Listings: Late night events, Music

Free-spirited San Francisco group playing a musical gumbo of soul, blues, gospel, second line New Orleans Jazz, and early R&B and always creating an infectious feel-good mood. When you make you’re living busking in the street you know how to make an impact instantly, and this fun-loving band know how to do that - they…

Bach to Berio, Lutoslawski to Puttin’ on the Ritz performed by Iain Archibald and Andrew Connell-Smith (trumpet), Martin Murphy (horn), Gordon Seith (trombone) and Fraser Russell (tuba).

Join the city of Edinburgh in a celebration of summer festivals, inspirational music and breathtaking pyrotechnics as the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert brings the Edinburgh International Festival to a resplendent conclusion. Set against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh’s iconic Castle, the evening brings together…

“New Orleans’ finest” (The Guardian). Hip hop, jazz and funk out of the classic marching band tradition with a totally contemporary vibe (they’re from the Tru Thoughts stable). This funky brass band made their name on the streets and in the clubs of New Orleans. Now they play Festivals from N’Orleans to Glastonbury, and…

A rollercoaster of a live experience, Cowley’s piano led Trio hit you with a power and force unmatched in the jazz world - a rousing, thrills and spills approach where catchy and spiky post-jazz compositions are partnered by powerful bass and drums. “combining the hammering rock-driven energy of Jerry Lee Lewis and the…

Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal.

String quartets by Beethoven, Janáček and Shostakovich performed by Evelien Jaspers and Dmitry Ivanov (violin), Sylvain Dessane (viola) and Otto Bakker (cello).

String quartets by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Dvorák performed by Clemens Flieder and Clemens Gordon (violin), Johanna Zaunschirn (viola) and Gundula Leitner (cello).

The nine-piece collective, based in Edinburgh, performs lively Celtic folk-rock.

The top Scottish blues band are back in the Spiegel Tent for a hard driving, good time blues and boogie night. Over the years, they have played alongside Robert Cray, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, and famously with Maggie Bell last year, but its their own Chicago blues inspired sound…

An enchanting voice, fiery bandoneón and a virtuosic double bass transport you to the heart of Buenos Aires. The musical sensation taking Spain by storm makes its first appearance at the Fringe. ‘Absolutely recommendable, addictive’ (ABC News). www.diablitotango.com.

Duos by Mozart, Paganini, Giesriegl and Servais performed by Amelie Böckheler (violin) and Raphaela Gromes (cello).

The song and dance of Piazzolla’s South American tango music, a Shostakovich waltz and Debussy’s La belle au bois dormant performed by Jo Ashcroft (flute) with Calum Huggan (marimba and percussion).

Edinburgh's regular club get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats courtesy of resident DJ's Astroboy, Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback and Wee G. Tonight, on tour to 3 Bristo Place, with special guests, The Haggis Horns – great musicians who rock dancefloors…

The nine piece band from Toulouse are self styled a little crazy, and, yes, their wildly exuberant dress (men in fishnet stockings, chicken costumes, false pink mohicans…) might suggest that fun rather than music was their main motive, but their showmanship, extravagant costume and dance doesn’t detract from their…

The Royal harpist plays Bach, Dizi, Prokofiev and Salzedo.

Works by Kurtág, Huw Watkins and Bruch alongside Mozart’s Kegelstatt performed by Jessie Grimes (clarinet), Zoë Matthews (viola) and Charis Cheung (piano).

After hours blow in the classic basement jazz club – you might see the stars of the Festival or a cutting context between the names of the future. Bill Kyle takes the drum chair and hosts the sessions.

Saxophonist, Harald Lassen made a big impression when he played the Festival last year with Ruaridh Pattison. He returns with his very band of exciting young Norwegians who are inspired by 1960s and 1970s free groove music. Imagine that music resurfacing today: insistent patterns, hard hitting grooves, long arching…

Sonatas by Poulenc, Brahms and Rachmaninov performed by Mikhail Nemtsov (cello) and Elena Nemtsova (piano).

The Latvian-born pianist plays Schubert, Mozart and Rachmaninov with music by composers from her homeland, Peteris Vasks and Rihards Dubra.

As a prelude to his Queen’s Hall recital on 23 August, renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard takes up residence in The Hub for two late-night concerts celebrating the intoxicating new sound worlds that cutting-edge technology has brought to piano music. Italian composer Marco Stroppa’s dramatic Traiettoria…

A vibrant depiction of the natural world and a pioneering work of electronics meet in pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s second latenight …recital. Aimard has been widely praised for his visionary performances of Messiaen’s radiant piano music. Tonight he evokes the birds, animals, flowers and landscape of the remarkable La…

Music for saxophone quartet including works by Jonathan Dove, Diana Salazar, Michael Torke, Joe Cutler, Barbara Thompson and György Ligeti performed by Karen Dufour, Michelle Melvin, Gillian Skingley and Lynsey Payne.

Young London-based playing older styles of jazz, The Shirt Tail Stompers have quickly made a name for themselves all over Europe with their heady brew of music for listening and dancing by Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Wingy Manone and many others, with even references to the 30s British swing scene of Nat Gonella.