Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

Children’s Festival Listings

Children’s Festival Listings

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival listings 2026

The 36th edition of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival boasts 15 individual productions in venues around Edinburgh over the first week of June 2026.

Mar 25 2026 | By More
Children’s Fest on sale

Children’s Fest on sale

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival announces 2026 Programme

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced a programme of 15 productions in its 2026 edition, with tickets going on public sale from noon today, Wednesday 25 March 2026.

Mar 25 2026 | By More
Grown Ups

Grown Ups

★★★★★ Silly

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opened at the Traverse with a very silly show indeed: Grown Ups, which is a primarily non verbal piece about what grown ups do when children aren’t around.

May 27 2025 | By More
Children’s Fest programme

Children’s Fest programme

The Joy of Imaginate is back!

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival returns this weekend for a day of free family events at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday, followed by a full dozen shows for children, at venues across Edinburgh.

May 21 2025 | By | Reply More
Children’s Fest List

Children’s Fest List

Children’s Festival Listings

Here are the full listings for Imaginate’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 2024. The festival also features a day of free pop-up performances at the Museum of Scotland on Saturday 25 May.

May 29 2024 | By | Reply More
Protest

Protest

★★★☆☆ Girl power

Hannah Lavery’s Protest at the Studio as part of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival proves that, to bring change, all you need is a voice and a little imagination.

May 31 2023 | By | Reply More
Imaginate Family Encounters

Imaginate Family Encounters

Full listings for all-day opener of pop-up events

This year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opens this Saturday 27 May 2023 with a day of free pop-up performances and artist interventions for families in the National Museum of Scotland.

May 24 2023 | By | Reply More
Imaginate 2023

Imaginate 2023

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

This year’s Edinburgh International Children’s Festival features a total of 14 productions that represent work from 11 different countries in a programme that spans circus, comedy, dance, music, performance art and spoken word as well as theatre.

May 23 2023 | By | Reply More
Children’s Fest Listing

Children’s Fest Listing

What’s on at the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

As the end of May looms, thoughts turn to the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, which this year runs from May 25 through to the first weekend of June.

May 21 2021 | By | Reply More
Imaginate goes Hybrid

Imaginate goes Hybrid

Children’s Festival announces outdoor and online programme

The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival has announced a hybrid programme of online and live outdoor theatre and dance for this year’s event, running from Tuesday 25 May to Sunday 6 June 2021.

Apr 21 2021 | By | Reply More
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