{"id":959187,"date":"2026-05-14T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959187\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:47:15","slug":"edinburgh-folk-food-festival-returning-to-the-capital-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959187\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Folk &#038; Food Festival returning to the capital this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Edinburgh Folk &amp; Food Festival. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Organisers say this year\u2019s festival will combine \u201cthe very best food to a soundtrack of folk and fusion\u201d, with a mix of free and ticketed events taking place across the site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Live performances are scheduled in the Piccolo and Palais Du Vari\u00e9t\u00e9 venues, with acts including Breabach, Seth Lakeman, An Dannsa Dub and Dl\u00f9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Edinburgh Folk &amp; Food Festival. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alongside music, the festival will feature street food vendors, workshops and family-focused entertainment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Children\u2019s events include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/topics\/comedy\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comedy<\/a> Club 4 Kids, The Greatest Magic Show and the Explosive Science Show.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Edinburgh Folk &amp; Food Festival. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The festival evolved from the long-running Edinburgh Food Festival and now aims to bring together food, live music and community events in a central outdoor setting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dani Rae, managing director of <a href=\"https:\/\/assemblyfestival.com\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Assembly Festival<\/a>, said: &#8220;We\u2019re thrilled to be bringing back the folk to the Edinburgh Folk &amp; Food Festival for a second year after the huge successes of 2025.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019ve got an incredible lineup of the best folk music in Scotland and beyond, as well as some fantastic local food vendors to announce and we can\u2019t wait for audiences to join us for a dance and a bite to eat.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets for events go on sale at midday on May 15 through the <a href=\"https:\/\/assemblyfestival.com\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Folk &amp; Food Festival. (Image: Supplied) Organisers say this year\u2019s festival will combine \u201cthe very best food&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-959187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116572772607319477","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}