The Royal Mile, the wide cobbled road between the Edinburgh Castle and the Holyrood Palace, is lined with Parliament, Cathedrals, pubs, and, every August since the launch of Fringe Street Events in the 1970s, both street performers, called buskers, and performers who hand out flyers to promote their Fringe shows, called flyerers. Below are some photographs and short videos of each (although they’re not always easy to tell apart) during the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Week One.

Here is the cast from the Republic of Korea handing out flyers for their show “1457, The Boy at Rest”