Friday 3 August: Five Telegrams opens Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival is encouraging young people from North Edinburgh to share in the opening night excitement of a groundbreaking perormance. Free tickets are available for ‘Five Telegrams‘ at The Usher Hall – and free transport to and from the event is available through North Edinburgh Arts too! Continue reading Edinburgh International Festival offers free tickets to North Edinburgh’s young people
Baroness Ford, Chair of STV, must reconsider an invitation to appear before Holyrood’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee, says convener Joan McAlpine MSP. Continue reading Think again: STV chief urged to reconsider Holyrood invite
The official 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme was launched yesterday, inviting performers and audiences from across the globe to leap into the unknown and embark on their very own Fringe adventure. Continue reading Festival Fringe: leap into the unknown!
26 July – 26 August 2018
Edinburgh Art Festival has announced details of the 2018 Commissions Programme, which each year supports Scottish and international artists to develop ambitious new projects as part of the Festival. Aiming to ‘bring artists into conversation with the city’, the Commissions Programme takes work out of formal gallery settings and into public spaces, often offering rare public access to key buildings or sites, and always engaging local residents and international visitors alike in citywide debates around wider social issues. Continue reading Edinburgh Art Festival Announces 2018 Commissions Programme
Festival to return to Leith
The Edinburgh International Festival has unveiled its 2018 programme, which will welcome 2,750 artists from 31 nations to perform in Scotland’s capital city.
Continue reading Edinburgh International Festival programme launched
Gig goers and sports fans will have more chance to see their favourite stars in 2018 as the Government cracks down on touts using “bots” to bulk buy tickets for resale on secondary ticketing sites. Continue reading Crackdown on ticket bots: A better chance of seeing the stars in 2018
Plana Gàidhlig 2018-22 / Gaelic Language Plan 2018-22
A city that develops and supports more fluent and confident gaelic speakers and promotes thriving gaelic communities and cultures is the vision behind the ‘Draft Gaelic Language Plan’ published by the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday. Continue reading Council consults on Gaelic Language Plan
The Travelling Gallery’s back on the road
Edinburgh’s Travelling Gallery is partnering with the Glasgow Women’s Library to present a new tour of art around Scotland. Continue reading Cities join up to take art around Scotland
Cultural organisations across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being urged to get their funding applications in now as a pioneering programme that promotes collaboration between Scottish business and culture celebrates a decade of success, investing more than £2.8 million across 175 individual arts and heritage projects in the Lothians. Continue reading Call for new applications as Lothians benefit from over £2.8 million in business/arts partnership funding
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop today announced a major investment in Scottish talent, as she provided details of EXPO funded projects for Edinburgh’s Festivals in their 70th anniversary year. Continue reading More funding for Edinburgh’s Festivals
