August
Pipe bands at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Festival Fever August

August is special in the cities as well as in the country. Impressive all year, Edinburgh is electrifying this month – an all day and all night celebration. The famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo, a breathtaking spectacle of martial music, is just one element in this festival city experience, which has as its flagship the main International Festival. With the unruly and irreverent Fringe spilling out of halls and theatres all over the city and into the streets, nowhere is quite like Scotland’s capital in August.

Events & Festivals

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
3rd-25th August

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Wildlife & Plants

Fabulous fungi
Scotland's wealth of woodlands and grasslands provide one of the most attractive habitats in the world for fungi…

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Food & Drink

Langoustine
Worth millions of pounds to the local fishing economy, Scotland catches the world’s largest share of langoustines…

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Activities

Cycle: The Highlands and Skye
The Far North West - Kyle of Sutherland, An easy start in wooded country - no difficult hills…

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August's Weather

August Come August, the Scottish hills are warm with a purple carpet of heather, stretching for as far as the eye can see.
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