Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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annual event arts festival performing arts festival

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts and performance festival, held annually in Scotland’s capital and showcasing thousands of theatre, comedy, music, and experimental shows.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe canonical 34
Edinburgh Festival 2
Edinburgh Festival Fringe events 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event ⓘ
arts festival ⓘ
performing arts festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Fringe

The Fringe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
duration around three weeks ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre cabaret ⓘ
children’s shows ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
dance ⓘ
experimental performance ⓘ
music ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasCategory comedy section regarded as major platform for stand-up ⓘ
hasEconomicImpactOn Edinburgh ⓘ
Scottish tourism industry ⓘ
hasFormat free shows ⓘ
street performances ⓘ
ticketed shows ⓘ
hasHistoricalNote began with uninvited companies performing alongside the Edinburgh International Festival ⓘ
hasMotto defends freedom of expression in the arts ⓘ
hasNotableArea Royal Mile street performances ⓘ
hasRegistrationSystem open to any performer with a venue and fee ⓘ
headquartersLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
influenced global fringe festival movement ⓘ
language primarily English ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish capital ⓘ
notableCharacteristic features thousands of shows ⓘ
no official selection committee ⓘ
open-access festival ⓘ
uses hundreds of venues across the city ⓘ
world’s largest arts festival ⓘ
organizer Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society ⓘ
Fringe Society ⓘ
originatedAs alternative to Edinburgh International Festival ⓘ
partOf Edinburgh Festival Fringe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Festival
typicalAudience international visitors ⓘ
local residents ⓘ
typicalStartMonth August ⓘ
typicalVenueType churches ⓘ
pubs ⓘ
temporary performance spaces ⓘ
theatres ⓘ
website https://www.edfringe.com ⓘ

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Edinburgh → knownFor → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region → hasCulturalAttraction → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Scotland → famousFestival → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Princes Street Gardens → usedFor → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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Old Town of Edinburgh → associatedWith → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Edinburgh International Festival → inspiredCreationOf → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
Glasgow and Edinburgh → knownFor → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Edinburgh Fringe
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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo → associatedWith → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival → inspiredBy → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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Jimmy Carr → hasPerformedAt → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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The Fringe → alsoKnownAs → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
The Fringe → alsoKnownAs → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Edinburgh Fringe
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this entity surface form: Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing companies
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society → festivalManaged → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
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Brian Paisley → inspiredBy → Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ
subject surface form: Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival
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