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Edinburgh Events 2013 |
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A Small Selection of Events in Edinburgh The events listed below are just a few of the many events held in Edinburgh each year. They include some of the events that I have attended and/or photographed in recent years. Edinburgh now has several festivals throughout the year. These usually take place around the same time each year. They are and are well advertised in the press and on the internet. |
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Edinburgh Events 2013
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24 Apr to 6 May |
TradFest 2013 |
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26 Apr to 24 May |
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26 to 28 Apr |
for Canon Digital EOS Cameras |
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24 Apr to 6 May |
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8 Aug to 1 Sep |
Edinburgh
International Festival |
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2 to 26 Aug |
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2 to 24 Aug |
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| 1(c) |
1 to 3 Nov |
for Canon Digital EOS Cameras |
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28 Nov |
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28 Nov to 5 Jan |
Edinburgh's
Christmas
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| 1(j) |
24 Dec to 5 Jan |
Edinburgh's
Christmas |
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30 Dec to 5 Jan |
Edinburgh's
Hogmanay |
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2013 Events |
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1(a) TradFest "A Feast of Culture in the Festival City" This is the cover of the 40-page Programme for Edinburgh's TradFest 2013. TradFest will be held from 24 April to 6 May 2013. Further details can be found on the Scottish Story Telling Centre web site. This Programme explains that TradFest is being organised by the Scottish Storytelling Centre on behalf of TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland). It is being held for the first time in 2013. It celebrates music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, folk and drama, and has been inspired by other events in earlier years, including: - The Edinburgh People's Festival. - Edinburgh International Folk Festival. - Ceilidh Culture promotions. |
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24 April - 6 May 2013 |
TradFest 2013 |
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1(b) Edinburgh Council This is the cover of an 18-page Program of Edinburgh Council's Adult Education classes. The Council offers a wide range of courses throughout the year. Further details can be found on the Edinburgh Council web site. For 2013, I chose one of the 5-week courses of walks around Edinburgh, the course titled: "Walks: Aspects of Edinburgh", led by Graeme Cruickshank. Graeme has personally researched the areas covered by his walks so has been able to provide some interesting background information about the places visited. Here are three photos taken in the Royal Mile, the destination of the first of the five walks: |
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26 April - 24 May 2013 |
Other courses in Edinburgh Council's 'Adult Education Programme include Art, Computing, Cookery, Dance, Languages, Musical Instruments, Yoga, etc. etc. |
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1(c) for Canon Digital EOS Cameras Experience Seminars offer training for users of Canon Digital EOS cameras. Most of the training is provided at the company's Training Centre near Huntingdon, north of London, but the company is also visiting Edinburgh to provide training in April and November 2013. Training DVDs are also sold. Seminar details can be found on the Experience-Seminars web site. Having recently acquired a Canon EOS D6 camera, I was pleased to be able to attend two days of training in Edinburgh last weekend. I found the event to be very worthwhile. with a lot of practical advice being offered on the use of the EOS cameras. Here are are two photos that I took during the event. Please click on them to enlarge them. - a photo of the instructor, Ian McNeil, as he stood in front of the projector with images projected onto his top. - a photo of some of the 15 participants on the course, armed with their Canon EOS cameras and cups of Costa coffee. |
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26-28 Apr 2013 |
Experience- Seminars
Edinburgh, 2013 |
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1(d) TradFest "A Feast of Culture in the Festival City" This is the cover of the 40-page Programme for Edinburgh's TradFest 2013. TradFest will be held from 24 April to 6 May 2013. Further details can be found on the Scottish Story Telling Centre web site. This Programme explains that TradFest is being organised by the Scottish Storytelling Centre on behalf of TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland). It is being held for the first time in 2013. It celebrates music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, folk and drama, and has been inspired by other events in earlier years, including: - The Edinburgh People's Festival. - Edinburgh International Folk Festival. - Ceilidh Culture promotions. |
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24 April - 6 May 2013 |
TradFest 2013 |
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1(e) Edinburgh International Festival This is the cover of the 84-page Programme for the Edinburgh International Festival, 2013. The festival will be held from August 9 to September 1, 2013. Please click on the thumbnail image above to read more about Edinburgh International Festivals and other events staged in Edinburgh in August. Further details can be found on the Edinburgh International Festival web site. |
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Aug 8 to Sep 1, 2013 |
Edinburgh International Festival Opera, Ballet, Dance, Theatre, Music, Fireworks Concert |
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1(f) Please click on the thumbnail image above to read more about Edinburgh Festival Fringe. |
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Aug 2 - 26 , 2013 |
The world's largest Arts Festival |
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1(g) Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Please click on the thumbnail image above to read more about Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. |
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Aug 2 - Aug 24, 2013 |
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Opera, Ballet, Dance, Theatre, Music, Fireworks Concert |
