Comments on: The failing Edinburgh Festival Fringe

By: David

David — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:32:57 +0000

Our first show is on Wednesday so we just went in to pick them up. It is worth joining the Friends of the Fringe - for £15 a year you get 2 for 1 on most of the shows. We save about £300 every year

By: T

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:31:48 +0000

Having tried to puyrchase tickets from the Fringe office twice so far this year and failed both times I’m getting fed up with the entire system. Everything runs off the same database so if the online shop is down, the box office is also down.

I’m sure 2 years ago I managed to see a lot of shows for around £4-£5 each. Just about everything I want to see this year seems to be £9 or £10. Another interesting feature of this years fringe is a lot of acts that have been comming for several years are not comming this year. It’s a pity and I really hope the people who plan the festival give this a good long hard think before next year.

By: LookingAtEdinburgh

LookingAtEdinburgh — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:26:59 +0000

I can’t remember a year when the Fringe didn’t have *some* kind of difficulty with the software - the most reliable method of getting tickets was always to stand in line at the Fringe office or go to the venue on the night.

Of course, I haven’t done either in some time, because it’s just too expensive for me to go any more.

This year I plan to celebrate by photoblogging the Fringe. For free.

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:44:31 +0000

My high school teenager is going with her high school group to perform at the Fringe in August. One thing no one can seem to tell us is what to expect to pay for food. Can you shed some light on what hamburgers or other popular teenage fair costs in Edinburgh? I would be MOST appreciative of any information that you can share. Any “words of wisdom” that you could share with us would be WONDERFUL!! Many thanks!
~Allie
allie.kane18@gmail.com