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Edinburgh Comedy Festival
Edinburgh Comedy Festival was a short-lived festival of comedy shows which operated during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2008 and 2009. Effectively a marketing campaign for the "Big Four" venues at the Fringe - Assembly (events promoter), Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance Theatre Trust, Pleasance and Underbelly (events promoter), Underbelly - the designation was quietly dropped after widespread media and industry criticism. History In the 1990s, an attempt was made to create an Edinburgh Comedy Festival in August, with a cigarette brand as the sponsor. The idea was revived, however, when, in June 2008, many news stories and commentaries appeared in the media about the launch of the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, both positive and negative. Much was reported of the lack of sponsorship in the festival's first year, following reports that collectively, the four venues involved in the festival had made a £76,000 loss in 2007. At a press conference on Thursday 5 June explan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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ECF may refer to: Science, technology and medicine * East Coast fever or ''theileriosis'', a disease of cattle in Africa * Electrochemical fluorination * Elemental chlorine free, a form of paper bleaching * Enterocutaneous fistula * Evolving classification function * Extracellular fluid * Eye-controlled focusing * ECF, a chemotherapy regimen Sport * English Chess Federation * European Curling Federation Sustainable development * European Climate Foundation * European Climate Forum * European Cyclists' Federation Other uses * ''Eighteenth-Century Fiction'', an academic journal * Electronic court filing * Enterprise Capital Fund, in the United Kingdom * European Cultural Foundation * Economic Cooperation Foundation, in Israel * Evangelize China Fellowship {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the highest courts in Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sciences, and engineering. It is the second-largest financial centre in the United Kingdom, and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the UK's second-most visited tourist de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
