Edinburgh Festival

About it

• Its festival that take place each summer, mostly in August.
• The Edinburgh Festival is member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.

Last year

• There were almost 50,000 performances of more than 3,000 shows, all in 299 venues across the city.

HISTORY

• The Edinburgh International Festival was established in 1947 in a post-war effort to "provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit". That same year, eight theatrical companies "gatecrashed" the official Festival by organising their own event, this started the movement which grew into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

What can you see there

• There is comedy, theatre, music performances on the streets.
• The earliest shows starts at 9-10am for kids.

In this picture is going on one of the populars performances.

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