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{{Infobox company |▼
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company_name = Malvern Fringe Festival |▼
company_logo = [[Image:Malvern Fringe logo.jpg]]|▼
company_type = [[non-profit]] |▼
foundation = 1977 |▼
key_people = Phil Linnell, Chairman|▼
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The '''Malvern Fringe Festival'''
==History==
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Malvern Fringe Festival was founded in 1977 by Adrian Mealing, a teacher in [[Great Malvern|Malvern]], in collaboration with Andrew Sleigh, Ian Fearnside and Phil Webb. It originated as a reaction to the Malvern Festival which was perceived to be biased towards [[classical music]] and appealing towards a national and international audience rather than a local one. A further concern was the continued requirement for the local Council to underwrite the main festival and the feeling that the public expenditure could be more wisely spent.<ref name=MalvernGazette19011978/><ref name=MalvernGazette26011978/>
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The founding aims of the Fringe were to produce a popular, varied programme of events for the local people of Malvern, to bridge the gap between the "us" and "them" in the arts and to "shake it up a bit in Malvern".
The first year featured 60 events consisting of [[poetry]], [[world music]], [[folk music|folk]], [[jazz]], adult and children's theatre performed under the banner of "Associated Events" due to the main Festival's objections to the term 'Fringe', which they considered to be "outside" of the Festival. In 1978, to avoid confusion between the programmes for the two festivals, printed with similar designs at the main festival's insistence, Adrian Mealing hand wrote "Fringe" on over 3000 programmes.<ref name=WorcesterEveningNews27041978/> As the 1980s approached, the festival grew into a four
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During the 1980s, the festival attracted hundreds of visitors with a programme of 120 events over a two
<ref name=MalvernGazette30072004/> In 1982, Malvern Fringe Arts Ltd became a registered charity.<ref name=MalvernFringeArtsLtdCharityFramework/> By the 1990s, the Fringe programme had grown to a six
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▲[[Image:Malvern Fringe May Day procession down Church Street.jpg|thumb|250px|May Day procession in Church Street]]
In 2006 the Fringe re-launched its three
In the autumn of 2006, the Fringe launched a 'folk weekend' featuring [[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]] and [[Jez Lowe]].<ref name=MalvernGazette20102006/>
==Malvern May Day==
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==Local controversy==
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Despite an attendance of over 5,000 people the June 2006 festival has been the subject of much negative coverage in the letters pages of the local newspaper with one correspondent calling upon readers to petition the local Member of Parliament to halt any further Fringe activities.<ref name=MalvernGazette11082006/>
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*[[3 Daft Monkeys]]<ref name=MalvernGazette28022003/>
*[[Daevid Allen]]
*[[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]]<ref name=MalvernGazette20102006/>
*[[Bhundu Boys]]
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*[[Gong (band)|Gong]]
*[[Gordon Giltrap]]
*[[The Groundhogs]]
*Left, Right and Centre (featuring [[Nigel Kennedy]] and Caleb)
*[[Juicy Lucy (band)|Juicy Lucy]]
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*[[Moishe's Bagel]]<ref name=MalvernGazette18052007/>
*[[Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter)|Rory McLeod]] and [[Tymon Dogg]]
*[[Moonshake]]
*[[Ozric Tentacles]]<ref name=MalvernGazette22022002/>
*[[Hazel O'Connor]]
*[[Pantagruel (ensemble)|Pantagruel]]<ref name=MalvernGazette19012007/>
*[[Prophets of Da City]]
*[[Surgeon (musician)|Surgeon]]
*[[Suns of Arqa]]
*[[June Tabor]] and [[Huw Warren]]
*[[Tarika (musical group)|Tarika Sammy]]
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*[[Voodoo Queens]]
*[[The Wurzels]]
*[[Zion Train]]
===Dance===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195003/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/TonkinLouise.htm#34826 Lousie Tonkin] and [[Lol Coxhill]]
===Poetry===
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*[[Joolz Denby|Joolz]]
*[[Linton Kwesi Johnson]]
*[[Ian McMillan (poet)|Ian McMillan]]
*[[Dick McBride (poet)|Dick McBride]]<ref name=MalvernGazette22042008/>
*[[Roger McGough]]
*[[Henry Normal]]
*[[Lemn Sissay]]
*[[Gabriel Woolf]]
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==References==
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<ref name=MalvernFringeArtsLtdCharityFramework>{{cite web
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