Artists

Jasmin Jet

Under the Radar: Jasmin Jet

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Under The Radar: Ferguson Hi-Fi

Launching the scheme are Holli Scott: BIT Collective, Brian Reynolds: 432 Presents, Kim Blyth: The Glad Cafe, Tamara Schlesinger: Hen Hoose Collective, Holly Calder: Pop Mutations/Freakender, Jen O’Brien: Music Broth, Emma Pollock: Chem 19 studios, David McGinlay: Unique Assembly.

Music audiences to be given 'named contact' to report sexual violence

Actor Brian Cox warned the Fringe could “implode”. (Jane Barlow/PA)

Exclusive Brian Cox: Fringe is in danger of 'imploding' without 'unification'

Events have been put on to help performers get to know each other

University behind Fringe village warns fest must be kept affordable

Monday 17th August 2026 Tony Lankester, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Fringe Society in strategic review after 'bloated' role claims

Phoebe Waller-Bridge launched the Keep It Fringe fund.

Keep it Fringe announces funding for artists - only if they're English

Fringe Central, the new, year-round home for the Edinburgh Fringe on Infirmary Street

Venue directors say Fringe Society has 'lost sight of its purpose'

Keith Alessi performed his 100th show at Summerhall.

Edinburgh Festivals Diary: Ukulele gift for banjo Keith

The panel was speaking at Shedinburgh.

Launching 'very splashy' London show 'cannot compete with the Fringe'

David Octavius Hill, pictured here with WB Johnstone.

The exhibition celebrating 200 years of Scottish photography

Pleasance Courtyard.

'Give the Fringe the certainty it desperately needs' venue boss begs

Internationally acclaimed clowning company Les Foutoukours

Edinburgh Festival Fringe set to be biggest ever with 4,202 shows

Place at the Table Glasgow - inspiring discussion on food & identity

Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning in Baby Reindeer. The hit Netflix show started out life on the Edinburgh Fringe.

How Baby Reindeer sparked one-person confessional Fringe play trend

The Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow went into liquidation in February. Pic: John Devlin

Culture secretary 'crystal clear' that CCA archive should be retained

Katy and Karen Koren, directors of the Gilded Balloon. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Exclusive Gilded Balloon warns Fringe 'precarious' as flagship Teviot reopens

Just for Laughs has finished its Montréal edition for 2026

Ad Feature Just for Laughs closes one of its biggest festivals to date

One of Europe’s most stylish destination hotel brands, NYX Hotels, has officially opened its first Scottish location.

‘Bold and stylish’ hotel brand opens first Scottish location

Daniel Sloss has been performing at the Fringe for almost two decades. Pic: Troy Edige

Exclusive Daniel Sloss: I get the fear of 'is this festival dying?'

Sell-out shows at Shedinburgh (pictured) are to be included in the pilot. Pic: Andrew Perry

Exclusive West-End 'lottery' ticketing system to come to Fringe for first time

Christine Borland has died aged 60.

Tributes for 'pioneering' Scottish artist nominated for Turner Prize

Kara Wilson will play painter Helen Bradley.

The Scottish actor recreating paintings live on stage

North Bridge is due to reopen fully in 2026 after eight years of work to repair and restore the vital link between Edinburgh's Old and New Towns.

'Fascinating' North Bridge exhibition to celebrate reopening

The exhibition brought together nearly 300 works by more than 50 artists spanning five decades of Nigerian artistic production

Ad Feature Nigerian Modernism shines at Tate

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival Carnival last year.

Exclusive Jazz fest: Bookers 'fall off their chairs' at capital hotel costs

Trustees for the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow said it had gone into liquidation on Friday. Pic: John Devlin

Plan for Scotland rock and roll hall of fame to transform CCA building

Post-punk guitarist and singer-songwriter Malcolm Ross has been honoured by Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) for his remarkable career in music.

Malcolm Ross awarded doctorate in Edinburgh

The exhibition will celebrate the work of Joyce Cairns.

First woman president of RSA to be celebrated in major exhibition

Nicola Benedetti is the director of the EIF.

Phones banned from EIF after 'every' Queen's Hall concert disrupted

The building on Infirmary Street is a former schoolhouse.

First look inside new Fringe headquarters after major refurbishment

Jamie Muscato as Dexter and Sharon Rose as Emma in One Day: The Musical

Arts diary: The One Day fan who saw the show 14 times

Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, Underbelly directors.

Exclusive Fringe risks becoming 'date on a tour schedule' amid soaring rents

Stock image of crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Fringe ticket platform with zero commission for artists launched

The concert is the first celebration of Pride by a Scottish symphony orchestra.

Orchestral concert first to celebrate 'centuries of LGBTQ+ artists'

Boards of Canada

Edinburgh band hits out at use of track on White House social media

The Temple Pool Garden at Little Sparta.

Exclusive 'New era' for Little Sparta as gardens eyes £5 million endowment fund

An illustration from A Manual of Elementary Geology, by Charles Lyell, 1852, showing ‘Hutton’s Unconformity’ at Siccar Point in the Scottish Borders

Why Hutton's 300th should be about celebrating creativity in science

Bob Dylan played in Glasgow last year.

Arts diary: Andrew O'Hagan's Bob Dylan miss and the SNL Fringe auction

The Macallan 1926 exhibition showcases the history if their now legendry bottling which has inspired a new release.

The Macallan celebrates woman behind their £2m whisky

Elaine C Smith is to perform at the Traverse in Edinburgh this summer. (Pic: Lisa Ferguson)

Elaine C Smith to star in play 'written with her in mind'

Miles Davis, pictured here in 1987.

Miles Davis: Glasgow tribute to Prince of Darkness on 100th birthday

Ciaran Glöbel, who helped create the “Super Scurry” mural on Willowbank Road, returns for Nuart Aberdeen 2026.

Explainer Everything you need to know about Nuart Aberdeen 2026

Hospitalfield walled garden.

Exclusive The award won by 'great rural experiment' after chance visit by judges

Artist Helen Flockhart is owed around £25,000 from the collapsed gallery.

The Scottish artists owed thousands of pounds after gallery collapse

The limited edition record is being released as part of Record Store Day 2026.

Taylor Swift Record Store Day 2026: How to bag exclusive violet vinyl

Sandra George, Self Portrait - Bread Street, 1994.

Exclusive New base 'out of the rat race' for art festival as programme unveiled

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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