Free stuff

Free events, goods, food

 Tradfest, Edinburgh's newest festival, will see over twelve days of music, song, storytelling, dance,…
The Edinburgh Jazz Festival is planning a "Festivals Carnival", much like the Festivals' Cavalcad
The National Galleries of Scotland today announced upcoming exhibitions for 2012, including the first…
The Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh will again be running the painting competition, ‘Picture Japan’.
The 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival (23 March-7 April) will be opening its doors…
Edinburgh's Festival of Spirituality & Peace, now known by its shorter moniker Just Festival, is back…
One of the side-effects of this unusually dreich Edinburgh Summer, is that there have been fewer people…
He (or should that be "she") looks like someone who has had an unfortunate accident with a leaf-blower and a…
The Fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival are already in full swing and veterans of thrifty…
This year’s Imaginate Festival, Scotland’s international festival of performing arts for children and young…
There's a chance to win tickets to the Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Concert on Sunday night, courtesy of the…
A ticket for Edinburgh's new trams, due to be running by May 2014, will be the same price as a bus ticket…
As in previous years, government heritage agency Historic Scotland will be marking Scotland's national day,…
For those that run around Inverleith Park, or walk their dog there, you might have noticed some interesting…
The crowds were out for the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Mardi Gras in the Grassmarket today. After weeks of…
Pity the Edinburgh International Film Festival programmer who put together the series of free, outooor…
Even by Edinburgh standards, this seems like a fairly soggy start to the Fringe, especially as it has come…
As part of the IPCC week, the Royal Society of Edinburgh hosts a free interactive panel session on women in…
This is a rare chance to hear from an array of global climate experts, who are here in Edinburgh for a…
A free, outdoor photographic exhibition showing humankind's impact on our planet opened today outside the…