Edinburgh Fringe: gigs to add to your this August
In recent days the stage at Edinburgh Castle has allowed some major acts to appear ahead of the official Festival shows. This is made possible by the stands erected for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August.
Fans have enjoyed Callum Beatie, Deacon Blue, Snow Patrol, Garbage and James Taylor this time and all ahead of the huge programme of music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and some in intimate up close spaces.
New Yorker Dean Freedman returns with Songs For Grownups at Edinburgh New Town Church at 7:30pm on August 15-16 or enjoy ‘An Evening With The Magic Numbers’ at La Belle Angele (Aug 22).
Scottish Folksinger Iona Fyfe plays the Ukrainian Community Centre on August 21 and 22, and the same venue has Young Traditional Musician finalist, Ella Munro, also on the 22nd. The Jive Aces explore The Roots Of The King at TheSpace from August 24-26 while soul icon Kenny Thomas celebrates 35 years at La Belle Angele on the 29th.
Rod Clements fronts his legendary Lindisfarne for a full concert in the Queens Hall on August 15, while Grammy Award winning Michelle Shocked plays Gilded Balloon Patter House from August 5-20.
Scottish Folk fans will love The Whistlebinkies in artSpace@StMarks for one night only August 22 or the various shows from Elsa Jean McTaggart in her 15th year at Fringe which includes #SHORN at theSpaceTriplex on various dates between August 8-29.
Jazz lovers should diary the funk of Tom McGuire and the Brassholes at La Belle Angele on Auguts 9,, the Parisian swing of The Swingaholics at Valvona & Crolla on the 12th, 19th and 25th or indeed the Lorna Reid Jazz Sextet Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Jazz Bar on the 12th