🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 2-8 August 2023
How to get yourself festival-organised without the overwhelm, ‘free tickets’ debate, ChatGPT tackles the Fringe + all the non-festival-related local creative industries news and opportunities
Welcome to the Culture Minute, Edinburgh’s weekly round up of local arts happenings. Obviously I’ll cover festivals each week in August. But non-festival related local culture still goes on! And there are plenty of creative industry jobs and events to discover too. Let me know in the comments how you feel about the balance and whether you’d prefer more of anything else.
Firstly, let’s get organised. Here’s a handy list of direct links to each August festival’s programmes and guides (not just their home pages):
🎤 Fringe Festival: brochure + searchable programme listings + app.
🎠Edinburgh International Festival: brochure + searchable programme listings.
📚 Edinburgh International Book Festival: brochure (PDF) + searchable listings.
🎨 Edinburgh Art Festival: brochure (PDF) + searchable listings.
🎬 Edinburgh International Film Festival: brochure (PDF download) + listings.
🎧 Knowing where to start can be overwhelming. If you want tips on where to hang out in between shows and how to get cheap tickets, the monthly EHFM Culture Show is for you. This month it’s an Edinburgh International Festival special. - A must-listen, here on Mixcloud.