A top list of musical talent has been confirmed for Edge Festival, a new festival taking place in Edinburgh at festival season across a wide variety of venues.

Says The Edge promoter Dave Corbet, “The atmosphere in Edinburgh throughout August is truly incredible with the world’s top performers coming together to celebrate the arts. The Edge will deliver the best in contemporary live music to an international audience and offer music lovers the chance to sample gigs by artists from across a variety of genres " everyone from Maximo Park to Pendulum and Michael Franti & Spearhead to Midnight Juggernaughts. I’m also looking forward to announcing a whole host of additional acts including a couple of very special guests, details of which will be unveiled later in July!”

Confirmed dates so far read:
Thursday 7th August Scouting for Girls Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wednesday 13th August Lostprophets Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Thursday 14th August Shed Seven Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Friday 15th August Newton Faulkner Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Monday 18th August Maximo Park Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Tuesday 19th August Xavier Rudd Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wednesday 20th August One Republic + The Script Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Thursday 21st August Pendulum Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Monday 25th August Kate Nash Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Wednesday 13th August Kevin McDermott Liquid Room
Saturday 16th August Your Sound Showcase Liquid Room
Sunday 17th August Broken Records Liquid Room
Wednesday 20th August Michael Franti + Spearhead Liquid Room
Thursday 21st August Dizzee Rascal Liquid Room
Friday 22nd August Deadmau5 (Live) Liquid Room
Saturday 23rd August Digitalism Liquid Room
Sunday 24th August An Evening with Stephen Lynch Liquid Room
Friday 1st August Ratatat Cabaret Voltaire
Sunday 3rd August Longview Cabaret Voltaire
Monday 4th August Paul Haig Cabaret Voltaire
Wednesday 6th August Melee Cabaret Voltaire
Thursday 7th August Shout out Louds Cabaret Voltaire
Friday 8th August Jackie Leven + Lee Patterson Cabaret Voltaire
Monday 11th August The Presets + Heartbreak Cabaret Voltaire
Tuesday 12th August Bo Pepper Cabaret Voltaire
Wednesday 13th August Kristin Hersh: Paradoxical Undressing Preview Show Cabaret Voltaire
Sunday 17th August Isosceles Cabaret Voltaire
Monday 18th August Louis XIV + Les Gars Cabaret Voltaire
Friday 22nd August Midnight Juggernauts Cabaret Voltaire
Monday 25th August Clare & The Reasons + Brendan Campbell Cabaret Voltaire
Sunday 17th " Saturday 23rd August Kristin Hersh: Paradoxical Undressing St. Cecilias Church

Tickets go onsale on Friday 6th June at 9am.