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Chris Cross: Seeing Is Not Believing…

A late night comedy magic show with a twist from the Fringe's favourite showman! Chris Cross returns for his eighth Festival Fringe with his unique comedic blend of off-the-wall magic, contortion and escapology. Cross has travelled worldwide with his show and he's even performed for the British monarchy! Expect some new…

Wilkie House, Edinburgh

Sun 18 Aug

Free / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mon 19 Aug

Free / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tue 20 Aug

Free / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

…and 2 more dates

Give Me a Tune

Chris Clark Chris Clark. Journey through the Great American Songbook (Sinatra, Bennett, all your favourites), with captivating vocals, a classy piano trio and humorous anecdotes. Who said what to whom? What's a dummy lyric? Chris supported the legend jazz diva Annie Ross recently with great success and works with…

The Outhouse, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

£8 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sat 3 Aug

£8 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sun 4 Aug

£8 (£6) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

…and 3 more dates

Scotland’s Harps – A Celebration 1

Superb duo: Catriona McKay (clarsach) and Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle/viola): ‘divine concoction of tradition and bold imagination … sensual, throaty fiddle lines … harp is deliciously angular and haughty … unimpeachable’ (Irish Times).

St Andrew's and St George's West Church, Edinburgh

Mon 19 Aug

£10 (£8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Art and Technology

Professor of Epistemics Jon Oberlander, Professor of Composition and Electroacoustic Composition Peter Nelson, and Chris Speed of the Edinburgh College of Art discuss historical, conceptual and philosophical relationships between the performing arts and technology. Chaired by theatre specialist Olga Taxidou.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 29 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Edinburgh University Events.

Safehouse: Rock, Blues. Psych … and Beyond!

Edinburgh's favourite blues / rock combo play Heat, Feat and much more. Line-up includes original Blues 'n' Trouble members John Bruce (guitar), Sean Scott (drums) and the barrelhouse scream of Chris Peebles out front. Regulars in UK and Holland, including tour as backing band and support for Grammy award-winning bluesman…

The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

Thu 22 Aug

The Jazz Bar

£10 (£5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Merrymouth

Merrymouth / The Assembly Rooms. Merrymouth are a three-piece folk-orientated band featuring Ocean Colour Scene songwriter and vocalist Simon Fowler (vocals/guitar), Dan Sealey (guitar/vocals) and Adam Barry (piano/organ and vocals). The band was joined in the studio by multi award-winning folk musicians John McCusker…

Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

The Ballroom

£16 (£15) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Barber, Bilk, Ball

From the boom of the 50’s and 60s to today, the undisputed kings of traditional jazz in Britain have been Ball, Barber and Bilk - the "Three Bs". Kenny Ball passed away earlier this year, but his son has stepped in to lead the band, and enabled us to present the classic three band concert one more time. Each band plays…

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Thu 25 Jul

£20 / 0131 529 6000

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 20:00 – 22:00