I am looking
forward to another great Edinburgh festival and Fringe - and all the variety, colour,
creativity, fun, (comedy, dance, theatre, music, books, more) and inspiration
it brings! The weird and wonderful and the celebration of all the arts and
culture.
Main venues – The Pleasance, Traverse, Gilded Balloon, Assembly
Rooms,
Each August I visit Edinburgh festival and I’m always amazed how my
hometown is both strange and familiar to me. While most of my time is at the EIBF (edinburgh International book festival),
I like to make excursions down the Royal mile and to venture through the packed
crowds and savour the vibrant atmosphere of the many players performing the
great variety of shows to be found here.
It is weird and wonderful, escapist and real, extreme, frivolous and
serene.
I enjoy to venture off the main routes and I eat at least once at Bilbos
on the corner of Chambers street.
I try to make a time out to shill, to regroup, recharge and
re-collect. And everything in-between.
I take the walk from the Gilded Balloon near the university, down along
Forrest Road past the folk bar Sandy Bells, along the Bridges and the national
library and then down the busy Mound, on along George street past the statues of Hanoverian kings – and eventually
to the reflective hub for those who enjoy books at EIBF. I also make time for a couple of ART
exhibitions and several shows.
I grew up
here and never realised how BIG the festival was worldwide! Some favourite
photos from Edinburghfestival 2015! TICKETS available at - https://www.edfringe.com
