Edinburgh Festival

The cast of Clown Show in rehearsals ahead of their European debut at Edinburgh International Festival last month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How tourist tax is helping Edinburgh festivals to continue to flourish Jane Meagher

I found my favourite Edinburgh Festival show - tickets are just £15

Festival Director Nicola Benedetti

Benedetti says doubters questioned relationship with 'kindred spirit'

Scran at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Scran season 10: A foodies day at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

How to get tickets for the San Francisco Ballet: Mere Mortals at EIF

Singer Cleo Laine as Titania, Robin Bailey as Oberon and Hywel Bennett as Puck in the Pop Theatre production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Assembly Hall, during the Edinburgh Festival 1967.

Edinburgh International Festival Heritage in Picture

Gayle Rankin stars on stage in NTS's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie next month and in Scottish dark comedy feature film, The Incomer.

Prime time for Gayle Rankin with The Incomer at EIFF and Jean Brodie

I was looking forward to the Edinburgh Festival, but I feel too old Gaby Soutar

Elaine C Smith

Two Doors Down's Elaine C Smith is back on stage at the Fringe

Jamie Grant

Barclays' Jamie Grant on why investment quality is key

Video: The Scotsman at The Edinburgh Festivals 2026

Amanda Knox with her husband

Almost 10,000 people sign petition to axe Amanda Knox Fringe show

The Royal Mile on a surprisingly quiet day

I have important advice for tourists this Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Scotsman's Arts and Culture correspondent Jane Bradley poses with the 2026 Queen Margaret University Edinburgh Festival interns. L-R Gwen Osfield, Jane Bradley and Viola Giaroli Colombo

Scotsman teams up with QMU interns for festival video coverage

Edinburgh’s Royal Mile during August: never a dull moment

The Scotsman’s unbeatable 2026 Edinburgh festivals coverage

Picture: barmalini/Adobe

The best whisky shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Nicola Benedetti, director of Edinburgh International Festival, said: “This year’s Edinburgh International Festival will be a momentous celebration of the collective experiences that bind us closer together.

Nicola Benedetti: Edinburgh's visitor levy is costing EIF £50,000

Nicola Benedetti has earned the right to be taken seriously (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Exclusive Benedetti's warning over festival's future must be taken seriously Scotsman comment

It's August, it's Edinburgh and the festival is about to begin (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How Edinburgh's spending the £100 million being raised by visitor levy Jane Meagher

A view towards Turnberry Lighthouse and Ailsa Craig from the King Robert the Bruce golf course at Trump Turnberry, Ayrshire

Exhibition to document live-saving stories of Scotland's lighthouses

Extra rubbish collections are funded by the visitor levy.

Tourist tax must mean 'burden' of Fringe does not 'rest on residents'

Wynton Marsalis will be leading 200 performers in a rendition of his jazz symphony All Rise at the opening concert of Edinburgh International Festival.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis: Nicola Benedetti made me a better composer

Exclusive 'We're just not seeing any of it' warns Fringe boss over tourist tax

Firefighters damp down the remains of a major fire in an empty building on Princes Street on July 9 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Shocking difference in SNP response to fires in Glasgow and Edinburgh Scotsman comment

Geoff Sobelle's The Clown Show

Edinburgh International Festival 2026 preview supplement: e-mag

Hotel to open Garden Summer House with rose cocktails & loaded crisps

The building on Infirmary Street is a former schoolhouse.

Ad Feature Fringe Central gives world’s largest arts event a forever home

Michelle Ogundehin will appear at Fringe By The Sea in August.

Design guru Michelle Ogundehin's healthy and happy homes plan

One of Scotland's top chefs has launched a new summer menu on Edinburgh's waterfront at the Shore in Leith, showcasing the best fish and seafood from Scotland.

Chef Barry Bryson's 'Barry Fish' is now one of just a handful of restaurants in the Scottish capital included in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Barry Fish has also earned its place on The Good Food Guide’s UK-wide list of ‘100 Best Local Restaurants 2026’.

Diners can enjoy views directly into the open-plan working kitchen from the pass, as well as out over the Water of Leith from the comfort of the restaurant.

Big snack highlights of the new summer menu at Barry Fish include Berwick crab flan pâtissier, crème fraîche, apple and pickled celery; as well as smoked sea bass rillettes, soused Orkney herring, radish, tartar and crackers.

7 foodie spots in Edinburgh's ‘coolest neighbourhoods’

Princes Street remains closed for a fifth day

Princes Street expected to remain closed 'into August' due to fire

Daylesford is popping up in Edinburgh this month.

Cotswold farm shop Daylesford to open first Scottish pop-up

The Blackbird beer garden

Top Edinburgh cocktail bar and garden undergoing £100k ‘glow-up’

SOFIANE CHALAL

Ad Feature Get ready for some French flair at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026

Stockard Channing and David Westhead are bringing Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Stockard Channing and David Westhead bring Beckett to Edinburgh Fringe

The annual net economic impact in Edinburgh from the festivals was calculated at £558 million

Eye-watering sum Edinburgh's festivals are now worth to Scots economy

Edinburgh International Conference Centre is the usual base of the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Arts diary: Edinburgh's TV Festival loss is chilling warning for city Jane Bradley

Scottish entertainer Stanley Baxter reads some of his telegrams in his dressing rooms backstage at the King's Theatre in April 1966.

King's Theatre Heritage in Pictures: 29 photos from the 1950s and 60s

Bethany Kingsley-Garner (right) and Jerome Anthony Barnes (left) on the set of Scottish Ballet's Cinders. PIC: Scottish Ballet/ Mihaela Bodlovic

Arts diary: Richard Gadd's battle with a mic stand

Festival Director Nicola Benedetti at the programme launch for the Edinburgh International Festival in 2025.

Edinburgh International Festival 2026: How to get tickets

Nicola Benedetti is all smiles as she reveals the programme for this year's Edinburgh International Festival (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Festival returns to 'full strength' with an inspiring message Scotsman comment

Four must-see shows at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.

Edinburgh International Festival 2026: 10 shows tipped by our critics

Mark Watson

Book Festival round-up: Paul French | Dan Gunn | Mark Watson

Tanzanian singer Yahya Hussein Abdallah (right) and Tunisian viola d'amore player Jasser Haj Youssef

EIF music reviews: Yahya Hussein Abdallah & Jasser Haj Youssef + more

I tried the buzzy new Edinburgh luxury hotel restaurant Gaby Soutar

Ali Smith

Book Festival round-up: Ali Smith | Lindsey Hilsum + more

Hysteria

Edinburgh Film Festival reviews: Hysteria | In Transit + more

David Olusoga

Book Festival round-up: David Olusoga | Anne Sabba + more

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