When the world shut down to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Austin’s Fusebox Festival was just weeks away from happening.
Fusebox leaders did a quick pivot, staging a digital version of the performance art celebration, a popular annual event that presents a mix of international and local theater, music and dance artists.
But this year, for the first time in its 16 year history, the non-profit Fusebox organization, decided not to stage its springtime festival.
Ron Berry, Fusebox founder and artistic director said that the prospect of presenting what would have had to have been another virtual festival, just didn’t make sense. And besides, Fusebox has something else coming up that it’s been quietly working on for over three years.