To celebrate the launch of the 70th Edinburgh International Festival St Andrews Square will bloom into glorious life with a light and sound show.
The EIF runs from the 4th to 28th August and tonight the city will be lit up as part of ‘Standard Life Opening Event: Bloom’, an epic outdoor spectacle of light and sound, transforming the buildings of St Andrews Square into a 360 degree canvas.
I was lucky enough to see a preview of tonight’s show and this is my sketch from within St Andrews Square.
The show runs from 10pm until midnight and although early access tickets are now sold out for the two day event (tonight and tomorrow night) you can still queue to gain access via George Street from 10.30pm until midnight.
It looks set to be a magical experience, I just hope the rain stops before the performance, although I’m sure puddle reflections will make it even more beautiful!
The sun was too bright to make out the top of the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square Gardens this afternoon.
Edinburgh’s festival of social enterprise, the first in Scotland was a roaring success, showing off Edinburgh’s social enterprises in a glorious setting.
The sculpted lion of St Andrews Square looks splendid in the Edinburgh sunshine.
This is the closest I have so far been to the new for Christmas 2013 ‘Star Flyer’ ride currently spinning thrill seekers high above the Edinburgh skyline in St Andrews Square.
I reached St Andrews Square this afternoon just in time to see The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (@chillipipers) playing to the crowd that was bathing in the sunshine. I met my sister and neice who are up for a few days plus Mrs Sketcher and the little sketcher kiddies. We had a lovely picnic and the twins had a good dance to the pipers.