How affordable are Edinburgh's festivals?
You know that you are saving up money to see it, but we're here the whole month and obviously we would like to try and do the Fringe as well."But you are paying £7 or £8 for a pint, £10 or £12 for food - that's one meal. In comparison, the rate was £110 in Glasgow and £81 in Manchester.Staying in self-catering accommodation is not much cheaper.Figures from Visit Britain suggest renting an entire property in Edinburgh to sleep one or two people cost visitors £204.68 a day in August in 2025. Prices were adjusted for inflation using Office for National Statistics, external data to allow for comparisons over time.
- ▪You know that you are saving up money to see it, but we're here the whole month and obviously we would like to try and do the Fringe as well."But you are paying £7 or £8 for a pint, £10 or £12 for food - that's one meal.
- ▪In comparison, the rate was £110 in Glasgow and £81 in Manchester.Staying in self-catering accommodation is not much cheaper.Figures from Visit Britain suggest renting an entire property in Edinburgh to sleep one or two people cost visitors
- ▪Prices were adjusted for inflation using Office for National Statistics, external data to allow for comparisons over time.
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How affordable are Edinburgh's festivals?Image source, Getty ImagesByAimee Stanton and Andrew PickenPublished11 August 2026Updated 50 minutes agoEdinburgh is home to one of the world's biggest cultural events every summer as it is transformed into a festival city.The Scottish capital hosts the Fringe, the International Festival and the Military Tattoo alongside film, art and book festivals during August.Complaints about soaring prices in the city are nothing new – but recent years have seen increasing concerns about the cost of attending its summer festivals.So how affordable is the city for acts and audiences? BBC Scotland has analysed some of the main costs for festival-goers to see if they really are paying more.Feeling the impact of rising costsImage caption, Kaitlyn Smith says a day…
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