A FREE outdoor programme as well as digital events have been announced to provide children with a “world of wonder” as Scotland emerges from lockdown. The hybrid festival has been drawn up after months of planning and replanning and is giving much-needed work to more than 100 freelancers in the arts community who have been hard hit by the pandemic. Sixteen new works have been commissioned by Imaginate for Edinburgh International Children’s Festival which is due to take place from May 25 – June 6. The digital programme will include streamed performances such as Removed, the story of a young man’s experience of the care system, and innovative “live” digital interactions such as The University of Wonder & Imagination, a Zoom magic show.
Virtual Celtic Connections was ‘huge success’
The Karen Matheson Band was part of this year’s virtual festival (Gaelle Beri/PA)
The first virtual Celtic Connections has been branded a huge success by organisers after selling an unprecedented number of tickets.
Audiences tuned in from more than 60 countries, with over 27,000 tickets sold to the first digital version of the festival.
Over the last 19 days, viewers watched more than 10.5 million minutes of musical entertainment.
The programme was made up of unique digital content from over 30 specially commissioned projects and performances that were filmed across many of Glasgow’s much-loved venues.
People from more than 60 countries bought tickets (Gaelle Beri/PA)
Virtual Celtic Connections was ‘huge success’
The Karen Matheson Band was part of this year’s virtual festival (Gaelle Beri/PA)
The first virtual Celtic Connections has been branded a huge success by organisers after selling an unprecedented number of tickets.
Audiences tuned in from more than 60 countries, with over 27,000 tickets sold to the first digital version of the festival.
Over the last 19 days, viewers watched more than 10.5 million minutes of musical entertainment.
The programme was made up of unique digital content from over 30 specially commissioned projects and performances that were filmed across many of Glasgow’s much-loved venues.
People from more than 60 countries bought tickets (Gaelle Beri/PA)