How would you describe your show in one sentence? Our show is what happens when fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching spoken word poetry meets the 70’s favourite form of light entertainment… thus Loud Poets: The Fantastical Game Show Spectacular was born! Is this a new show or have you performed it elsewhere? This is a brand-new … Continued

How would you describe your show in one sentence? A wild storytelling adventure through Scotland’s mythic landscape Is this a new show or have you performed it elsewhere? This show was created for The Edge Festival 2017, but it has evolved a fair bit since then, gaining new stories and greater depth. Is this your first visit to … Continued

Winner of Scotland’s Best Performing Arts Venue at the 2018 Sunday Herald Culture Awards, the Scottish Storytelling Centre presents 21 fantastic shows in an Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme celebrating local talent with international context, crossing borders and taking a step #intotheunknown. Join us for an eclectic and colourful mix of theatre, storytelling, music, poetry and … Continued

The World’s Finest Feast of Traditional Storytelling!   Celebrating 30 years of the Storytelling Festival, Growing Stories feeds the creativity of Scottish and international storytellers to unearth ancient roots and blossom new talent across Scotland. The Advanced Programme is now online, jam-packed with fantastic events, workshops, talks, story walks and suppers, with something for everyone to enjoy and discover. 20 … Continued

The Storytelling Centre Café is at the heart of our venue, welcoming tourists and locals alike, offering great service and delicious food throughout the day, along with tranquility from the busy Royal Mile. We’re very happy to announce that as of Mon 2 Jul the café is run by a new host! Founded in 2000, Saltire … Continued

Bob Dylan image credit: Xavier Badosa This new series of live performances celebrates the musical genius of some of the most influential artists of the last century by reinterpreting, reinventing and ‘reconstructing’ their work. Stuart McHardy and Jess Abrams, who lead the first two sessions, come from very different angles, backgrounds and musical genres, as … Continued

Our Festival Intern and Photographer Adriana-Ioana Cosma, summarized her 2018 TradFest experience for us, sharing some of her favourite moments and cultural insights!   1. I learned that there isn’t only one type of bagpipes, and that they can be far more interesting than the ones I hear so often on Princes Street, while seeing Brighde … Continued

Sat 5 May | 7.30pm (2hrs) | Scottish Storytelling Centre Families – we can’t live with them, can’t live without them! In the spirit of this year’s TradFest theme of ‘Passing it on’, what storytelling topic could be more fitting than ‘family’ and ‘heritage’? We all know anecdotes of peculiar family gatherings, enlightening moments of … Continued

Beltane or May Day, one of Scotland’s two most important seasonal turning-points, marks the traditional move to outdoor life, before the reverse move back inside happens at Samhainn or Hallowe’en. Opening the May Day celebrations is Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill (Mon 30 Apr), followed by another exciting week of trad art festivities, including the … Continued

Storytelling knows no boundaries, it takes us on a journey beyond existing facts or knowledge, it revives what is forgotten or past, it engages what surrounds us and teaches us something new. It’s the perfect gateway into Intangible Heritage. We have gathered a list of 10 storytelling events from this year’s TradFest programme that will … Continued