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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.

We are seeking four temporary stewards for the Festival Stewards are responsible for getting audiences to their seats seamlessly, troubleshooting customer concerns and making sure shows start on time whilst being friendly and informative to all members of the public. For more information, click here to read the

We have a line-up of Great Guitarists - both jazz and blues. The guitar is one of the most popular and diverse musical instruments in the world.

Two of Scotland’s leading blues bands have been added to the programme for the 40th Anniversary Blues Gala concert at the Assembly Hall on July 20. The Jensen Interceptors, fronted by ace vocalist and harmonica king, Gary Martin, and featuring leading guitarist, John Bruce will play a short set and then be joined by ex-Whitesnake blues-rock guitar hero, Bernie Marsden.

Here are five blues names to check out: Chicago Blues courtesy of Mud Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters) who plays as a double ehader with John Primer Band The Queen of Scottish blues: Ms