🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 17 - 23 July 2024
A fortnight until Fringe; get organised! Also: first look at the shortlisted designs for the Granton gasholder, gigs, exhibitions, creative workshops + local arts jobs
Welcome to the 53rd edition of the Culture Minute, a weekly round-up of Edinburgh’s local creative news, events, jobs and opportunities.
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🆕 News & happenings this week
🎭 There are just two weeks until the Edinburgh festivals begin on Friday 2 August. I tried to think of what the most useful thing I could do in ‘Minute’ style would be, so here are links to all the programmes and some reliable round-ups from trusted voices:
- 🎭 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: brochure + searchable programme listings + app.
- 🟨 Edinburgh International Festival: brochure + searchable programme listings.
- 📚 Edinburgh International Book Festival: brochure (PDF) + searchable listings.
- 💡 Edinburgh ALT Book Fringe: Event listings.
- 🎨 Edinburgh Art Festival: Event listings.
- 🎬 Edinburgh International Film Festival: brochure (PDF download) + listings.
✍️ It can be overwhelming not knowing where to start. There are ‘ultimate guide’ articles everywhere! I’ve waded through many of them looking for the actually useful, non-SEO focused, info. Here’s a summary of the best stuff: