Fireworks above Edinburgh Castle during the city's festival season
© Kevin Carr/Getty Images
Fireworks above Edinburgh Castle during the city's festival season
Scotland’s capital is bursting with creativity this week for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe–the world’s largest arts festival. The event is open to everyone and artists are welcome to perform just about anything they dream up. Last year it included more than 50,000 performances, ranging from the outrageous to the outright silly. The Fringe began in 1947 in response to the Edinburgh International Festival, an invitation- only arts event. Eight theater companies that weren’t invited decided to show up anyhow and performed at venues on the ‘fringe’ of the festival. These days, the Fringe has eclipsed the main event.
Related Images
'Rising Moon' lantern to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong's Victoria Park
The exterior wall of Maison du Festival in Quartier des Spectacles, Montreal
Tokyo Tower in Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Fireflies in Nichinan, Tottori, Japan
Telescopes and star trails at Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile
Red lanterns hanging in Jinli Street, Chengdu, China
Nabana no Sato garden at night in Kuwana, Japan
Banded pipefish near Moalboal, Philippines
Today Bing
Clouded leopard
Aug 04, 2021
White-tailed doe and fawn in Wisconsin
Aug 04, 2020
American Bisons, Elk Island National Park, Alberta
Aug 04, 2016
