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The Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is Australia's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world. [1] An arts festival (also art festival) or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts. ...
Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 11 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $59,819 (5th) - Product per capita $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 1,558,200 (5th) - Density 1. ...
Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ...
Fringe theatre is a term used to describe alternative theatre, or entertainment not of the mainstream. ...
The Adelaide Fringe is widely regarded as one of the best events of its kind in the world and is renowned for fresh ideas, risk, imagination, spontaneity and fun.[citation needed] Compared to other fringe festivals, it is rivalled in size only by the Edinburgh Fringe. The Fringe programme generates massive enthusiasm, with audience attendance of nearly a quarter million at ticketed shows and free events. Fringe theatre is a term used to describe alternative theatre, or entertainment not of the mainstream. ...
A street performer on the Royal Mile, with volunteer (2004). ...
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The Adelaide Fringe began in 1960 as an alternative to the 'mainstream' Adelaide Festival of Arts. The latter was seen to offer limited opportunity for local and smaller-scale artists. The Adelaide Fringe is an open access event, allowing anyone with ideas and enthusiasm to register in the programme, and so to showcase their arts to the public. [2] For many years the two events were inextricably linked and together created an atmosphere of electric excitement across the city. From 2007 onwards, the Adelaide Fringe will stand alone as an annual event in its own right. North Terrace, Adelaide - Cultural Precinct The Adelaide Festival of Arts is a prestigious arts festival held biannually in Adelaide, South Australia. ...
2006 Reflected in the iconic poster design of a single origami crane made from previous Fringe posters, 2006's Fringe was held with the theme of re:generation. Held between 24 February and 19 March 2006, the festival included a diverse program. The 2006 Adelaide Fringe retained its position as one of the biggest arts festivals in the world, selling almost 190,000 tickets to over 500 events. The traditional crane and papers of the same size used to fold it A paper Pegasus designed by F. Kawahata Origami (Japanese: 折り紙 oru, to fold, and kami, paper folding paper) is the art of paper folding. ...
Genera Grus Anthropoides Balearica Bugeranus Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. ...
February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
References - ^ Adelaide Fringe 2007 - Home page, Accessed 17/1/06
- ^ Adelaide Fringe 2007 - History, Accessed 17/1/06
See also List of festivals in Australia, including any established festival or carnival in Australia. ...
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