What is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? 👀 The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the worlds largest performing arts festival. 🎭 It's an open-access festival meaning anyone can participate, with any type of performance. With thousands of performances taking place across the city throughout August.

Have you ever heard of an event called Edinburgh Tattoo? 🎖️ It's a military musical performance carried out by British Armed Forces, the Commonwealth and International Military Bands. Performed at Edinburgh Castle, it draws in people from around the globe 🎆 📷 IG/edinburgh.eye

Here are some of our top tips on how to make the most of the Edinburgh Festivals 🥳 - Find hundreds of free and low cost shows, screenings and events! - Enjoy the street performers who line the Royal Mile 🤹‍♀️ - Picnic in Princes Street Gardens 🍕 -Travel by tram 🚋 Edinburgh Trams

Amid festival fever, have you discovered the Edinburgh Deaf Festival? It's an accessible celebration of deaf culture, language and heritage, welcoming audiences from around the world. Find out more at: bit.ly/3soaKPt 💙 #EdinburghDeafFestival #EdinburghFestivals #Scotland

Looking for some summer listening inspiration? Check out our latest playlist of 'Scottish Summer Mix for any weather☀️🌧️' on Spotify now! ➡️ bit.ly/4cC8FBU

🎶 Get ready for the biggest pipe band competition in the world! Over the next two days, Glasgow will welcome the world for the World Pipe Band Championships 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The atmosphere is electric as thousands of pipers and drummers come together! #PerfectStage #WPBC2024 #Glasgow

Have you heard of the Edinburgh International Book Festival? 📖 Celebrating all types of literature, with cultural and political talks, book signings, debates, writing workshops and all sorts of events for both adults and children. Find out more: bit.ly/4dH6FIM

Magic and adventure awaits you around every corner in Scotland ✨ #GlenfinnanViaduct #HarryPotter #Scotland #Steamtrain

Check out Ally on her recent trip to Scotland for Piping Live!, Glasgow's International Piping Festival 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ally joined 175 pipers and drummers to march through Glasgow and enjoy the magic of coming together to play the music they love 🥁 📷 IG/piper.ally

Have you heard of the Highland Midge? (pronounced locally mi-jee) 🐛 One of Scotland's most notorious beasties, it's a tiny flying insect known for gathering in clusters and biting humans. A right of passage for a summer camping trip, it wouldn't be Scotland without them. 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In September we're celebrating with Scotland Food & Drink what it means to be #NaturallyScottish. It's not just about our tasty food and drink... it's where it comes from, the place and the people who bring it to life 😋. Find out more: naturallyscottish.com #ScotFoodSept24

🎉 This month, Scotland celebrates 60 years of the iconic Forth Road Bridge!! It's an engineering achievement we take real pride in, joining strong communities, north and south, together. #ForthBridges #ForthRoadBridge60 #ScotlandBridges The Forth Bridges 📸 IG/howden_j