Hidden histories. Transformed venues. Radical artistic voices.

The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art is set to return to Edinburgh from 14—30 August, presenting alternative perspectives across the breadth of the city.

Our 2026 edition invites you to gather around alternative queer images in Edinburgh graveyards, Japanese fetish paintings, community-held stories, living, breathing sound collections, string performances from Golan Heights, reimagined relics overlooking the city, and late-night parties in a sculpture park. Bringing together galleries and community spaces from across Edinburgh with a programme of genre-pushing commissions, the festival creates a unique moment in time for artist-driven work like no other. 

Explore the whole programme line-up, and book tickets to our biggest live events, now on sale — and watch for the full launch on 28 May