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| Edinburgh International Festival |
09 Aug - 01 Sep / 2013 |
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Every August, the Edinburgh
International Festival transforms one of the world's most beautiful cities,
presenting three exhilarating weeks of the finest creators and performers from
the worlds of the arts - for everyone.
Edinburgh's six major theatres and concert halls, a few smaller venues and often
some unconventional ones too, come alive with the best classical music, theatre,
opera, dance and visual art from around the globe. |
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| Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
02 Aug - 26 Aug / 2013 |
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (commonly
known as The Fringe) started in 1947 when 8 theatre groups turned up uninvited
to the first Edinburgh International Festival (EIF). Over the years, more
performers came to Edinburgh to perform on the outskirts of the EIF and by 1958
the Festival Fringe Society was formed to provide information, a central box
office and a published programme of all the Fringe shows. Central to the
society's constitution was the policy that there should be no artistic vetting
from the society. Which still holds true to this very day.
It's the biggest arts festival in the world, with something for everyone:
theatre, comedy, music, dance, exhibitions and much, much more. In fact, it's
the number-one tourist attraction in the whole of Britain. |
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| Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival |
19 Jul - 28 Jul / 2013 |
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| "What makes a memorable
jazz and blues festival? Is it the sight of apparently respectable middle-aged
men dancing themselves to a frenzy as Jack Bruce’s latest power trio thunders
through Sunshine of Your Love? Is it the sound of a 79-year-old saxophone
player, who long ago left home to make his name in the States, back leading a
starry big band through Duke Ellington? If he wasn’t a miner’s son from
Lochgelly who supports Cowdenbeath FC, you’d swear that Joe Temperley was
misty-eyed. Or maybe it’s just the spectacle of a New Orleans jazz parade given
a Scottish twist, a blur of noise and colour, winding its way to the Grassmarket".
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| Edinburgh International Book Festival |
10 Aug - 26 Aug / 2013 |
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The Edinburgh International
Book Festival began in 1983 and is now a key event in the August Festival
season, celebrated annually in Scotland's capital city. Biennial at first, the
Book Festival became a yearly celebration in 1997.
An inspiring literary festival, the world's largest public celebration of the
written word, right in the heart of Edinburgh: hundreds of author events,
debates and workshops packed into 17 extraordinary days each August. |
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| Edinburgh International Film Festival |
19 - 30 June / 2013 |
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Born alongside Edinburgh's
International Festival in 1947, EIFF was one of the world's first international
film festivals, and helped to define the type of event that has since become so
pivotal to film culture in nations all over the world.
EIFF has developed into a crucial business hub for the UK and international film
industry, a key attraction for Edinburgh, and one of the world's best loved
audience festivals. With an emphasis upon new talent, discovery and innovation,
ElFF's vibrant programme of films and events combines a commitment to audience
edification and pleasure with a strong ongoing stake in the development the UK
and Scottish film industries. |
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| Edinburgh International Science Festival |
23 Mar - 07 Apr / 2013 |
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The Edinburgh International
Science Festival is a public celebration of all the wonders, inventions and
innovations of the world of science and technology.
Each year hundreds of scientists and technologists share their passion with the
public through a programme of engaging, interactive and accessible talks,
workshops, shows and exhibitions. |
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| Edinburgh Children's Festival |
6 - 13 May / 2013 |
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The Bank of Scotland
Imagimate Festival is the UK's largest performing arts festival for children and
young people.
The annual Festival presents some of the most exciting performances from around
the world at venues in and around Edinburgh and on tour in Scotland.
This year's Festival offers 15 fantastic productions for all ages from toddlers
to teenagers. Every performance promises a new experience, strong emotions and a
huge amount of fun. |
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| Edinburgh Mela Festival |
31 Aug - 02 Sep / 2013 |
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The Edinburgh Mela was
founded in 1995 by members of the city's minority ethnic communities.
The first festival was held in Meadowbank Stadium and quickly grew to attract
20,000 people each year.
