Music
Madness to Headline Edinburgh Hogmanay
Cockney ska funsters Madness are headlining this year's Hogmanay in Edinburgh, it was announced yesterday.
Little Shop of Horrors Review
This zany, offbeat musical has gone through the rounds as one of the longest-running off-Broadway shows of all time; the original 1986 premiere scored by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken being adapted from a 1960s movie conceived and shot in a matter of days by Roger Corman.
Little Shop of Horrors Review 2
This is a shop full of talent with a monster munch as the centre piece.
Scots Fiddle Festival
The 13th annual Scots Fiddle Festival (13 to 15 November) sees Shetland/Edinburgh fiddler Aly Bain and Aonghas Grant topping a bill with some familiar faces and many new ones.
Take Five: Fringe Picks In Music, Theatre, Dance and Kids
The 2009 Fringe programme includes 2098 shows with 34,265 performances in 265 performing spaces.
Edinburgh Castle Piping In Visitors
The skirl of bagpipes on the Royal Mile may be a familar sound, but for the first time in recent years a lone bagpiper is welcoming visitors to Edinburgh Castle as it opens each day.
The piper, in full Highland dress, will be playing daily throughout the Summer season as Edinburgh Castle's great wooden entrance gates draw open at 9.30am and visitors flow in across the drawbridge.
Tickets for Festival Fireworks Concert To Go Online
The next chance to buy tickets for the Festival Fireworks Concert - the explosive finale to the Edinburgh International Festival - is Monday 27 July when an allocation of tickets goes on sale
Preview: Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
In recent years, criticisms could be levelled against the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival for being overly steeped in traditionalism. While the event remained a cornerstone of Edinburgh's summer festivals, and continued to gain good audience figures, there was little indication of the potentially revolutionary sounds on offer within the jazz spectrum.
Simple Minds at Edinburgh Castle
The last of a trio of major concerts at Edinburgh Castle sees Scottish rockers Simple Minds rock the parapets.
Hours-Long Queues On Record-breaking First Day For Fringe B.O.
Fringe-goers have been facing delays and long waits to buy tickets for Fringe shows. However, fears that the box office fiasco of last year might be repeated have been allayed with the news that the Fringe Office surpassed all previous box office records after its first day of ticket sales to the general public yesterday, selling tickets in excess of £275,000.