The Dublin Fringe Festival
“I have been involved in running festivals for many years and I have not seen any system that bears comparison to the solution provided by Ticketsolve.”
Wolfgang Hoffmann, Director
Background: The Dublin Fringe Festival is Ireland’s leading multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts. The festival provides an annual platform for the most innovative and fresh theater including visual arts, dance, live art, mixed media and music. Running over 150 shows, with 600 performances, the event covers 40 venues reaching 30,000 patrons over a 2-week period.
Issue: The Dublin Fringe needed an integrated, cost-effective, solution to rejuvenate box office and online sales.
Solution and Results: Ticketsolve was used as the full service ticketing provider. We received extremely positive reactions from the team. Our system was identified as simple to use and key to the future success of the Festival.
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The Dublin Fringe needed an integrated and cost-effective, solution to rejuvenate sales at box office and online. TicketSolve was used as the full service ticketing provider. We received extremely positive reactions from the team. Our system was identified as simple to use and key to the success of the Festival. 
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