Embedded in Fringe’s operations are the values of Access, Accountability, Creativity, Exploration, and Support.