If you’re getting settled in Edmonton, you need to get acquainted with the city’s biggest cultural event.

It’s the Festival Theatre Edmonton International Fringe — aka “The Fringe” — an annual theatre extravaganza that typically draws more than half a million visitors.

Billing itself as a “celebration of non-juried, uncensored, experimental and classic live theatre,” el 2009 Festival Fringe se estrena esta semana, running from August 13 a través de 23. El evento de este año features more than 1,200 performances en 29 venues in and around Edmonton’s Old Strathona barrio, cerca de la Universidad de Alberta.

Inspirado por el Festival Fringe de Edimburgo, Escocia, Edmonton’s Fringe launched in 1982 and has since grown to become the world’s second largest fringe theatre festival.

Want to know what’s going on? Check the schedule of Fringe Festival events online or call the Information Hotline at 780-448-9000. Usted puede buy tickets online o call the Ticket Hotline at 780-409-1910.

If you’ve never attended Edmonton’s Fringe Festival before, sign up for a free “First-Time Fringer” session to learn all about the festival (or as the organizers say, “lose your Fringe virginity“). Or check out the informative Fringe FAQ.

ShowYouYours.com has information about getting to Edmonton, getting around the city, y finding a place to stay, y Turismo Edmonton tiene detalles acerca de otras cosas que hacer por la ciudad.

Disfrute!