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’. 2022 is our 75th anniversary and 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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A Toast To The People
During August 2021 the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh International Book Festival partnered in a new spoken word series
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Storytellers Get Ready
Our next festival is the Scottish International Storytelling Festival [15-31 October] and here are some reasons why you should check it out
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Save the Fringe
A new £7.5m fundraising campaign has been launched to help aid the long-term recovery of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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A Look Back At August 2021
Here we take a look back at the planning, highlights and results of our festival programmes in August 2021
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August 2021: Ten Moments From Week 4
At the end of the fourth and final week of our August festivals season, we pick a further ten highlights from across our festivals family
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August 2021: Ten Moments From Week 3
The return to live festival events in Edinburgh continued this week and we've picked ten moments from across our festivals family
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Talking Statues
If you had the opportunity to tell the real story, fill an empty plinth, set the story straight, who would be sculpted and why?
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A Fistful of Festivals
With the launch of the Film festival, all 5 of our 2021 August Festivals are now live - and so we've pulled together this quick overview
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August 2021: Ten Moments From Week 2
The return to live festival events in Edinburgh continued this week, and we've picked ten moments from across our festivals
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Trailing the Film Festival
Its not long now until our Film Festival opens and we've picked out the trailers of ten films that we're really looking forward to.
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Its nearly Book Festival time
With a stellar line-up of over 300 writers, artists and thinkers from around the globe, we take a look at some of the 2021 highlights
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August 2021: Ten Moments From Week 1
An amazing return to live festival events in Edinburgh, after a break of c16 months, had so many highlights and we've picked ten
