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| Royal Mile performers and festival goers |
Every August is a highlight of my year to venture on
Edinburgh’s historic streets and to culturally recharge my batteries at the
world’s largest arts festival. There’s a special freedom of creativity, where
nearly anything goes – a smorgasbord melting pot of colour, comedy, dance,
song,
There’s also the high water
marks of the main festival – with opera, classical, ballet, drama, and more. .
Edinburgh is ideal to see on
foot with the Royal mile, the mound and over to the new town.
This year EIF celebrates 70
years!
Begun in 1947.
Comedy at the Pleasance and
elsewhere is the main attraction. Remember to read the Scotsman reviews!
Then there is the wonderful
literary hub of the Edinburgh International book festival at Charlotte Square – with poets, artists, sportsmen,
politicians, and more.
Hopefully the sun will shine,
the tattoo fireworks every evening will light our skies, and there’ll be many
more joyful celebrations for those twilight summer days and nights, and with
autumn leaves soon in the air.
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| posters on the royal mile |
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2017
Celebrates its 70th
anniversary
THE ALLIANCE OF DEFIANCE
The Fringe began in 1947 when eight groups
arrived in Edinburgh hoping to perform at the newly formed Edinburgh
International Festival but were refused entry. Rather than being discouraged
from performing, they went ahead and performed on the fringe of the Festival
anyway and so the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was born.
2017 marks the 70th anniversary of these
eight groups’ defiance and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now the largest
arts festival in the world.
The Fringe is a truly open access festival
where, in the spirit of the original eight, no one is denied entry, making it
the largest platform on earth for creative freedom.
