Free stuff
Leith Festival
The Leith Festival is a community event for young and old with comedy, music, art, dance, a tattoo, and more.
Public Lecture: Exploring Mars: Water, Climate, Environments and the search for life.
A talk by Dr Victoria Hipkin from the Canadian Space Agency Exploring Mars: Water, Climate, Environments and the search for life.
Spa in the City
Beauty fans can look forward to a bumper weekend as Spa in the City – Edinburgh’s popular free beauty event – returns on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May for a sixth consecutive ye
100 years, 100 prizes
It will be exactly 100 years since Thomas Gillespie opened the doors of Edinburgh Zoo (then known as The Zoological Park).
Tradfest: A Feast of Culture in the Festival City
Tradfest, Edinburgh's newest festival, will see over twelve days of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, folk drama, and environme
2013 Imaginate Festival, Scotland’s international festival of performing arts for children
This year’s Imaginate Festival, Scotland’s international festival of performing arts for children and young people, runs from Monday 6 May to Mon
Britain From the Air Coming to Edinburgh
Edinburgh has been confirmed as the latest host venue for Britain from the Air, an outdoor exhibition of more than 100 aerial photographs, such as the one above of Hol
Festival Fireworks Concert
The Edinburgh Festival goes out each year with literally many, very large bangs, in its annual 45-minute Festival Fireworks Concert, this year, on Sunday 1 September at 9pm.
Edinburgh Science Festival: "Sociable" Science For Adults
The 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival (23 March-7 April) will be opening its doors in the evening with a serie
Edith Tudor-Hart: In the Shadow of Tyranny
The life and work of one of the most extraordinary photographers in Britain during the 1930s and 1940s is the subject of a major free, new exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (2 Ma