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EIF makes free tickets available for a special concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra
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...
35,000 free tickets to celebrate Edinburgh International Festival’s 75th Anniversary
Over 35,000 free tickets are being given out by Edinburgh International Festival to celebrate its 75th anniversary, with performances featuring leading contemporary circus performers...
Edinburgh International Festival release video and audio as part of Goodtrees song writing project
The Edinburgh International Festival created a song writing project for the young people aged between 12 and 17 from Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre. Now the...
The festival is back to mark its 75th anniversary
The Edinburgh International Festival will be back in its full glory this year to mark the 75th anniversary of what began under the direction...
Benedetti named as the new Director of Edinburgh International Festival
The famed Scottish violinist and advocate for the arts, Nicola Benedetti, CBE, is to become the Director of the Edinburgh International Festival from 1...
Honorary President of Edinburgh International Festival is asked for resignation
As the invasion of Ukraine continues four days after its beginnings before dawn on Thursday, the cultural fallout has also begun.
It was only...
The return of live performances celebrated by Edinburgh International Festival 2021
The 2021 Edinburgh International Festival has drawn to a close following 170 live performances in bespoke outdoor venues and iconic theatres across the city....
Edinburgh International Festival – The Unthanks ★★★★★
With the subtle arrival of autumn, The Unthanks delivered a mesmerising appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival not to be forgotten in a hurry....
Edinburgh International Festival 2021 – Violinist Nicola Benedetti selected as a resident artist
2021's International Festival has one of the world’s most sought-after violinists of her generation as a resident artist, the Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. The...
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...
Edinburgh International Festival – ‘Field – Something For the Future Now’
Curious Seed, one of Scotland’s most innovative dance companies, presents 'Field – Something For the Future Now', a durational outdoor dance happening conceived in...
Edinburgh International Festival – mezzo soprano Andrea Baker
Andrea Baker is truly an international soprano in our midst.
Andrea Baker is a mezzo soprano originally from Massachusetts who has come to settle...
Edinburgh International Festival – Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason will perform Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and new Music Director Vasily Petrenko on 9th August.
Kanneh-Mason first...
Edinburgh International Festival – ‘Falstaff’ at the Festival Theatre
Freeloader, past-it playboy, incorrigible rake, – Sir John Falstaff needs a ruse so that he can continue his life of excess. He decides to...
The Edinburgh International Festival 2021 begins on Saturday
From Saturday Edinburgh International Festival returns with live performance in the Scottish capital from 7–29 August. The programme includes a diverse programme of UK...
Edinburgh International Festival World premier for Enda Walsh’s ‘Medicine’
Edinburgh International Festival, the world’s leading performing arts festival, pioneers the return of live performance in Scotland from 7 – 29 August with a...
30 Festival Favours gifted to the People of Edinburgh by EIF
The Edinburgh International Festival will gift the first of 30 Festival Favours to the people of Edinburgh, in an initiative that will see residents...
Council gives go ahead to festival for outdoor concerts in Inverleith
Forty classical musical performances are to be staged at The Edinburgh Academy Junior School, next to residential properties – despite objections of neighbours concerned...
Festival on the hunt for a new boss
Edinburgh International Festival begins the search for its next Festival Director, who will launch their programming and curatorial vision at the 2023 Festival.
Current Festival Director, Fergus Linehan, completes his tenure in...
EIF giving back to local communities in the capital with Festival Favours
Well what do you need? Would you like a rapper or a string quartet?
Whatever you need, consider it done. You could ask for a...
Festival opening night event cancelled
Edinburgh International Festival have had to cancel the Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: Night Light scheduled for 6-8 August from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
The festival...
EIF – celebrating contemporary music
The International Festival’s Edinburgh Park series includes concerts featuring contemporary music which has come to signify the festival in recent years.
On opening nights...
EIF – traditional music all around
The EIF is back with a wide-ranging programme of music from classical to traditional.
In the traditional arena there is much to see and...
EIF – opera encore
Opera and musicals always form a big part of the Edinburgh International Festival offering. This year while it is a stripped back programme there...
EIF 2021 – Dance, dance, dance
The Edinburgh International Festival dance programme is quite diverse, and includes both live performance and film.
The new dance film co-commissioned by the festival is...
Podcast – Edinburgh International Festival goes pop up
In view of the ongoing restrictions as to social or physical distancing and also international travel the Edinburgh International Festival this year has had...
Edinburgh International Festival – the show will go on this year
In an exciting announcement this morning the Edinburgh International Festival has announced that it will take place this summer in specially constructed outdoor locations....
Funding from Sir Ian McKellen provides new seating bank for Leith Academy
Sir Ian McKellen raised funds from the shows he performed in his 80th birthday year, 2019 including a show which was part of the...
Edinburgh International Festival opens digital art exhibition
Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) invites audiences from all over the world to discover the extraordinary creative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through two digital...
EIF releases music CD for Edinburgh’s elderly
Edinburgh International Festival has produced a double disc album featuring some of the highlights of the August 2020 music programme and three digital releases in partnership with...
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