Category Archives: Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Street Performer 2019 (part 1)

It’s August, so we have a plethora of Street performers have descended on to Edinburgh for our entertainment purposes. I’ll post some pictures over the next few weeks. Below shots taken 4th August and 11th August

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Living in Edinburgh it’s easy to forget that during the month of August, right on your doorstep the largest arts festival in the world is being played out.  it’s nice to take some time and wander through the high street to watch some street performers . – or try to, it gets extremely busy.

edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

But they must make decent money, traveling from Australia, Canada, Europe.. That’s not cheap
perhaps I should give up the IT gig, and start juggling stuff on the street corner.

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

But it’s never August until you see Whips, Chains, Fire and weird contraptions in the city centre

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh festival fringe 2018 street performers

Edinburgh Festival 2017

The Edinburgh festivals have only but a few days left, hopefully you managed to get out and enjoy it.

amongst the plethora of street performers this guy plied his trade between the Old Town Venues.  A bloke called Tony Roberts from Australia, who emulated the sensational escape acts of Harry Houdini.  

Edinburgh Festival - Street Performer

Edinburgh Festival – Street Performer

Only Edinburgh during August is it perfectly normal to find people Eating fire, juggling machetes on a uni cycle, or perhaps sandwiched between beds of nails and or course wrapped in chains between a tennis racquet.

More Photos will follow later.. maybe.. 😉

Edinburgh Festival Fireworks concert 2016 – A wee Album

Here is a small album from last Mondays fireworks concert,  30 photos
taken from Castle street, Thankfully I arrived an hour before it all began, thus getting a pretty good vantage point.  This was my first attempt at shooting fireworks.

Edinburgh Festival Fireworks

And that’s it for 2016 – Haste ye back 2017

The culmination of the festival is a spectacular pyrotechnic fireworks concert…. the sky lights up in time to music from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from, this all takes place from the castle, it  can be heard and seen from many places across the city

Edinburgh Festival 2016 - Fireworks

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Fireworks

I have never attempted firework photos before, I did take many, oh so many!! 😉 I’ll upload a wee album soon as I can

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Street Performers

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is over for 2016!
During the month of August you will find a plethora of street performers around the city centre plying their trade.   Juggling fire seems to be one of the more popular acts, (I always think that juggling fire in Scotland is rather optimistic, as it does rains a lot) but some are more daring juggling dangerous weapons including chainsaws and machetes.   Unfortunately I only had the ooomph to get out and take photos towards the end.  Below is a small gallery of the performers that graced the streets of Edinburgh in August 2016.

Interestingly something else happened! The middle of the festival a Saturday afternoon I managed to walk the length of the High Street without being offered a single flyer, even after making eye contact.  Many will call me a liar, but it did indeed happen…. perhaps they just though there goes the grumpiest man in Edinburgh?  😉

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler

During the month of August, you will see many wonderful street performers on the Royal Mile…. Many, oh so many who juggle with fire, some make it more interesting not just juggling the normal fire sticks, but with nasty weapons.  This fella was juggling a axe on fire and a few machetes.

Edinburgh Festival 2016 - Axe Fire Juggler

Edinburgh Festival 2016 – Axe Fire Juggler