Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

The Opening Concert at the Usher Hall on Saturday 5th August begins with Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, just as…
Festival Director Fergus Linehan has given us nine operas this year, more than usual. He has told us of the…
The Edinburgh International Festival will mark its 70th year by remembering the spirit of 1947 when the first…
The Edinburgh International Festival has raked in £4.2 million in income from ticket sales for the first time…
The Edinburgh International Festival draws to its close tonight with the ever popular annual Virgin Mone
The flagship Opening Event of the Edinburgh International Festival from Tony-award winning 59 Productions -…
An education programme developed by Edinburgh International Festival(EIF) has, in partnership with award-…
The first day sales for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), that runs from Friday 5 to Monday…
There are to be nineteen classical music concerts at The Queen's Hall in this year's Festival - all starting…
A large scale, digitally animated light show projected onto Edinburgh Castle battlements, and set to a…
The opening concert at the Usher Hall on 6th August features operatic music with Shakespearean themes from…
In what is now the eighth partnership between them and Edinburgh International Festival, the National Theatre…
The Edinburgh International Festival draws to a close tonight with the traditional Festival Fireworks finale…
Musicians from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) are being encouraged to leave the car and take…
The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) has announced a high profile array of performers for its Edinburgh…
The Citizens Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival announce the cast and full creative team for the…
Following critical acclaim and box office success in 2014, the co-production from The National Theatre of…
The new Edinburgh International Festival Director Fergus Linehan, today unveiled his first programme with a…
Festival Director, Fergus Linehan has unveiled the classical music programme at the heart of the Edinburgh…
Last night's Fireworks Concert marked the end of the Edinburgh International Festival and the end of Festival…