I reckon that fringe events are ones you can get into without buying a ticket - except that there is an overlap with programmed and hosted events where there is a collecting tin that you can contribute to if you want to (like the singarounds I run with Tim Edwards in the Theatre Bar at Sidmouth). Some of the best ones are the ones (like the Theatre Bar and the Anchor Middle Bar) where the booked guests drop in and sing just because they feel like it.

I am booked at Sidmouth and Chippenham to run singarounds and I agree with Barbara that it's work in the sense that you are responsible for making it work. I also get one or two booked artists programmed in to my Chippenham singarounds and they are generally great about being flexible about how much time they have so that everyone who wants to sing gets a chance to.

Kitty