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OTL Blog. World Fringe Day: Artists call on UNESCO to protect festival. July 10, 2017.

Concordia University Alumni Magazine. King of Montreal’s hidden histories: From ghosts to burlesque to Irish heritage, Donovan King, BFA 99, introduces visitors to the city’s colourful past. Maeve Haldane. June 26, 2017.


2016:

Tea at Tympani Lane Records. World infringement Congress, 2016 (Part I). Rebecca Anne Banks. November 30, 2016.

Tea at Tympani Lane Records. World infringement Congress, 2016 (Part II). Rebecca Anne Banks. November 30, 2016.

FTB Podcast #34 : Political Arts in the Time of Trump, RIP Leonard Cohen and News Roundup. November 29, 2016.

Forget the Box. Giving Thanks During Dark Times: Infringement, Boobs, and Friends. Cat McCarthy. November 24, 2016.

Tea at Tympani Lane Records. Tonight’s the night. Rebecca Anne Banks. November 18, 2016.

Forget the Box. 50th Candyass Cabaret Shimmies and Showtunes this Friday: T&A Q&A with Velma Candyass. Cat McCarthy. November 17, 2016.

Tea at Tympani Lane Records. The Montreal infringement Festival kicked off last night at the Rusty Shuttle on St. Laurent Blvd. Rebecca Anne Banks. November 16, 2016.

Tea at Tympani Lane Records. World Message of Peace. Rebecca Anne Banks. November 13, 2016.

Montreal Gazette. Watching Big Brother watching you in Théâtre Denise-Pelletier’s 1984. Jim Burke. November 11, 2016.

Montreal Infringement Festival. Press Release: Infringement Festival to challenge “Fringe” trademark with over 50 artists and first-ever World Infringement Congress. November 10, 2016.

The Daily Public. Girl in the Buff: Buffalo Infringement Scorned! Cat McCarthy. November 9, 2016.

Forget the Box. Montreal World Fringe Conference Denial is an Outrage. Cat McCarthy. November 3, 2016.

OTL Blog. Controversy strikes Third World Fringe Congress: Excluded Artists Protest with Letter to Fringe CEO. Donovan King. October 31, 2016.

OTL Blog. Infringement Festival moves to November to coincide with World Fringe Congress. Donovan King. June 19, 2016.


2015:

OTL Blog. Reflecting on the 2015 Montreal infringement festival. Donovan King. June 22, 2015.

Montreal Gazette. We have two more days of living on the Fringe. Jim Burke. June 20, 2015.

Siri de Montreal. Montreal de weekend. June 19, 2015.

Forget the Box. Montreal: Infringement Mecca and Artistic Wonderland. Cat McCarthy. June 18, 2015.

OTL Blog. Montreal’s infamous infringement festival runs June 17 – 21! Donovan King. June 15, 2015.

ADVENTURES OF DER KOSMONAUT. Infringement Festival Fundraiser 23 May 2015. Cafe Tuyo Montreal, QC. May 23, 2015.

OTL Blog. 12th Infringement Season Kicks Off with New Festival in South Carolina! Donovan King. March 18, 2015.

The Daily Gamecock. Anyone can create an Infringement Arts Festival. Kylie Tokar. March 15, 2015.

The Garnet and Black. Infringement Arts Festival Columbia. Alex Peeples. February 26, 2015.
“Straight Up”. The Series #9. PM Mundafar. January 24, 2015.

2014:

Mobtreal.com Blog. ‘SEVEN NO-NAME COMEDIANS DOING COMEDY’ DEBUTS AT ‘INFRINGEMENT MONTREAL’. Stephanie Ein. June 28, 2014.

Examiner. ‘Infringement Montreal 2014’ celebrates a decade of artistic integrity. June 25, 2014.

OTL Blog. Montreal infringement festival energized by Le P’tit Cabaret! Donovan King. June 24, 2014.

Valerie Josephine Music Blog. Infringement Festival. Valerie Josephine Trudel. June 24th, 2014.

Forget The Box. Cat Sinclair of the Buffalo Burlesque Collective interviewed @ 2014 Montreal Infringement Festival (VIDEO) (slightly NSFW). Jason C. McLean. June 24th, 2014.

Forget The Box. Realms of Bliss Interview @ Montreal Infringement Festival (VIDEO). Jason C. McLean. June 22nd, 2014.

Forget The Box. Montreal Infringement 2014: Talking This is not sic outside Mic Check (VIDEO). Jason C. McLean. June 20th, 2014.

