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

It’s the Эдмонтон Международный Fringe театральный фестиваль — 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 Fringe Festival открывается на этой неделе, running from August 13 через 23. This year’s event features more than 1,200 performances в 29 venues in and around Edmonton’s Старый Strathona окрестность, рядом Университет Альберты.

Вдохновленный Fringe Festival в Эдинбурге, Шотландия, 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. Ð’Ñ‹ можете buy tickets online или 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 Fringe FAQ.

ShowYouYours.com has information about getting to Edmonton, getting around the city, и finding a place to stay, и Отдых в Эдмонтоне содержит информацию о других достопримечательностях вокруг города.

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