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Annual festival of live theatre for children ranging from babies to early teens.
The Summer Solstice is generally known as the longest day in the year, and conversely sees the least amount
The Meadows Festival is an annual, free, community organised festival, that has been running since 1974, with…
A free, family music and dance event with a flamboyant, festive flavour, the Edinburgh Festival Carnival…
An afternoon of free, New Orleans and trad styled jazz in the street to kick off the Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
Easter Monday is a local public holiday in Edinburgh held on the day after the Christian celebration of…
Hidden Door, a not-for-profit arts organisation run entirely by volunteers, specialises in discovering…
On the second last Sunday of November, the seven-week Edinburgh’s Ch
Edinburgh's Christmas season launches in mid November, with the first in a series of Christmas light nights.
St Giles hosts a carol service following the lighting of the Norwegian Christmas Tree on the Mound.
Other countries go crazy at Halloween. Here, Bonfire Night, aka Guy Fawkes Night, is marked with fiery…
Diwali is a five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.
Unlike the Loony Dook at South Queensferry, the Portobello or "Porty"
The Loony Dook takes place on the first day of each new year.
The midnight fireworks display erupts above Edinburgh Castle, as the clocks strike midnight and following a
First Footin’ is an afternoon of free live music and performance, held in around 25 of Edinburgh’s landmark
Edinburgh Diwali hosts its annual celebration of the festival of lights tomorr
Buildings and private gardens, many off-bounds to the general public during the rest of the year, throw ope
National Museums Scotland has announced the acquisition of an ornate early 18th-century sundial, described
Self-described "festival of creativity and curious happenings", Vogrie Pogie is a three-day, overnight even