Elgin’s anything-goes performance festival returns for its 12th year this week at several venues in downtown Elgin.

Taking a page from the original Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, Elgin’s version features a wide array of visual art, dance, theater, comedy, music, magic, burlesque and storytelling and fusions of all them, artistic director Nick Mataragas said.

“It’s a great combination of shows this year,” he said of the acts that will take the stage Thursday through Sunday.

All of the performers were chosen in a lottery held in April. That’s the process they’re required to follow as a member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals, which mandates that a fringe festival not be curated and all acts picked via random drawing or on a first-come, first-served basis.

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