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Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival returns to Usher Hall this August for a series of outstanding classical concerts.

From the epic eight-hour Opening Concert: The Veil of the Temple to the return of the much-loved beanbag concerts, discover a different side to classical music this August.

Three world-renowned orchestras take up residency at the Festival: New York’s NYO2, NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra.

This year, the Edinburgh Festival Chorus celebrates its 60th anniversary. Catch them performing with the LSO, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and in the Opening and Closing Concerts.

Browse all performances at eif.co.uk

Edinburgh International Festival banner.
Monteverdi Choir English Baroque soloists.

Opening Concert: The Veil of the Temple

2:00pm, Sat 2 Aug 2025

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National Youth Orchestra.

NYO2: Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony

7:30pm, Sun 3 Aug 2025

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An audience of families with young children.

NYO2: Family Concert

2:00pm, Mon 4 Aug 2025

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Best of Monteverdi Choir singing.

Best of Monteverdi Choir

7:30pm, Mon 4 Aug 2025

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra performing.

Holst's The Planets

7:30pm, Tue 5 Aug 2025

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Bruce Liu in a red blazer.

Bruce Liu plays Ravel

7:30pm, Wed 6 Aug 2025

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Budapest Festival Orchestra performing in a concert hall.

Bach & Bartók

7:30pm, Fri 8 Aug 2025

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Maxim Emelyanychev, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus.

La clemenza di Tito

6:00pm, Sat 9 Aug 2025

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