Here you can discover previous International Festival events
with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Unforgettable orchestral classics and 400,000 fireworks launched from Edinburgh’s iconic Castle make this one of the biggest fireworks concerts in the world.
Intricate songcraft, virtuoso fingerpicking and ear-catching melodic electronica combine in Villagers' astonishing music.
Free Outdoor Event
The LA Phil play music from the Golden Age of Hollywood by Korngold, Herrmann, Waxman and a selection by John Williams.
This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen scheduling issues.
Scottish Ballet / Helen Pickett / Peter Salem
Based on the play by Arthur Miller, a brand-new narrative ballet, given its world premiere at the International Festival as one of the highlights of Scottish Ballet’s 50th anniversary year.
Steven Osborne takes the place of Beatrice Rana with a programme of Messiaen and Schubert.
Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’
The exceptional orchestra launch the 2019 Usher Hall Series with one of the grandest and most gripping of symphonies.
Yuja Wang plays John Adams
The LA Phil bring their residency to a stirring conclusion with pieces by Barber, Tchaikovsky and John Adams
Musicians from YOLA, Big Noise and Gustavo Dudamel invite you to a free ticketed open rehearsal.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner
A timeless love story; an electrifying spectacle. Jets versus Sharks. Loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is a cultural phenomenon.
Trisha Brown Dance Company
The dance company create beautiful, often surprising works of art across outdoor spaces.
A fun family workshop for children aged 7-12 and an accompanying grown up.
Tim Crouch / National Theatre of Scotland
A new play presented through combined stage action and illustrated text.
7-25 August 2019
Over three weeks, 15 writers from around the world each write a manifesto for the future.
5-23 August 2019
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Adams and Rachmaninov
A pair of deeply stirring, richly coloured works, a love song to the late Romantic full of surreal imagery, sensual ecstasy and explosive energy.
21 August 2019
Hallé and Martyn Brabbins
The Hallé return with one of Elgar’s greatest, and most neglected, achievements: The Kingdom.
18 August 2019
Come for a meal hosted by an artist, inviting you to think and talk together.
5-24 August 2019
The iconic frontman returns to the International Festival with his new project JARV IS...
22 August 2019
National Theatre of Scotland / HOME
Chronicling Jackie Kay’s 20-year search for her biological mother and father and her quest for them to recognise her own existence.
14-18 August 2019
Dvořák and Shostakovich
China’s premier classical ensemble are joined by the captivating US cellist.
19 August 2019
Emotionally raw harmonic melodies abound as the American songwriter comes to Leith Theatre.
21 August 2019
A special collaboration between former BBC New Generation Artists to perform two iconic chamber works by Franck and Dvořák.
23 August 2019
Racheal Ofori / Zoe Lafferty / Fuel
A series of performances to explore the ideas in You Are Here and encourage audiences to join the conversation.
19-21 August 2019
The International Festival’s six-concert survey of J S Bach’s complete keyboard concertos comes to a spectacular conclusion in The Queen’s Hall.
22 August 2019
The fast-rising international star of Covent Garden, La Scala and Glyndebourne, performs an all-Schubert programme.
21 August 2019
The first European performance of Brett Dean’s String Quartet No. 3 "Hidden Agendas" and the soaring melodies of Brahms’ powerful Second String Quintet.
20 August 2019
Lars Vogt replaces Jeremy Denk for a programme of Brahms, Janacek and Beethoven.
19 August 2019
MacMillan Scottish Premieres
The Scottish composer’s tumultuous Woman of the Apocalypse and the sonic spectacle and riotous fun of A Scotch Bestiary.
17 August 2019
The first in a major, six-part International Festival concert series, exploring the complete keyboard concertos by J S Bach performed here by Aapo Häkkinen and Mahan Esfahani.
13 August 2019
The second in a major, six-part International Festival concert series, exploring the complete keyboard concertos by J S Bach performed here by Mahan Esfahani.
15 August 2019
The third in a major, six-part International Festival concert series, exploring the complete keyboard concertos by J S Bach performed here by Masato Suzuki.
16 August 2019
The fourth in a major, six-part International Festival concert series, exploring the complete keyboard concertos by J S Bach performed here by Christine Schornsheim and Andreas Staier.
19 August 2019