【经典网站】Edfringe:爱丁堡艺穗节官网

爱丁堡艺穗节(The Edinburgh Festival Fringe)是世界上最盛大的节庆活动之一，已举行了超过60年,每年八月在苏格兰的首都举行，为期三个星期。其中包括戏剧、舞蹈、音乐、展览甚至行为艺术等各种艺术形式。

爱丁堡艺穗节源于1947年，正当爱丁堡国际艺术节举行期间， 有8个不请自来的艺术团体，因为未获分配场地作演出之用，故自行设置演出场地， 与艺术节的官方节目分庭抗礼，这些艺术节期间的非官方演出以艺穗自居，并大受欢迎， 成为艺术节期间的重头戏。

“艺穗节”标志着前沿、创意、民间、进取、多样性的艺术合集，艺穗信奉创意的无界。活动期间，艺术将走出美术馆、音乐厅，在都市的各种空间中自由生发，恣意生长。无论是楼宇间的一个角落、街道旁一处闲置空间，都能是艺术的殿堂;公园、商场、咖啡厅、广场，处处会是表演的舞台;即兴、创意，快闪、舞蹈，激情飞扬。

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city.

Every year thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children’s shows, musicals, opera, music, spoken word, exhibitions and events.

In 2014 there were 49,497 performances of 3,193 shows in 299 venues, making it the largest ever arts festival in the world.

The Fringe story dates back to 1947, when eight theatre groups turned up uninvited to perform at the (then newly formed) Edinburgh International Festival, an initiative created to celebrate and enrich European cultural life in the wake of the Second World War. Not being part of the official programme of the International Festival didn’t stop these performers – they just went ahead and staged their shows on the ‘Fringe of the Festival’ anyway – coining the phrase and our name ‘(Edinburgh) Festival Fringe’. Year on year more and more performers followed their example and in 1958 the Festival Fringe Society was created in response to the success of this growing trend.

The Society formalised the existence of this collective of performances, provided information to artists, published the Fringe programme and created a central box office. Its constitution was written in line with the ethos that brought these theatre companies to Edinburgh back in 1947: that the Society was to take no part in vetting the festival’s programme. To this day that policy remains at the core of our festival and we’re proud to include in our programme anyone with a story to tell and a venue willing to host them.

艺术与玩家的混搭。创意工作坊、新锐艺术展、城市跑酷、民间奇艺、电影展播等活动，将邀约全民的参与，创造精彩的互动体验;以绿色低碳为主题的社区行动、低碳展览、亲子活动等活动，将让环保走进社区.