Celebrating the Sacred Arts in August
The Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts has had it most successful year yet. Between Sunday 11th and Saturday 17th August, 2024 over 1000 people attended a wide range of events in music, poetry, visual art, architecture, dance and film. Hosted by seven Edinburgh city centre churches, the highlights included sacred jazz at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, dance at Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, film at St Vincent’s Chapel, poetry at the Church of the Sacred Heart, and two art exhibitions that ran throughout the week. A specially notable event was the culmination of the Sacred Music Young Composers Competition in Canongate Kirk. Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King's Music, presented awards to the five young composers whose pieces had been chosen for professional performance. A review of the week-long programme can be found HERE.
This Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts began in 2018. It is an initiative of the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation, a registered Scottish charity (SC051554). Plans for 2025 are already underway. The dates have been set -- Sunday August 10th--Saturday August. The opening service will take place in St John's Episcopal Church with guest preacher Archbishop Rowan Williams.
Please return to our website to learn more as plans progress. The full programme is expected to be in place by January.
This Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts began in 2018. It is an initiative of the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation, a registered Scottish charity (SC051554). Plans for 2025 are already underway. The dates have been set -- Sunday August 10th--Saturday August. The opening service will take place in St John's Episcopal Church with guest preacher Archbishop Rowan Williams.
Please return to our website to learn more as plans progress. The full programme is expected to be in place by January.
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The Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation gratefully acknowledges generous financial support
for the 2024 Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts from: The Binks Trust The H R Creswick Charitable Trust Christian Arts Trust Edinburgh Society of Organists Royal College of Organists |