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Edinburgh Festivals Ideas Challenge

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  • What if they have laminated cutouts of historical Scots figures placed in the Royal Mile.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they have laminated cutouts of the characters from Alice in Wonderland dotted around Prince's St Gardens.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they re-enact how Leonardo is presumed to have created the Turin Shroud.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they ran an Exhibition of New Materials annually. Nothing expensive to run just things like carbon nanotubes holding up enormous weights.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if The billboards were electronic, less paper, less mess and if they were constantly changing then everyone would get a slot.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Lorna Wilson

  • What if they ran a music concert in the middle of Holyrood park. I suggest using a raft in Dunsepie Loch as the stage.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if the Glasgow/Edinburgh train was permanently fully automated and thus able to run all night, with less delay, more passengers and cheaper.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they built a temporary structure with the same internal dimensions as Shakespeare's Globe and put on his plays.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if residents were given priority for some shows and such via resident cards, QR codes etc.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Luke Duncan

  • What if they put up a temporary tent as venue, probably in Holyrood Park.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they put up a temporary shipping container housing unit in the Meadows like the Netherlands' Keetwonen student housing complex

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if there were some digital screens showing advertisements of the shows opposed to all those flyers. Serious waste of trees and looks terrible!

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Luke Duncan

  • What if they hold a formal public political debate on some subject of national importance - perhaps nuclear V windmills catastrophic warming

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they have a historical re-enactment, probably in Holyrood Park

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they open the museum cafe in Prince's St Gardens as a restaurant with an outdoor bar in the Gardens, throughout the festivals.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if they place 2 lasers 1.4 miles outside Edinburghwhite beams cross in the sky every night of the festivals putting a giant Scottish Saltire

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Neil Craig

  • What if The damn tram was built already

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Brian Maitland

  • What if ...there was a single searchable web hub for all acts to post video clips of their show, so audiences can check out before deciding to se

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Kerry Stewart

  • What if there was a real attempt, digital or otherwise, to see that the locals are engaged in the fests and not just enduring them year after year

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Vicky Mohieddeen

  • What if some tickets were always held back for on-the-day sales, for spontaneous unplanned visits to the fests...

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Vicky Mohieddeen

  • What if there was a regular free (or low cost) ferry service between the major venues throughout the day??

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by brian donoghue

  • What if Venues use numbered stickers, different colours to avoid long q and help revenue as audience would buy drink or food during wait

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Anne Harris

  • What if There was an app that allowed you to rate the show you've just seen and, according to your rating, suggests other shows.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Angela Jackson

  • What if you buy a ticket via the app, and the ticket appears and can be used via the app, instead to having to go to the box office

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Grant Stalker

  • What if HangOuts from Google+ used so all of Scotland can be involved, from Borders to Western and Northern Isles, depending on circles!

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Rupert Bumfrey

  • What if twiiterfall running on screens throughout the city, so all of Edinburgh is engaged

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Rupert Bumfrey

  • What if venues had someone standing at the door of each show with a handful of tickets and change for really last-minute sales?

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by James Baster

  • What if Scotland's many successful Olympic athletes had an open-top-bus parade through Edinburgh next summer, shifting attention north post-Games?

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by David Jarman

  • What if venues were fitted with a basic heat exchanger so all the small hot venues could generate some extra energy for either water tanks or heat.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Owen O'Leary

  • What if an app put a weighting on star ratings so 5* from the national press are rated higher than new sites. At a glance expertise is recognised.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Owen O'Leary

  • What if reduced bus fares were available for locals and visitors? Reduced taxi and car usage would be a key attribute.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Alan Hellen

  • What if there was a local lane for pedestrians who have places they need to be, quickly. Royal Mile and Princes St have room for it.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Michael MacLeod

  • What if Invite french bands?

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by deleted deleted

  • What if Invite portuguese bands?

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Nelson Antunes

  • What if there were an interactive map of Edinburgh (maybe an app?) showing venues and allow people to browse different shows there?

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Cat McLaughlin

  • What if there was a really awesome Kids Festival area/tent that was safe, fun and interactive? For the very youngest kids up to teenagers.

    Submitted almost 15 years ago by Claire Ritchie

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