If you’re getting settled in एडमॉन्टन, you need to get acquainted with the city’s biggest cultural event.

It’s the एडमॉन्टन अंतर्राष्ट्रीय फ्रिंज रंगमंच महोत्सव — aka “The Fringe” — an annual theatre extravaganza that typically draws more than half a million visitors.

Billing itself as a “celebration of non-juried, uncensored, experimental and classic live theatre,” the 2009 फ्रिंज फेस्टिवल में इस सप्ताह खोलता है, running from August 13 के माध्यम से 23. This year’s event features more than 1,200 performances में 29 venues in and around Edmonton’s पुरानी Strathona पड़ोस, निकट अलबर्टा विश्वविद्यालय.

से प्रेरित होकर एडिनबर्ग में फ्रिंज फेस्टिवल, स्कॉटलैंड, Edmonton’s Fringe launched in 1982 and has since grown to become the world’s second largest fringe theatre festival.

Want to know what’s going on? Check the schedule of Fringe Festival events online or call the Information Hotline at 780-448-9000. आप कर सकते हैं buy tickets online या call the Ticket Hotline at 780-409-1910.

If you’ve never attended Edmonton’s Fringe Festival before, sign up for a free “First-Time Fringer” session to learn all about the festival (or as the organizers say, “lose your Fringe virginity“). Or check out the informative फ्रिंज पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न.

ShowYouYours.com has information about getting to Edmonton, getting around the city, और finding a place to stay, और एडमॉन्टन पर्यटन शहर के चारों ओर करने के लिए अन्य बातों के बारे में जानकारी है.

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