Taking place (almost) every August, the Edinburgh International Festival is a celebration of culture that sees notable artists from the world of music and performing arts invited to showcase their work in the Scottish Capital.
The first event, then called the 'International Festival of Music and Drama' took place in 1947, with Austrian-born impresario Rudolf Bing acting as festival director and head of programming.
It featured orchestral, choral and chamber music, Lieder and song, opera, ballet, drama, film, and Scottish 'piping and dancing' on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
It has taken place every year since, other than 2020 when it was completely cancelled due to the global pandemic.
The original idea for the Festival was to enrich cultural life following the Second World War, and it was first financed by £10,000 in winning that Lord Rosebery made from his horse Ocean Swell - a sum that was matched by Edinburgh Town Council.
Since then it has grown in strength, and is joined by a number of other festivals during August, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and, most notably, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Here are 18 pictures to take you back to the events held over half a century ago.
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13. Banner event
Advertising outside the Saltire Society at The Mound for The Winter's Tale and The Trojan Women at the Edinburgh Festival in August 1966. Photo: Ian Brand
14. On stage
Madeleine Delavaivre (right) and another actor in Moliere's play Le Misanthrope at the Lyceum Theatre during the Edinburgh International Festival in 1961. Photo: Unknown
15. Finger wagging
Actors Tessa Wyatt and Ewen Solon in The Swallows at the Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh International Festival in August 1966. Photo: Denis Straughan
16. Directing
Peter Diamand, director of the Edinburgh International Festival, at a press conference in the Freemasons' Hall in August 1966. Photo: Dick Ewart