For over 44 years the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival has provided a platform to showcase the very best Jazz and Blues artists that the world has to offer. Held over 10 days and with over 170 performances a year EJBF is one of the largest jazz festivals in Europe and creates moving and memorable experiences for the 70,000 people who visit us annually.

Edinburgh's acclaimed children's festival delivers a programme of theatre, dance, storytelling and puppetry presented by top companies from around the world.

The psychedelic and psychedelic-influenced festival’s third instalment will bring chaotic post-punk outfit DEADLETTER, vaporwave psych-pop artist George Clanton, South London math-post-punk trio Honeyglaze, the experimental post-punk sounds of Do Nothing and San Diego’s psych-rockers Crocodiles to Edinburgh next August. Also joining them on the day will be melancholy project Bubble Tea and Cigarettes, psych dream-pop duo Deary, psych-groovers Goblyns, Belgian five-piece Mojo & The Kitchen Brothers, Cornish psychedelic collective Blind Yeo and Dublin’s garage-punk trio Adore alongside Edinburgh’s dream-shoegazer Swiss Portrait, soulful-americana singer-songwriter Linzi Clark and Glasgow’s raw-mince-rockers BIN JUICE. Taking place across multiple Edinburgh venues, and with many more acts still to be announced the festival promises another unforgettable day filled with mind-bending sounds, trippy visuals and a celebration of all things psychedelic.

Setting the standard for classical concerts, opera, contemporary music, dance and theatre, the festival's theme for 2025 is 'The Truth We Seek', with productions include 'Mary, Queen of Scots' by Scottish Ballet, Opera Australia's Orpheus and Eurydice, and New York's National Youth Orchestra 2.

Whether your aim is to return to running and smash an old PB, or take a challenging step-up to a new distance, there’s something for everyone! Choose from 9 distances including marathon, half marathon, team relay, 10k, 5k and junior events and run beautiful routes through the heart of Edinburgh.

Thousands of performers from around the world fill venues across the city with theatre, comedy, circus, cabaret, dance, music, family shows, spoken word and more. From big names to emerging artists, this is the largest fringe festival in the world.

An annual celebration of traditional music from Scotland and around the world, Edinburgh TradFest. features an extensive programme of concerts and workshops, performed and hosted by world-class musicians.

Scotland's largest annual celebration of visual art, offers work by the best contemporary Scottish artists as well as exhibitions of the most important international artists and movements of the 20th century and other historical periods. Plus talks, performances and parties. Major presentations for 2025 include Linder at Inverleith House, Aubrey Levinthal at Ingleby, Jonathan Baldock and Guy Oliver at Jupiter Artland, Wael Shawky at Talbot Rice Gallery, Mike Nelson at Fruitmarket, and Andy Goldsworthy at National Galleries Scotland.

An exciting programme of shows, cabarets, site-specific events and workshops designed for all ages to experience and enjoy the wonder of magic and illusion.

An exciting programme of film and events, giving audiences the chance to encounter new work in venues across the city.

Now in its third year, the Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival is a literary festival celebrating writing for, by, and about women. It is an inclusive event that welcomes everyone who finds joy in reading women's stories - commercial, romance, historical, literary, book club and beyond. Our festival showcases authors of genres that are often overlooked, and our aim is to give readers the opportunity to connect with their favourite writers.

Five-day music festival produced by the Soundhouse Organisation, incorporating performances by some of the best musicians from Scotland, some of the most exciting newcomers, and offering a full programme of workshops.

International dance festival with performances (many free to attend) of Scottish Country, Highland and hard-shoe step dancing from Dunedin Dancers and New Scotland Dance Society, plus guest groups Les Perriots de la Vallee from France and Csata Táncegyüttes Isaszeg from Hungary.