Zoe’s Travels Blog. Activism in Montreal. June 19, 2014.

Forget The Box. Cortezia and Jay Manafest discuss the two solitudes and being artists at the Montreal Infringement (VIDEO). Jason C. McLean. June 19th, 2014.

Forget The Box. Infringement Montreal 2014: An intensive dose of authentic artistic culture. Jason C. McLean. June 18th, 2014.

Montreal Gazette. Infringement branches out to Old Montreal: Festival celebrates its 11th season with almost 50 acts at 10 venues around town. Bill Brownstein. June 17, 2014.

Montreal Gazette. Letter: It’s wrong to suggest that shows at the infringement festival aren’t good enough for the Fringe. Donovan King. June 17, 2014.

Montreal Gazette. Monday Calendar: The Week Ahead. June 16, 2014.

Mobtreal.com Blog. Fringe’s ELAN “schmoozer” unites Montreal artists. Stephanie Ein. June 11, 2014.

Words on Waves: CKUT’s Arts and Culture Blog. ABOUT TOWN: MONTREAL’S INFRINGEMENT FEST. CELEBRATES 10 YEARS June 18-22. June 3, 2014.

OTL Blog. Montreal’s amazing arts export: the Infringement Festival circuit covers three cities in 2014! Donovan King. February 17, 2014.


2013:

Gusto Blog. Buffalo News. Infringement Daily Planner: Day 9. Colin Dabkowski. August 2, 2013.

Gusto Blog. Buffalo News. Infringement Festival wraps this weekend with a multitude of events. Colin Dabkowski. August 1, 2013.

Gusto Blog. Buffalo News. An Infringement primer. Colin Dabkowski. July 25, 2013.

Gusto Blog. Buffalo News. Artists, audiences converge on Allentown for Buffalo Infringement Festival. Colin Dabkowski. July 25, 2013.

BWW Newsdesk. buffalo.broadwayworld.com. CAR PLAYS 2013 to Premiere at 2013 Buffalo Infringement Festival, 7/25-8/3. July 20, 2013.

OTL Blog. OTL hits the road for Buffalo infringement with 2 shows! Donovan King. July 4, 2013.

Forget the Box. Expect the Unexpected: The 2013 Montreal Infringement Festival Closing Weekend. Jason C. McLean. July 2, 2013.

Forget the Box. Infringing Early in the Week: Montreal Infringement Festival Tuesday and Wednesday. Jason C. McLean. July 2, 2013.

Forget the Box. Talkin’ with Sunshine, Oh Yeah. Bianca David. July 1, 2013.

Forget the Box. Haunted Mountain delivers the creep factor. Bianca David. June 22, 2013.

The Suburban. Lola and the Creen Machine Shuffling Over from Buffalo. Mike Cohen. June 19, 2013.

CULT MTL. #to-do list. June 19, 2013.

Forget the Box. The Montreal Infringement Festival’s Opening Weekend: Comfort, Surprise and Therapeutic Rain. June 17, 2013. Jason C. McLean.

Radio CKUT. Cecilia MacArthur interviews Jay Lemieux . L’entrevue commence à 18:30. June 14, 2013.

Rover Arts. The many meanings of Fringe, or what’s in a word? Armani Martel. June 13, 2013.

Forget the Box. Infringing for the Tenth Time: Montreal Infringement Festival 2013. Jason C. McLean. June 13, 2013.

CULT MTL. #to-do list. June 2013, Vol. 1. No. 9, p. 5.

Montreal Gazette. Stage and Page Blog: QDF Summer Theatre Launch. Pat Donnelly. June 9, 2013.

OTL Blog. 10th infringement festival is here and OTL is offering 4 shows! Donovan King. June 7, 2013.

New York Times. Summer Stages: Theater. Steven McElroy, May 19. 2013.

OTL Blog. Infringement offers artists chance to tour festivals in 2013. Donovan King. March 6, 2013.


2012:

Buffalo News. Keeping Fringe from unraveling. Colin Dabkowski. September 2, 2012.

FringeReviews. Audio interview with Donovan King. Edinburgh, Scotland. August 18, 2012.

New York Times. Where the Fringe, the Post-Fringe and the Anti-Fringe Gather. Steve C McElroy. August 26, 2012.

OTL Blog. Six Infringement Reports from the World Fringe Congress. Donovan King. August 10 – 23, 2012.

The Gusto Blog. Day 7: An Infringement Diary (video interview with Donovan King). Colin Dabkowski. August 2, 2012.

