Edinburgh Festival Fringe
（重定向自Edinburgh Fringe）
![](/Images/godic/202501/10/Edinburgh_Fringe_0373442.jpg")
![1971 Festival Fringe Club Membership Card](/Images/godic/202501/10/1971_Festival_Fringe_Club_Membership_Card3442.jpg")
![John Bishop performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe](/Images/godic/202501/10/John_Bishop_performing_at_Fringe_Select3442.jpg")
![Assembly Rooms and Box Office, 2013](/Images/godic/202501/10/Assembly_Rooms_and_Box_Office,_George_Street_20133442.JPG")
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2015, spanned 25 days and featured 50,459 performances of 3,314 shows in 313 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.