About The Fringe

The Fringe is a professional community for working musicians, worship leaders, and songwriters who want, even need, meaningful connection, creative inspiration, collaboration, and a place to grow. We exist to create a trusted space where musicians can belong, be encouraged, and thrive in every season of life and work.

Musicians carry a unique kind of weight. They often navigate pressure, uncertainty, isolation, creative fatigue, and spiritual questions while continuing to serve others through music. The Fringe was created to meet that need with community, encouragement, and shared purpose.

We bring people together through monthly gatherings, podcast conversations, live recordings, songwriter camps, worship events, and more. These gatherings are designed to create room for creativity, honesty, collaboration, and real human connection.

The Fringe is intentionally open to people from different backgrounds. Some are rooted in the church, some are not, and many are somewhere in between. What unites us is a respect for music, a desire for community, and a belief that people grow stronger when they are known and valued.

Our heart is to build something lasting. The Fringe is not just an event series or a content platform. It is a long-term community designed to support musicians, encourage creativity, and make room for meaningful relationships that endure beyond a single season.

What we do

• Monthly gatherings for connection, worship/prayer, and education.

• Media content telling stories that encourage musicians.

• Quarterly live recordings that capture original music and community moments.

• Songwriter camps that create opportunity for collaboration and growth.

• Worship events bring musicians together, creating opportunity to use their gifts and talents that inspire, restore, and unite musicians across backgrounds.

Founder

The Fringe is founded by musician, singer/songwriter, & producer, Chris Lockwood, who has a deep heart for serving the the music and creative community, reminding them of the value God has bestowed upon them, as well as the high calling with which they've been entrusted. After years of enduring, both, the beauty and hardship of life in the music industry as well as ministry, the vision became clear: create a creative & collaborative space where musicians can be encouraged and strengthened, reminding them that their life and calling matters.