Music, free events

Live music, dance, art, kid's entertainment, stalls and food.

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.

Rootsy local singer-songwriter hosting this songwriters session.

Mainstream jazz by the singer and band.

The Festivals Club will open its doors to the Brighton Festival and Fringe artists, crews and VIPs as an apres-show green room for all the back-door Johnnies, front-door Sallys, the famous and infamous. A club of distinction for ladies and gentlemen, The Festivals Club will have guest cabaret and music stars late into the…

Guitarist and singer-songwriter from Texas with a collection of eclectic tunes.

Masters of Contemporary Art students from Edinburgh College of Art are the helm of this year's FAIR, which sees the gallery handed over to six groups, each charged with interpreting the concept of 'fair'. The result is a programme of music, comedy, film, performance, exhibition and installation that plays out over three…

The band plays pop, rock, soul and ska covers.

The Cajun Dawgs combine traditional Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco with rockin' swamp Blues, Country and early rock'n'roll music, all served up with an earthy authentic sound resonating back to the 1940s and 1950s. The band demonstrates the great variety of influences to be found in the true sound of the Louisiana Bayous and…

Seven-piece New Orleans style R&B with a side of Cajun.

A host of local and international blues artists play, and watching is completely free of charge.

The band plays zydeco and traditional music from Louisiana.

The Newcastle-based band plays retro soul, Motown and pop covers.

Finger-style jazz guitar from MacFarlane and friends.

Urquhart Ceilidh Group lead an open-mic session for budding musicians.

Cajun and zydeco music by the Worthing-based outfit.

Rock from the Sheffield-based quartet.

The band plays 1970s rock covers.

The five-piece plays Cajun music and old time American blues with touches of bluegrass.

Blues and folk residency.