The Edge Festival announces line-up
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Pendulum, Kristin Hersh, Digitalism and Michael Franti amongst bill for Edinburgh's new August music festival
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The line up has been announced for The Edge Festival, the new August music festival which replaces T on the Fringe.
The festival takes place in August throughout the capital in various venues ranging from Cabaret Voltaire to the Corn Exchange.
Included in the highlights is ex Throwing Muses front woman Kristin Hersh, whose live spoken word project ‘Paradoxical Undressing’ will incorporate film, music and essays and feature excerpts from her upcoming memoir of the same name.
The full line-up:
| Act | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Scouting for Girls | Thu 7 Aug | Edinburgh Corn Exchange 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 |
| Lostprophets | Wed 13 Aug | |
| Shed Seven + Colin MacIntyre | Thu 14 Aug | |
| Newton Faulkner | Fri 15 Aug | |
| Maximo Park + Young Knives | Mon 18 Aug | |
| Xavier Rudd | Tues 19 Aug | |
| One Republic + The Script | Wed 20 Aug | |
| Pendulum | Thu 21 Aug | |
| Kate Nash | Mon 25 Aug | |
| Kevin McDermott | Wed 13 Aug | Liquid Room 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 |
| Your Sound Showcase | Sat 16 Aug | |
| Broken Records | Sun 17 Aug | |
| Michael Franti + Spearhead | Wed 20 Aug | |
| Dizzee Rascal | Thu 21 Aug | |
| Deadmau5 (Live) | Fri 22 Aug | |
| Digitalism | Sat 23 Aug | |
| An Evening with Stephen Lynch | Sun 24 Aug | |
| Angus and Julia Stone | Mon 11 Aug | |
| The Twilight Sad | Thu 14 Aug | |
| Santogold | Tue 19 Aug | |
| Ratatat | Fri 1 Aug | Cabaret Voltaire 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 〃 |
| Longview | Sun 3 Aug | |
| Paul Haig | Mon 4 Aug | |
| Melee | Wed 6 Aug | |
| Shout out Louds | Thu 7 Aug | |
| Jackie Leven + Lee Patterson | Fri 8 Aug | |
| The Presets + Heartbreak | Mon 11 Aug | |
| Bo Pepper | Tues 12 Aug | |
| Kristin Hersh (preview) | Wed 13 Aug | |
| Isosceles | Sun 17 Aug | |
| Louis XIV + Les Gars | Mon 18 Aug | |
| Midnight Juggernauts | Fri 22 Aug | |
| Clare & The Reasons + Brendan Campbell | Mon 25 Aug | |
| Kristin Hersh | Sun 17 - Sat 23 Aug | St. Cecilias Church |
| Laura Marling | Tue 12- Wed 13 Aug | Bannermans |
For more info: www.theedgefestival.co.uk