Edinburgh international festival returns with music-heavy lineup

With theatre and dance scaled again, music dominates, including live shows from Simon Rattle, Damon Albarn, Nicola Benedetti and Laura Mvula

After a yr away due to Covid-19, the Edinburgh worldwide pageant is returning with a music-heavy lineup for 2021.

Though the pageant’s typical raft of stay theatre and dance productions have been limited by the pandemic, there'll still be greater than 170 performance events, including live shows from artists similar to Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, and the London Symphony Orchestra directed by Simon Rattle.