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Events on Saturday 13 September 1947 1
1947First Edinburgh International FestivalArts festival founded to reunite postwar EuropeThe first Edinburgh International Festival opened on 24 August 1947 and ran for three weeks, with the Vienna Philharmonic among the performers. Eight uninvited theatre companies performed on the margins, which was the start of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Edinburgh has since become the world's largest arts festival city.