Leith Festival Gala day takes place on Leith links on Saturday 13th June 2026. The main Event programme covers the period from the 13th June to 21st June 2026, however any events taking place in June can be mentioned.
If your event will repeat over several dates and times these can be included in a single listing and only one form is required.
However, if you are running different events throughout the festival each event will require a separate registration to have it's own listing. Please contact the Leith Festival office if you need guidance.
Leith Festival will apply a fee of £45 (for paid events) or £20 (for free events) for each event registered. The registration fee is non-refundable. The fee must be paid in full by the 26th April 2026 to ensure inclusion in the printed programme.
This fee gives you a guaranteed listing in the Leith Festival Programme and online at www.leithfestival.com/events.
You can also choose to add Leith Festival as a host for your event on Facebook, or we can set up a Leith Festival Facebook event page for you to share. (Leith Festival has over 12k followers)
Leith Festival also uses Instagram (5639 followers and growing), and will share links to events in the lead up to and during the festival where we can.
However, you are ultimately responsible for promoting your own event.
Please note a 1.9% processing fee will be added to all payments.
The core festival period is from the 13th to the 21st June, however we can accept listings for any event in June.
If your event will repeat on different dates/times, enter the first date and time in the fields provided, and list repeat days and times in the repeat events fied on separate rows in the format:
Date, Start Time, End Time Date, Start Time, End Time etc.
Where your event runs over a few days (e.g. an art exhibition) enter the start and end date of the total run in the fields provided, and note exceptions in the repeat events field e.g.:
Start Date and Time 05/06/2026, 10:00am
End Date and Time 10/06/2026, 04:00pm
Repeat Events
Closed Sundays, 11:00am to 08:00pm Thursdays.
Leith Festival reserves the right to have final say on any content to be included in the 2026 programme.
Things to Consider:
DOES YOUR VENUE HAVE A PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS LICENCE OR THEATRE LICENCE?
If the answer is no, then you must ensure that you attain the correct licence(s) for your event. The attaining of the relevant licence(s) is your responsibility. Contact the City of Edinburgh Council for guidance about licencing: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/licences-permits
WHAT IS A PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT LICENCE?
A Public Entertainments Licence is required where you intend to have entertainment, such as a dance, concert, variety show or other entertainment to which members of the public are to be admitted and where some payment for admission is to be paid. If people must buy some article, e.g. a programme, then a Public Entertainments Licence is still required
WHAT IS A THEATRE LICENCE?
A Theatre Licence is required where it is intended to perform any play in public. It does not matter if the performance is free - a licence is still required. A “Play” is defined in the 1968 Theatres Act as “any dramatic piece, whether involving improvisation or not, which is given wholly or in part by one or more persons actually present and performing and in which the whole or a major proportion of what is done by the person or persons performing, whether by way of speech, singing or action, involves the playing of a role” then a Theatre Licence is required for any premises or any place whether or not another type of licence is in force
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
You must provide or make provisions for your own lighting and sound or other technical equipment. Leith Festival will not supply or rent on your behalf any lighting, sound or other equipment. If required, you must also arrange for door staff. Leith Festival will not supply any door staff on your behalf.
Each organiser or venue must make its own arrangements for the following:
Any equipment required for your event All printing, distribution and sale of all tickets
Securing dates and agreeing the hire with your choice of venue
Marketing and poster campaign
All merchandising
Leith Festival will provide advice and assistance wherever possible.
MARKETING
Leith Festival is not responsible for promoting your event but will help wherever possible. On publication, you will be given a listing in the Leith Festival programme and on our website based on the information you have supplied.
We will also provide you with the Leith Festival 2024 logo to identify yourself as being part of the Festival in any of your advertising materials, posters/flyers.
EVENT FORM AGREEMENT
Please make sure you have read and understood this form in full and agree to its terms and conditions before submitting.
Leith Festival Association 1st Floor 17 Academy Street Leith, EH6 7EE
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