To support the aims of the Edinburgh Event Strategy, the City of Edinburgh Council has launched the Local Events Open Fund 2025/26.

This fund underlines the Council’s commitment to the local creative sector and will support events that demonstrate:

– Commitment to communities
– Display environmental responsibility
– Apply fair work and equality, diversity and inclusion principles

Priority will be given to events held outside of the City Centre Ward but not to the exclusion of those held in central Edinburgh. The Council welcomes applications from a range of event disciplines and would encourage applicants to explore all funding options to ensure that the Local Events Open fund is the most appropriate.

To apply, please download the form below and submit to events@edinburgh.gov.uk by 11:59pm, 10 July 2025.

Please note that applications for multi-year funding will not be available for 2025/26. Multi-year funding applications will be accepted from 2026/27 – applications to open early in 2026.

For further information, please contact events@edinburgh.gov.uk (Cultural Events), or visit https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/local-events-open-fund-2025-26/.