The Nine Best Places to Eat and Drink at the Edinburgh Festival
Make time for whisky tastings between performances.
Edinburgh Festival brings in the crowds.
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In a matter of days, more than 2 million culture-hungry visitors are expected to descend on Edinburgh.
It’s the first full-scale celebration of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in three years. The international festival is going strong 75 years later—look out for a performance by jazz legend Herbie Hancock—but it’ s the Fringe that attracts the vast majority of visitors. In 2019 more than 3 million tickets were issued, making it the world’s largest arts festival. Famous names who cut their teeth at the Fringe include Steve Coogan and Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Fleabag had its first airing at the Fringe in 2013.