Full houses at Viva Las Fringe result in record-breaking year!
Festival hits jackpot with paid attendance of 72,699 (an increase of 774 in 2007).

Thank you performers, volunteers and Fringers!
See you at next year's festival from July 15 to 26, 2009.

Late breaking news from Fringe After Dark:

• The winner of the Harry S. Rintoul Memorial Award is Daniel Thau-Eleff for his play Remember the Night. The award was presented on Sunday, July 27 during Fringe After Dark with host Ken Rudderham. Daniel is the first two-time winner of the Harry Rintoul award.
• Karaoke Contest winner declared after rousing 'clap-off': 79-year-old Ray Hill won two tickets to Neil Diamond after wowing audiences at the finals of the Karaoke contest on the final Sunday of Viva Las Fringe.
  

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! (Well, actually three.)



The winners of the Viva Las Fringe contest are:

Winner of the Viva Las Fringe Grand Prize - Joel Jahrsdorfer
-trip for 2 to Las Vegas, courtesy of Bel Air Travel
-hotel voucher worth $350 from SellOff Vacations

Winner of Weekend Package donated by The Fairmont Winnipeg - Susan Kjartanson
-2-night weekend stay at The Fairmont Winnipeg
-breakfast for 2 each morning at the Velvet Glove Restaurant

Winner of 2 Superpasses for 2009 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival - Dianne Doney
-worth $1000, donated by Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Thank you to everyone who entered the Viva Las Fringe Contest!

Click here for complete contest rules.