Edinburgh International Festival

The Edinburgh International Festival returns from 7th to 30th August 2026 with live performance throughout the city.

About Edinburgh International Festival

	7th Aug 2026 to 30th Aug 2026
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	Various Locations Edinburgh
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For three weeks in August, Scotland’s capital becomes an unparalleled celebration of the performing arts and an annual meeting point for people of all nations. The International Festival presents a programme featuring the finest performers and ensembles from the worlds of dance, opera, music and theatre.

Our impact extends beyond the annual programme: our community learning and engagement and professional development programmes run throughout the year, reaching the widest possible audiences and contributing to the cultural and social life of Edinburgh and Scotland.

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Other Events at Various Venues or Edinburgh International Festival

Theatre

Edinburgh International Festival: A Trial - after An Enemy of the People

7th August 2026 - 10th August 2026

The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Edinburgh West

Experience this electrifying UK premiere when visionary Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy returns to the Festival with a radical sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People!

Theatre

Verdi’s A Masked Ball

26th August 2026 - 30th August 2026

Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Edinburgh South

Zurich Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s stunning opera, A Masked Ball, filled with desire, treachery and political peril.

Dance

Edinburgh International Festival: Mere Mortals

28th August 2026 - 30th August 2026

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh New Town

San Francisco Ballet presents a provocative myth for the AI age, in their futuristic retelling of Pandora’s Box at Edinburgh Playhouse.

Music

Edinburgh International Festival: Berliner Philharmoniker: Elgar & Tchaikovsky

29th August 2026

Usher Hall, Edinburgh West

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko open the Usher Hall series with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’.

Music

Edinburgh International Festival: Berliner Philharmoniker: Closing Concert

30th August 2026

Usher Hall, Edinburgh West

Experience ‘the world’s greatest orchestra’ (LA Times) performing with award-winning soloist Augustin Hadelich in the closing concert of their residency.

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