Sf Symphony Wows Edinburgh Festival Audience

[...] come August, the tartan and bagpipes take a back seat as Edinburgh turns into a melting-pot festival of art and culture - the biggest in the world - with a truly international identity, drawing in performers and visitors alike from all over the globe: plenty from down south in London, certainly, but also Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Indonesia, Korea, China and more. With so many festivals taking over Edinburgh in August - from the pot-luck buzz and informality of the Fringe to the serious-minded ideas factory of the Edinburgh International Book Festival; from the contemplation and activism of the Just Festival of Peace and Spirituality through to the hardcore arguments in the Festival of Politics; not to mention the pomp and ceremony of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo with the Castle as its historic backdrop - it’s vital to know which is which. Not least so that you’re clear on where you’re heading as you fight your way around town past street theatre, buskers, endless enthusiastic flyerers and vast crowds choking the city’s narrow streets as they take in Edinburgh’s breathtaking beauty alongside its festival frenzy. Keyboardist Robin Sutherland, with family roots in the north of Scotland, was checking out whether he could make it to improv musical group Baby Wants Candy, who’d flown in from Chicago, and others were boasting of how many shows (four?