The tent you see under the castle hill is one of the scenes where theatre plays and concerts are held during the Edinburgh Festival - a festival of performing arts over three weeks around the end of August. The International Festival invites top class performers of opera, theatre, music (especially classical music) and dance from around the world to perform. The Fringe Festival is held alongside the official Edinburgh Festival by those performers who are not famous enough or rich enough to participate at the Edinburgh Festival. They perform out on the street and in pubs and parks (right).
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