Programmes for the other festivals

Away from the Fringe, getting programmes is a straightforward task - with each of the Festivals publishing their own booklet, and plenty of information online.

The International Festival

You can pick up most of the Festivals' programmes at the Hub. Image courtesy Edinburgh International Festival.

Online, you can browse shows by date or category or, even easier, download the whole programme as a PDF file.  For more details, see our Ticket Alert on the programme launch.

The Book Festival

The Book Festival has the second-largest programme in Edinburgh, surpassed only by the Fringe in sheer number of events. It stays quite manageable, though, since almost all of their sessions are an opportunity to hear from an author or public figure; you can scan down the handy index and pick out the names which appeal to you.

The programme's available to pick up from almost all bookshops and libraries across Edinburgh. Online, you can download the whole thing in a single file to view on your own PC - or also use the interactive booking system to browse by date, type of event, or to search for a favourite author.  Again, you can find out more in Ticket Alert.

Other festivals

The Jazz and Blues Festival also publishes a magazine-style programme, but it's not all that easy to get hold of in advance. Your best bet in this case is to go online, where you can - once again - download the whole thing or browse for a particular date you're interested in.  There's more detail in Ticket Alert.

Festival of Politics

The small but perfectly-formed Festival of Politics has a correspondingly bijou programme booklet

The small but perfectly-formed Festival of Politics has a correspondingly bijou programme booklet, listing the events day-by-day. It's available from the International Festival's Hub ticket office as well as from the Scottish Parliament. On the Festival's website, you can browse day-by-day, or download the whole thing as a handy PDF.

The Festival of Spirituality and Peace has a mixed approach to publishing its listings. Some events are listed in the Fringe programme - to find them, look for "Festival of Spirituality and Peace" in the index. But others are contained in its own, separate programme, which at time of writing is available only from its website. If you'd like a printed copy, check back here for updates, or keep an eye on the Festival's own site for the final details.