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Edinburgh city centre transformed for the Festival Fringe before tourists descend

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Vincent
AuthorIona Young
Published date29 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
With just over a month to go venues are getting ready to welcome hundreds of thousands of tourists, performers and artists who venture to the capital for the world's biggest arts festival ever year

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe will take place from August 5 – 29 at locations across the city, with construction of the venues and bars in both Southside starting this week in preparation for the Fringe.

Although the festival was on last year it wasn't quite the same due to travel and hospitality restrictions still being in place meaning for most of August you had to remain seated all the time and order drinks through an app.

With basically no travel restrictions in place and many big attendance events going ahead so far unscathed it's looking like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and International Festival will be back and better than ever.

Exciting pictures show the transformation of locations such as Bristo Square and George Square as contractors begin to create the outdoor bars and venues.

Underbelly have confirmed that this year, Bristo Square will be home to ten Underbelly fringe venues: McEwan Hall, the Cowbarn, Friesian, Jersey, Dexter, Dairy Room, Ermintrude, Buttercup...

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