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Taking Action on Climate Change
13 October 2021
The Edinburgh Festivals have announced plans for how they will respond to the climate emergency and help Edinburgh achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2030.
Draft Vision for a Sustainable Festival City
24 August 2021
Edinburgh can be a ‘beacon of creative and intellectual excellence’ for the world as it recovers from the impact of Covid-19, according to the draft ‘Vision for a Sustainable Festival City 2030’.
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