Edinburgh Fringe Festival
By Buck Wolf, About.com Guide
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World's Largest Arts Festival
One man band at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, established in 1947, is the largest arts event in the world. In 2008, 18,000 artists will perform at 247 venues in the Scottish city -- and some of the acts are so strange, the defy description.
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