The founders of the Hong Kong People's Fringe Festival were stage director, Chan Chu Hei, choreographer-musician Julia Mok, composer-guitarist Chan Wai Fat, and lighting designer-cinematographer Gabriel Fung.
Ho Ying Fung, stage director and scenographer contributed the festival's first logo.
The wide variety of venues sets People's Fringe apart from other mainstream festivals in Hong Kong.
In 2012, There were 42 alternative venues consisting of rehearsal rooms, studio theatres, live houses, bookstores, tailor shops, cafés, hair salons, galleries, rooftops, beaches, and on the street.
From poster-posting to onsite-helping to foreign guests assisting, a young volunteer gets to be involved in festival management.
One of the focuses of the HK People's Fringe Festival is to encourage collaboration and partnership between art and society.
HKELD.com, also a media partner from 2014, is a website introducing theatre events to non-Chinese speakers in Hong Kong.