Edinburgh Art Festival

The 21st edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival takes root in the EAF Pavilion and extends its reach into galleries and community spaces throughout the city, weaving itself into the very fabric of August’s cultural season. This is a fleeting yet powerful moment—an artist-led celebration of exhibitions, performances, residencies, and communal gatherings that transform the city into a living, breathing canvas.

Spanning themes from modern mythology and queer heritage to political embodiment and environmental solidarity, the Festival invites you not just to observe, but to engage—thoughtfully, deeply, and emotionally. Witness a sound without a voice reverberating through a cathedral; knowledge passed between hands at a table shaded by trees; an everyday object reimagined behind museum glass; or a tale of belonging echoing among ancient stones. These are stories that refuse to be forgotten—this is a festival that gives them space to be heard.