Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2006, being held from 6-28 August 2006, is the world's biggest arts festival.* Fringe 2006 features 28,014 performances of 1,867 shows in 261 venues (Fringe 2005 featured 26,995 performances of 1,799 shows in 240 venues).
* An estimated 16,990 performers will be on Edinburgh’s Fringe stages.
* Theatre makes up 32% of the programme, followed by Comedy (27%) then Music (21%). Musicals, Children’s Shows, Dance & Physical Theatre, Exhibitions and Events each provide around 4% of the programme.
* Over a third (36%) of all shows are World premieres. 4% are UK premieres, 10% European premieres.
* 177 shows at Fringe 2006 are absolutely free.
* It would take you 5 years, 11 months and 16 days to see every performance back-to-back.
* Last year, the Fringe sold 1,338,550 tickets - the third time and third consecutive year that the Fringe sailed past the million-ticket barrier.
* The Fringe has a 75% market share of all attendance at Edinburgh’s year-round festivals and annually generates around £75 million for the Edinburgh and Scottish economy.
* The Fringe sells 97% more tickets than it did only 10 years ago (679,147 in 1995, 1338,550 in 2005).
* In 2006, there will be 28,014 performances - 94% more performances than 10 years ago.
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