FESTIVAL NEWS P I C O F T H E W E E K

EIF FIREWORKS: GOING OUT WITH A BANG

Forget the nightly l y-bys of the Military Tattoo; nothing heralds the end of a jam-

packed month of festivals like the Edinburgh International Festival’s Fireworks Concert. This

year’s centrepiece is Musorgsky’s orchestral

showpiece ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’, complete

with its vivid depictions of Russian paintings

and barnstorming brass fanfares. Princes Street Garden, Sun 1 Sep, 9pm.

Jupiter Artland: away from Jupi the festival thrall but still the offering a beautiful slice of offer E the Edinburgh Art Festival. thettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt Gorgeous stuff.

Over-sharing. Whether in a bar Over-sha or show queue, we love a bit of festival stranger sharing.

Booze-fi lled bladders. Pee before the performance,

people; don’t cause a ruckus by leaving ten minutes in.

The booze prices. Two ciders for £9.50? Be gone festival e festiva

pricing.

FIREWORKS IN NUMBERS

400,000 reworks will be used to set the city alight . . . . . . attracting an audience of 250,000 watching from around the city

The reworks will travel at 200 miles an hour . . . . . . and rise to 750 feet above Edinburgh Castle

The famed reworks ‘waterfall’ will descend a gallus 131 feet in just 1 minute It took 15 pyrotechnicians 7 days to prepare the event around the castle, so enjoy it

OVERHEARD IN EDINBURGH

‘It’s art. Make sure you wipe your feet before we go up.’

A woman nagging her husband before they climb Martin Creed’s Scotsman Steps.

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