Editing Fredericton (section)

==Arts and culture==

The [[The Playhouse (Fredericton)|Playhouse]] is the main venue for Theatre New Brunswick, the province's largest professional theatre company.

Festivals include the [[Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival]], the [[New Brunswick Summer Music Festival]], the [[Silver Wave Film Festival]], the [[Flourish Arts & Music Festival]], and [[Symphony New Brunswick]].

Fredericton has a long literary tradition, having been home to [[Jonathan Odell]], [[Charles G. D. Roberts]], [[Bliss Carman]], and [[Francis Joseph Sherman|Francis Sherman]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fredericton New Brunswick, Canada |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Fredericton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 July 2020 }}</ref> Writers living in Fredericton include [[Raymond Fraser]], [[Herb Curtis]], [[David Adams Richards]], [[Mark Anthony Jarman]], and [[Gerard Beirne]].
[[File:Fredericton - NB - City Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Fredericton City Hall|Fredericton's City Hall]] where "Freddy the Nude Dude" resides.]]
Fredericton's beloved fountain "Freddy the Nude Dude",<ref>{{cite web |date=7 June 2016 |title=Fredericton City Hall |url=http://www.tourismfredericton.ca/en/experience/fredericton-city-hall |access-date=13 October 2022 |website=Fredericton Tourism |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013141216/http://www.tourismfredericton.ca/en/experience/fredericton-city-hall |url-status=dead }}</ref> officially known as "Putto with Fish" sits outside [[Fredericton City Hall|City Hall]] at 397 Queen St. "Freddy the Nude Dude" was donated to the city by Mayor George Edward Fentey, in 1885.<ref name="Freddy the Nude Dude">{{cite web |date=24 August 2013 |title=Freddy the Nude Dude |url=https://mynewbrunswick.ca/freddy-the-nude-dude-4/ |access-date=13 October 2022 |website=mynewbrunswick.ca }}</ref> The statue depicts a nude [[Cherub]] and is a beloved fixture of downtown Fredericton. The famed statue has had some trouble since its historic arrival in 1885. In January 2013, "Freddy the Nude Dude" was taken south to Alabama for a replication of the original statue after 128 winters worth of damage.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fowler |first=Shane |date=2 August 2013 |title=Freddy the Nude Dude drops back into town |pages=1–3 |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/freddy-the-nude-dude-drops-back-into-town-1.1387004 |access-date=13 October 2022}}</ref> The original Freddy is kept safely inside [[Fredericton City Hall|City Hall]] where it is protected from further weather damage.<ref name="Freddy the Nude Dude"/>

===Architecture===
Styles range from [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] to modern. There are 12 [[List of National Historic Sites of Canada in New Brunswick|National Historic Sites]] in the city, beyond the dozen [[Persons of National Historic Significance|National Historic People]] and two [[Events of National Historic Significance|National Historic Events]] honored there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fredericton|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/page3_E.asp?locateinp=Fredericton&nhsprov=New+Brunswick&nhschoice=nhsdesig&list4=Generate+List|work=Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada|publisher=[[Parks Canada]]|access-date=3 March 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Museums and historic buildings===
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* [[Beaverbrook Art Gallery]]
* [[New Brunswick Legislative Building]]
* [[Government House, Fredericton|Old Government House]]
* [[Fredericton Region Museum]]
* [[Christ Church Cathedral (Fredericton)|Christ Church Cathedral]]
* [[New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Science East]]
* [[Sir Howard Douglas Hall|Sir Howard Douglas Hall (Old Arts Building)]]
* [[William Brydone Jack Observatory]]
* [[St. Anne's Chapel (Fredericton)|St. Anne's Chapel]]
* [[Fort Nashwaak]]
* [[Fredericton City Hall]]
* [[Marysville Cotton Mill]]
* [[Centennial Building (Fredericton)|Centennial Building]]
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