About The Edinburgh Fringe
The single biggest celebration of the arts and culture on the planet.
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In 2025.....
2,604.404 Tickets were sold
3,893 Registered shows were performed (plus more as part of the free fringe)
53,942 Individual performances took place
301 Venues were utilised
62 Countries participated
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​Every August for three weeks the city of Edinburgh welcomes an explosion of creative energy from around the globe.
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An open access unjuried performing arts festival there is no selection committee and anyone with a story to tell may participate.
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Thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages, in all manner of spaces, all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste.
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The Edinburgh International Festival was an initiative created to celebrate and enrich European cultural life in the wake of the Second World War.
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In 1974, eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the Festival.
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Not being part of the official programme they staged their shows on the fringe of the Festival coining the phrase and name - The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.​​
Since the dawn of this spontaneous artistic movement, millions have flocked to the Fringe from across the globe to take to hundreds of stages, in all manner of spaces, all over Edinburgh with shows for every taste.
