Edinburgh International Festival
The original "official" festival
Inverleith Park and Calton Hill are being recommended by the council as the best public places to view the…
Born in 1809 into an affluent, intellectual Jewish family who converted to Christianity, Felix Mendelssohn…
See, the conqu'ring hero comes!
Handel's oratorio tells of the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas…
Traditional Gaelic song and contemporary music are performed against a backdrop of vintage and modern film.
"There is something in the very name of St. Kilda, which excites expectation. Remote and solitary, the…
Good theatre is like the elixir of life and Brian Friel's play Faith Healer is a theatrical experience. …
The choice of last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival was thought by many to be…
It's unsurprising that Voltaire's bracing cynicism seems so apt for the 21st
century. In a world where our…
A new late-night train to North Berwick is among this year's improved services for Edinburgh's Festivals.
The next chance to buy tickets for the Festival Fireworks Concert - the explosive finale to the Edinburgh…
The Edinburgh Festivals' Cavalcade relocates to Holyrood Park this year for the first time ever due to the…
In Scotland, the Kirk outlawed witchcraft as devil-worshipping heretics in 1563 and 1,500 people were…
Brian Friel's poetic and often surreal style, accompanied by his obsession
with language and his skill for…
It has been agreed with stakeholders and retailers that Edinburgh's tram project will continue track laying…
Tickets for the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival are on sale to the public this Saturday, 4 April at…
The 18th century Scottish Enlightenment, often harked back to as Edinburgh's golden age of intellectual and…
More money than ever before was taken at the Edinburgh International Festival box office in 2008. The final…
Heiner Goebbels, the German avant-garde composer, has transposed texts from four of the most influential…
A quartet of young Israeli musicians making their Edinburgh International Festival debut today were forced to…
This year's International Festival slogan is "artists without borders," which is why the appearance of…