Crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival laughing as a street artist performs on the Royal Mile

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Crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival laughing as a street artist performs on the Royal Mile. The Edinburgh festival began as a post war initiative to reunite Europe through culture. At that time 8 uninvited theatre companies turned up and fended for themselves. A critic the following year dubbed the gatecrashers' enterprise - the fringe of the official festival drama - and the name and spirit of the fringe was born.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Royal Mile, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Photo credit: © Lynne Sutherland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: audience, crowds, edinburgh, enjoying, festival, fringe, laughing, mile, royal, scotland, scottish, tourists, uk