Edinburgh Festivals

Congratulations to Jaha Koo for winning @Nationaltheater's International Ibsen Award 🎉🏆 This year you can see Jaha's work in Haribo Kimchi, where he'll invite you to his late-night snack bar for a culinary-centric exploration of cultural assimilation 🍲 📸 Bea Borgers

Its that time of year again when the #job opportunities come thick and fast. In addition to roles at @edintfest and @imaginate we have a near battalion of summer positions @EdinburghTattoo . Check them all out 👇👇👇 bit.ly/3SzqHfq

Join us this August as we rise together – through the dark, the dazzling, the challenging and the transformative. The 2026 Edinburgh International Festival is now yours to explore - and we can't wait to welcome you 💛 #edinburghinternationalfestival

All Rise for the 2026 International Festival. Over 24 days this August, you're invited to: 📆 147 performances 🌏 Representing 44 countries with 🌟 5 world premieres and 🤝 10 works commissioned by the Festival Edinburgh International Festival, 7−30 August💛 Link in bio🔗

Great to have you on board Mark @edinsketcher - and hope you enjoyed it all as much as we did.

Let live performance ignite deep feeling🔥 Be astonished, amazed, uplifted. This is the power of world class art. This is your invitation to be moved. Don't Think. Feel.

The @BerlinPhil returns to our Festival, this time with Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko👏 Enjoy two spectacular concerts from ‘the greatest orchestra in the world’ (LA Times) 🎉 Berliner Philharmoniker Residency runs 29-30 August 2026 📸Stephan Rabold, Chris Christodoulou

We’re offering 5 free tickets to 4 lucky winners in the spirit of Random Acts of Kindness Day. As a charity, giving back to our community is at the heart of everything we do, and we’re grateful to be able to share A Call to Gather with you in this way. All you need to do is tag in the comments who you’d bring to the show and fill out the form on our website to be in with a chance of winning. Enter now: eu1.hubs.ly/H0rS40Y0 Entries close this Friday, 20th February at midnight, so be quick!

Are you fired up for Berliner Philharmoniker or on tenterhooks for A Trial tickets? As a Member you can enjoy priority booking on 19 March and be first in line for the 2026 Festival🎫 See our bio for info👆 📸Stephan Rabold, Caio Lírio, Chris Hardy, Herwig Prammer

Today, we’re celebrating the success of the first leg of our overseas tour in Brisbane, Australia. We’ve now arrived at the final part of our tour in New Zealand, performing at the famous All Blacks Stadium, Eden Park. We can’t wait to share The Heroes Who Made Us with this amazing country! Auckland, are you ready to meet the Heroes in just 3 days?

Brisbane has officially experienced its first-ever Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Thank you to the cast for bringing the energy, and to the audience for creating the electricity. It’s time to get ready to do it all again, and we can’t wait!

Big news down under from @EdinburghTattoo in #Australia

Iconic for a reason🎸 This National Guitar Day, we're celebrating a few musicians who showed off their strumming skills 🎶 do you have a favourite guitarist? 1 @lucydacus 2 @st_vincent 3 @Thundercat 4 @DeclanMcKenna 📸1 Jess Shurte, 2 Ryan Buchanan, 3 Matt Beech, 4 Andrew Perry

The final cast members have arrived and are connecting and rehearsing with the other performers to bring you one spectacular, immersive experience. With only 3 days to go, are you ready to meet The Heroes Who Made Us in Brisbane, Australia?

Have you heard of Hjaltibonhoga? They are a Shetland based Fiddle group that we support through our Traditional Tattoo Arts Program who engage 188 participants aged 6–84, making fiddle playing accessible to all, including virtual sessions. Hear from Margaret Robertson, the lead of our Tattoo Fiddlers, as she shares the history of the group.

We're thinking back to the blue skies of Summer when @DougieMaclean visited Princes Street Garden for our Big Singalong 🌞😎 Also featuring Stephen Deazley of Love Music, Glasgow Phoenix Choir, @MaryhillNetwork Joyous Choir and Westerton Male Voice Choir 📸 Jess Shurte

Creativity, innovation, and authenticity are shared goals between us and the spectacular Top Secret Drum Corps. Like them, we never lose sight of who we are, while bringing an element of surprise each year with a brand new Show. This is just one of the reasons this band, who will thrill you to the core, is coming overseas with us to Australia and New Zealand.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ⭐ Our full 2026 Programme will be revealed noon, 11 March ⭐ Sign up for emails via our bio and get the programme on the day! Members priority booking begins 19 March On-sale to all from 26 March 📸 1 & 2 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan, 3 & 4 Andrew Perry

For many of our Tattoo performers in the UK, taking The Heroes Who Made Us to Australia and New Zealand is a bucket-list experience! We caught up with some of them during rehearsals to find out how they’re feeling about performing down under. With 3 weeks to go, the countdown is on!

All we're thinking about about this Monday are the events that blew us away 😎💙 📸 1 Marc Brenner, 2 4 Andrew Perry, 3 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan #edinburghinternationalfestival #bluemonday