Opportunities

  • Assembly Festival - Programmer
    Apply before 11:59pm on Sunday, 18th January 2026

    As part of the programming team, the Programmer will work with the Head of Programming and Programme Coordinator to generate a leading artistic programme for Assembly Festival at the Fringe, and throughout the year. The Programming team are the first port of call for all visiting companies and artists and are responsible for the journey from initial conversations to fully realised festival seasons.

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Assembly Festival

Assembly Festival 2026

 

Edinburgh City Centre - 5th August - 31st August 2026

 

Assembly Festival is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the multi-space venues operating as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For more than four decades we have welcomed thousands of artists onto the Assembly stages. Last year presented around 250 shows across August and this year Assembly Festival once again brings back the magic to the city and be a part of the 79th Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

 

We have come a long way since our first festival 45 years ago, in Edinburgh when our founder and artistic director William Burdett-Coutts OBE took on the iconic Assembly Rooms venue to host several shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and this year we are hoping for it to be our best yet!

 

Our temporary roles will be launching in the Spring, so please keep checking back in, and we will announce on our socials when we go live if you follow us there. 

However please find listed all our current vacancies and available roles, and how to apply for an opportunity to join the team working on these exciting events.

We are a Living Wage employer