actors in costume throughout Gibbs Street (closed to traffic for the occasion) and an adjoining park. 2015 In 2015, the 10-day First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival (September 17–26) increased attendance to 63,000, ticket sales by 20%, and featured more than 500 performances. Featured acts included comedian Jamie Lissow (of the sitcom Real Rob), cirque show "Cabinet of Wonders" in the Spiegeltent, and a site-specific, live-art theater experience called "Remote Rochester" created specifically for Rochester by Berlin artists Rimini Protokoll. The free "Friday on the Fringe" event featured a performance by aerial dance troupe Grounded Aerial. 2016 The 2016 Fringe (September 15–25) drew more than 67,000 attendees, and its free "Friday on the Fringe" moved to downtown's empty Parcel 5 and featured Brooklyn's STREB Extreme Action Company. "...The act was a mind-blowing spectacle,” reported Frank DeBlase of CITY Newspaper. "Fringe Street Beat," an all-styles dance competition, made its debut, and the Speigeltent featured the world premiere of "Miracle Cure." "Remote Rochester" returned for its final time with a total sell-out. The Democrat and Chronicle’s Jeff Spevak called Fringe “the thinking person’s entertainment.” 2017 The 2017 festival (September 14–23) was renamed the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, and attracted more than 78,000 attendees. It featured the U.S. premiere tour of France's immersive, inflatable street theatre company, Plasticens Volants at Parcel 5 for both "Friday & Saturday on the Fringe," drawing over 20,000 audience members to two performances of "Big Bang." Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian John Mulaney headlined at Kodak Hall, and the Spiegeltent featured "Cirque du Fringe: Eclectic Attraction," "The Bicycle Men," Silent Disco," "Disco Kids," and "Fringe Afternoon Tea." 2018 The 2018 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (September 12–22) extended from 10 to 11 days, and offered almost 550 events and performances. Now the largest multi-arts festival in New York State, it broke all previous tickets sales and sell-out records. "Friday & Saturday on the Fringe" featured the North American premiere of the U.K.'s Massaoke at Parcel 5, while Kodak Hall hosted comedy headliner, Eddie Izzard. 2019 The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival expanded again to 12 days (September 10–21), breaking records with more than 100,000 attendees and highest ticket sales ever. Plasticens Volants returned with the U.S. premiere of "Pearl: Secrets of the Sea" for "Friday & Saturday on the Fringe," while the expanded "Fringe Finale Weekend" featured the return of Massaoke and its U.S. premiere of "Night at the Musicals"