OTL Blog. Off the hook: 8th Buffalo infringement festival the most amazing yet!. Donovan King. August, 2012.

Buffalo News. Infringement Festival: Big, bold, and yes, bizarre. Colin Dabkowski. July 20, 2012. (Re-printed in Rover Arts).

Forget the Box. Those Who Play Together: Montreal Infringement’s Closing Weekend (part 2) Jason C. McLean. July 5th, 2012.

Forget the Box. A Different Kind of Rockin’: Montreal Infringement’s Closing Weekend (Thursday & Friday) by Jason C. McLean. June 28, 2012.

The Truther Girls. I’ve Been in Therapy. Truther Girl Sonia. June 26, 2012.

Forget the Box. Montreal Infringers beat the heat by redefining “cool” by Tariq Jeeroburkhan. June 22, 2012.

OTL Blog. “Festival Wars: 2012 Montreal infringement festival in context”. June 22, 2012.

Montreal Gazette. “Infringement Festival: On the Main, a fun way to protest”. Bill Brownstein. June 20, 2012.

Forget the Box. Rediscovering Culture: Montreal Infringement’s Opening Weekend. From Revolutionary Choirs to Rock to Ghosts on the Mountain. Jason C. McLean. June 19, 2012.

Youtube. “Chorale du Peuple Open the 2012 Infringement Festival”. IFVideo. June 18, 2012.

CKUT. CKUT Friday Morning After: Infringement Festival Interview with Donovan King. June 15, 2012. (first hour)

Forget the Box. “Are You Ready For The Montreal Infringement Festival?” by Grace Mitchell. June 14, 2012.

Montreal Mirror. “Sun fun: From a world of beer to the reggae fest to a fetish weekend, here’s everything to do while it’s hot”. By Emily Raine.

Maisonneuve Magazine. “The Fringe Fest Goes Mainstream: The Antagonist”. By Marianne Ackerman. May 29, 2012.

The Link.“99 Per Cent Drama: Occupy Movement Takes the Stage With Activist Theatre” by Erika Heales. March 27, 2012.


2011:

Infringement Festival puts Buffalo’s Creativity on Display. By Anna Miller. Rustwire.com. August 12, 2011.

Tales from the Fringe border, or Why can’t we all just work together? by Jason C. McLean, July 6th, 2011

Infringement Part 3: The End is Near by Brian Keegan, Forget the Box, July 3, 2011

Infringement Therapy puts the Actor back in Spectator by Laura Freitag, The Rover, July 1, 2011

Friday Morning After Infringement Fringe with Liz Faure (MP3 format, right-click and “save as”), CKUT 90.3FM, June 23rd, 2011

Fringe Festival censors artists and blocks random people from entering a public park (video) by JC, OTL Blog, June 23rd, 2011

Infringement Part 2: Culture, Chaos and Calamity by Brian Keegan, Forget The Box, June 25, 2011

This festival keeps artists on the edge by Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette, June 22, 2011

Sin City, QC by Shawn Katz, The Rover, June 21, 2011

The Queen Has Arrived by Mike Lake, The Rover, June 19, 2011

Montreal Infringement Festival: Picnics, Pigs and Pints by Brian Keegan, Forget The Box, June 18, 2011

Infringement Therapy for the Activist Festivalgoer by Mike Lake, The Rover, June 17, 2011

An infringement virgin’s cherry popping by Brian Keegan, Forget The Box, June 16, 2011

Wednesday Morning After Interview with Donovan King (MP3 format, right-click and “save as”), CKUT 90.3FM, June 15, 2011.

Sizzle season: All the sun, fun and fests you need, courtesy of the Mirror’s Hot Summer Guide by Liz Faure, Montreal Mirror, June 9, 2011.

OTL offers seven infringement festival projects! by Donovan King, Optative Theatrical Laboratories Blog, June 9, 2011.

Infringement Therapy for the Activist Festivalgoer by Michael Lake, Rover Arts, June 6, 2011.

Adbusters inaugurated, by Elisabeth Faure, Montreal Mirror, May 26, 2011

Stop Being Sedated by Society: The Montreal Infringement Launch Party by Cassie Doubleday, Forget The Box, May 12, 2011

Jane’s Walks an urban trip down memory lane by Mike Boone, Montreal Gazette, May 5, 2011

Summer Fest by The Concordian, April 5, 2011

Infringement season is upon us! Collaborators welcome by Donovan King, OTL BLog, February 8, 2011 (updated)


2005:

Wild car ride is more fringe than Fringe by Raina Delisle, Ottawa Citizen, July 9, 2005