Everything about Edinburgh Festival totally explained
Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous
arts and cultural festivals which take place during
August each year in
Edinburgh,
Scotland. These festivals are arranged by a number of formally unrelated organizations, meaning there's no single event officially termed the
Edinburgh Festival.
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". 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 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 Edinburgh summer Festivals, in order of the year of their foundation, are as follows. An asterisk indicates that the Festival is a member of
Festivals Edinburgh, 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 doesn't offer events open to the public.
Edinburgh International Television Festival (1976)
Film Festival date change
The Edinburgh International Film Festival or EIFF (founded 1947) was traditionally also held in August. However, from 2008 the EIFF has moved to late June, citing concerns over costs during August and congestion in the international film festival calendar.(External Link
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Year-round Festivals
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. These include, in calendar order:
Ceilidh Culture — held annually in March and April (External Link)
Edinburgh International Harp Festival — held annually in March/April (External Link)
Edinburgh International Science Festival — held annually in April (External Link)
OneEighty — the Science Festival 'fringe' (began 2006)
Edinburgh Easter Festival — held annually (External Link)
Beltane Fire Festival — held annually on May Day (External Link)
Dark City Festival — a goth music festival, held annually in May (External Link)
Children's International Theatre Festival — held annually in late May (External Link)
Edinburgh World Justice Festival — held annually during the last two weeks of June (External Link)
Edinburgh International Film Festival — held annually in June (from 2008; formerly held in August)
Meadows Festival — usually held in June, 2006's Festival was cancelled due to rising costs
Leith Festival — held annually in June (External Link)
Scottish International Storytelling Festival — held annually in October and November (External Link)
Edinburgh's Capital Christmas (External Link)
The exceptionally large Hogmanay celebrations (External Link)Further Information
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