Edinburgh Festival (+CUTTING MY HAIR FOR CHARITY)

It's that time of year again.

Time for the Edinburgh Festival. 

Going to Edinburgh every summer at the start of August is always my favourite trip of the year. Having so many shows, artists and different cultures all in the same place at the same time is so exciting to me. 

If you ever get a chance to go to the festival I would highly recommend it. 

As I have been filming a lot this summer I did make a video of the few clips I filmed over my time in Edinburgh -

My parents and I got on the train to Edinburgh bright and early, only a day after landing from Saint Lucia. I was so exhausted I didn't quite know what to do with myself; thankfully I slept almost the whole way there.

As exhibited in the photos, clearly one pillow was not enough.

To me the Edinburgh Festival is all about seeing show after show until you are so hungry you must eat something or you are about to fall asleep. 

I saw at least four shows on most days.

Day one:

Pete Firman: Trickster

Day two:

Worbey and Farrell: In Perfect Harmony

Charlie O'Connor: Dandyisms 

Vikki Stone: Instrumental

Tom Thum and Jamie MacDowell

Shit-faced Shakespeare

Day 3:

Animal Farm

Kingmaker

Charlie O'Connor: Dandyisms

Kraken: Squidboy

Womanz

Spank

Day 4:

Lungs

The Match Game

Tom Thum and Jamie MacDowell

Ennio Marchetto: The Living Paper Cartoon

Day 5:

Best of the Fest

The Oxford Review

Charlie O'Connor: Dandyisms

David O'Doherty: Has Checked Everything

Carl Donnolly: Now That's What I Carl Donnolly Vol.6

My three favourite acts were Tom Thum and Jamie MacDowell, Charlie O'Connor and Carl Donnolly.

Tom Thum and Jamie MacDowell's CDs are constantly on repeat in my room and two of their tracks have been used in my most recent YouTube videos. They're so so incredible and such a unique act.

Charlie O'Connor's show is so clever and witty it had me in hysterics. During the rainy afternoons Kitty, Florence, Dylan and I flyered the Edinburgh streets for Charlie and no one was ever disappointed. 

Carl Donnolly had Florence, Kitty and I in tears of laughter. Need I say more? I think not.

Flyering pictures -

   

A lot of tea was consumed to keep spirits high whilst flyering in the rain. We received a lot of rejection and a lot of false hope; important life lessons were most definitely learnt.

ALSO...

Very exciting news. 

I have wanted to do this for a very long while and the date is finally booked. On the the 2nd September I am going to get at least seven inches of my hair cut off for the Little Princess Trust. I am so excited but also very nervous. I haven't had really short hair since I was about seven years old. I have set a goal of raising £500 and if you want to sponsor me, or just track my progress, here is my just giving page -

https://www.justgiving.com/rubyvishnick

 Every penny is appreciated so so much.