In 2017, Denver Fringe Festival founder and executive director Ann Sabbah attended the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “The mothership,” she called it recently during a conversation ahead of next week’s Denver Fringe Festival (June 8-11). Denver Fringe Fest founder Ann Sabbah: Edinburgh’s Fringe rocked her world and she’s hoping Denver’s gathering does the same for Denver and its communities.Credit: Merritt Portrait Studio, provided by Denver Fringe Festival Edinburgh’s massive gathering of performers of all stripes is the sort of event that lands on bucket lists.