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Leith Festival Gala Day
Good times down on Leith Links as the Leith Festival Gala Day - the highlight of the Leith Festival - takes place on Leith Links.
Leith Festival
The Leith Festival is a community event for young and old with comedy, music, art, dance, a tattoo, and more.
Over 50 Events at Leith Festival, June 8-16
There is no gale that can beat Lìte’s enthusiasm. Leith Festival presents a spectacular nine-day period in the month of June.
Edinburgh Mela
As the names suggests, the annual "Mela" is a "festival" or "fair" with a South Asian flavour, but incorporating Scottish and international performances and artists for a multi-cultural flavoured mix. It was founded in 1995.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay: Torchlight Procession
A free, unticketed event, the Torchlight Procession opens the annual Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations by creating a "river of fire" through city streets. In 2012, the procession follows a new route starting at the Museum of Scotland and going down North Bridge, instead of starting in Parliament Square and going down the Mound.
Beltane Fire Society's Samhuinn
The Beltane Fire Society - best known for the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill - bring their unique brand of neo-pagan street theatre, pulsating drums, and fire displays to the Royal Mile to mark Samhuinn from 9pm-11pm. Samhuinn literally means "the end of Summer".
Crab House - A Bloody Cabaret Review
There is something fishy going down at Fingers. New Town has become New York for a cabaret tale of a restaurant for recessionary times.
Dachau Guide Review
This is the story of Robert Johnson’s experience of working as a guide at Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp – a job that nobody aspires to.
Festival Closes Fireworks Family Viewing Area
Heavy rain has forced the Edinburgh International Festival to close the family viewing area at Inverleith Park for the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert this Sunday. The decision was taken on the advice of the City of Edinburgh Council, after the fields became waterlogged.
Edinburgh Book Festival Announces Record Number of Visits
The Edinburgh International Book Festival ended tonight with the inaugural Fred Hood Memorial Lecture given by journalist and broadcaster John McCarthy