Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

The annual Edinburgh Jazz and Blues festival runs the gamut of jazz persuasions from more traditional Dixie and ragtime bands to up-and-coming stars, from big band concerts to pub jams. It comes a month after the Edinburgh International Film Festival and gets the August Festivals season going.

There are a number of free Jazz and Blues Festival events each year, including Mardi Gras in the Grassmarket, where the pubs spill out onto the pavement, and Jazz on a Summer's Day at the Ross Bandstand in West Princes Street Gardens.

Edinburgh Jazz Festival 2010

The programme has not been announced yet.

Edinburgh Jazz Expo 2009

The Jazz Festival also has a Scottish Jazz Expo attached to it now which features stalwarts of the home-grown jazz scene such as Martin Taylor, Phil Bancroft, Brian Kellock, Colin Steele and Tommy Smith.

Box office

Edinburgh Jazz Festival tickets can be bought at The Hub or or via the festival web site (see related links).