Music within 5 miles of Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Academy Choir and Choral Society give one joint concert together per year, with guest soloists.

The amateur choir performs at least two concerts every year, one of which is normally dedicated to Bach.

Student musicians showcase their work.

Edinburgh Concert Band is a community group of amateur musicians playing woodwind, brass and percussion instruments.

Music, Dance, Costumes, and Street Entertainment in all shapes, sizes, and sounds on Princes Street and in Princes Street Gardens. Performers converge on Edinburgh from Trinidad, China, Martinique, Holland, France, Cuba as well as from Edinburgh. It's Vibrant, It's Fun and It's Free, Thanks to City of Edinburgh Council!

The largest arts festival in the world and the greatest show on earth. Every year thousands of performers take to a multitude of stages all over Edinburgh to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and…

A male-voice choir in four parts.

Bringing world-class arts to the capital since 1947, the EIF sets the standard for classical concerts, opera, dance and theatre, with performers drawn from around the world. Among this year's many highlights, curated on a theme of art and technology, are Scottish Ballet's Dance Odysseys, Beethoven's Fidelio rocketed into…

Scotland's biggest jazz festival presents over 100 concerts in ten days all over the capital, in parks, churches, clubs and concert halls. With a programme featuring all jazz styles from early jazz to the avant garde, the EJ&BF usually manages to secure some world premières, new bands, and new collaborations.

Big band classics from Edinburgh’s own youth jazz band, packed with some exceptional talent in the current crop. Directed by Dan Hallam.

Nigel Osborne, composer and former Reid Professor of Music, explores the complexities of music, mind and the application of technology in a therapeutic setting. Chaired by Raymond MacDonald, Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation, and introduced by Dorothy Miell, Vice Principal and Head of Humanities and Social…

Edinburgh's world-famous Hogmanay celebration ushers the new year in with a bang. A Torchlight Procession winds through the historic Old Town and onto a son et lumiere on Calton Hill on 30 Dec, a massive street party with live music from the highest calibre acts culminates with Midnight Fireworks from the ramparts of…

The singer with the big bright sound and warm heart invests real charm in the great American songbook.

A very rare performance of Ellington's wonderful "Sacred Music". Both serious and swinging the music is reverent and hip: encompassing jazz, classical music, choral music, spirituals, gospel, blues and dance. Ellington called it “the most important thing I have ever done”. Written for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental…

Rock by the Spanish performer, Enrique Villarreal Armendariz.

Million-selling British songstress belts out the hits as well as material from her latest album.

The classic songwriter undertakes this Revolver tour, featuring a spinning wheel marked with hits, rarities and covers from which he and his band will make their song selection.

Alternative/goth singer and violinist with connections to Smashing Pumpkins and Hole.

A concert of blazing energy, infectious rhythms and big sounds as Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble musikFabrik celebrates the sometimes outrageous music of US maverick Frank Zappa. Led from the drumkit by superstar percussionist Dirk Rothbrust, the ensemble explores connections between Zappa’s wild…

One of the most powerful and distinctive voices in blues and rock and roll, Burdon has been hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Voices of All Time and recently endorsed as major influence by Bruce Springsteen: “That’s everything I’ve ever written, I’m not kidding..”. His searingly powerful blues-rock voice…

Ambassadors for one of the most exciting choral traditions in Europe, the singers of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir are renowned for the warmth, depth and intense spirituality of their glowing performances. Making a rare trip to Britain and a welcome return to the Festival, they present music from their homeland…

The bassist's new band with Adam Jackson and Tom Gibbs is causing quite a stir - a Scottish band in touch with the current New York scene. Tonight they're joined by one of the toughest tenor sax players from that scene, and young veteran of many recordings and leading groups. Music with energy and purpose but with…

Dr Laura Tunbridge of the University of Manchester leads a study day investigating Schumann's four symphonies and their relation to his biography.

This weekend workshop explores the ancient methods that Sufis have used to experience music as a spiritual practice and prayer.