Flavour of the Fringe 2019

The lively opera house forecourt during the Fringe (credit: Stephanie Billen 2019)

Volunteer Ben and desk manager Gaye at the Fringe Information Desk (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Reviews pile in during Fringe40 (credit: Stephanie Billen 2019)

Outisde the Fringe Desk (SB 2019)

Arts for all on Fringe Sunday (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

The lovely Fringe Information Desk (credit: Stephanie Billen 2019)

Fringe flag on Fringe Sunday (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

The Bandstand at Fringe Sunday (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

Here be dragons! Babbling Vagabonds (SB 2019)

Babbling Vagabonds perform Here Be Dragons! in Grinlow Woods during Fringe40 (credit: Stephanie Billen 2019)

Babbling Vagabonds at Grinlow Woods (SB 2019)

After his show at the Lee Wood, Sam Slide (with trombone) plus from left to right Graham, Kate and Neil (SS 2019)

Sam Bates of Sudden Impulse (SS 2019)

Sam Slide with Sudden Impulse director Simon Westerman (SS 2019)

Nathan from The Dead Secrets with Sam (SS 2019)

Bunting outside the desk with Underground in the background (and the webmaster in orange) (SB 2019)

Sam with musician Mark Gwynne Jones and Spoken Word artist Debbie Cannon outside The Green Man Gallery (SS 2019)

Buxton in Bloom's floral displays have more than a hint of Fringe orange this year. (credit: Stephanie Billen 2019)

Brian, Ruth and Genevieve Carver performing their show A Beautiful Way To Be Crazy (SS 2019)

Fringe @ 5 flyering with The Dead Secrets@ Jen, Ida, Phillip and Nathan with Sam centre (SS 2019)

Cascading reviews (DU)

Morris Dancers at Buxton's Day of Dance (SS 2019)

Flying the Fringe flag (SB 2019)

Comedian Harriet Braine, Sam Slide and musical comedian Hattie Hatstar (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Sam with Burbage Band Trombone section on Carnival Day (SS 2019)

Burbage Band waits to join the Carnival Parade alongside the three-eyed monsters from the planet Zog - also Sam Slide's front of house team! (SS 2019)

No time to eat - perennial Fringe problem (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Those reviews keep on growing - Gaye wonders where they will all go! (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Fringe at the Bandstand (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Gorgeous Buxton during Fringe40 (SB 2019)

Actor Daniel Hurd and DEbbie Cannon with Sam (SS 2019)

Fringe desk display (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Action-packed day at UV (DU)

Up the magical stairs to UV (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Upstairs at Underground (Dan Osborne 2019)

Upstairs at Underground close up (Stephanie Billen 2019)

Underground Venues (credit: Dave Upcott)

Fringe flag at the bandstand (credit: Dave Upcott)

BAT balloons (DU)

Badges galore (DU)

Framing yourself at The Green Man Gallery (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Awards display by Gaye Chorlton (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Marketing officer Steph gets framed (DO 2019)

Fringe40 bag (DU)

Zoe from Underground Venues and the Sudden Impulse team sad to be taking down their A boards (SS 2019)

The Pavilion Gardens at Fringetime (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

How to get a three-inch waist (credit: Dave Upcott)

Carnival of the Animals puppetry achieved in workshops run by Babbling Vagabonds in association with Buxton Fringe and Buxton International Festival (credit: Keith Savage)

More puppetry displayed at The Pavilion Gardens' Conservatory (KS 2019)

Pretty in pink (KS 2019)

Work by Buxton Community School as part of the Carnival of the Animals project run jointly by Buxton Fringe and Buxton International Festival (credit: Keith Savage 2019)

Artist Lindsey Piper's Smile sculpture (credit: Keith Savage 2019)

Higher Buxton with Solomon's Temple during the Fringe (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Fringe desk manager Gaye (DU)

Flyers galore (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Many a category of entertainment at the Fringe (DU)

Out and about at Buxton's Gay Pride Picnic (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Pride flags (DU 2019)

MP Ruth George at Buxton's Gay Pride Picnic (credit: Keith Savage 2019)

Fun at the Gay Pride Picnic (DU 2019)

Peekaboo - Gaye at the Fringe Desk (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Fringe bunting with the Opera House in the background (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Untitled: The Deep Sleep featuring Dan and Steph (DO 2019)

The webmaster and marketing officer plus cuddly rats take a nap as part of Untitled: The Deep Sleep (DO 2019)

Say hello to happiness at Fringetime (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Fringe pot person (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

The beautiful well dressing in honour of 40 years of the Fringe and Festival (credit: Dan Osborne 2019)

Detail from the fabulous well dressing in our honour (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Looking good from all angles - Buxton Day of Dance (DU 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (DU 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (DU 2019)

Buxton Day of Dance (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Havana Nights from Wallflower Dance: Joanna and Simon (credit: Dan Osborne 2019)

Juvenile dancers Chris and Lexie (of Britain's Got Talent fame!) at Havana Nights (DO 2019)

Festival Town (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

The verdant (and orange obviously) Fringe Desk (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Fringe bunting outside the information desk (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

The Rotunda (credit: Dave Upcott 2019)

Lots on at Underground (IJP 2019)

Theatre mania at UV! (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

The Rotunda (DU)

Fringe balloons (credit: Ian J. Parkes 2019)

The Fringe committee's Keith, Steph and Stephen helping to pack up the Fringe Desk (SS 2019)

Fringe desk managers Abi and Georgia in playful mood at the end of the Fringe (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

Abi and Georgia present Desk Manager Gaye with a special Fringe40 cake (it was delicious!) (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

A pensive Stephen clears his diary for Fringe 2020 preparations... (SS 2019)

Gaye packs up the Fringe40 exhibition and makes a new friend! (credit: Sam Slide 2019)

The Fringe bag went on various travels over the summer. Here it is at St Mary's on the Scilly Isles. For more of its adventures see our Instagram account @buxtonfringe (credit: Sam Slide 2019)