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“We felt it was so important to do whatever we could this September to get local folks back together again and put on something in person,” Lee-Anne Poole, executive director of the Halifax Fringe says, speaking with The Coast by phone. In a pandemic, she says, “our most successful version is still not going to feel like over 60 shows from artists all over the world, jam packed lobbies you know, because we can t have jam packed lobbies. It s got to be smaller in every kind of way. But it s also a good opportunity for it to be more intentional.” If she sounds a bit wistful, she’s allowed: Today is World Fringe Day. But, she also has the right to feel excited, too, since today she’s also announcing that Halifax Fringe will be going ahead this fall with a fully local list of talent (a twist from its usual global offerings).