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Edinburgh's festival season kicks off with the Meadows Festival, which offers the best local bands, dance groups, quirky performers and workshops amidst lots of family-friendly activities.

A monthly boutique craft and design market held on the first Saturday of every month with artists, crafters and designers offering ceramics, jewellery, glassware, photography, textiles and art.

You know fine well who he is, now pop along and see his new show, which looks at life from a skewed white van man's perspective.

Avant-garde spoken word, film and music fusion night describing itself as 'playing host to the sinister and the sanguine'.

Exhibition that provides an in-depth survey of the artist's colourful paintings, drawings and three-dimensional installation work.

A celebration of ink drawing, featuring 35 works by artists of the stature of Rembrandt, Tiepolo, Guercino, Poussin, Goltzius and Alexander Runciman. Many drawings will be on show for the first time.

Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week. Todd Edwards guests for a Boiler Room set on 31 Mar.

The world's leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club makes another trip up north with a hard house, electro, dubstep, rock'n'roll and mash-up playlist.

The master of surreality airs his qualms and doubts about the world via a charming blend of religious dubstep, horntallica and an interesting new musical take on Downton Abbey.

The Edinburgh Book Fringe takes place in Word Power Books and brings together writers and activists from around the world for a host of daily events of readings and discussions, all of which are free.

Friday night sparkles with the promise of comedy in a basement, courtesy of those good folk at The Stand. Hurrah!

Techno past, present and future.

Immersive work by acclaimed land artist, her first solo exhibition since taking expeditions to Libya and Namibia.

Saturday nights à la Stand are normally a sold out affair so it's worth booking in advance and getting in early for the edibles. (Food. Not ladies.)

Matthew Bourne's ballet inspired by La Sylphide, first performed in 1994, returns for a new Scottish tour. We follow the misfortunes of James, a young Scotsman whose taste for the wilder side of life brings him into the company of a strange and beautiful gothic fairy.

Garage, UK funky, dubstep and bassline house from residents Ross & Andy Witness. No Globe guest 15 May followed by a mix of R&B and IDM from Cyril Hahn (5 Jun, £10 entry; £5 members for this date only).

Drum & bass, dubstep and other bassy beats.

The hardworking staff at Edinburgh's universities are let out for the night to share their tales about the weird, wonderful, and often very funny, world of research.

Winsome, jangling indie sounds from Glasgow's increasingly compelling Camera Obscura.

A life drawing workshop with a difference: they're selling beer too. A relaxing way to unwind and exercise your creativity at the same time. (Warning: alcohol consumption can damage your rendering of the human figure.) Spaces are limited. Booking is essential.