New
Town +
North
Beyond Princes Street, find Edinburgh’s picturesque New Town.
For 2025, the Festival puts down roots in New Town, welcoming you to the EAF Pavilion: a hub of exhibitions, events, and artist residencies on Edinburgh’s busy Leith Street. Transformed from a former office building in partnership with Outer Spaces, the Pavilion is an innovative platform for art, and a space to gather and pause amidst the bustle of the Festival season.
Beyond, Broughton and Dundas Street’s string of galleries provide intimate showcases of artists’ craft amidst Georgian architecture and independent cafes alike. Further north, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh re-centres the natural world beyond the city centre, providing the perfect woodland backdrop for EAF’s folkloric opening performance.
Featured events
Event
FREESpotlight Talk: Fungi Sessions
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
21 August
2pm—2.30pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Your Art World
National Galleries Scotland: National
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
£9 / £4—£8 conc.The World of King James VI & I
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
FREELinder: Danger Came Smiling
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Daily
10.30am—4.30pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Aubrey Levinthal: Mirror Matter
Ingleby
Wed—Sat, or by appointment (Mon—Sat in August)
11am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
£19 / £5—£17 conc.Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years
National Galleries Scotland: National
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
FREEVictoria Crowe at 80: Decades
The Scottish Gallery
Mon—Sat
Mon, by appointment; Tue—Fri, 10.30am—6pm; Sat, 11am—2pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Yusuke Yamamoto: The Dappled Garden
The Scottish Gallery
Mon—Sat
Mon, by appointment; Tue—Fri, 10.30am—6pm; Sat, 11am—2pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
FREEFungi Sessions
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Event
Ticketed, FREELinder: A kind of glamour about me
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Thurs 7 August
6—7.30pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-In, FREEMás Arte Más Acción: Around A Tree
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
7—24 August
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-In, FreeLewis Hetherington + CJ Mahony: who will be remembered here
EAF Pavilion
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-in, FreeTrans Masc Studies: Memory Is A Museum
EAF Pavilion
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-In, FreeJj Fadaka + Ria Andrews: My Blood Runs Purple
EAF Pavilion
Daily
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-in, FreeAlice Rekab: Let Me Show You Who I Am
EAF Pavilion
Daily
View from street
New Town + North
Event
Ticketed, £12 / £6—21EAF25 Launch Party
The Grange Club
Sat 16 August
8pm—1am
New Town + North
Exhibition
Drop-in, FreeEAF X Outer Spaces: HOST
EAF Pavilion
Saturdays
10am—5pm
New Town + North
Event
FREEBSL Tour | Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years
National Galleries Scotland: National
Sat 9 + Sat 16 Aug
11am—12noon
New Town + North
Event
Ticketed, £6 / FREE—£21Trans Masc Studies: Memory Is A Museum Artist Talk
EAF Pavilion
Sun 10 August
10.30am—12noon
New Town + North
Event
£5BSL Tour: Summer at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Sun 10 August
2—3pm
New Town + North