Aspen Fringe Festival Day 1

Aspen Fringe Festival presents the 18th annual JuneFest

Featuring Award winning Theatre, Dance, and Film

June 12 – 13, 2026, at 7:30 pm at the Wheeler Opera House

JUNE 12 — DANCE & FILM: SILVER LININGS: Only in Darkness can you see the Stars

A celebration of the human spirit through live dance and film.

UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS — SOULSKIN Dance. Following its NYC Premiere at Alvin Ailey Dance Center. A transformative ballet about how we collide, diverge, and reconnect.

“A Ravishing Lust for Life…” – Dance Enthusiast

DISAPPEARED — Alya Howe. Balancing disappearing values with hope’s renewal.

GAS LIGHTENING — Lilly Bright. Freedom is not for the Faint of Heart. — AFF FilmFest Award films

DREAMADRE — Film by Elisabetta Carnevale. Inspired by Terpsichore, the muse of Dance — for Mothers & Mother Earth.

THE KEY — Film by Jaco Strydom. Past & future blur in a desert landscape on a memory trail of loss & desire.