Last post about North Edinburgh Arts and yesterday's news the Film Festival intends to move to June set me thinking ...already the Jazz Festival and Fringe have shifted from outside the International Festival umbrella...I wonder about the wisdom of this drift.
Is any one of Edinburgh's festivals really good enough to stand alone? Think about our competition...Salzburg...Cannes... Isn't the sheer variety of the artistic experience of Edinburgh in August our unique selling point? Isn't that what gives it special buzz? Doesn't the real strength lie in numbers and by splitting away from the anchor event doesn't each stand the risk of falling alone?
I wasn't too happy to read Jonathon Mills predicting Edinburgh's International Festival might become a weekend event...I am even less happy to think that all the others could dwindle as each pursues its own agenda. If ever there was a case for the City to get its act together and get a Head of Culture in place tout de suite - someone with the clout and political backing to really punch the Festivals' weight - then this is it....before it's too late
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