Spider Witches of Appalachia
Spider Witches of Appalachia is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at PBH's Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar. It has 20 performances listed, running from Sat 8 Aug, 15:45 to Sun 30 Aug, 15:45. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Continuing the oral storytelling traditions of her lineage blended with theatre, Jenna Baer traces threads connecting generations. As the last Spider Witch, she weaves stories of five generations of her family: Appalachian healers, midwives, regular women and rebels who pass along their survival and power through folklore and folk medicine. Like a spider's web, inheritance doesn't move in straight lines. Knowledge skips generations, spirals, back, tangles and repairs itself. What do we inherit from those who came before us? What must we untangle to set ourselves free?
Details
- Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar
- Space: The Loft
- Genre: THEATRE, Storytelling, New writing
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 50 minutes
- Room size: about 60 seats (The Loft) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 20, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Access to the function room is via the main ground floor bar. Stairs: 20+ Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 11 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
The title of The Spider Witches of Appalachia (at the Outhouse as part of the Free Fringe) might sound like a B-movie, but instead conceals a low-key but assured storytelling performance by Jenna Baer, who has devised,…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 8 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 9 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 11 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 12 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 13 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 14 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 15 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 16 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 18 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 19 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 20 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 21 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 22 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 23 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 25 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 26 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 27 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 28 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 29 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 30 Aug, 15:45 — Already performed — Free