1. Edinburgh Music & Art

2. Edinburgh celebrates art and music every year, it is the city of festivals that are known all over the world. Attracting over one million overseas visitors a year, Edinburgh is the second most popular tourist destination in the UK.

3. Edinburgh Festival which is a series of separate events running from the end of July until early September each year. Some of the events are:  Edinburgh International Festival  Edinburgh Art Festival  Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Which are a very short list among the very varied shows containing music, film, theatre, book, tattoo, science, fashion etc.

4. Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts, over three weeks from around the middle of August. The International Festival brings top class performers of music (especially classical music), theatre, opera and dance from around the world to perform. The festival also hosts a series of visual art exhibitions, talks and workshops.

5. Most interesting events that are about to come in 2013:  Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man - explores the artist’s groundbreaking work in anatomy.  Media Skins – „try to absorb a proliferation of LED images.”  Fidelio - Beethoven’s only opera is a cry of defiance against oppression and an ode to liberty and truth.

6. Edinburgh Art Festival Scotland's largest annual festival of visual art, showcasing the best contemporary art in the context of some of the most important artists and movements of modern and historical periods.

7. 2013 exhibitions Edinburgh Printmakers Rachel Maclean: I HEART SCOTLAND Maclean explores Scotland’s romantic past through the lens of contemporary political debate. Bourne Fine Art The Scottishness of Art over Two Centuries In ten works, this exhibition concisely explores the competing romanticism, rationalism and realism of Scottish art from 1750 – 1970.

8. Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Edinburgh Jazz Festival was set up in 1978 by banjo- player and guitarist, Mike Hart. Mike's initial focus was on traditional jazz and a host of events taking place for free admission in pubs. By the mid-80's the Festival added ticketed events, and broadened its musical policy to swing and mainstream jazz and occasionally some more modern groups.

9. For 2013 expect some Glenn Miller classic, as everything from big band favourites to skiffle, ragtime and freeform jazz. All on the menu at over 100 shows in a festival that just keeps growing. Regular highlights of the festival programme include Mardi Gras in the Grassmarket, where many of Edinburgh oldest and best pubs can be found and show off their stuff for free in the sun. Previous years have seen the legendary BB King in the capital.

10. EDINBURGH Literatur

11. Included below are Literary, music & theatre museums, such as The Writers´ Museum in City of Edinburgh. Unique and rare collections of books, music, scripts, stamp collections, sacred texts and map-making can be discovered at the Literary museums. At the Music & theatre museums you will gain an insight into the performing arts through pictures, costumes and memorabilia from some stars of the stage and silver screen.

12. This is the place to find out exactly what makes Edinburgh such a literary capital. Read about Edinburgh's contribution to the world of books; find out about the tours that run through the city; check out the bookshops - chains, independent and antiquarian. Have a look at our interactive map, featuring just a few of Edinburgh's literary landmarks: use it as a starting point for your own journey around our city. Scotland's publishing industry is thriving, and Publishing Scotland, based in Edinburgh, has information for publishers and writers as well as housing BooksfromScotland.com, Scotland's online bookshop and literary resource. If you are in Edinburgh, you can borrow books at any one of the 26 lending libraries, part of a network of 140 library and information services that are housed in the city. Edinburgh is full of great literary organizations where people in the city can get involved with words. The National Library of Scotland recently underwent a major redevelopment to make it more accessible to the public, and the Writers' Museum showcases three of the country's finest writers: both are free and open to the public. In the growing Literature Quarter on the Royal Mile nestles the Scottish Storytelling Centre, home to a brand-new theatre and bright cafe as well as creative exhibitions and events, and the Scottish Book Trust, our national agency supporting readers and writers. Further down the hill sits the Scottish Poetry Library, the light and welcoming home to a vast selection of poetry books and pamphlets, which regularly brings in poets for evening events.

13. The original Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour. Join the intrepid duo, Clart (as in muck!) and our clean- hankied intellectual McBrain, who will lead you on a brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburgh's Old and New Town. A hilarious duel of wits across three hundred years of great writing and colourful characters! The award winning Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour was the first literary tour launched in Edinburgh in 1996! Since then it has carried in excess of 150,000 satisfied customers on a dramatic literary trail across Edinburgh. It is regarded by many as a pioneer in its field, and a "Must-see" cultural attraction in guide books throughout the world. Why does it stand out from all the rest? Performed by professional actors, not academics or guides reciting from books, it represents great value for money and a very high entertainment factor! Edinburgh is the world's first UNESCO City of Literature, pioneer in an international network of UNESCO Creative Cities. This title bestows international recognition on Edinburgh and Scotland as a world centre for literature and literary activity, a city brimming with fantastic libraries, bookshops and authors, and packed with places of literary significance.