Edinburgh international festival returns with music-heavy lineup

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

After a yr away because of Covid-19, the Edinburgh international pageant is returning with a music-heavy lineup for 2021.

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