FRINGE MILANO OFF 2025

FRINGE MILANO OFF

It's a celebration of theatre, performing arts, and contemporary art, spread across traditional and unconventional performance spaces, offering a cultural tourism map that connects the entire city.

It's a showcase for independent artists and theatre companies.
It's a moment of exchange and cross-pollination, breaking down boundaries.
It's a space for sharing, founded on social gathering and empathy, aiming to foster creativity and raise awareness among new audiences.
It's an event that goes beyond the stage, encompassing everything surrounding it, creating connections and synergies that are not only artistic.
It's a tool for territorial marketing.
It's a valuable instrument to address and reflect on social and current issues.

The idea to establish a fringe festival in Milan was born following an agreement made in 2015 with Greg Germain, then President of the “Le Off” Festival in Avignon, to create a twin festival in Milan based on the Avignon model, inclusive of all collateral events, such as thematic focuses and professional training courses for artists.
In 2016, the FRINGE MILANO OFF FESTIVAL was launched, followed in 2022 by the FRINGE CATANIA OFF FESTIVAL.

FRINGE MILANO OFF 2025 is divided into:

• Fringe Milano Off

• Free Fringe

FRINGE MILANO OFF
October 2 > 12, 2025
Professional companies from across Italy and abroad, selected by a jury of experts, will fill the city with performances in various artistic genres and languages, alternating across the festival’s different venues.

FREE FRINGE
September 15 – October 12, 2025 
This section comprises multiple parts and includes all free events offered to the city of Milan.

MILANO IN
September 30, 2025
An opening night and presentation of the festival in a prestigious and iconic Milanese cultural venue, attended by festival ambassadors and the companies selected from around the world for the 2025 edition.

VILLAGE OFF
The heart and hub of the festival. A meeting point for companies, professionals, and audiences; a venue for exhibitions, discussions, themed panels, book presentations, and much more.

MILANO OFF DELL’OFF
The many events in this section—ranging across various genres—will take place in almost every district/municipality of the city, hosted in numerous participating venues. A true journey through the archipelago of theatre and cultural "islands."

BIBLIOFRINGE
Bibliofringe brings performances, readings, and workshops to 7 libraries within Milan’s library system from September 15 to October 12, with over 10 free events across 6 neighborhoods in 3 municipalities.

FRINGE AND SPORT
Six free-admission events in three sports-focused venues.
Fringe and Sport is part of the lead-up to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, contributing through cultural engagement that portrays sport as a metaphor for life, a tool for inclusion, and a driver of change. The project aims to build a bridge between the performing arts and the Olympic spirit, promoting a broader and more conscious understanding of sport’s role in contemporary society.