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Torchlight Procession is back for 2024
The Torchlight Procession will take place this year at the beginning of the four day long Edinburgh's Hogmanay festivities.
The event on 29 December...
Edinburgh International Festival – Aidan O’Rourke
Aidan O'Rourke entertained the media on Friday with a wee tune on his violin in the Old College Quad. It was quite delightful, and...
Gabriel Byrne begins a five night run at the King’s in...
Walking with Ghosts is adapted from Gabriel Byrne's best-selling 2020 memoir of the same name, and it follows the actor from his childhood in Ireland...
EIF – Dvorak and Suk by the Bamberger Symphoniker at The...
The final concert by the Bamberger Symphoniker consisted of two pieces by relatives, Antonín Dvořák and his son-in-law Josef Suk.
This performance made me...
A Health and Safety guide to Christmas carols
The Edinburgh Reporter’s Mike Smith has worked in human resources and offers this health and safety guide to Christmas Carols. Although we suspect he’s...
Holyrood Park venue for 2022 Samhuinn Fire Festival
The Beltane Fire Society (BFS) will host its renowned Autumnal celebration in Holyrood Park, bringing more fire, acrobatic stage performances and mystical creatures than...
Filmhouse patron gets married in Edinburgh
Scottish actor Jack Lowden, star of Slow Horses and newly announced patron of Edinburgh Filmhouse, has married his long term partner Irish actor, Saoirse...
Deacon Brodie’s Tavern reopens in time for Fringe Festival
Deacon Brodie’s Tavern, in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, has officially reopened following an extensive 4-week refurbishment.
Built in 1806 on Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile,...
Christmas tree on The Mound is ready to be the centre...
The lights were added to the Christmas tree on the Mound today in readiness for next week's big switch on.
The tree has been...
The Great Lafayette Festival 9 May 2011
The Festival Theatre has a magic solution for those looking for an escape from wall to wall coverage of the Holyrood election results this...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – W.R.E.N.S
W.R.E.N.S.
Venue 18. Sweet Grassmarket: City 1 Apex City Hotel.
Without a doubt one of the hot-ticket certainties for this year’s Fringe has to be the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Jekyll & Hyde ***.5
Staging a radical retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s original a stone’s throw from the author’s alma mater is a pretty gutsy move. Even more...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Nick Hall to make character debut
Noun (Doh-dek-uh-hee-drun). Definition; a one-man character comedy from the brain of Nick Hall.
NICK HALL: DODEKAHEDRON
Underbelly George Square
August 5 – 31 (not 19) @ 5.30pm
‘Brilliant’...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Horse McDonald in Careful *****
Horse McDonald is one of Scotland’s finest singer / songwriters with a successful career spanning over two decades that has included tours with Tina...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – NAKED AMBITION
In 1997 Simon Morley created the global smash hit and Edinburgh Fringe
favourite Puppetry of the Penis. Now he bares all in a slightly
different way,...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – Winter Windows
The schools competition to design a winter window has until now been hidden away in Princes Street Gardens. Now there is a proper display...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – Oliver With a Twist!
Brought to you by the Fringe phenomenon Sh*t-faced Shakespeare, Sh*t-faced Showtime is a combination of professionally trained musical theatre performers and copious amounts of alcohol,.
This year...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019-Review: Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year! ****
ANNA Nicholson is such a promising comedian. This show in a compact room at the Old Tolbooth was sold out as the word on...
24 Doors of Advent – head for Corstorphine Astoria Centre today
As part of Edinburgh's Christmas the 24 Doors of Advent allow you to see inside buildings which are not always open to the public....
Christmas market – numbers will be limited
Numbers will be limited for the market planned for Edinburgh’s Christmas to ensure a Covid-safe event with no overcrowding, organisers have promised.
While last year’s...
Beltane Fire Festival makes a spectacular 2022 return as a live...
A dynamic reinterpretation of an ancient Celtic celebration of the return of summer, Beltane Fire Festival is centred around the story of the May...
EIF makes free tickets available for a special concert by the...
To coincide with American Independence Day and its 75th anniversary year, Edinburgh International Festival has released more than 3,000 tickets to a special free...
The Sean Connery Foundation establish film festival prize
It has been announced that the Sean Connery Foundation set up by the family of the late 007 star is to sponsor a new...
Teamwork Arts India are back at the Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has welcomed Teamwork Arts India back to Edinburgh to showcase the rich tapestry of Indian culture with a Rajasthani Bagpiper, The...
The Culture Minister looks forward to the Festivals
by Fiona Hyslop MSP
As well as being one of the elected members for the Lothians region, I am also the Minister responsible for Culture...
Virgin Money to “paint the town red”at the Fringe
Virgin Money, the financial services division of the Virgin Group, has today announced a sponsorship deal with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society...
Science Festival Launch 2011 Programme
The Edinburgh International Science Festival launched a programme today at The Royal Botanice Garden Edinburgh which is packed with goodies for the Easter holidays.
The...
Virgin Money sponsors Festival Fireworks!
Virgin Money is announced today as title sponsor of the pyrotechnic finale of the Edinburgh International Festival, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, freshly...
Young Actors Win Edinburgh Opportunity
The independent arts charity Ideas Tap recently announced the winners of a competition to get £10, 000 of funding to enable young creatives to...
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 – programme launched this morning
This year's Festival is promised to be an exploration and celebration of the vibrant and diverse cultures of Asia and the long standing influences...
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