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Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous Arts And Cultural Festival s which take place during August each year in Edinburgh , Scotland . HISTORY The Edinburgh Festival traces its roots to 1947, when the , the Fringe, or, incorrectly, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.http://www.edfringe.com/area.html?r_menu=global&id=35 The EIF and the Fringe remain independent bodies, and organize separate programmes each year. Over the period since 1947, several other Festivals have also been established in Edinburgh - with most of them similarly taking place around August each year. There is therefore not one Edinburgh Festival, but a collection of independent Festivals which happen to take place in the same city at the same time. LIST OF EDINBURGH SUMMER FESTIVALS Venue]] The Edinburgh summer Festivals, in order of the year of their foundation, are as follows. An asterisk indicates that the Festival is a member of Festivals Edinburgh,http://www.eif.co.uk/N98_PRESS_RELEASE_Festivals_Edinburgh_director_announced.php the umbrella body which represents the Edinburgh Festivals to government.
The following Festival also occurs in Edinburgh during August, but is essentially an industry gathering - it does not offer events open to the public. YEAR-ROUND FESTIVALS ]] Although the phrase "Edinburgh Festival" is generally taken to refer to the August events, a number of other Festivals are held in the city around the year. These include, in calendar order:
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