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| Type | Bi-Weekly Magazine |
| Format | A5 Glossy |
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| Owner | Radge Media/The Skinny Magazine |
| Publisher | Sam Friedman & Miles Johnson |
| Editor | Ben Judge & Hannah Thomas |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Price | Free |
| Headquarters | Drill Hall, 30-38 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh |
| Circulation | 52,000 (August 2006) |
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| Website: Fest Online | |
Fest Magazine is an Edinburgh-based arts magazine that publishes during the Edinburgh Festival each year. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. This is a list of the daily Newspapers in the World by average circulation Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural Festivals which take place during August each year in Edinburgh, It is published in partnership with The Skinny and is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication. The Skinny is a free 72 page monthly publication distributed in approximately 600 establishments throughout the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee,
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History
Fest was established in 2002 as an alternative Edinburgh Festival review guide by former University of Edinburgh students, Helen Pidd and Dan Lerner. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It started life as a 32-page tabloid newspaper which published three times per week during August. It began with the support of Time Out and in conjunction with a large number of student writers from the Edinburgh University student newspaper, Student. Student is a weekly British independent Newspaper produced by Students at the University of Edinburgh.
In 2003, Fest relocated from the basement office at the Pleasance Courtyard venue and began to establish a reputation among Fringe-goers as a strong youth-oriented, independent arts magazine. The Pleasance (usually used with the article is a street in central Edinburgh, Scotland. Media partnerships were established with The BBC and Big Issue Scotland between 2003 and 2005, before Fest established a longer-term partnership with the Edinburgh-based arts monthly, The Skinny, in 2006. Founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991, The Big Issue produces an award winning entertainment and current affairs Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Fest was relaunched as SkinnyFest in August 2006, printing weekly in a style that was closer to a magazine than a newspaper. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. despite remaining on tabloid newsprint format.
2007 Redesign
2007 represented a major break with the past for Fest, which dropped The Skinny prefix and adopted an A5 glossy magazine format. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The magazine also became further differentiated from The Skinny, changing many of its section titles and design elements in an attempt to create a separate identity.
Awards
In 2006, Fest writer and theatre editor, Miles Johnson, was awarded the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Journalism for his feature "Bowling with The Hamiltons", beating off competition from The Scotsman, The List and The Sunday Herald. The Scotsman is a Scottish national Newspaper, published in Edinburgh. The Sunday Herald is an award winning Scottish Sunday Newspaper launched on 7 February 1999 Johnson, 21 at the time, was also the Allen Wright Award's youngest winner in its nine year history. Editor Sam Friedman was also nominated for the award.
Fest received an additional two nominations in 2007 through Nana Wereko-Brobby and Yasmin Sulaiman. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Fest was also listed among The Times Top Five Festival Websites in 2005. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.