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THE Festival Fringe recives new annual grant of £100,000

THE Festival Fringe recives new annual grant of £100,000

THE Festival Fringe has won a long campaign for greater recognition from Edinburgh city council – months after being brought to the brink of bankruptcy. A deal has been agreed to more than double the festival’s annual grant. Its new funding of £100,000 is to be approved by councillors tomorrow, following years of lobbying by [...]

March 11, 2009 | By | Reply More
Taste of Edinburgh food festival forced to find a new home

Taste of Edinburgh food festival forced to find a new home

ONE of Edinburgh’s flagship new festivals is being forced to move location after just two years amid fears a beauty spot is being damaged by playing host to too many events. Taste of Edinburgh is having to move out of the city centre, from the Meadows, to Inverleith Park, despite being heralded a major success [...]

January 30, 2009 | By | Reply More