With this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe fast approaching, we’ve taken a look back in our archives for photos of the annual event during the 1990s.
Upcoming comedians performing at the Fringe in the 1990s included household names of today including Al Murray and Johnny Vegas. And throughout the decade local residents and visitors gathered in large numbers for the ever popular Festival Cavalcade through the city centre and Fringe Sunday at Holyrood Park.
![French circus Archaos cut a car in half as a promotional stunt in the High Street during Edinburgh Festival 1990. Picture shows the circus manager Pierrot with Stephen Duve.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjhkMGI1MWExLTBkZWUtNGVjMi1hNTJjLTExZGRmMDI1ZWI2MDo0N2JmOTRhNS0xYTQ5LTQ3MjEtYTMyOS1kYzRjOGVmMGNlOTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
9. Easier to park?
French circus Archaos cut a car in half as a promotional stunt in the High Street during Edinburgh Festival 1990. Picture shows the circus manager Pierrot with Stephen Duve. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
![A float passes the RSA on its way along Princes Street during the Festival Cavalcade in 1994.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzZTI4OGIyLTU2ZDUtNGIwOC1hOWMyLTNkZTk0YWI3MjhmNzo2NWJlN2VhZS04NDRjLTRhODctOWViMy1lMjk2M2QzOTMxNzU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
10. Sailing by
A float passes the RSA on its way along Princes Street during the Festival Cavalcade in 1994. Photo: Norman Wilson
![Pub landlord comedian Al Murray won the 1999 Perrier Comedy Award in Edinburgh for his Fringe run.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjEyNWFiOWFjLWY0YjctNDM0My1hOWIyLTRmOGNhMWQxNjljYjo0ODc2NjQxMy1jMmJkLTRkNDQtYmJkYi1iODRjODFiNWU0YTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
11. Top of the pubs
Pub landlord comedian Al Murray won the 1999 Perrier Comedy Award in Edinburgh for his Fringe run. Photo: PHIL WILKINSON
![Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival's cast of Matilda outside the Famous Grouse House for their Fringe run in 1999.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmJjNTJhNGIxLTU2NWYtNDE2NS04OTFhLWVkOTY0ZWJiZWY4NjpmMWMwYmMyNi0xMThlLTRhZTAtYTE0Mi02ZDY2NWNjNWVmNmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
12. Matilda
Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival's cast of Matilda outside the Famous Grouse House for their Fringe run in 1999. Photo: SANDY YOUNG