Free festival

Following the death of Edwin Morgan last week, The Edinburgh International Book Festival has confirmed that a special event will be held on Monday 30th August to celebrate the life of Scotland&rsqu

The final allocation of tickets for the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert go on sale on Sunday 29 August at 10.00am, available only in person from the counter of Hub Tickets at The Hub on Edinburgh's Castlehill. Tickets to the concert in the gardens cost £11.

It's a quirky micro-festival in a home in Pilrig, in North central Edinburgh. A fringe of a Fringe event. Not even in the Edinburgh Fringe Society's Guide.

Lack of money should be no obstacle to partaking of the cultural feeding frenzy in Edinburgh in August. Each year there is an array of events and free shows on the Fringe or at other Edinburgh Festivals.

Launched in August 2007, the Forest Fringe has already established itself as a shining example of what the Edinburgh Fringe in August should be about. In fact, the Forest Fringe is so fringe it's not even in the Edinburgh Fringe Society's programme.

 The desperate divas are back in town. Following last year’s successful “Cabaret Whore!” Sarah-Louise Young returns with four alter egos who sketch out their lives in so

The free Mardi Gras, part of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, launches Edinburgh's Fe

The Cavalcade sees performers from all the Edinburgh Festivals roll through the city in an annual procession at the beginning of August. The Calvacade itself takes place from 2pm to 3pm, although there are informal performances by Fringe and community groups, before and after the Calvacade (noon to 4pm) in Holyrood park between Holyrood Palace and Meadowbank.

Ecofusion is a new event taking place at Holyrood Park aimed at getting more people, particularly from minority groups, to experience Scotland's outdoors.

I was walking down Frederick Street the other day on my way home to write up some Fringe reviews for EdinburghGuide when I was politely accosted by a couple of performers outside Fingers Piano Bar. It was 3.10pm. I was informed that their show Hoopla Impro was about to start. The good news was that their show is free and secondly that the bar was open.  Well, perhaps my reviews can wait an hour.

There may be no such thing as a free lunch but there is still a free fringe event. OK, there may be a bucket collection at the end, but in relative terms, this is as close to free as anything gets these days!

On the tiny "stage" in the corner of the bar three characters are going to tell you about their lives and what led them to be cabaret whores.

The 2009 Fringe programme includes 2098 shows with 34,265 performances in 265 performing spaces.

Fingers crossed the weather man will provide a sunny day to accompany the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival's

The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is hoping to add a touch more class to its annual festival in June by moving its red carpet galas to the

Feet First is a specially commissioned event for 1 January 2009 showcasing top Scottish street performance and outdoor arts.

The Dancin' is another free Hogmanay street party, taking up where the traditional Night Afore Fiesta left off.

Never having been to see anything at the free fringe, I had no idea what to expect.

Fringe Sunday usually takes place on the second Sunday of the Fringe.

The Edinburgh World Justice Festival will run for a fortnight from Saturday the 14th June to Sunday 29th June in venues across Edinburgh.