Edinburgh sky to be lit up for launch of international festival | The Guardian – on August 3, 2020 at 11:15 am

Light installation is intended to celebrate artists in spite of festival venues being shut Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEdinburgh’s night sky will be pierced by more than 260 powerful spotlights this weekend as the city’s international festival launches an online programme of concerts, opera and ballet events.The light installation, part of a programme that festival organisers are calling My Light Shines On, will be switched on at 9.30pm on Saturday around many of the festival’s venues and concert halls, which will also be illuminated internally by lanterns shining and pulsing behind their closed doors. Continue reading…

Light installation is intended to celebrate artists in spite of festival venues being shut

Edinburgh’s night sky will be pierced by more than 260 powerful spotlights this weekend as the city’s international festival launches an online programme of concerts, opera and ballet events.

The light installation, part of a programme that festival organisers are calling My Light Shines On, will be switched on at 9.30pm on Saturday around many of the festival’s venues and concert halls, which will also be illuminated internally by lanterns shining and pulsing behind their closed doors.

Continue reading…