It was the first Mela in Scotland and has gained a strong reputation in the UK.
In 2000 the festival moved to Pilrig Park and in recent years has drawn large
numbers of people over the weekend. |
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| Edinburgh Art Festival |
01 Aug - 01 Sep / 2013 |
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The Edinburgh Art Festival
is Scotland’s largest annual festival of visual art and has something for
everyone.
Since 1947 Edinburgh has developed a strong tradition of high profile and
landmark exhibitions and visual arts events.
Established in 2004, the Festival works in partnership with the city’s artists,
galleries, museums and visual art spaces to present the best, exciting and most
intriguing in modern and contemporary visual art by leading British and
international artists to work by a new generation of talent. |
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| Edinburgh Military Tattoo |
02 Aug - 24 Aug / 2013 |
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2013 highlights Scotland's
reputation as a land of outstanding beauty as the Tattoo celebrates the Year of
Natural Scotland.
The programme will include all the famed music, action and colour with a soupcon
of the unexpected, featuring performers from all points of the compass including
Europe, the Far East as well as Central and South America.
With the Massed Pipes and Drums, Massed Military Bands, Display Teams, Dancers
and the haunting lament of the Lone Piper set against the magnificent backcloth
of Edinburgh Castle. |
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| Festival Fireworks Concert |
9pm - Sunday 01 Sep / 2013 |
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The wildly exuberant finale
to the Edinburgh International Festival, the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert is
an intoxicating and exciting mix of wonderful live music performed by the
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a breathtaking choreographed fireworks display
set against the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh's historic castle.
This immensely popular event last year attracted an audience of over 250,000
people viewing from vantage points across the capital and is the biggest annual
event of its kind in Europe. |
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| Edinburgh Royal Highland Show |
20 Jun - 23 Jun / 2013 |
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The Royal Highland Show is
Scotland's annual farming and countryside showcase.
It is held annually at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston and the event
attracts over 1,000 exhibitors, 4,500 head of livestock and an annual 170,000
visitors, making it Scotland's most popular summer event and the premier fixture
in Scotland's farming calendar.
Exhibitors compete for the prestige of winning not only a prize ticket, but also
for prize money and trophies worth well over £1 million. It is the UK's largest
agricultural event. |
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| Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations |
30 Dec 2012 - 01 Jan 2013 |
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Start the New Year in style
at the world famous Edinburgh's Hogmanay. With spectacular events, incredible
bands and amazing crowds from every corner of the globe, We show the world how
to party.
Festivities include: Concert in the Gardens - The music and fireworks
spectacular. Street Party and the world famous Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Midnight
Fireworks. The Keilidh - the outdoor ceilidh experience set within an exclusive
area of the Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party. Torchlight Procession - Join
thousands of torch carriers as they create a river of fire from the historic
Royal Mile to the Son et Lumiére and fireworks finale on Calton Hill. Candlelit
Concert in St Giles’ Cathedral. The Loony Dook - the annual splash in the River
Forth at South Queensferry. |
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| Rugby - Scotland beats England - 2008 |
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| Rugby Union - EMC Autumn Tests 2013 |
17 Nov - 23 Nov / 2013 |
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Autumn Rugby Tests |
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Scotland |
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Sun, 17th November |
3.00pm |
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Scotland |
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Australia |
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Sat, 23rd November |
6.00pm |
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| Rugby Union - RBS 6 Nations 2014 |
01 Feb - 15 Mar / 2014 |
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6 Nations Rugby Championships |
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Wales |
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Sat, 1st February |
2.30pm |
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France |
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England |
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Sat, 1st February |
6.00pm |
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Ireland |
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Scotland |
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Sun, 2nd February |
3.00pm |
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Ireland |
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Wales |
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Sat, 8th February |
2.30pm |
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Scotland |
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England |
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Sat, 8th February |
5.00pm |
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France |
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Italy |
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Sun, 9th February |
4.00pm |
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Wales |
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France |
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Fri, 21st February |
8.00pm |
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Italy |
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Scotland |
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Sat, 22nd February |
2.30pm |
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England |
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Ireland |
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Sat, 22nd February |
4.00pm |
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Ireland |
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Italy |
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Sat, 8th March |
2.30pm |
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Scotland |
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France |
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Sat, 8th March |
5.00pm |
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England |
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Sun, 9th March |
3.00pm |
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Italy |
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Sat, 15th March |
1.30pm |
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Wales |
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Sat, 15th March |
2.45pm |
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France |
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Sat, 15th March |
6.00pm |
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| Rugby Union - HSBC World Sevens Series
2012/13 |
Oct 2012 - May 2013 |
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HSBC Sevens World Series
The HSBC Sevens World Series, previously known as the IRB Sevens World Series,
consists of nine tournaments held around the world between October and May.
