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ThreeWeeks Edinburgh. Edinburgh International Festival. WOW247- A complete guide to the Edinburgh Festivals. Edinburgh International Festival 2013. 8 – 31 August 2014 The Edinburgh International Festival was founded in 1947 to enliven and enrich the cultural life of Europe, Britain and Scotland and ‘provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’.

Edinburgh International Festival 2013

One of the most important cultural celebrations in the world, the Festival invites major international artists and companies to present a thrilling programme of classical music, opera, visual arts, theatre and dance over three weeks every August. Every August, the Edinburgh International Festival transforms one of the world’s most beautiful cities, presenting three exhilarating weeks of the finest creators and performers from the worlds of the arts – for everyone. Edinburgh’s six major theatres and concert halls, a few smaller venues and often some unconventional ones too, come alive with the best music, theatre, opera and dance from around the globe.

Edinburgh Festival 2013. Festivals Edinburgh. ScotRail unveils biggest Edinburgh Festival timetable. 18 July 2013Last updated at 06:47 ET ScotRail will provide new services and extra carriages for the Edinburgh Festival Visitors from out of town planning to visit the Edinburgh Festival will benefit from a major expansion to rail timetables in August.

ScotRail unveils biggest Edinburgh Festival timetable

ScotRail has unveiled its biggest-ever service provision for the event. More trains and hundreds of extra carriages will be laid on next month. There will be new services for Fife, Stirling and the west of Scotland. The timetable features brand new services, including: Continue reading the main story “Start Quote I would encourage festival-goers to help their journeys run smoothly by buying tickets in advance” End QuoteSteve MontgomeryScotRail 15 extra trains linking the capital with Stirling on Sundays a new late night train to Glenrothes-with-Thornton, departing Edinburgh at 23.59 on Fridays six more Sunday trains on the Edinburgh-Helensburgh route.

There will be an extra service to Dundee. Reduce congestion. Edinburgh Festival - Edinburgh Festival Guide. Edinburgh Festival reviews and listings. Edinburgh Festival Punter. Edinburgh Festival Guide – listings and reviews for all the 2013 Edinburgh Festivals. Edinburgh Fringe 2012. Times: Friday, August 1, 2014 (All day) - Monday, August 25, 2014 (All day) The Edinburgh International Festival may have come first, but generally it's the Fringe that Edinburgh is best-known for.

Edinburgh Fringe 2012

There's really nothing quite like it - "the largest show on Earth". The stats bear that out: the official 2013 Edinburgh Fringe brochure lists 2,871 shows performed by 24,107 performers in 273 venues across Scotland’s capital city. It's a sprawling, anarchic, sleepless month of live performances. Each year, EG's Fringe team follows the drama, on stage and behind the scenes at the Fringe. Fringe Festival Coverage Fringe Ticket deals The 2013 Fringe Programme was launched on 30 May and is free from outlets around town and in digital form on the Fringe web site. Ticket deals are available from the Fringe Half Price Hut. Tickets to BBC shows at Potter Row are free but due to popularity are distributed by a random draw. Booking online incurs a 90p booking fee up to a maximum of £5.40. Edinburgh Festivals powered by Scotsman.com.

Edinburgh Festival 2012. Edinburgh. Fringe. Festivals. Fun. The Edinburgh Festival & Fringe Festival - Time Out Edinburgh. By Mark Fisher For 11 months of the year, Edinburgh is a relaxed, sedate city, revelling in the benefits of its capital status while enjoying the calm that comes with a smallish population.

The Edinburgh Festival & Fringe Festival - Time Out Edinburgh

But come August, it’s all change. The population doubles, the atmosphere becomes almost continental, and the grey stone façades burst into colour. It’s the largest arts celebration in the world, drawing performers from Uppsala to Uluru and all points in between. Not everyone is enamoured of this dramatic shift in the city’s character. The first thing to note about August in Edinburgh is that the hundreds of events that take place are not part of a single cultural festival. The festivals All dates and prices listed are tbc; contact the festivals directly before making plans.

Edinburgh Art Festival Venue: various venues.Information: 07825 336782, www.edinburghartfestival.org.Tickets: generally follow museum admission fees; most exhibitions are free. Edinburgh festival news and reviews. Edinburgh International Festival. The Edinburgh International Festival was begun in 1947 as a counterpoint to the subdued atmosphere in Edinburgh after World War 11.

Edinburgh International Festival

Since then it has gone from strength to strength and is currently the best international arts festival in Europe. The Edinburgh festival runs from 8th August to its grand finale culminating with the fabulous fireworks display on the 31st August.It is a celebration of music, drama and theatre.. and during this period the population of the city doubles! From morning until night there are symphonies, recitals, ballet and theatre featuring top performers representing each and every aspect of the arts. Welcome to the Festival City Theatres Trust homepage.