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Fusebox Festival is an annual festival of contemporary performance works (dance and theater) held in Austin, Texas, each spring. [1] Founded in the mid-2000s, [2] Fusebox is one of multiple interdisciplinary festivals that sprouted in the United States in the 2000s and was modeled on the Portland Time-Based Art Festival. [3] In turn, Fusebox inspired other festivals, including the CounterCurrent Festival in Houston [4] and Live Arts Exchange in Los Angeles. [5] 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. [6] Fusebox has grown from an original audience of 500 attendees in 2004 to 250,000 in its seventh festival, in 2011. [3] In the mid-2010s, Fusebox made its shows free to attract a wider audience. [7]

An Art in America review described the five-day 2019 show as provocative and challenging. [8]

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  8. Carney, Sean J. Patrick (May 7, 2019). "Dark Eco-Comedy: Austin's Fusebox Festival". Art in America . Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)