TAKING PART IN THE SCARBOROUGH FAIR 2026

Registrations are now open!

TAKING PART IN THE SCARBOROUGH FAIR 2026

Whether you’re a professional performer, arts organisation, school or community group, this is your chance to take part in the next Scarborough Fringe and Scarborough Art.

These are open-access events, which means anyone can register to take part, whether you’re a fringe veteran or a first timer who wants to try new material.

Registration is £30, with a 50% discount for residents of the following postcodes: YO11, YO12, YO13 or YO14.

The Scarborough Fair festivals offer an opportunity for venues and businesses to host, programme or curate shows and events that are tailored to what they want and of a style that they particularly like or suits their venue. Registrations are free for venues.

Drop-in session for registering your Fringe or Art event or venue

Do come along to the first of our drop-in sessions at Scarborough Library from 9.30am-5.30pm on Wednesday 28th January. Other sessions are scheduled for Thursday 12th February (9.30am-7pm), Tuesday 17th February (9.30am-5.30pm), Friday 6th March (9.30am-5.30pm) and Monday 9th March (9.30am-5.30pm). Note these are subject to change.

Fringe and Art event and venue ‘speed dating’ session

If you are an event who needs a venue, or a venue who wants to find events, we have our ‘speed dating’ session at Scarborough Library from 5.30pm-7.30pm on Tuesday 3rd February. Do come along to see what is available and find your perfect match! Book your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-venue-speed-dating-scarborough-art-scarborough-fringe-2026-tickets-1978238115456

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email info@scarboroughfair.uk and we will do what we can to help.

How to register on Eventotron (Deadline: Friday 13th March)

Go to Login/Sign Up (pink button top right of your screen): https://hello.eventotron.com/
Input an email address and Password
Click ‘Festivals and Events’, find your festival and click ‘Apply’. Make sure you apply to Scarborough Fringe or Scarborough Art before you do anything else, as this will ensure you get the right set of questions. Filling in the default (Touring and Promotion) section is not needed.
Click ‘Continue’, which will then take you to the form that does need filling in.

Note that any text which is red means that section needs to be filled in.

To register an Event:

Put a name for the event
Read and agree the Participant Agreement
Add in details of the main contact
Add in details of the event
Add an image for the brochure and for the website
Add an event summary (a short, snappy introduction)
Add the running time (if applicable)
Add the age range for the audience
Add social media links
Choose a venue if there is already one there you want to apply to and then click the ‘Enquire’ tab to start a discussion
When confirmed with a venue, add the dates, times and prices for your event
Click finalise
Enter payment details (50% discount for YO11, YO12, YO13, YO14 residents)

Note that you can save your registration at any time and come back to it later. Payment cannot be made until the event is finalised.

To register a Venue:

Put a name for the venue
Add capacity
Add a category (standard or outdoors)
Add an image or images
Add a description
Add social media links
Add the address of the venue
Pin the venue on the map
Add any hire notes
Add any hire charges
Add a video
Add larger images
Tick the boxes for the type of space it is (choose as many as apply)
Tick the boxes for the facilities it has (choose as many as apply)
Add technical information
Tick the boxes for accessibility information (choose as many as apply)
Join a Festival (e.g. Scarborough Art and/or Scarborough Fringe)

Contact info@scarboroughfair.uk for more information and to get involved.