The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is set to return this August, announcing there will a record number of shows staged for what is among the most popular events in the Scottish capital.

With 2,965 shows confirmed for this year`s event, it`s a 6% increase on last year. It`s a surprising development, with many fearing the Fringe would be deeply affected by a 10 day overlap with the Olympic Games in London.

The line-up brings a scintillating line up of acts from a wide spectrum of performing arts, including comedy, dance, theatre, music and musical, just some of the acts already confirmed to feature are comedians Mark Watson, Sean Hughes and Henning When.

A brand new spoken word category has been drafted into this year`s affair, with poetry, oratory, storytelling and reportage giving a fantastic dynamic.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe will run from the 3 to 27 August, with the full line-up available from the official website. If you happen to be booked into one of the many hotels in Edinburgh over the period, why not come along and join in the fun?



Published on 1/6/2012.

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