Edinburgh Festival Carnival 2024 Location. Flick through our digital brochure, or check out some of the programme highlights below. Explore the carnival and see how you can participate today!

Taking place every year on the first sunday of the edinburgh jazz & blues festival, edinburgh festival carnival. A free, family music and dance event with a flamboyant, festive flavour, the edinburgh festival carnival takes place on the opening sunday of the edinburgh international jazz and blues festival, a day after the free mardi gras.