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Edinburgh Festival ‘needs a reset’ to manage numbers

Edinburgh Festival crowd
Edinburgh was packed for the 2019 Festival (pic: Terry Murden) The Edinburgh Festival will need a “reset” to tackle some of the concerns that had arisen before the Covid pandemic,Read More

Edinburgh Festival

‘Unaffordable’ Fringe needs help from business

Tightrope walker, Edinburgh Festival

Call for more discounts

Disrupted residents ‘should get a Festival dividend’

Festival juggler
Edinburgh residents should be given discounted tickets for Fringe and Festival event...

Sales jump on 2016

Indie shops see year on year boost from Festival

Potter queue
Independent retailers benefited from a spending boost during the Edinburgh Festival..

Rock n roll stroll through Berry classics

Jo Caulfield – Pretending to Care

Caulfield remains a fearless tour de force

Jo Caulfield
An alumnus of Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and the John Bishop Show, Jo Caulfield has cut her teeth with the current pack of comedy performers on theRead More

Top Fringe shows

Take your pick of home grown talent

It’s the penultimate weekend of Edinburgh 2016.  From now until the Bank Holiday weekend, the city will be full to bursting point.  In previous years, there has not been aRead More

Outdoor events enjoy warm glow

Sun shines on Edinburgh as crowds flock to city

Edinburgh's Festival crowds basked in the warmest temperature of the year, with many outdoor venues making up for low attendances during last week's wet weather....

Harry Benson: Seeing America

Unmissable record of history in pictures

In the midst of the momentary mayhem of the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe some things just get better with age. While the Parliament is in recess Holyrood’s ground floor exhibitionRead More

Starman

Self-indulgence takes shine off Bowie show

The death of David Bowie in January has led to a succession of events celebrating the unique man’s work. Starman promised an extraordinary interpretation of his music tinged with GermanRead More