The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, founded in 1947, is one of the greatest celebrations of arts and culture on the planet and takes place every August in Edinburgh, Scotland. The festival which prides itself as the world’s greatest platform for creative freedom will take place from 4th August to 28th August.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a world-leading celebration of arts and culture, surpassed only by the Olympics and the World Cup in terms of global ticketed events. According to historian and former chairman of the board, Michael Dale, the event “has done more to place Edinburgh in the forefront of world cities than anything else.”
However, The festival’s shows consist of; theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children’s shows, musicals, opera, music, spoken word, exhibitions, and events, with comedy being the largest section.
Also, The festival will be launching on Friday with 3,535 shows registered in 248 venues. Artists and Performers around the world thrive each year to represent their craft and culture by going to Edinburgh. Fringe CEO Shona McCarthy said of this, “We’ve no growth agenda for the Fringe at all in terms of the scale of the offer or the number of shows, but the way we want the festival to grow and the best way to support the artists who’ve taken the risk to bring work here is by going to see the shows.
