Fusebox Festival is an annual festival of contemporary performance works (dance and theater) held in

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, each spring. Founded in the mid-2000s, Fusebox is one of multiple interdisciplinary festivals that sprouted in the United States in the 2000s and was modeled on the Portland

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. In turn, Fusebox inspired other festivals, including the CounterCurrent Festival in

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and Live Arts Exchange in

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. The festival is known for supporting local artists. It is part of an Austin city planning initiative to revitalize a 24-acre former airplane fueling facility into a creative district. Fusebox has grown from an original audience of 500 attendees in 2004 to 250,000 in its seventh festival, in 2011. In the mid-2010s, Fusebox made its shows free to attract a wider audience. An ''

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'' review described the five-day 2019 show as provocative and challenging.

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