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38 news stories available.

  • Festivals Demand Government Action On Social Distancing

    18 June 2021

    In an unprecedented step, the 11 major Edinburgh Festivals have today issued an urgent call for the Scottish Government to address anomalies at the heart of their Covid-19 social distancing legislation to permit parity with hospitality and sport. 

  • Leading cultural figures call for Government-backed insurance scheme

    15 October 2020

    Open Letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport calling for a Government-backed insurance scheme for major festivals and events.

  • Overview of Festival Numbers 2019

    30 March 2020

    Locals attended the Edinburgh Festivals in record numbers during 2019, according to the release of festival information [see attached below] which debunks the myth that the festivals are only for tourists.

  • Festival City Volunteers

    1 March 2020

    An evaluation report published to day shows the value of the Festival City Volunteers programme - a unique partnership project led by Festivals Edinburgh and Volunteer Edinburgh.

  • Programmes for Schools

    27 February 2020

    Throughout the year, throughout the city and the country, Edinburgh’s major festivals offer an extensive range of programmes for schools.

  • Festivals engagement programmes reach almost every school in Edinburgh

    24 February 2020

    Today, Edinburgh’s major festivals can reveal for the first time the extent of their year-round school engagement programmes, which have reached almost every school in the city over the period January 2018 – May 2019.

  • Unique funding partnership backs Festival ambitions for wider reach

    6 November 2018

    The first details of a major new investment programme for the Edinburgh Festivals have been announced today [06 November 2018], which will enable festival programmes to be more diverse and global, benefiting new participants and future generations. 

  • Case Study: The Festivals Expo Fund

    26 July 2018

    As part of an ongoing series examining collective festival operations, we look at how the festivals worked to enhance the place of national creatives across international festival programmes.

  • Edinburgh Festivals Impact on Scotland's Cultural Sector

    11 July 2018

    An annual investment of £14.4m by the Edinburgh Festivals in Scotland’s cultural sector and the crucial importance of the Festivals Expo Fund are two of the key findings from reports released today.

  • Case Study: Festivals API - The Story Continues

    28 June 2018

    As part of an ongoing series examining collective festival operations, we look at how the Edinburgh Festivals have experimented with their open data API of events listings

  • £2million Expo Fund to boost Scotland's world-class festivals

    9 March 2018

    The Scottish Government has announced that it will invest £2 million in 2018-19 in support of Scotland’s international Festivals, through the Festivals Expo Fund which promotes the development of Scottish artists and creative expression.

  • More funding for Edinburgh Festivals 70th anniversary year

    3 March 2017

    Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop today [3rd March 2017] announced a major investment in Scottish talent, as she provided details of EXPO funded projects for Edinburgh’s Festivals in their 70th anniversary year.

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