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Edinburgh Science Festival

Edinburgh Science’s own 2026 material identifies the Edinburgh Science Festival as running 4–19 April 2026 and describes the 2026 theme as Going Global.

Date / rule4–19 April 2026
ScopeEdinburgh, Scotland / 2026 festival
VerificationFirst Party Current Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Edinburgh Science Festival?

Edinburgh Science’s own 2026 material identifies the Edinburgh Science Festival as running 4–19 April 2026 and describes the 2026 theme as Going Global.

Date and recurrence

4–19 April 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Edinburgh, Scotland / 2026 festival. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Edinburgh Science — 2026 festival articleFirst Party Organizer
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Edinburgh Science Festival?

4–19 April 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 4–19 April 2026.

Does Edinburgh Science Festival fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Edinburgh Science Festival an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Edinburgh, Scotland / 2026 festival. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Edinburgh Science Festival?

The stored designation basis is: Edinburgh Science’s own 2026 material identifies the Edinburgh Science Festival as running 4–19 April 2026 and describes the 2026 theme as Going Global.. Supporting provenance includes Edinburgh Science — 2026 festival article. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Edinburgh Science Festival international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Edinburgh, Scotland / 2026 festival. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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