The proliferation of online reviews and listings for Edinburgh Fringe can help you solve the festival’s biggest daily challenge: just deciding what to watch. Every day she throws up hundreds, even thousands, of options. Some will be terrible, most will be very entertaining and there is always the unique possibility of seeing a star being born.
Each seasoned festival participant has their own Festival Fringe strategy. But, if you’re connected in Edinburgh, a new way to stay on top of festival developments is to follow the excellent online reviews and listing websites that now offer daily coverage of the Edinburgh Festival.
Some of the best Edinburgh Fringe reviews and listings online
- Edinburgh-Festivals.com, the online fringe review site of the Scotsman, Edinburgh’s daily newspaper.
- Edinburgh Festivals A pilot website of reviews, videos, listings, tips and commentary published by Edinburgh City Council
- The Guardian “Wall-to-Wall” coverage of the festival by one of Britain’s leading national newspapers. Reviews, AZ listings, photo comments, podcasts, and videos.
- Broadway Baby An interactive website celebrating its 11th year at the Fringe in 20141, featuring reviews, tips, trailers, reader blogs, and, in the spirit of the fringe, social media. Broadway Baby awards the coveted “Bobby” gong to the best of the festival.
- @EdFringe The official tweets of the Fringe Festival.
- What’s On Stage The London Theater Guide has a website dedicated to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival packed with recommendations and the latest editor’s picks.
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society on Facebook
Keep up to date with what is happening in Edinburgh at the Twittersphere
Follow some or all of these to see who’s tweeting what’s up with festivals:
- @edfringe – the official Twitter feed of the marginal festival
- @edinburghfest – news, commentary and gossip about all Edinburgh festivals
- @edinfest – Edinburgh International Festival tweets
- @BBCEdFest – The BBC broadcasts throughout the festival and also sponsors various stages. A great way to keep up with the latest.
- @bbcedfests – BBC Scotland takes the scene
- @edfestival – The complete guide to the Scottish festival
- @ComedyReviewer: just what it says on the box
- Don’t forget the apps. The Fringe application, available on the App Store or Google Play, offers schedules, shows news and opinions and a ticket reservation service through your smartphone.
- And look for the Twitter hashtag #Periscope to see if anyone is streaming live video. Periscope was launched for smartphones on March 27, 2015 and there will surely be users broadcasting their opinions and shows broadcasting their promotions through Periscope tweets.
