Edinburgh! - The home of the festival! If there is anyone that knows how to put on the festivities, it's Edinburgh. The most famous of course being the Edinburgh Festival. Visitors come from all over the world to be part of it and Edinburgh's population increases to around 1 million people every summer when the Edinburgh festival kicks in. We appreciate that if you are travelling to Edinburgh, then the Festival could probably be your main reason in doing so, therefore below, you will find a list of other festivals that are going on in the Edinburgh area as well as those within easy travelling distance.