News
Formed in the shadow of a worldwide cataclysm, our first festivals sought to use culture as a healing balm to bring peoples and nations together in celebration of our common humanity and help ‘the flowering of the human spirit’. Below you'll find all the latest news from across our festivals, plus articles and features to help you get more out of our world leading festival city.
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Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Guide 2018
Adding exciting new venues to familiar stomping grounds, the 2018 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival delivers great music across the city
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Codename F - What does Freedom mean to you?
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018 is themed Freedom to Think - and they to know what freedom means to you
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Big four for Jazz Festival's big four-O
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival announces four big acts helping celebrate the Festival's 40th anniversary this summer.
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Great music for all at 40th anniversary Jazz Festival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has launched its full 40th anniversary programme with a wide range of music from across the world.
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10 Jazz Festival Debuts You Won’t Want To Miss
As always at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, there are some great performers appearing for the first time.
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Film Festival Celebrates The Young & the Wild
Edinburgh International Film Festival’s youth strand highlights work by, for, and about young people with screenings, events, talks and more
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Jazz Festival invites public to Join the Carnival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival to hold afternoon of drums, dancing and dramatic costumes in the build up to the Edinburgh Festival Carnival
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Film Festival to screen Jaws with live orchestra
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Edinburgh International Film Festival...
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Film Festival 2018 ready for the big screen
Big premieres, international cinema, movie classics and great entertainment for all as Edinburgh International Film Festival returns
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Film Festival 2018 opening and closing premieres revealed
Scotland's Kelly Macdonald and Welsh star Rob Brydon star in the opening and closing screenings of the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Time of the Signs at Film Festival 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival has launched its 2018 Retrospective programme, Time of the Signs: Chasing the American Zeitgeist
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Children's Festival opens with free family weekend
The Edinburgh International Children's Festival gets underway with a weekend of free family fun at the National Museum of Scotland