What's on in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a great place to visit any time of year. With 12 festivals taking place throughout the year- with July, August and September being the busiest periods- there is always something to see and do in Edinburgh.
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The full list of our year round festivals is below:
2012 Edinburgh Festival Dates:
Festivals in the Spring:
Edinburgh International Science Festival: 30 Mar - 15 Apr 2012
Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival: 7-14 May 2012
Festivals in the Summer:
Edinburgh International Film Festival- 20 June- 1 July 2012
Edinburgh Festival Fringe- 3rd – 27th August 2012
Edinburgh International Festival- 9th Aug – 2nd Sept 2012
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival- 20th July – 29th July 2012
Edinburgh International Book Festival- 11th – 27th Aug 2012
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo- 3rd – 25th Aug 2012
Edinburgh Mela Festival- 31st Aug – 2nd Sept 2012
Edinburgh Art Festival- 2nd Aug – 2nd Sept 2012
Festivals in the Autumn/ Winter:
Scottish International Storytelling Festival: 19-28 October 2012
Edinburgh's Hogmanay: 30 Dec 2012- 1 January 2013
2013 Edinburgh Festival Dates:
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival: 20-29 July 2013
Edinburgh Art Festival: 1 August- 1 September 2013 (provisional)
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: 2-24 August 2013
Edinburgh International Festival: 9 Aug- 1 Sept 2013
Edinburgh International Book Festival: 10- 26 August 2013
Scottish International Storytelling Festival: 25 Oct- 3 Nov 2013
The Spring festivals are focused around the theme of re-growth and re-birth. The Science Festival has a very strong children’s programme as well as an adults programme that has featured the likes of Richard Dawkins and ASIMO, the world’s first humanoid robot, in the past. The Imaginate festival is the world’s premiere festival for children and young people- and has a programme that will delight both young people and the older people who accompany them.
The Summer festival season is the ubiquitous ‘festival’ time that has made Edinburgh famous. Streets, church halls and thousand-seater venues all throng with the joy of art and culture. From the grand opera and theatre of the Edinburgh International Festival to the Fringe’s groundbreaking plays and the Jazz festival’s unique never-to-be-seen again collaborations to the grand masters and emerging talent of the Art festival, there is more to see than can possibly be imagined.
In the Winter, Edinburgh sparkles with light and sound. Following the changing of the clocks the Storytelling Festival springs into action with talent around the world engaging in the ancient art of Storytelling. In the build up to Hogmanay you can enjoy a mug of gluwein and a turn on the famous Ferris wheel in Princes Street Gardens, before joining the famous Torchlight Procession winding through the city or partying until midnight before joining the world record number of people singing Old Lang Syne.
