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Liz Jones & Broken Windows Album Launch + Tiptrick (NEW VENUE)

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

This event has moved venue and will now take place at the Voodoo Rooms.  Broken Windows launch a new album, Double Measures, in their home town, with friends and special guests Tiptrick. Original roots rockers with a ‘live’ reputation for psychedelic blasts and a light hearted show full of genre blending wholesomeness. For fans of

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Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival

Animations of the late Eastern Bloc (1980-1997) (N/C 18+)

Red Lecture Theatre

The second instalment of bizarre, eerie, and unique animated films from the late Eastern Bloc (1980-1997). A surgery is performed on a bust of Joseph Stalin, a yeti living in the mountains of Kazakhstan gets to listen to The B-52s, and a man pawns his face to buy a lottery ticket…

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Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival 2024

Short film competition (N/C 18+)

Red Lecture Theatre

Samizdat presents a unique and vibrant collection of 17 films entered into our Short Film Competition. Out of the 1100+ submissions we received this year, our curators have carefully selected some of the finest contemporary shorts from Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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Frankie Archer (CANCELLED)

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Frankie Archer has exploded onto the electrofolk scene with music that transcends stereotypes using a combination of manipulated samples, synths, drum tracks and earthy Northumbrian fiddle and voice to capture her audience. Her aim? To shake up genres and traditions, challenge perspectives and call for a fairer future.

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Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel/Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell (Grigori Kromanov, 1979) (N/C 15+)

Red Lecture Theatre

In this hypnotising sci-fi noir, inspector Glebsky arrives at a remote hotel in response to a call out: except there is nothing to investigate, yet. As he meets its strange guests, the hotel is cut off from civilization by an avalanche – and bizarre events start to unfold.

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Afro Celt Sound System

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Afro Celt Sound System are among the pioneers of the contemporary world music scene. Their ground-breaking fusion of African, Gaelic and Bhangra influenced sounds has won the hearts and minds of audiences since the group’s beginnings over 25 years ago.

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Meteor Airlines (NEW VENUE + DATE)

Meteor Airlines on Saturday 19th October has now moved to a different venue, and will instead take place on Monday 21st October. The new venue for this event will be: The Ballroom at Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. For the first time, Meteor Airlines is set to bring their unique sound to Scotland. This event is an exciting opportunity for Scotland’s audiences to experience the rich, culturally infused rock music of Meteor Airlines, a band that not only entertains but also educates and connects listeners to the Moroccan Amazigh culture.

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Los Bitchos (NEW VENUE)

Los Bitchos on Wednesday 23rd October  has now moved to a different venue. The new venue for this event will be: The Caves, Edinburgh. All tickets will be valid for the new venue. Los Bitchos is back and better than ever! Since the launch of their much-loved debut album, ‘Let the Festivities Begin,’ with City

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Oisín Leech (NEW VENUE)

This show will now take place at Cabaret Voltaire. All tickets remain valid. Beside Trawbreaga Bay, in Co. Donegal, in an old schoolhouse with a suitcase full of borrowed recording gear, Oisin Leech strums gently on an acoustic guitar and watches the tide pull the water away from this ancient inlet. The thickness of Oisin’s

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Opening Night – Another Life (N/C 18+)

Red Lecture Theatre

This collection of shorts explores the secret lives of those unseen or unnoticed. Survivors of the apocalypse welcome the dawn of a new day, a mysterious man arrives dead on an airplane, and a small hermit crab struggles to find a new home. Featuring a variety of animation, including the winner of the Jury award

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Rhythm & Revolution presents Lagos Thugs + Kalakuta after party! (RESCHEDULED)

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Straight from the heart of Nigeria, Rhythm & Revolution welcome for the first time to the UK and Scotland, high-energy Afrobeat band Lagos Thugs, joined by special guest, Indy Dibongue, the official guitarist of Tony Allen (France/Cameroon). Join us to celebrate the life and music of the legendary Fela Kuti and Black History Month.

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Creepy Boys

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You’re invited: The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party. It will have everything. Games. Gifts. Possibly Satan. Probably Cake. Combining 2000s sexy songs, satanic rituals, and Willam Dafoe, these horny little boys do whatever it takes to make their birthday dreams come true (think Oh, Hello meets those twins from The Shining, meets My Super Sweet 16).

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DARKHER + Special Guest – Maud The Moth (CANCELLED)

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Darkness treads light as a feather. The sinister yet beguiling images that DARKHER aka Jayn Maiven paints with her ethereal vocals, guitars, and added strings conjure iridescent cinematic scenes, in which it becomes hard to tell whether there lies beauty in darkness or if it is the other
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MICROSTERIA (CANCELLED)

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Welcome to MICROSTERIA where the micro is made massive. Join us on Saturday 26th October as Summerhall host 2024’s final edition of MICROSTERIA. After an immense year of Dissection Room parties and multiple festival takeovers, Maranta have packed in some astounding and strange acts for the Halloween special.

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Natu Camara (RESCHEDULED DATE)

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

This gig has been rescheduled for 2025, new date to be announced soon Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Guinea, West Africa, Natu Camara has taken the world stage by storm with her powerful vocals and magnetic presence. Her presence and music resonate as a harmonious blend of legendary voices such as Miriam Makeba,