One of the things that I saw last year that delighted me was the Polish Festival as part of what I call the Fringe of the Fringe which was a programme of Polish language and Polish non-language events (music and dance and so on.) Lots from Poland but quite a few indigenous Edinburgh projects.

There is definitely an issue for local projects they tend to get swamped by the Fringe and either priced out of venues or starved of audience. MLW’s choir stopped doing Festival concerts a few years ago. My drama group can only manage because they are getting mate’s rates on a venue and can run two shows in the time slot.