Complex sentence: Compared to other fringe festivals, it is rivalled in size only by the Edinburgh Fringe, the fringe program generates massive enthusiasm with audience attendances exceeding 850,000 in 2000 and in 2002.
Split into simpler sentences: Compared to other fringe festivals, it is rivalled in size only by the Edinburgh Fringe. The Fringe programme generates massive enthusiasm, with audience attendances exceeding 850,000 in 2000 and in 2002.