5/8/2006
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 06
Festival, Edinburgh
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is officially the largest arts festival in the world. In 2005 more than 735 groups participated putting on 1,800 different shows with a total of 26,995 performances in 247 venues.
The largest arts festival in the world
The story so far...
The Fringe story began in 1947, when the Edinburgh International Festival was launched. It was seen as a post-war initiative to re-unite Europe through culture, and was so successful that it inspired more performers than there was room for.
Well aware that there would be a good crowd and focused press interest, six Scottish companies and two English decided to turn up uninvited and fend for themselves.
We are now approaching the 60th Fringe and it's still young! It lives in the present, shifting and changing from year to year to accommodate all of the people who want to attend. Over the years, as the Fringe Organisation got bigger so did the programme. Companies began multiplying as soon as the Fringe got its own phone, and by the time the computers were installed over 30 years later, hundreds were coming.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is officially the largest arts festival in the world. In 2005 more than 735 groups participated putting on 1,800 different shows with a total of 26,995 performances in 247 venues.
Anyone can perform at the Fringe as it's an open arts festival. The Festival Fringe Society (commonly known as the Fringe Office) does not produce any of the shows, does not invite anybody to perform and pays no fees to performers. We do, however, help you every step of the way (click here).
Subscribe to our monthly email bulletin service which tells you about venues, how to get in the the Fringe Programme and what to do and when. Subscribing means that you also get access to the performers area of the website. The performers area of the website is not open to the public. It contains detailed information on everything you need to know including a list of all the venues, how to ensure you have the correct copyright, where to find the appropriate tax forms and advice on marketing and publicity.
To subscribe, click on:
http://www.edfringe.com/myfringe/subscribe.html and follow the on screen instructions.
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