Is Edinburgh’s Fringe still fringe, or has it — gasp — gone mainstream?

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Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. Ready, Set, Groan: Here’s The Best Joke From The Edinburgh Fringe Festival Every year, a panel of British citizens determines the funniest one-liner of the festival. Fringe dates back to 1947, when eight theater groups turned up at the Edinburgh International Festival uninvited. He felt so awkward and cringe and embarrassment for this man,” Robertson recalls. You either die the hero, or live long enough to become the villain.”Maybe, she says, artists just need to create a new fringe of the Fringe.