Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop will celebrate Scotland’s musical heritage when she serves as Chieftain at the World Pipe Band Championships this weekend.
The two-day event, held on Glasgow Green, will showcase the number of young people taking up the pipes and drums, with up to 30% of the 8,000 competitors under the age of 25. Continue reading Culture Secretary honoured as Chieftain of ‘the Worlds’
Six Feet Three Shoes is a celebration of friendship across borders told through feisty, percussive flamenco, Scottish and contemporary dance, with three dancers, in colourful costumes that combine threads of Scottish tartan and Spanish frills, and two musicians on exhilarating live guitar and fiddle. Continue reading Fringe: Six Feet Three Shoes
A new show celebrating the life and musical talent of legendary American singer songwriter Paul Simon has opened at theEdinburgh Fringe. Continue reading Fringe: Something About Simon
Edinburgh’s The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 – three of the most exciting 5-piece cross-genre acoustic bands from Scotland – Moishe’s Bagel, John Goldie & The High Plains (above) and Kinnaris Quintet – with three individual concerts, and one almighty showcase of all three in one show.
All presented in one of the most unusual and original venues at this year’s Fringe! Continue reading Soundhouse Edinburgh presents 3 X 5
Leith based singer/songwriter Kevin Gore, a regular performer at the Edinburgh Fringe and a well know figure in the Capital’s folk music scene, has displayed his talents in far flung places all over the world – but his most recent overseas excursion to Switzerland came about through particularly unusual circumstances. Continue reading Kevin takes message of freedom from Leith to Basel
This Saturday (13 July) the Grassmarket will become home to the biggest party in Edinburgh with multiple stages, non-stop entertainment and a host of bands.
And to top it all off, it’s all FREE! The fun starts at 1pm.
Kylie Minogue and The Cure’s Robert Smith are among the artists who donated clothing to Oxfam following Glastonbury festival. Continue reading Glastonbury stars sign up to Oxfam’s Second-hand September campaign
The man behind Something About Simon – which is heading to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe – has revealed the lengths he has gone to creating the new show. Continue reading Story behind Something About Simon revealed ahead of Edinburgh Fringe run
Today, the Edinburgh International Festival releases thousands of tickets for the completely free 15,000 capacity Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: LA Phil at Tynecastle. The tickets are available from 10am at www.eif.co.uk. Continue reading Thousands of Free Tickets Released for Edinburgh International Festival’s Tynecastle Concert
New Strategic Partnerships are at the forefront of the City of Edinburgh Council’s proposed Third Party Grants.
The new grants aim to ‘strengthen, sustain and diversify the cultural offering in the city’ and benefit Edinburgh-based artists and participants as well as local audiences and visitors to the city.
Continue reading Drama as city council takes new approach to arts and culture funding
