From concert broadcasts to audio introductions, it's time to dive deeper into your International Festival experience.

BBC Radio 3 Broadcast

A number of the performances in the 2026 programme will be recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Once broadcast, the audio is available on BBC Sounds (UK only) for 30 days. 

• Opening Concert: All Rise — 8 Aug, Usher Hall
• Beth Taylor & Hamish Brown — 11 Aug, Queen's Hall
• Brass Fanfare / Tribute to John Wallace — 13 Aug, Usher Hall
• Venice Baroque Orchestra & Andrea Marcon — 14 Aug, Queen's Hall
• Mozart's Don Giovanni — 16 Aug, Usher Hall
• Steven Osborne / Tribute to Alfred Brendel — 17 Aug, Queen's Hall
• Coleridge-Taylor: The Song of Hiawatha — 19 Aug, Usher Hall
• Vilde Frang & Friends — 22 Aug, Queen's Hall
• Strauss's Elektra — 23 Aug, Usher Hall
• Mahler's Das klagende Lied — 27 Aug, Usher Hall
• Pavel Haas Quartet — 28 Aug, Queen's Hall
• Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker — 29 Aug, Queen's Hall

Broadcast dates to be announced

Audio Introductions to the Programme

Listen to The Warm Up, your bite-sized introduction to performances. Hosted by International Festival Director Nicola Benedetti and BBC presenter Kate Molleson, The Warm Up speaks to artists, contributors and programmers, giving you extra insight before arriving at the venue.

Broadcast

Edinburgh International Festival is partnering with Stagecast to film the following performances for UK and international broadcast, with the participation of Sky Arts, Mezzo, medici.tv, Unitel Blue, CarnegieHall+, STAGE+, Aga Khan Music Programme, and JazzLive:

• Opening Concert: All Rise, 8 Aug – Sky Arts, Mezzo, medici.tv, JazzLive, STAGE+, CarnegieHall+
• Gershwin & Bartok, 10 Aug – Sky Arts, CarnegieHall+
• The Global Ideas Stage, 11 Aug – Sky Arts
• Brass Fanfare, 13 Aug – YouTube
• Derya Türkan & Friends, 20 Aug – Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Beyond Tradition, 21 Aug  – Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Senny Camara, 21 Aug – Sky Arts, Mezzo
• Colin Currie Group plays Steve Reich, 28 Aug– Sky Arts, Mezzo

If you would prefer not to be filmed, please let a member of the Front of House team know.

Broadcast dates to be announced.