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Hurry, hurry, hurry We have limited availability for: Average White Band,  California Feetwarmers (20th at Teviot)

“Edinburgh‘s finest funk sparkplugs” (the Metro) are set to open the concert for the legendary Average White Band - it will be a blistering night.

For Four nights only: The Festival Club at Teviot Row promises to keep the music going long after the other venues have closed up shop. Dance the night away to bands and DJs, compare notes on the shows you’ve loved or loathed over a drink or soak up the last glimpses of summer (and the odd jazz fest star) in the glorious open air rooftop bar. Here is

Hailed as “the future of the trumpet” by Wynton Marsalis, and “one to watch” by Rolling Stone, Keyon Harrold is one of the world’s most sought-after young trumpeters.

Although only in his 20s, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920s and making them wish they could stay there for good. Paxton may be one of the greatest multi-instrumentalists that you have not heard of.

The Festival is offering non-professional musicians an exciting opportunity to be part of this year’s 40th Anniversary celebrations.

If you’ve ever wanted to try on a Carnival costume learn samba dancing, then the Edinburgh Festival Carnival invites you to join us at Out of the Blue Drill Hall on Saturday 23rd June between 4 and 7pm. Carnivals are all about dressing up and we invite you to dress to impress with some extravagant Carnival costumes: headdresses, headpieces, wings, feathers and sequins.