what’s on
what’s on:
festival highlights
The festival city is bursting with events in June and Jul Take a look at
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our pick of the best of the fest’s! With the Edinburgh International Film
Festival, Edinburgh International Fashion Festival and the Edinburgh Art
Festival all coming to the city, there’s plenty to inspire you and spark
your inner creativity.
leith festival
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Hopetoun Horse Trials
27th-29th June 2014
NEW for 2014:
International Three-Day Eventing • Show Jumping, Shetland Grand National
• Mounted Games • Driving Competition • Parade of Hounds • Dog Show • Lurcher Racing
• Have-a-go Dog Agility • Bungee • Trampolines • Climbing Wall • Highland Games
• Falconry • Archery • Shopping
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Edinburgh International Magic
Festival
Date 27 June – 4 July
Venue Various venues
Info MagicFest is a unique event, designed to
bring back to the stage the amazing live magic
shows that are rarely available for the general
public these days. The aim is to let audiences
rediscover the seldom-experienced states of
awe and wonderment!
The Meadows Festival
Date 7 – 8 June
Venue The Meadows
Info The Edinburgh Meadows Festival is a free
volunteer-run annual event featuring live music,
merchandise, stalls, kids’ and adults’ activities
and loads more. The first Meadows Festival took
place in 1974 and since then the Festival has been
an annual feature of the calendar.
Leith Festival
Date 14 – 22 June
Venue Various venues
Info The community of Leith is vibrant and
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forever changing and as it grows, Leith Festival
is no different, with it being about what our
community of Leith has to offer. The excitement
will all happen at various venues within a mile or
so from the Foot of the Walk.
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Date 18 – 29 June
Venue Various venues
Info Established in 1947, the Edinburgh
International Film Festival is renowned around
the world for discovering and promoting the very
best in international cinema - and for heralding
and debating changes in global filmmaking.
Edinburgh International
Fashion Festival
Date 18 – 28 July
Venue Various venues
Info Heading into its third edition, the Edinburgh
International Fashion has already made an
impressive mark on the international fashion
scene, engaging with the industry and the city
in a fresh, innovative way. Expect exceptional
curated events across Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
Date 19 – 28 July
Venue Various venues
Info Established in 1978 by banjo-player and
guitarist, Mike Hart the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues
Festival now presents high quality musicians
from all over the world. The artistic policy has
been to concentrate on musical excellence and to
champion spontaneous creativity.
Edinburgh Art Festival
Date 3 July – 31 August
Venue Various venues
Info The UK’s largest annual celebration of visual
art features a month-long calendar of more
than 40 exhibitions alongside special events,
performances and tours across 30 of the city’s
museums and institutions as well as artist-run,
temporary pop-up spaces.
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