National Sevens teams compete for World Series points at each round, with
winners in the Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield crowned at each location.
An overall HSBC Sevens World Series champion is crowned at the of the season
based on points accumulated throughout the nine events.
There are 15 'core' teams who participate at each round of the Series and,
starting from 2012/13 there is to be promotion and relegation from this status,
with a pre-qualifier in Hong Kong and a final Series core team qualification
event held in London, alongside the final round of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
The 2011/12 World Series winners and reigning champions are New Zealand, who
have won the Series 10 times in all. The other Series winners have been Fiji
(2005/06), South Africa (2008/09) and Samoa (2009/10).
HSBC Sevens World Series - 2012/13 Schedule ¬ |
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Australia
Dubai, UAE
South Africa
New Zealand
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13-14 Oct 2012
30 Nov-01 Dec 2012
08-09 Dec 2012
01-02 Feb 2013
08-10 Feb 2013 |
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Hong Kong
Tokyo, Japan
Scotstoun Stadium,
Glasgow, Scotland
London, England |
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22-24 Mar 2013
30-31 Mar 2013
04-05 May 2013
11-12 May 2013 |
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| Golf - Scottish Open 2013 |
11 - 14 July / 2013 |
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Scottish Open Golf Championship |
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The Scottish Golf Open held
for the first time on the lovely shores of the Moray Firth near Inverness in
2011, is set to host the event again in 2013.
Castle Stuart will host the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open for the
third successive year from July 11-14, 2013. In 2014 Royal Aberdeen will stage
an event on The European Tour International Schedule for the first time from
July 10-13 over the classic Balgownie links.
The Castle Stuart golf course was co-designed by Managing Partner Mark Parsinen, who was also responsible for the
design of Kingsbarns in Fife and American golf course architect Gil Hanse.
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course was voted as Best New Course for 2009 by Golf Magazine USA while Ron
Whitten, writing in the December 2010 issue of Golf Digest USA, stated that
"Castle Stuart might be the most perfectly conceived and executed design ever
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| Golf - Ryder Cup 2014 |
23 - 28 September / 2014 |
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Ryder Cup Golf Tournament - Gleneagles, Scotland |
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The illustrious history of
the Ryder Cup dates back to the 1920s and, from the very beginning, Scots have
had a telling influence on the ultimate team golf tournament.
The 40th Ryder Cup will take place at the PGA Centenary Golf Course at
Gleneagles in Auchterarder, Perthshire from 23 to 28 September, 2014. It will be the first time in more than
40 years that the tournament has been played in Scotland, The Home of Golf. |
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Watch live international Rugby Union matches on one of our 2 large TV screens or
join us after the game in the Manor Lounge Bar for a truly great sporting
atmosphere.
Edinburgh Thistle Hotel has long been associated with the rugby fraternity and
is very lively and good spirited at international rugby weekends.
The hotel is at the west end of the city centre and only a 15 minute walk to
Murrayfield Stadium, home to the Scottish Rugby Union.
We also show other live sporting events (Sky TV - Sports Channels) throughout
the course of the year, including Football (Scottish & English League and
European Champions League), Golf, F1 Motor Racing, Athletics, Tennis, Cricket,
Boxing and Horse Racing. |
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