About Bbc At The Edinburgh Festivals
A place to keep up with the latest from the BBC during the Edinburgh Festivals. For more info including tickets visit bbc. co. uk /edinburghfestivals
Bbc At The Edinburgh Festivals Description
This August the BBC returns to the largest arts festival in the world for a huge range of live shows and broadcasts. Join us between 4th and 25th August at our scenic venue, right in the heart of the city. To apply for tickets and find out more, visit bbc. co. uk /edinburghfestivals
Reviews
Just a few of highlights from three amazing weeks of amazing chat, comedy, music, dance and performance in our big Blue Tent and at our venue. Thanks to everyone who came and see you in 2019!
🤣 💵 Proud Scottish comedian Leo Kearse explains the difficulty of spending Scottish notes in England, for BBC Comedy presents... 💵 🤣
We love that book too. 😚
We've loved having The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth & Grant Stott with us for the past three weeks - be sure to check out BBC Radio Scotland's collection of Edinburgh highlights too! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06j4bkw
A real gem from earlier in the month: NYO Jazz's gorgeous take on Robert Burns for BBC Radio 3.
***FREE TICKETS***
Grant Stott On Air, Jo Caulfield and Gary Robertson are in our big blue tent tomorrow morning for two recordings of BBC Radio Scotland's comedy game show Stop the Press - free tickets available from our info point now!
🎟️🎟️🎟️ TICKET NEWS FLASH: We've still got some (FREE) tickets for our live BBC Radio 2 show this Thursday 23rd with Jo Whiley & Simon Mayo - recording between 5-8pm. Just come down to our venue for tickets from 11am tomorrow or join the standby queue from 4pm onwards.
Featuring fantastic guests inc. Dara O'Briain and Fred MacAulay PLUS music from Deacon Blue! 🎟️🎟️🎟️
WATCH NOW on BBC iPlayer - Susan Calman brings you her fantastic fringe highlights including Zoe Lyons, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Miles Jupp, Judy Murray, Daniel Sloss, Luisa Omielan... and a large Bernese Mountain Dog (our favourite guest obvs!) BBC Two
Can you spot the real Fringe shows hiding in this quiz?
And there's more fun from our big blue tent tonight live at 5 on BBC Radio 2, with Marcus Brigstocke, Sindhu Vee, Angela Barnes, Lucy Porter and The Wandering Hearts!
Get stuck in to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Jayde Adams and BBC Radio 4.
We've got great free shows on at our site tonight - BBC Radio 1's Battle Acts and Unexpected Fluids are in the garden from 7pm, then BBC Radio 3's Jazz Now with Soweto Kinch Official broadcasts live from the big blue tent at 11pm. Visit our Info Point for details and tickets!
🕒 If you're joining us tomorrow then our venue & garden is open from 3pm and our daily ticket giveaway will also take place at 3pm. In our Blue Tent, the Grand Final of the Poetry Slam is at 6pm and then we have two Radio 1 comedy podcasts recordings at 9pm. See you then. 😀
Some of our favourite pictures from our second week at the Festivals.
Silent discos, Free Fringe basements, throwing axes: these are a few of Nish Kumar's favourite Edinburgh things.