Edinburgh Fringe Festival

What festival-related reputation does Edinburgh have? The Fringe in Edinburgh! Edinburgh's population increases every year as the city plays host to the biggest cultural festival in the world for virtually the whole month of August! The massive 55,000 performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, popularly known as The Fringe, take place in more than 300 locations. This festival, which began in 1947, honors all forms of performing arts, including theater, comedy, and cabaret.

The world's largest celebration of art and culture is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Edinburgh, Scotland, receives a global influx of creative energy over three weeks in August. Its history began in 1947 when eight theater companies showed up at the Edinburgh International Festival without being invited. As more and more performers imitated them year after year, the Festival Fringe Society was founded in 1958 as a reaction to the success of this expanding trend.

Its bylaws were drafted in accordance with the philosophy that first attracted these theater groups to Edinburgh in 1947 and stated that the Society would not be involved in selecting the festival's schedule.