Busker

Category

Library Item

Item no

11937

Title

Busker, British Home Stores, Princes Street during Edinburgh Festival

Description

A musician stands beside his tuba on Princes Street during the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. A stand for holding music and a suitcase are close to the man.

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.

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Events > Festivals > Fringe Festival

People > Entertainment and sports > Musicians

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Musical instruments