Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts Festival in the world - featuring theatre, comedy, dance and physical theatre, music and musicals, children’s and street theatre, exhibitions and events, magic and mime, and just about anything in-between. This Festival more than any other transforms the streets of Edinburgh city centre in the month of August, with buskers, street theatre and live entertainment filling nearly every cobblestone.

The 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe is host to 31,000 performances, 2000 shows and 18,000 performers who will entertain more than 1.5 million people in 250 venues across the city.

Festival Dates

2008: 3 - 25 August
2009: 7 - 31 August

Madness on the Mile

Daily throughout the Fringe, the historic High Street is seized by street performers, show promoters, buskers, market traders and all manner of curious characters...
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Fringe Sunday is back!

Glasgow's Dave Arcari is just one of hundreds of performers providing free entertainment at the huge, family-friendly Fringe Sunday, back in 2008 on August 10.
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Win tickets to the Fringe Opening Party!

To help get you in the mood for Festival fever, the Fringe is running a ticket giveaway to attend the exclusive opening party of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Cavalcade comes to town

The Edinburgh Cavalcade sees performers wind their way through the city centre in a colourful procession of floats, marching bands and dancing on Sunday 3 August.
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