Live Music

There are some things that you can rely on with the Edinburgh Tattoo: marching bands, fireworks and big bangs…
Chris Parsons demonstrated his very considerable prowess on the trumpet in a lunchtime recital that was meant…
Comedy + August = Edinburgh seems an obvious equation, but it’s twelve years since Mitch Benn last performed…
We are in Italy with an opera company rehearsing inside a villa; singers wander outside with unpredictable…
It was the Pleasance's turn to launch their programme yesterday (Saturday). Walking to the launch in…
Fringe minus 1. It's late, and a few hours from now more venues start rolling out their preview shows:…
Leith On The Fringe, the new dynamic, family focused, destination venue with the Leith and wider Edinburgh…
Family friendly ceilidh with Crowdie House ceilidh band Doors open 7.30, dancing from 8pm to midnight.
An evening of Scottish songs and stories Tickets £5 available at the door or contact 0131 664 1520  
Now in their twelfth year and recently signed to ECM Records, this groundbreaking group has toured and…
An estimated 80,000 people descended upon the City Centre for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebration last night.
The first thing to say about the Hidden Door, is that it there is a lot to say.
Mahler’s monumental “Symphony of a Thousand” is regarded as his finest composition but is rarely performed…
The second concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival ended up…
Four young men from the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela make up its String Quartet.
The theme of this year's Edinburgh International Festival is of people crossing borders, assimilating into…
This reviewer’s previous incarnation as the Stravaigin Reporter for the organisation Scots Tung, has allowed…
Samuel Barber’s Music for a Scene from Shelley was his first orchestral work to be performed publicly.
The Edinburgh Bach Choir of about 50 voices moved to their places betwixt the pulpit and font from where they…
During the interval for this show I popped out for a naughty rollie and got chatting to someone who was…