Festivals

Hoping that 2022 finally provides live music to return on a large, unabashed scale, Malcolm Jack picks the must-see acts that will make a it a year to remember.

Far from frivilous and unessential, Green Man festival has proved itself to be a huge support to its local community after the flooding caused by Storm Dennis. It is able to return this August thanks to the lifting of Covid restrictions.

August is traditionally the time when Edinburgh becomes the cultural capital of the world. Roy Luxford, programme director of the Edinburgh International Festival, explains how you run one of the biggest arts events in the time of Covid