Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026

Schedule

Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

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The Auld Alliance Comics Festival is back!
The 730th anniversary of the historic treaty between France and Scotland was celebrated with a special Comics Weekend organised by the French Institute in partnership with La Belle Adventure bookshop in 2025. The event proved to be a great success, bringing together the French and Scottish communities around a shared love of comics.
From 29 to 31 May 2026, we are delighted to bring this wonderful event back. The festival will welcome renowned French and Scottish comics creators, along with an artist alley, talks, signings, and more.

This year, we will have the pleasure to welcome:
Anaïs Flogny, Le Jour du Caillou (ed. Dupuis), Rivages Lointains/Smoke gets in your eyes (ed. Dargaud/Abrams)
Sophie Leullier, Ce que les corbeaux nous laissent (ed. Dupuis)
Benoit Dahan and Cyril Lieron, Dans la tête de Sherlock Holmes/Inside the mind of Sherlock Holmes (ed. Ankama/Titan)
Lomig, Au coeur des solitudes/John Muir (ed. Sarbacane/NBM), Dans la forêt (ed. Sarbacane)
Jon McNaught, Hors scène, L’été à Kingdom Fields (ed. Dargaud)
Sarah Lippett, Everything Amplified (Cicada Books)

Stay Tuned for more information!
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West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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