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Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival

See Fringe Shows in Edinburgh for Free...

Every day from 4th August to 25th August 2007, the Free Festival presents 2,500 performances of over 130 Fringe shows at 10 venues across Edinburgh - and every single one is Free!

Featuring top comedy, theatre and music from Midday to 3am every day. For more information have a look at the website: http://www.freefestival.co.uk

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  • ashleyrossuk
    ashleyrossuk Posts: 175 Forumite
    Does anyone know of any festivel stuff, that is free or cheap for the little ones!
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,392 Forumite
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    There's also Fringe Sunday on August 12th which is free as is the Edinburgh Cavalcade on the 5th.

    Don't know specific free children's shows - but there's only 113 children's shows in total so it probably won't be too hard to work it out -
  • AlexP_2
    AlexP_2 Posts: 2 Newbie
    Unfortunately one genre we don't have as part of our Free Festival shows are childrens shows; across the Fringe Childrens shows can be found at a much more reasonable price than shows later in the day - some for £4/£5.

    As alanrowell said, Fringe Sunday is very good - also there is daily street performances on the Royal mile that are free, bits from shows, street perfromers and so on.
  • competitionscafe
    competitionscafe Posts: 4,050 Forumite
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    Does anyone know of any festivel stuff, that is free or cheap for the little ones!

    Don't know about any free ones but the first few days [previews] are often cheaper (2nd, 3rd Aug) and there are loads of 2 for 1 offers on the first weekend (see Fringe programme which you can get free at hmv or waterstones). The book festival has an excellent selection of childrens events from as little as £2: http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/families/index.html

    According to their website they [book festival] also have:
    • Free hands-on activities for children aged up to 11 in the Activity Corner at the rear of the RBS Children's Bookshop.
    • Free lunchtime live musical entertainment.
    • Free daily storytelling.
    Scotsman, Times etc often have 2 for 1 vouchers and sometimes free tickets vouchers in the first week or two of the Fringe.

    You could also ask on the fringe message boards if there are any free/cheap shows for kids:http://www.edfringe.com/forums/index.php?r_menu=global&static=true
    "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
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    of everything that comes along their way."
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