🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 1 - 7 May 2024
Tradfest begins, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop open day, Stag & Dagger takes over the Cowgate + new series of £1,500 residencies at local arts venues
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🆕 News & happenings this week
🎻 Edinburgh Tradfest begins on Friday 3 May with Josie Duncan, Valtos and Assynt performing at The Queen’s Hall. - Tickets.
⮑ The festival of music, storytelling, ceilidhs, workshops and films runs every day/night at venues across town including The Queen’s Hall, Traverse Theatre, Assembly Rooms, The Scottish Storytelling Centre and Cameo Picturehouse until Monday 13 May’s closing concert featuring Julie Fowlis.
⮑ See the full programme here as a one-page PDF and a searchable schedule here.
⮑ Tradfest producers Douglas Robertson and Jane-Ann Purdy share more about the event’s history here.
🎸 Another festival in the city this weekend: Stag & Dagger takes over the Cowgate venues on Saturday, with bands and DJs at Sneaky Pete’s, The Mash House, Cab Vol, La Belle Angele, Bannerman’s and Legends. - Final tickets are available here.
