Edinburgh is known the world
over as the Festival
City and you may wish to
plan your visit around one of the city's many festivals. Edinburgh can be said to have invented the
arts festival back in 1947 when it founded the Edinburgh International
Festival, now the largest arts festival in the world. The Edinburgh Festival
Fringe was also born that year, when theatre groups outside the official
programme decided to stage their own performances come what may! The Edinburgh
Film Festival started in the same year, with the Military Tattoo following in
1950. In 1978 came the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, and in 1983, the
first International Book Festival. The Edinburgh International Science Festival
was founded in 1988, while The Scottish International Storytelling Festival
began in 1990. In 1994, came the first official Edinburgh's Hogmanay. The
Edinburgh Mela Festival started the following year and the Edinburgh Art
Festival opened its doors for the first time in 2004.
Edinburgh International
Festival
(August-September)
+44(0)131 473 2000
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
(August)
+44(0)131 226 0000
Edinburgh's Hogmanay
December/January
Edinburgh International Book
Festival
(August)
Royal
Edinburgh
Military Tattoo
(August)
Edinburgh Art Festival
(August-September)
Edinburgh International Film
Festival
(June)
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues
Festival
(July)
The
Edinburgh Mela
(September)
Edinburgh International Science
Festival
March/April
Scottish
International Storytelling Festival
(October)
Edinburgh Art Festival
(August/September)
