What The Dickins: Our Fabulous Festivals

There’s a new festival in town, and we like the sound of it! The Edinburgh Craft Beer Revolution Festival takes place at Assembly Roxy between Thursday the 24th and Saturday 26th of November 2016. There will be a steady flow of British craft beers, craft gin & vodka and a range…

Edinburgh is a fantastic place to be at any time of year, but over the Edinburgh Festival period in the summer, thousands of visitors descend for the largest arts festival in the world and the city takes on an extraordinary energy.

Visitors of this year’s Hogmanay celebrations are being encouraged by organisers to ‘Release Your Party Animal’. For the first year since the millennium, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations will feature sections of the iconic Royal Mile.

Mansfield Traquair will host the first ever Edinburgh Coffee Festival on October 3rd, 2015. The Edinburgh Coffee Festival will feature expert talks from coffee-crazed experts from around Scotland, experiments, tasting opportunities and demonstrations. Will you be going? Scotland’s vibrant coffee scene is growing at a rate of noughts, and you…

So with a heavy heart – it is time to say goodbye to the Edinburgh Festival for another year! However, the Edinburgh Festival doesn’t end quietly – no it goes out with a bang!