Performance at the Edinburgh International Festival is by invitation only, issued by the Festival Director Jonathan Mills. The Edinburgh International Festival's programme includes a wide variety of performing arts, including opera, dance, theatre and music, with performers and companies drawn from Scotland, the UK and around the world.

The planning of each year's Festival is an ongoing process. Projects and programmes are developed with orchestras, soloists and companies often several years in advance.

Companies wishing to apply should send, in the first instance, invitations, information, photographs and videos to:

  • Artistic Administrator
    Edinburgh International Festival
    The Hub
    Castlehill
    Edinburgh EH1 2NE
  • or performing@eif.co.uk

Please note that due to the high number of applications received, the Festival does not acknowledge receipt of applications or return material that has been submitted.

Alternatively you may wish to contact the Festival Fringe, which is an open festival, through their web site at www.edfringe.com.


Festival Chorus

The Festival Chorus offers opportunities for enthusiastic amateur singers to work with the world's top conductors and orchestras in Festival concerts.

If you are interested in joining the Chorus please contact Margery Ramsay, Chorus Administrator, at chorus@eif.co.uk or 0131 473 2027.

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