Free Fringe shows and big band sounds at Festival Square this coming week

Below is a round-up of what's on at Scotland's only Olympic Live Site from 12 - 18 August 2012.

Sunday 12 August

Live broadcast of the Olympic Closing Ceremony from 9pm, preceded by free live entertainment from Edinburgh Festival Fringe acts

Fork, a Finnish comedy pop group, will perform excerpts from their Electro Vocal Circus show at 6.45pm.

Frisky & Mannish, photo by Rosie Collins Photography The entertainment continues at 8.30pm with cabaret from London duo Frisky & Mannish. PIC by Rosie Collins Photography.

Monday 13 - Friday 17 August

Motion Disabled: Unlimited, the 2012 edition of the award winning exhibition and installation Motion Disabled by Simon Mckeown. The work studies the body and movement of some of the UK's most famous paralympians and includes large scale inflatable sculpture and art led iPhone applications.

Thursday 16 August

6.30pm: Screening of BBC documentary Song of the Night, directed by their Head of Classical Music, Peter Maniura.

That night also marks Nicola Benedetti's sell-out Edinburgh International Festival debut performing the Szymanowski Violin Concerto in the Usher Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra and the world leading conductor Valery Gergiev. So audiences set to attend the concert at 8pm can enjoy the documentary first before crossing the road to the Usher Hall.

Saturday 18 August

7.30pm - 10pm: Charity concert by The Prov Johnstone Band in aid of BBC's Children in Need Appeal. "An evening of raw energy, unbounded enthusiasm and some of the best Soul, R&B and Rock 'n' Roll dance music from the last 40 years."

This entry was posted by Media Team on 10/08/2012.

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