(0) FOR three weeks every August in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, the 'Edinburgh Fringe', which is the largest arts festival 1 the world, takes 2 In 2015 there were 3,314 shows, culminating in 50,459 performances across 313 venues.
Each year, thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages all 3 Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From unknown artists trying to promote their acts to big names in the world of entertainment, the festival provides something 4 everyone and includes theatre, dance, comedy, physical theatre 5 circus, children's shows, cabaret, musicals, opera, music, spoken word and exhibitions of arts and crafts.
The Fringe story dates 6 to 1947, when eight theatre groups turned 7 uninvited to perform at the Edinburgh International Festival, as it was then called, an initiative created to celebrate and enrich European cultural life in the wake 8 the 2nd World War.