Tag: culture
Glenkinchie Distillery to serve summer cocktails from vintage truck bar
Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian welcomed a magical, refurbished vintage Johnnie Walker truck just in time for guests to enjoy a selection of delicious whisky cocktails in the picturesque setting of the garden distillery...
2021 ESF is a wrap as dates and theme announced for 2022
The world’s first and still Europe’s biggest science festival, the 33rd Edinburgh Science Festival wrapped up yesterday, on Sunday, 11 July, having connected sci-curious minds of all ages and all over the world to...
Billy Crystal’s ‘Here Today’ to close 74th EIFF
Edinburgh International Film Festival are delighted to announce that comedy legend Billy Crystal's 'Here Today' will close the 74th edition of the event
Crystal who directs for the first time in 20 years, produced, co-wrote...
The Stars of Québec@EdFringe virtual showcase announced
The Québec Government Office in London and Assembly Festival today launch a showcase enabling Québec artists and culture to continue to connect with and entertain Fringe audiences and industry through a digital venue on...
Bicycle Film Festival: Virtual Tour returns to Edinburgh for 20th Anniversary
Despite cinemas being shut, Bicycle Film Festival lands in Edinburgh with a curated, virtual, screening of short films. Available from July 16 - 25. Hosted by Edinburgh Festival of Cycling (EdFoC).
Bicycle Film Festival celebrates...
Ingleby Gallery presents ‘Music of The Spheres’ for the 2021 EAF
Ingleby will present the first ever exhibition devoted to Frank Walter’s ‘spools’ – the small circular paintings which provide a kind of lens through which to witness the workings of Walter’s 'inner eye' -...
Culture Minister Jenny Gilruth visits ESF’s Elemental
Jenny Gilruth, the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, visited Elemental, a new interactive multimedia art installation at Summerhall as part of 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival.
As every year, the Festival champions art-based learning...
Edinburgh welcomes world-class Latin American bar and lounge
World-class Edinburgh mixologist, Mike Lynch, has announced plans to launch the capital’s ‘best’ design-led cocktail bar on Hanover Street from Thursday 22 July 2021.
Superico Bar and Lounge is set to shake up Edinburgh's bar...
Scottish theatre outing under the stars
As 2021 summertime gets into full swing, two east of Scotland treasures are set to host a series of outdoor theatre and music performances throughout July and August.
Taking place at Newhailes house (Musselburgh) and...
Prestigious Edinburgh Medal awarded to Prof. Heidi Larson
Professor Heidi J. Larson, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was presented with the...
Kill Me Now livestreams at the Fringe
About coming to terms with grief, 'Kill Me Now' is a dark comedy by critically acclaimed Welsh new writing theatre company Dirty Protest and award-winning playwright Rhiannon Boyle. This funny and heart-wrenching piece is...
Edinburgh turns into a science playground this summer
Presenting over 200 digital and in-person events for sci-curious minds of all ages with the theme of One World: Science Connects Us and Cirrus Logic as its Headline Sponsor, the 33rd Edinburgh Science Festival...
Full programme revealed for ‘Film Fest on the Forth’ 2021
Including everything from aquatic-themed family favourites and classic Scottish movies, to exciting blockbusters, the programme for 'Film Fest on the Forth', Edinburgh International Film Festival’s weekend of free outdoor screenings at Port Edgar Marina...
Ben Macpherson MSP gets hands-on with science at Edinburgh Science Festival
Ben Macpherson MSP, Minister for Social Security and Local Government and MSP for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency visited SciMart – a farmers market with a scientific twist, presented at the Royal Botanic...
ESF virtual gallery of future green spaces presented by the British Ecological Society
The British Ecological Society (BES), in collaboration with SMASH-UK, will be presenting - as part of this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival - a virtual gallery of art created by local artists and ecologists, predicting the...
Made in Scotland Showcase 2021 launches at Silverknowes
Returning for the 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the Made in Scotland Showcase presenting the best of theatre, dance and music from Scotland live in-person and online.
The curated showcase features a range of work...
‘In Memoriam’ – Luke Jerram’s new touring artwork installed in the Botanics
Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam, which will be presented as part of this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival, is a touring art work displayed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, marking its first visit to Scotland....
The hybrid 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival kicks off its 33rd edition tomorrow
The world’s first, and still Europe’s biggest, science festival - The Edinburgh Science Festival – kicks off its hybrid, 33rd edition tomorrow, Saturday 26 June, with a theme of One World: Science Connects Us...
‘James IV – Queen of the Fight’ brings Rona Munro back to Scottish stages
Raw Material and Capital Theatres in association with the National Theatre of Scotland announce today (Fri 25th June) a new large-scale production 'James IV – Queen of the Fight' that will come to stages...
CMI announces Kristy Matheson as its new Creative Director
Scotland’s Centre for the Moving Image announced today (22nd June) the appointed of Kristy Matheson as its new Creative Director. Kristy will lead and champion the creative vision and voice of Edinburgh International Film...
33rd edition of ESF focuses on women in STEM.
The world’s first, and still Europe’s biggest, Edinburgh Science Festival starts this week and celebrates women in STEM with a large-scale street art trail around the Scottish capital featuring 9 locations, each devoted to...
Camera Obscura celebrates Pride Month in June
The team at Camera Obscura & World of Illusions are celebrating Pride Month this June. The attraction is using their Giant Kaleidosphere exhibit to reflect the Progress Flag as part of a drive to...
Hip-hop artist, CTRL, breaking through with poignant new single
From a childhood diagnosis of ADHD to his darkest moments dealing with grief – the latest track from Edinburgh hip-hop artist, CTRL, is a raw, gritty, full, and frank autobiographical insight into his life.
Solo...
Dovecot Studios presents ‘Jock McFadyen: Lost Boat Party’
In partnership with The Scottish Gallery, Scotland’s Dovecot Studios will mark the artist Jock McFadyen’s 70th birthday year with an exhibition of recent paintings which describe the romance and grandeur of the Scottish landscape,...
LMNS puts musicians centre stage with brand new website
A brand new website from Live Music Now Scotland (LMNS) is putting musicians centre stage with the aim of bringing live music back to venues across Scotland as we come out of lockdown.
Key to...
Festival Fringe will see long-awaited staging of Grid Iron’s ‘Doppler’
The Edinburgh-based theatre company, Grid Iron, is pleased to confirm that its site-responsive outdoor adaptation of Erlend Loe’s best-selling book Doppler will take place as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021.
The play was...
Recipients of first Fringe Artist and Venue Recovery Fund announced by Fringe Society
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society announced today (Thu. 3rd June) the recipients of the first ever Fringe Artist and Venue Recovery Fund, with five venues and 15 shows awarded funds from a £75,000 pot...
Kate Downie’s ‘Between Seasons’ opens at The Scottish Gallery
Kate Downie has, like so many artists, been forced to work within the confines of her own home over the last year. Whereas much of her work pre-2020 addressed the infrastructure of human migration...
Edinburgh resident is part of a new portrait series from The National Lottery
Edinburgh resident, Akiko Kobayashi, is part of a new portrait series called ‘Ticket To Your Happy Place’ shot by photographer Tom Oldham and commissioned by The National Lottery. The portrait series celebrates all the...
Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project awarded Edinburgh Medal
The 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival awarded the prestigious Edinburgh Medal to anthropologist and author Heidi Larson, the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in...
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