Arts festival

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An arts festival is not the same as an art fair It is a festival that focuses on the arts in their widest form.

Leading arts festivals include the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, the world's largest arts festival,^[1] Adelaide Festival of Arts in Adelaide and Festival d'Avignon in Avignon. In the UK a list of key Arts Festivals can be found on the website: www.artsfestivals.co.uk. ^[2]

In Germany you can find the Festspiele Balver Höhle. In Bavaria the Klosterhofspiele Langenzenn is another festival.

Also, in Greece in June 2009 there will be organised the first Athens Fringe Festival 2009, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. More information can be found at www.sinthesis.gr

Visual Arts Festivals are very different: Artists' participation is the most important such exhibits (such as the Venice Biennale) are by invitation, and these exhibitions are organised by internationally recognized curators chosen by a committee of peers. These international exhibitions must be distinguished from art fairs, market-oriented gatherings of art dealers and their wares, which have recently emerged as among the most important art-world venues for contemporary art in the present-day super-heated art market.There are also several international art fairs that exhibit artwork from mainstream galleries. The Scope Art Fair, Pulse Art Fair, and Bridge Art Fair are examples.dinburgh Fringe Festival.

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