JD

Took a little while longer than expected, but the new Sweet Venues site is finally up and running at full speed! Check in here to catch up with all our shows as we update our online programme and to find out what the Sweet team is getting up to…

Don’t forget that the closing date for show submissions wishing to appear in the printed Fringe Guide at edfringe.com is the 18th of April. Still plenty of time to get in touch about bringing your show to Sweet Venues, so take a look around our Performers section and drop us a line.

JD.

For those unable to make it up to Edinburgh in August, or others who simply find themselves hungry for the shows we have on offer and just cannot wait to sample them, then we have some vital news for you.

The wonderful Lita Doolan will be staging two preview performances of Mary Blandy’s Gallow’s Tree on the 18th and 19th of July at the Oxford Playhouse. Tickets for this are on sale right now, so click through here to find out more.

For those of you content to wait just a few short weeks more, then check out the show details on our site here.

JD.

Here it is then folks, the dream we all dream of – the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially launched and their online box office is now open!

Click through to our shows now, either through the lovely scrolling images on the front page or through our search functions (don’t forget to select a category) and you’ll find shows now have the ‘Buy tickets now!’ link. Click there and start picking dates to come and see any of our great shows this August.

There’s still a few shows that are to appear on our site, some special little pieces that aren’t featured in the Fringe guide, but are sure to grab your attention. Watch this space for more announcements on these great shows coming from across the world…

All of us here at Sweet are looking forward to spending our summer with you, taking in the amazing sights and sounds of the largest and most exciting arts event in the world.

Here’s to expanding the view!

JD

Well, we’re almost through an amazing launch weekend, with only one day to go before we settle into the ‘normal’ Fringe (anyone who knows what that means, please do message us and let us know…)

There’s been some amazing shows already – some that you’ve already missed in the form of the one-night only Lisa Scott Sings Jazz – but many, many more that have a fantastic run ahead of them. (more…)

Well, it’s that time of the year… No, not that time of the year! It’s the season to be thinking about the heat (hopefully) of the summer and the fantastic performances, events and general mayhem that you’re all looking to cause in Edinburgh over the month of August!

The lovely people over at the Fringe Society offices have been working relentlessly to bring together the dates and events to help you all get your Fringe ready as smoothly as possible – head on over to edfringe.com and get yourself up to speed.

The main points: the Fringe is running from the 3rd to the 27th of August this year (we’ll sneak a little extra in on the 2nd to give everyone some extra preview opportunities) and we’re already booking up shows! So get involved and join us at Sweet Venues for the most amazing month of arts and performance in the world!

We’ve changed our pricing structure this year, so it’s now even cheaper to be part of Sweet at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We’ll be updating our downloads over the next couple of weeks to reflect that, but as of right now, drop me a mail at jd@sweetvenues.com so that I can make sure you get our up to the minute deals on spaces.

Also, we’ve got exciting new spaces to offer for this year, with our majestic 100-seat International 1, our fantastic 60-seat International 2, the fun and flexibility of the 24-seat international 3, and the intimacy of our 30-seat International 4.

New stages, new prices – an exciting year to be with Sweet on the Grassmarket throughout August!

JD

Here we go! The site is about to undergo a rather large amount of updating over the next few days as we start to bring you all our fantastic shows for 2012.

With the big launch of the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe almost upon us, it will be in all your interests to keep checking back here to find out more about our amazing productions and performers. Tickets will be on sale from the 31st of May, with our first shows beginning on the 2nd of August. We can’t wait to see you all at Sweet this year!

JD.