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Royal Mile street performance
Royal Mile street performance

Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural festivals which take place during August each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of Edinburgh's Old Town. An arts festival or art fair is a Festival that focuses on the Visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. These festivals are arranged by a number of formally unrelated organizations, meaning there is no single event officially termed the Edinburgh Festival.

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History

The Edinburgh Festival, which holds the world record for the largest arts festival in the world, traces its roots to 1947, when the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) was established in a post-war effort to "provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit". The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of Performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around [1] That same year, eight theatrical companies "gatecrashed" the Festival by organizing their own event, outside the official auspices of the EIF; this started the movement which grew into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The EFF is also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe, or, incorrectly, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival. [2]

The EIF and the Fringe remain independent bodies, and organize separate programmes each year. Over the period since 1947, several other Festivals have also been established in Edinburgh - with most of them similarly taking place around August each year. There is therefore not one Edinburgh Festival, but a collection of independent Festivals which happen to take place in the same city at the same time.

List of Edinburgh summer Festivals

The Pleasance Venue
The Pleasance Venue

The Edinburgh summer Festivals, in order of the year of their foundation, are as follows. The Pleasance (usually used with the article is a street in central Edinburgh, Scotland. An asterisk indicates that the Festival is a member of Festivals Edinburgh,[3] the umbrella body which represents the Edinburgh Festivals to government.

The following Festival also occurs in Edinburgh during August, but is essentially an industry gathering - it does not offer events open to the public. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual Military tattoo given by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International Military bands and display The Edinburgh International Book Festival, is a Book festival that takes place in the last three weeks of August every year (in the midst of the general Edinburgh The Edinburgh People's Festival is an annual event which runs in parallel to the Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh Annuale is an Art festival involving Edinburgh galleries and art projects especially those which promote local activity in the Visual iFest - the Internet Festival and Conference is a new Festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 2007 at the same time as many of the other Edinburgh

Film Festival date change

The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF (founded 1947) was traditionally also held in August. The Edinburgh International Television Festival, founded in 1976 is held annually over the British August bank holiday weekend at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved its date and will now take place in June However, from 2008 the EIFF has moved to late June, citing concerns over costs during August and congestion in the international film festival calendar. [1]

Year-round Festivals

Beltane Fire Festival
Beltane Fire Festival

Although the phrase "Edinburgh Festival" is generally taken to refer to the August events, a number of other Festivals are held in the city around the year. Beltane Fire Festival is an annual participatory arts event and ritual drama held on April 30 on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. These include, in calendar order:

References

  1. ^ Edinburgh International Festival - Classical Music, Opera, Theatre and Dance > History of the Festival
  2. ^ edfringe.com : official site of the edinburgh festival fringe
  3. ^ Edinburgh International Festival - Classical Music, Opera, Theatre and Dance > PRESS RELEASE Festivals Edinburgh director announced
  4. ^ Fringe Facts. The Edinburgh Folk Festival has had a shadowy existence since about 1951 The Edinburgh International Science Festival is a Science festival which takes place each April for 12 days in Edinburgh, Scotland. Beltane Fire Festival is an annual participatory arts event and ritual drama held on April 30 on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Dark City was an annual music festival held in Teviot Row House a student union run by Edinburgh University Students' Association in Scotland. The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF has moved its date and will now take place in June Hogmanay ( pronounced &mdash with the main stress on the last syllable is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the edfringe: Official site of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2005. Accessed June 26 2005.
  5. ^ Axe falls on Meadows Festival. Edinburgh Evening News. 24 February 2006. Accessed 17 September 2006.

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