Edinburgh Festival Events Data for Cultural Analytics, 2018-2021

Edinburgh event metadata from 2018 to 2021, used to quantify the economic and social effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cultural sector. The dataset reveals a 97.3% fall in estimated ticketing revenue between 2019 and 2020 and differential impacts across event categories like 'Theatre' and 'Visual Art'. It was authored by Suzanne R. Black and shared on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Quantifying financial impact on cultural sectors based on estimated ticketing revenue changes.
• Analyzing resilience disparities between event categories like 'Visual Art' and 'Theatre'.
• Using events data as a proxy metric for social impact during the pandemic.
• Studying changes in event provision in a specific geographic region over time.

Strengths

• Provides a concrete, quantified impact with a reported 97.3% fall in estimated ticketing revenue from 2019 to 2020.
• Offers multi-year comparison across 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 for temporal analysis.
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined geographic region (Edinburgh) for localized insights.
• Uses industry-provided events data from Data Thistle as a source.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (246.2 KB), suggesting limited scope or a sample.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure and quality require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Data Thistle (UK industry provider), processed by author Suzanne R. Black.

Collection Method

Analysis of a sample of large-scale cultural events data.

Time Range

August 2018, 2019, -2020, and 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 08:13:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Edinburgh, UK.