The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 17 August 2026

New depot bid to end silence of the trams, Art Festival starts 'Tram Replacement Shuttle Bus', four more Tattoo flyovers over next fortnight + overflowing bin dubbed 'the Market Street Midden'

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 14 - 16 August 2026

Dining and discos as Book Festival and Art Festival open, EIGHT exclusive half-price ticket deals for Gilded Balloon shows + take a friend to Summerhall's Sauna Theatre for FREE with exclusive two-for-one ticket deal

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 14 - 16 August 2026

Princes St reopening target now 'end of August', councillors 'mortified' as festival funding 'in turmoil', new Causewayside record shop & Morningside chippy + your non-festival weekend guide including 'Characters of Edinburgh'

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 13 & 14 August 2026

Ahir Shah returns with 'electrifying' show, Graham Norton's Fringe tips, Film Festival begins today & Art Festival tomorrow + top review for 'Turn Your F*cking Phones Off'

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 13 August 2026

Festivals in funding fears, 11-week closure for Waterloo Place, Gorgie Social Club facing demolition + thousands up hills to see partial eclipse

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 12 & 13 August 2026

Punchline on Leith returns, Half Price Hut begins, inside Sauna Theatre at Summerhall + five stars for one song repeated over and over

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 12 August 2026

New hotel plan for Rennie’s Isle in Leith, schools return as phone ban begins, new Princes St Gardens statue ban proposed + hundreds call for Inverleith Park play park upgrade

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 11 & 12 August 2026

Acts turning bad reviews around, how the Tattoo 'suddenly got cool', five stars for local magician-scientist Kevin Quantum + two-for-one tickets

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 11 August 2026

Restalrig residents evacuated by police bomb squad, Princes Street fire political fall out, eclipse viewing parties tomorrow + comedians' free show for local foodbanks

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 10 & 11 August 2026

The annual 'no one came to our show' stunt (zzz), 2for1 tickets, Up Late: Jazz Jam + a 5-star show about bus stops that is selling out multiple dates

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 10 August 2026

Update on Princes Street tax-evading gift shops, daily George Street bus gridlock 'needs share of £5m', Napier uni eyeing up Gyle move + Dog and Cat Home 'blown away' by generosity

Investigation: Finding the Princes Street fire shop owner

An update on who was running the tax-evading gift shops during the the Princes Street fire