Established in 2007, Bedfringe is Bedford’s pre Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It’s one of the last of the UK fringes before the big event. Bedford is just off the M1 (junction 13 from the south and 14 from the north via A422) about 60miles north of London. 45mins on the train from St Pancras.

This year the festival will take place in The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s (quarrytheatre.org.uk). At the Quarry Theatre there is a main auditorium (seats up to 262 in full courtyard layout but can be configured to 200 or 88), Garden Stage (generally for live music) and a studio theatre (cap at 50). Events start (ideally) on the hour and time slots are set to 60mins (negotiable).

Like most fringe festivals around the world we are looking for performance based work but we are open to suggestions. Please use the 2026 application form to apply. We don’t have an artistic director here at Bedfringe so all work will be considered for the 2026 programme.