WHAT'S ON GUIDE

Venue Managers

Whether you operate a historic theatre, church hall, seafront pub, gallery, artist studio, cafe basement, or an
unconventional seaside space, list your venue to connect with performers, artists, and festival audiences across
North Yorkshire.

Street :2026 Season over

Fringe: 29 Oct- 1 Nov

Art :29 Oct- 1 Nov

Extreme: 2026 season over

Lights: 2026 season over

Types of venues we're looking for

The Scarborough Fair operates Scarborough Fringe, tailored to performance environments, and Scarborough Art, tailored to visual art environments. You can register your venue for one festival or open your space to both.

Register Your Venue / Space

Scarborough Fringe Venues

Designed for dynamic performing arts: comedy sets, scratch night theatre, spoken
word, acoustic sessions, immersive puppetry, and boundary-pushing cabaret.

Types of spaces

Pub backrooms, indie black-box theatres, comedy basements, historic crypts, cafes and bars, and pop-up staging areas.

What Fringe Delivers

Official ticket office platform, 100% retained food & bar receipts, marketing in print/website, and artist liaison support, branded outdoor signage.

Host Commitments

  • Dedicated Staging Area
  • Audience seating/clear sightlines
  • Plug-and-play PA or basic sound
  • On-site duty steward / manager

Scarborough Art Spaces

Tailored for fine artists, sculptors, printmakers, and installation creators seeking wall space, shop window displays, or open studios.

Types of spaces

Commercial galleries, working studios, cafe & bistro walls, retail display windows, and sheltered courtyards.

What Scarborough Art Delivers

Official ticket office platform, 100%
retained food & bar receipts, marketing in print/website, and artist liaison support, branded outdoor signage.

Host Commitments

  • Clean wall space or plinths
  • Regular advertised opening hours
  • Safe, dry, and secure environment
  • Hospitality for private views

process & logistics

How Venue Registration & Matching Works

Register Space Details

Complete the registration on eventotron detailing your dimensions, audience capacity, accessibility, and choose your festival (either Fringe or Art, or choose both).

Takes ~ 20 Minutes

Artists contact you

Fringe and Art participants will contact you if they are interested in using your space as their venue.

Confirm Agreement

Agree directly with your artists on performance run dates, box office splits or gallery sales terms, technical rehearsals, and setup hours.

Welcome Audiences

Open your doors during festival weeks.

Benefit from coordinated marketing, heightened local and tourist footfall, and increased food/beverage turnover.

Need 1-on-1 Guidance Before Registering for one of our festivals?

Contact us to book a virtual or in-person session with one of our team.

Book Meeting

Community Experiences

Voices from our Host Venues

Hear from the artists, attendees, and local venue hosts who shaped our recent exhibition season across the Yorkshire coast

Hosting Fringe theatre doubled our autumn bar revenue and brought people into the basement who had never stepped inside before.

Dave & Sarah
Market Hall Crypt, Scarborough

Being on the Scarborough Art Trail brought over 600 visitors across one weekend to our studio. The footfall
quality was extraordinary.

Rachel Thorne
Eastborough Contemporary

Zero listing fee, fantastic artist matching, and complete control over our space calendar. It's a no-brainer for seaside businesses.

Tom Linwood
Seafront Cellar Bar , South Bay
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Frequently Asked Questions

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