The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, which runs from August 4 through August 28, 2017, offers 53,000 performances of 3,300 shows, by companies from 62 countries. 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, they went ahead and performed on the fringe of the Festival anyway and …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:34AM on August 24, 2017