EDINBURGH FESTIVAL

Edinburgh Festival

 The Edinburgh Festival is a national festival of the arts, which has specially dedicated in music and theatre. It is celebrate in Edinburgh, Scotland and it is formed by officially separated events and together they form the largest annual cultural festival in the world. The original, and still the largest, component festivals are the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe longer than any other similar event in the world.

The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) was established in 1947 in a post-war effort to "provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit". That same year, eight theatrical companies "gatecrashed”, outside the official auspices of the EIF, started the movement which grew into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (EFF).

The Edinburgh International Festival (founded 1947)  — The original and "official" festival consisting of classical and contemporary theatre, opera, music, dance, visual arts, talks and workshops.

It takes about three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music (especially classical music), theatre, opera and dance from around the world to perform. The festival also hosts a series.

The first International Festival took place between 22 August and 11 September 1947, at the end of the Second World War, with an optimistic remit to "provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit" and enrich the cultural life of Scotland, Britain and Europe. It was founded by  Rudolf Bing, the General Manager of Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Henry Harvey Wood, the Head of the British Council in Scotland, Sidney Newman, Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University, and a group of civic leaders from the City of Edinburgh.

The principal venues of the Festival are:

Usher Hall (capacity 2,300)

Festival Theatre (1,800), primarily used for opera and ballet productions.

The Edinburgh Playhouse (2,900)

Edinburgh Fringe 1  (1947) — now the largest of all the festivals and indeed the largest arts festival in the world. Includes theatre, comedy, music, musicals, dance and children's shows. Each event has his own website and his own tickets, so Edinburgh Fringe is the term to call all of this events. The most important ones are the international Edinburgh festival (since 1947) the Fringe (1947), the international cinematographic Edinburg festival (1947), the Festival of the Jazz and Blues (1979), the international Edinburgh festival of the book (1983) and the people festival (2002). There is also “Edinburgh Military Tattoo” on the promenade of the Edinburgh Castle, during the month of August

 The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, with the 2012 event spanning 25 days totalling over 2,695 shows from 47 countries in 279 venues. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August. Fringe is a showcase for the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy.

Unfortunately in 50´s and 60´s appeared groups of people who became enemies because there were competition between the official festival of Edinburgh and the Fringe.