Busker tuning guitar

Category

Library Item

Item no

11929

Title

Busker tuning guitar, Royal Mile, during the Edinburgh Festival

Description

A busker tunes his guitar on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival. He rests his foot against a litter bin as he plucks the strings and turns the tuning keys of his acoustic guitar.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Size

26.4 x 19.7 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.

Exhibitions with this item

Other views of this item

Related images

Related subjects

Events > Festivals > Fringe Festival

People > Entertainment and sports > Guitarists

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh