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Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma will be appearing in Edinburgh in a new stage production of Macbeth. Picture: Oliver Rosser

Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma to appear in Macbeth in Edinburgh warehouse

Edinburgh Festival Fringe hits back at 'cultural snobbery' attacks on the event

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! - which stars Rebekah Hinds and Bronté Barbé - will be among the Fringe hits returning this year. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: More than 1330 shows are already on sale

Daniel Sloss is among the acts confirmed to appear at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 190 shows confirmed for 2023 programme

Edinburgh's Christmas festival will be returning at the end of November after an elevent-hour rescue deal was agreed by councillors.

Christmas festival to go ahead with new operators

Halloween 2022: Tripadvisor reveals UK’s top 10 spooky events, tours, and experiences events - how to book

UK’s Top ten Halloween events according to Tripadvisor

Edinburgh's Christmas festival has been thrown into chaos after the new organisers said they could no longer deliver the contract to produce the event (Picture: Tim Edgeler)

Edinburgh’s winter festivals woes have come as no surprise – Brian Ferguson

Edinburgh's Royal Mile on the first day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Artists and performers 'priced out of town' during Fringe, venues warn

Briefs

Fringe reviews: Briefs | Casey Balsham | Chelsea Birkby | Nina Gilligan

Splash Test Dummies PIC: Shannon Vitali

Fringe circus round-up: Splash Test Dummies | Hotel Paradiso + more

Circus Abyssinia PIC: Rod Penn

Fringe dance, physical theatre & circus reviews: Circus Abyssinia + more

Patrick McPherson as Dan in Colossal

Fringe theatre reviews: Colossal | Activities of Daily Living | Ram of God

Stand-up comic and activisit Kate Smurthwaite is a former board member of the Fringe Society.

Fringe Society comes under fire from former board member

Rebel. PIC: Matt Turner

Fringe dance and theatre reviews: Rebel | Brave Space | Angel Monster

Women's football play Sweet FA is back at Tynecastle Park for the Fringe. Picture: Simon Messer

Festival Diary: Demarco starts the festival season with a bang

Looking to book some comedy shows at Edinburgh fringe this August?

Ad Feature Edinburgh Fringe 2022: 8 comedy venues

Catch Cat in the Hat at the Pleasance

Ad Feature Ten children's shows to see on the Fringe

Edinburgh Christmas Market has transformed East Princes Street Gardens in previous years. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Christmas festival reveals city centre expansion plans

The Choir of Man

Ad Feature Reviews and tickets on one Fringe platform

Gilded Balloon is one of the biggest venue operators on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Eight Fringe venue operators join forces to run their own box office

Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival has been stage since 1993. Picture: Liam Anderstrem

Underbelly set to lose Edinburgh's Hogmanay and Christmas contracts

Underbelly's purple cow venue is one of the most popular venues at the Fringe. Picture: David Scott

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Public funding help for leading venues revealed

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be appearing at this year's Fringe. Picture: Hollie Adams/PA Wire

Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn and Nadine Dorries to appear at the Fringe

Camille O'Sullivan is Dreaming at Edinburgh Fringe

Queen of the Fringe Camille O'Sullivan to bring intimate new show to Underbelly

Ian McKellen as Hamlet ahead of his return to the Edinburgh Fringe
Pic by: Alastair Muir/Shutterstock

As festivals ramp up, is city ready to re-embrace world's biggest arts event?

Frankie Boyle is appearing at the Assembly Rooms during this year's Fringe.

Frankie Boyle to play full Fringe run as 50 new Assembly shows are revealed

Up to 30,000 revellers are expected to flock to Princes Street for Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party.

Edinburgh's Hogmanay revellers must provide proof of negative Covid test

Up to 30,000 revellers are expected to flock to Princes Street for Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party.

Crunch talks on Hogmanay party to be held as organisers press ahead with plans

The Loony Dook is the perfect way to wash away the winter blues.

Loony Dookers will take to the Firth of Forth for annual New Year's Day ritual

Footage from Edinburgh's Hogmanay fireworks display is normally seen by millions of people around the world.

Councillors must carefully consider future of Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party

Around 30,000 revellers are expected to flock to Edinburgh city centre for the return of the city's Hogmanay festival. Picture: David Cheskin

Edinburgh's winter festivals face shake-up after poll reveals divided opinions

Artist Hannah Ayre has created a new art installation for The Mound for Edinburgh's Christmas festival.

More than 92,000 flock to Edinburgh's Christmas festival

Roddy Smith, CEO Essential Edinburgh

Crucial festive period for businesses - Roddy Smith

Underbelly is one of Edinburgh's most prominent entertainment companies.

Underbelly owes hundreds of thousands connected with 2019 winter festivals

Edinburgh has staged a Christmas festival since 1999. Picture: Tim Edgeler

Underbelly reveals Christmas festival expansion plans for Princes Street Gardens

Phoebe Waller-Bridge won a Scotsman Fringe First Award with the stage production of Fleabag in 2014. Picture: Esme Allen

Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge set to visit Edinburgh to help Fringe revival

Arthur Parsons and Adam Fullick from experimental acrobatic circus company Barely Methodical Troupe limber up at George Square Gardens. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Edinburgh Festival Fringe chief warns event may take five years to fully recover

Basil Brush Guest edits the Edinburgh Evening News

Boom! Boom! Basil Brush is back, double jagged and ready for the Fringe

Performers Nerea Bello and Mairi Morrison joined theatremaker Julia Taudevin on Silverknowes Beach to help launch this year's Made in Scotland showcase at the Fringe. (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Fringe set to burn brightly despite shadow of Covid – Scotsman comment

Performers Nerea Bello and Mairi Morrison joined theatremaker Julia Taudevin on Silverknowes Beach to help launch this year's Made in Scotland showcase at the Fringe. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Beach and multi-storey car park to become Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues

The Circus Hub has been a popular Fringe venue on the Meadows since 2015.

Underbelly get green light for 'Circus Hub' Fringe venue on the Meadows

The Circus Hub was first brought to the Meadows by Underbelly in 2015. Picture: Scott Louden

19th century law cited in campaign to block return of Fringe venue

Underbelly is planning to bring its Circus Hub venue back to the Meadows this summer. Picture: Scott Louden

Fringe promoters Underbelly reveal plans for 'big top' circus venue this summer

Underbelly announced plans for its new London Wonderground festival today.

Underbelly to relocate purple cow venue from Edinburgh to London for the summer

Footage from Edinburgh's Hogmanay fireworks display is normally seen by millions of people around the world.

Edinburgh stages public poll on whether to axe future winter festival events

A tribute to NHS staff and other key workers involving in battling the pandemic was created at Edinburgh Castle esplanade as part of the city's alternative Hogmanay celebrations.

Scottish Government spends nearly £400,000 on 15-minute Hogmanay drone film

More than 3.1 million people have watched the online incarnation of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations so far.

This is how many people globally tuned in to watch Edinburgh's Hogmanay film

A 'drone swarm' was used to create an image of a handshake above Murrayfield Stadium in the final part of the Hogmanay film

Watch: Edinburgh unveils 'home of Hogmanay’ film finale to herald 2021

Special effects with the drone swarm were filmed in the Spean Bridge area of the Highlands.

UK's biggest ever 'drone swarm' deployed to create Edinburgh's Hogmanay's film

Edinburgh's Christmas market proved to be a controversial event last year (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

People of Edinburgh should decide fate of Christmas market – Stephen Jardine

Images from Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations are beamed around the world. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Hogmanay organisers Underbelly get £250,000 Scottish Government lifeline

Edinburgh's Christmas, Princes street gardens, German Market

Christmas market 2019

Controversial firm Underbelly submits plans for Edinburgh Christmas 2021

The Splash Test Dummies were among the acts to perform at Underbelly's Circus Hub during last year's Fringe.

Fringe promoters Underbelly and Pleasance secure public funding bailouts

Edinburgh's Christmas festival has been running for more than 20 years. Picture: Tim Edgeler

Row over failure to trigger winter festivals 'adverse publicity' clause

More than 2.6 million people flocked to the Christmas attractions in Princes Street Gardens last year. Picture: Iain Cameron

Tourism chiefs in 'crisis' warning after Christmas festival is axed

The Christmas market at dusk last year. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Underbelly reveal Christmas and Hogmanay finances

The Scotsman Top Stories

FMQs: SNP 'tone deaf' on LEZ as Yousaf accused of ignoring homeless charity

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union

Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

Comics who owe their careers to the Fringe should help keep awards going