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St James Quarter

St James Quarter is a new retail led, lifestyle district that fully integrates into and enhances Edinburgh’s City Centre providing an inspiring, attractive, and vibrant destination for locals and visitors to live, shop, eat, sleep and play. More than 250 years after Craig designed the district which would become New Town, St James Quarter continues the legacy he founded with new spaces for visitors to discover.

What's On @ St James Quarter

St James Quarter Summer Sessions

St James Quarter Summer Sessions

14 Aug 2025 - 23 Aug 2025

A free music festival running at the same time as the main Edinburgh Festival, with 80 diverse acts from indie rock and alt-pop to jazz fusion, with DJs performing in the Galleria and six other venues within the quarter.
Stories of Belief: 500 Years of Faith Communities in Edinburgh
In this exciting audio-visual exhibition, visitors will be taken on a journey through 900 years of faith and belief in Edinburgh. As the title suggests, the main exhibition is story based and highlights some of the most engaging and inspiring stories from faith communities over the last 900 years. In addition to this, the exhibition celebrates the ways in which our communities continue to enrich and contribute to the city and invites visitors to add their own stories. By telling the stories of Edinburgh’s vibrant and diverse faith communities in their own words, the exhibition will leave visitors with an entirely new perspective on the lives and the histories of the people who make up Edinburgh’s tartan tapestry in the 21st century. Please note: on the first date of each venue showing, the exhibition will open at midday. On the last day of each venue showing, the exhibition will close at midday.

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