Every August, Edinburgh hosts the biggest arts festival in the world. I made the trip north back to Scotland's capital to check out the tail-end of the festival. There are literally hundreds of venues and over a thousand different shows on during the month, everything from theatre and comedy to music and dance. There's such a great atmosphere in the streets with lots of street performers to keep you entertained as you walk around.With only a limited amount of time I only got to check out a few shows, but the highlight was the Snow Patrol concert. I was pretty pumped about seeing them - they've been one of my favourite bands since I saw them support U2 last year in Dublin. But it was all about them this time - they played to a huge crowd at the Meadowbank football stadium and the were absolutely amazing. They just played every song with so much energy and enthusiasm. The crowd loved it - with perhaps a little too much excitement at some stages though... apparently it's quite normally for full cups of beer to be randomly hurled around within the crowd!
The Underbelly - one of the comedy venues:
The Assembly Halls, also hosted a lot of comedy acts:
Out on the streets:
At Meadowbank before the Snow Patrol concert:
The mighty Snow Patrol:
For any Snow Patrol fans out there, here's the set-list from the night:
Wow / Chocolate / Beginning To Get To Me / Spitting Games / Hands Open / Headlights / Grazed Knees / Chasing Cars / Shut Your Eyes / How To Be Dead / An Olive Grove Facing The Sea / Make This Go On Forever / Ways And Means / Run / You're All I Have / Open Your Eyes / Tiny Little Fractures
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