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===June===
===June===
* Leith Festival (1907)
* Leith Jazz and Blues Festival
* [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] (1947)* <ref>[http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/view/1871/moving-times-at-eiff Moving times at EIFF]</ref>
* [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] (1947)* <ref>[http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/view/1871/moving-times-at-eiff Moving times at EIFF]</ref>
* [[Edinburgh Annuale]] (2004)
* [[Edinburgh Annuale]] (2004)
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===October===
===October===
* Leith Comedy Festival (2020)
* [[Africa in Motion]] (2006)
* [[Africa in Motion]] (2006)
* Scottish International Storytelling Festival (1990)*
* Scottish International Storytelling Festival (1990)*

Revision as of 14:24, 13 October 2020

Hogmanay fireworks over Edinburgh
The Pleasance venue
Royal Mile street performance

This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which runs alongside it. The latter is the largest event of its kind in the world.

The term Edinburgh Festival is commonly used, but there is no single festival; the various festivals are put on by separate, unrelated organisations. However they are widely regarded as part of the same event, particularly the various festivals that take place simultaneously in August each year. The term Edinburgh Festival is often used to refer more specifically to the Fringe, being the largest of the festivals; or sometimes to the International Festival, being the original "official" arts festival. Within the industry, people refer to all the festivals collectively as the Edinburgh Festivals (plural).

The festivals

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 2010
Cast members publicising a Fringe production of Shakespeare's Macbeth

Listed in chronological order by 2018 start date, with year of foundation in brackets

April

Easter time

May

  • Edinburgh International Children's Festival (formerly the Imaginate Festival) (1990)*

June

July

August

October

  • Leith Comedy Festival (2020)
  • Africa in Motion (2006)
  • Scottish International Storytelling Festival (1990)*
  • Festival of Politics (2005)
  • Edinburgh Horror Festival (2016)

December

Uncertain dates

Defunct festivals

  • Edinburgh Interactive Festival (2003)
  • Edinburgh International Internet Festival (1999)
  • Edinburgh Swing Festival (2006)
  • Fringe Film Festival (1984 - 1990)
  • Fringe Film & Video Festival (FFVF) (1991 - 1996)
  • iFest (2007) — the Internet Festival and Conference
  • West Port Book Festival (2008) – a free book festival involving secondhand bookshops in the West Port area

Notes and references

  1. ^ Moving times at EIFF
  2. ^ Fringe Facts Archived 27 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine. edfringe: Official site of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2005. Accessed 26 June 2005.