The Edinburgh Festival is a collection of various festivals in August and early September of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Edinburgh International Festival - The original and "official" festival consisting of classical and contemporary Theatre, Opera, Music and Dance.
• Edinburgh International Book Festival
• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• Edinburgh International Television Festival
• Edinburgh Military Tattoo
• Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
• Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival
• Edinburgh Mela
• Edinburgh Fringe - Started life as a small scale "fringe" event to the EIF, but is now the largest of all the festivals and indeed the largest arts festival in the world. Contains Music, Musicals, Theatre, Comedy, Dance and Children's shows.

Other Edinburgh festivals include:

• The Edinburgh Science Festival , which takes place in April.
• The exceptionally large Hogmanay celebrations.
• Edinburgh Easter Festival
• Children's International Theatre Festival