Welcome to Edinburgh’s Festivals

Edinburgh is the Festival City. It’s where people come together to share their passion for arts, culture and ideas. With 13 Festivals throughout the year there’s a phenomenal number of events, performances and spectacles to choose from.

The world's leading Festival city is already gearing up for its next Festival, as the 19th Scottish International Storytelling Festival arrives in October. Then in December Edinburgh really gets in to the festive sprit with both Edinburgh’s Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations giving you plenty to look forward to in the months ahead.

The summer Festivals may be over but they’re not forgotten – have a look through the videos and features about the 2008 summer festivals and remember it’s never too early to start planning for 2009.

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 25 July - 3 August 2008	Edinburgh Art Festival 31 July - 31 August 2008
Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1 - 23 August 2008	Edinburgh Festival Fringe 3 - 25 August 2008
Edinburgh International Festival 8 - 31 August 2008	Edinburgh International Book Festival 9 - 25 August 2008
Edinburgh Mela Festival 25 - 31 August 2008	Scottish International Storytelling Festival 24 October - 2 November 2008
Edinburgh's Christmas 27 November - 25 December 2008	Edinburgh's Hogmanay 29 December 2008 - 1 January 2009
Edinburgh International Science Festival 6 - 18 April 2009	Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival 26 May - 1 June 2009
Edinburgh International Film Festival 17 - 28 June 2009

The Edinburgh Festivals pilot website is supported by City of Edinburgh Council