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List of Edinburgh festivals

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This is a list ofarts and cultural festivalsregularly taking place inEdinburgh,Scotland.

Hogmanayfireworks over Edinburgh
The Pleasancevenue
Royal Milestreet performance

The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of theEdinburgh International Festivaland theEdinburgh Festival Fringewhich runs alongside it. The latter is the largest event of its kind in the world.

The termEdinburgh Festivalis commonly used, but there is no single festival; the various festivals are put on by separate, unrelated organisations. However they are widely regarded as part of the same event, particularly the various festivals that take place simultaneously in August each year. The termEdinburgh Festivalis often used to refer more specifically to the Fringe, being the largest of the festivals; or sometimes to the International Festival, being the original "official" arts festival. Within the industry, people refer to all the festivals collectively as theEdinburgh Festivals(plural).

The festivals

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,2010
Cast members publicising a Fringe production of Shakespeare's Macbeth

Listed in chronological order by 2018 start date, with year of foundation in brackets

April

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Easter time

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May

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June

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July

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August

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October

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December

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Uncertain dates

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Defunct festivals

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  • Edinburgh Interactive Festival (2003)
  • Edinburgh International Internet Festival (1999)
  • Edinburgh Swing Festival (2006)
  • Fringe Film Festival (1984 - 1990)
  • Fringe Film & Video Festival (FFVF) (1991 - 1996)
  • iFest(2007) — the Internet Festival and Conference
  • West Port Book Festival(2008) – a free book festival involving secondhand bookshops in theWest Portarea

Notes and references

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  1. ^Moving times at EIFF
  2. ^Fringe FactsArchived27 January 2006 at theWayback Machine.edfringe: Official site of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2005. Accessed 26 June 2005.
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