The Umbrella Fringe Festival will return to Kirkland from September 25–27, 2026, as announced by the City of Kirkland on August 13, 2026. The festival, hosted by Kirkland Arts Center, is funded through the City's Explore Kirkland Tourism Program, which uses lodging tax revenue from hotels and short-term rentals. It will showcase local music, theater, visual art, and comedy across downtown Kirkland and Totem Lake Village venues. Festival organizers note the event's growth since its 2025 debut and will provide schedules, lineups, and ticket information on the Kirkland Arts Center website.
Umbrella Fringe Festival Returns Sept. 25–27
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- ✓The Umbrella Fringe Festival will return to Kirkland from September 25–27, 2026“The Umbrella Fringe Festival, Kirkland’s “Art Everywhere” celebration, will return from Sept. 25 to 27, 2026.”
- ✓The City of Kirkland announced the festival on August 13, 2026“Kirkland’s Umbrella Fringe Festival Returns This Fall Published on August 13, 2026”
- ✓The festival is hosted by Kirkland Arts Center“The event is hosted by Kirkland Arts Center.”
- ✓The festival is funded through the City's Explore Kirkland Tourism Program“Since its launch in 2025, the Umbrella Fringe has received funding from the City’s Explore Kirkland Tourism Program.”
- ✓The Explore Kirkland Tourism Program uses lodging tax revenue from hotels and short-term rentals“The program is funded by the lodging tax collected by Kirkland hotels, motels, and short-term rentals, which enables them all to share in both the costs and the benefits of tourism promotion.”
- ✓The festival will showcase local music, theater, visual art, and comedy“This event is funded in part by a grant from the City of Kirkland’s Tourism Development Committee, and the festival will again bring an eclectic variety of music, theater, visual art, comedy, and the entertainingly undefinable to venues across downtown Kirkland and Totem Lake Village.”
- ✓The festival will take place across downtown Kirkland and Totom Lake Village venues“This event is funded in part by a grant from the City of Kirkland’s Tourism Development Committee, and the festival will again bring an eclectic variety of music, theater, visual art, comedy, and the entertainingly undefinable to venues across downtown Kirkland and Totem Lake Village.”
- ✓Festival organizers note the event's growth since its 2025 debut“Since its launch in 2025, the Umbrella Fringe has received funding from the City’s Explore Kirkland Tourism Program.”
- ✓Festival organizers will provide schedules, lineups, and ticket information on the Kirkland Arts Center website“For festival schedules, the full lineup, maps, and ticket purchases, please visit the Umbrella Fringe page on Kirkland Arts Center’s website.”
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