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Originally Posted by oilyfan
I guess the same day the Edinburgh Fringe Festival changes its name because it sold 2M tickets...
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Originally Posted by wingmaker
The concept of the Fringe festival in general started in Edinburgh as a response to the Edinburgh Festival, which was a mainstream festival to which you had to be invited to perform. The Edinburgh Fringe remains the largest and the only Fringe Festival as far as I know that is an open festival, meaning literally anyone can perform in it as long as they pay the registration fee and find themselves a venue.
The Edmonton Fringe Festival modelled itself after the Edinburgh fringe. It operates as a lottery system, meaning anyone can apply but only the people who win the lottery can perform.
The reason the Fringe label still has meaning and still is important is because you do not have to be invited. This means that anyone has the chance to present their work. Fringe festivals the world over have been launching grounds for theatre companies, actors, directors, etc that otherwise would have a difficult time presenting their work to the number of audience members that the Fringe Festivals enjoy. The Fringe name has a meaning, even though their popularity has made them more prominent than even many curated and professional theatre festivals.
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Okay....I know its the off-season and all, and temperatures are high both literally and figuratively, but this is the E=NG2 thread...most comments in here are not taken all that seriously.
I was taking fun jabs at Edmonton's pride and joy festival (until McDavid gets his own festival, thats a thing thats happening!) tongue firmly in cheek.
Did you not read my super terrible joke about its name?
I'm sure its a fine festival, super deserving of the term 'World Class,' which is arguably among my least favourite terms for just about anything.