The world’s largest performing arts festival, held in Edinburgh, is known as what?
A The Hem
B The Edge
C The Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe began in 1947 when eight theater groups put on performances, despite not being invited to the first Edinburgh International Festival. This became a tradition that grew over the decades, with both festivals taking place in August. The Fringe became the world’s largest performing arts festival. It won a Guinness World Record in 2009 with 18,901 artists performing in 34,265 performances in 2,265 shows!
The correct answer is The Fringe.