Fringe Shop, High Street, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

11971

Title

Fringe Shop, High Street, Edinburgh, with festival goers in foreground, Tron Church in background

Description

Crowds of people mill about on the High Street in Edinburgh during August's festival time. The Fringe Shop has a highly decorative shop front and a prominent location on the Royal Mile. The spire of the former Tron Church stands out against the distant skyline.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

19.7 x 26.4 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has its roots in the attendance of eight uninvited theatre groups at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival in 1947. This unofficial adjunct to the festival grew in both size and organisation throughout the 1950's with more and more performers coming to take advantage of the audiences drawn to the capital by the official events. By the end of the decade a well organised Festival Fringe Society had been established with a constitution, brochure, and central ticket sales. Today 'The Fringe' hosts several hundred productions each year, and ticket sales have exceeded 1.6 million.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Events > Festivals > Fringe Festival

People > Adults > Crowds

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Anglican churches

(55°57′0″N, 3°11′19″W)