Looking for something a little different? In amongst the many festivals that take place in Edinburgh in August – the Edinburgh International Festival, The Fringe Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Jazz Festival, the Festival of Comedy, the Edinburgh Deaf Festival, an Edinburgh Film Festival – you will find the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts running from 13-19 August in venues ranging from St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, to St Vincents in Stockbridge, Old Saint Paul’s on Jeffrey Street, St Michael and All Saints at Tollcross, St John’s in Princes street, Canongate Kirk, Greyfriars Kirk, Church of the Sacred Heart at Lauriston Street, and more.