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Celebrating the music of Scotland, the Scots Fiddle Festival comes to the historic Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. Amidst a welter of workshops and masterclasses, the fiddling fun includes…
The Hoog - New Year at the Assembly Rooms
One of the great alternative venues in Edinburgh, the Assembly Rooms' annual ceilidh-cum-dance party, The Hoog, is one of the city's most popular parties on Hogmanay night. Unsurprisingly, the…
Bearing in mind the Scottish propensity for old-fashioned revelry, one would expect a few choruses of Auld Lang Syne on New Year's Eve. In this spirit Edinburgh hosts four days of festivities…
Edinburgh's Christmas Days Out
Britain's biggest open-air ice-rink, Edinburgh's Winter Wonderland is set up annually in Princes Street Gardens. The city's Christmas festivities also include a market and kick off with the…
Edinburgh International Harp Festival
First held in 1982, and organised by the Clarsach Society, the Edinburgh International Harp Festival features a programme of concerts, workshops and exhibitions in the imposing surroundings of…
Held every year at the top of Edinburgh's Calton Hill, the Beltane Fire Festival is a modern take on an ancient Celtic fertility ceremony. Costumed revellers dance around the hill accompanied…
Edinburgh has given birth to numerous legends and myths, none so intriguing as the tales of ghosts and ghouls that abound in this ancient city. Mary King's Ghost Fest explores this paranormal…
The Royal Highland Centre plays host to Scotland's annual Royal Highland Show. Running since 1822, the event embraces every conceivable pastime and pursuit related to farming, the countryside…
Mela, from Sanskrit, is an Asian subcontinent community festival. Edinburgh's ethnic communities have followed suit since 1995 and celebrate Scottish diversity in Pilrig Park, off Leith Walk…
Against the spectacular backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the Edinburgh Tattoo has been a must since its first outing in 1950 and its blend of military bands and displays, including an eclectic…
Edinburgh International Festival
One of the world's great arts festivals, the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is now joined by the Fringe, Military Tattoo, Jazz and Blues, Book and Edge festivals to make Edinburgh a…
Edinburgh International Festival Closing Fireworks Concert
Europe's largest annual firework display with live music, the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert is the Edinburgh International Festival's long-standing final fling. "Ooh" and "aah" at the…
The Beltane Society presents the Samhuinn Festival, a spectacular procession of music, folk dance, physical theatre and pyrotechnics illuminating the city of Edinburgh this Halloween.
Scottish International Storytelling Festival
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival regales countless tales - traditional and contemporary - every autumn. Head to the Scottish Storytelling Centre in John Knox House on…
The Scare Witch Trials show Edinburgh Dungeon at its most dastardly. Deep in the dungeon's depths, unwitting visitors are suddenly embroiled in a 17th-century trial - accused of witchcraft.…
Meadowbank Stadium is filled to capacity each year when it hosts Edinburgh's largest firework display. There is no bonfire or Guy, but the light show is set to be spectacular, with rockets…
Celebrating the music of Scotland, the Scots Fiddle Festival comes to the historic Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. Amidst a welter of workshops and masterclasses, the fiddling fun includes…
Having served the Royal family for more than 40 years, travelling over a million miles, the Royal Yacht Britannia is now moored on Leith's waterfront. A fascinating insight into the Royal…
Edinburgh's New Town is now the most extensive area of Georgian architecture in the world and is still delighting visitors with its grace and beauty.
Greyfriars Kirk - officially Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk - was the first church built in Edinburgh after the Reformation, in 1562, on the grounds of the old Franciscan convent.
