The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the world’s biggest performing arts festival. It is one of the several art and cultural festivals which take place simultaneously, in August, when Edinburgh plays host to various theatre, music and dance troupes from around the world.
The Fringe began in 1947 along with the more prestigious Edinburgh International Festival to encourage less famous and more off-beat artists. Over the years, it has grown.
It is a big culture carnival with stand-up comedians, street artists, musicians, acrobats and others entertaining the public at a host of venues from private flats and circus tents to even public toilets! There are also puppet shows, musicals and other events for children.
The Fringe is open to all — anybody with the desire to perform can put up a show.