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1(h) Forth Bridge Photography Competition 2013 World Heritage Nomination A proposal to nominate The Forth Bridge as a World Heritage Site is to be submitted to UNESCO by Forth Bridges Forum in early-2014, with a decision expected in 2015. As part of the consultation exercise leading up to the nomination, Forth Bridges Forum created a Forth Bridge World Heritage web site in which they announced a photography competition. The Competition Winners The two winners of the competition have now been announced. Please click on either of the thumbnail image below to read more about the competition and the winning photos. |
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1(i) Edinburgh's Christmas
© Please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken December 19, 2013 Each year, Edinburgh hosts events and entertainment to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. The programme for 2013 will be the largest yet. It has been produced for the first time by a partnership of London-based Underbelly and Edinburgh-based Unique Events on behalf of City of Edinburgh Council. The partnership has also been awarded the contract for Edinburgh's winter festivals in 2014 and 2015 Events begin with the 'switch on' of the Christmas Tree lights on The Mound on Friday November 22 and continue until Sunday January 5, 2014. Christmas Events include: - Shows: - Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs - LIMBO - The Nativity Carol Concert - Hot Dub Time Machine - Little Red Riding Hood - in East Princes Street Gardens: - Carousel - European Christmas Market - Big Wheel - Santa's Grotto - Christmas Tree Maze - Santa Train - at St Andrew Square: - Spiegeltent - Star Flyer - Scottish Food and Drink Market - Children's Market - Carousel - The Monument Bar More details can be found in the Edinburgh's Christmas brochure and on the Edinburgh's Christmas web site |
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22 Nov 2013 |
Edinburgh's Christmas and New Year Celebrating Christmas and the New Year. For details, see the Edinburgh Christmas web site. |
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1(j) Edinburgh's Christmas UPDATE Free Tickets In the first four weeks of the six week festival, Edinburgh's Christmas has attracted 1.8 million visitors. On December 23, the organizers, Underbelly and Unique Events, announced a 'Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway' in which they would be offering 5,400 free tickets, 450 each day for the last 12 days of the celebrations. Each day, 150 free tickets will be given away for each of: - The Ice Rink - The Big Wheel - The Star Flyer to the first first people to claim them by meeting the criteria below:
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December 24 |
Dress-up Day Free tickets if you come dressed a Santa, an Elf or an Angel. |
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Day 2 |
December 26 |
Ginger Hair Day Free tickets if you have natural or died ginger hair. NB: no costume wigs or see-you-Jimmy hats accepted. |
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Day 3 |
December 27 |
Mary and Joseph Day Free tickets if you're called Mary, Marie, Joseph or Joe. NB: you must show some form of ID including a passport, driving licence, NI card or Ridacard. |
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Day 4 |
December 28 |
Wear a Kilt Day Free tickets if you come wearing a kilt. Mind, it might get chilly at the top of the Star Flyer! |
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Day 5 |
December 29 |
Twin, Triple, Quadruplet, Quintuplet, Sextuplet Day Free tickets if you come with at twin or another sibling born on the same day. Tickets will be given to all matching siblings. NB: you must either be identical or supply a form of ID showing the same birthday. |
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Day 6 |
December 30 |
Christmas Baby Day Free tickets if you were born between 25 December and 5 January NB: you must show some form of ID including a passport, driving licence, NI card or Ridacard. |
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Day 7 |
December 31 |
Love is in the Air Day Free tickets if you're on honeymoon or if you want to make a marriage or civil partnership proposal
Two tickets will be given to each
couple. NB: If on honeymoon, bring a date stamped wedding photo or marriage certificate. |
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Day 8 |
January 1 |
First Foot Day Day Free tickets if you bring a lump of coal or another suitable first foot gift to the box office. |
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Day 9 |
January 2 |
Services Day Free tickets if you work for one of the Services (Armed forces, NHS, Police Scotland or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service). NB: you must show a form of ID. |
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Day 10 |
January 3 |
The Silver Fox Day Free tickets if you're 75 or over. NB: you must show some form of ID including a passport, driving licence, NI card or Ridacard. |
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Day 11 |
January 4 |
Eleven Pipers Piping Free tickets if you come with your bagpipes or drums and are prepared to play on, before or after the ride. You can come by yourself or as a group. |
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Day 12 |
January 5 |
Gift Recycle Day Free tickets if you donate any new but unwanted gifts. We will donate the gifts to charity or to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. |
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Details taken from an advertisement in Edinburgh Evening News: December 23, 2013, p.6 |
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1(k) Edinburgh's Hogmanay Edinburgh's Hogmanay (as well as Edinburgh's Christmas) has been produced by the partnership of Underbelly and Unique Events on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Hogmanay Events include: - Shows, Films, Carnivals, Processions - Edinburgh Hogmanay Carnival 30 Dec - Torchlight Procession 30 Dec - Torchlight - Son et Lumiere 30 Dec - Hogmanay Carnival 31 Dec - Candlelit Concert at St Giles 31 Dec - Concert in the Gardens, featuring 'Pet Shop Boys' 31 Dec - Street Party and Keilidh 31 Dec - Midnight Fireworks and Auld Lang Syne 31 Dec - The Loony Dook 1 Jan - EH Filmhouse Season continuing until 5 Jan - in East Princes Street Gardens: - Big Wheel continuing until 5 Jan - at Market Street: - Hogmanay Carnival continuing until 5 Jan More details can be found in the Edinburgh's Hogmanay brochure and on the Edinburgh's Hogmanay web site |
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30 Dec 2013 to 5 Jan 2014 |
Edinburgh's Christmas and New Year Celebrating Christmas and the New Year. For details, see the Edinburgh Christmas web site.
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