Events

Welcome to the Edinburgh International Science Festival

We’re celebrating International Year of Biodiversity with a spectacular outdoor exhibition in St Andrew Square by award-winning photographer Steve Bloom. While our partners at Edinburgh Zoo and the Botanics have packed programmes of special events and activities to help you explore the worlds of plants and animals.

We’ve teamed up with BBC One to bring the Bang Goes The Theory roadshow to Edinburgh from 8-10 April. The City Art Centre was such a hit with families last year that we sold out every day! For 2010 we’re open for longer and we’ve added new events to our seven floors of fantastic fun.

And if you’re still looking for activities the whole family can enjoy, our ‘must see’ event is Sonic Dreams - a new, hyper realistic 3D sound system which fuses art and science.

Don’t forget, the Science Festival isn’t just for kids! We’ve got something for all ages with exhibitions, screenings, theatre, comedy, debate and discussion. Our Big Ideas programme is full of special guests like Richard Dawkins, Brian Cox, Richard Wiseman and Raj Persaud alongside discussions on the state of the ocean’s whales to the revolutionary sound of a rock guitar. And if you’ve ever wanted to try out the activities at City Art Centre don’t miss our special no-children-allowed evenings where grown-ups can come along and enjoy a glass of wine.

Also new for 2010 is a selection of events that are perfect for young adults so if you know someone who dreams of developing the next Grand Theft Auto don’t miss Video Game Studio for a hands-on experience of game design. Look out for other events marked ‘Young Adults’ in the Big Ideas section of the programme.