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Cold Turkey’s Festive Frolic

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cold Turkey is a scrumptious festive buffet of music, spoken word and arty weirdness, featuring Hollie McNish, Michael Pedersen, and Withered Hand. This is the mouth-watering sixth serving, and 2023’s special guest is the Welsh wonder, Charlotte Church. We’ll also be joined by co-host and opener Gemma Cairney.

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Nanook of the North (U) with Live Score by S!nk

Main Hall

To support Filmhouse’s campaign to OPEN THE DOORS, Edinburgh trio S!nk perform their epic live soundtrack to Nanook of the North – Robert Flaherty’s iconic film examining Inuit culture in the icy Arctic. S!nk’s score juxtaposes a sense of pervading harshness with the humorous spirits who inhabit this inhospitable environment.

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Nanook of the North (U) with Live Score by S!nk

Main Hall

To support Filmhouse’s campaign to OPEN THE DOORS, Edinburgh trio S!nk perform their epic live soundtrack to Nanook of the North – Robert Flaherty’s iconic film examining Inuit culture in the icy Arctic. S!nk’s score juxtaposes a sense of pervading harshness with the humorous spirits who inhabit this inhospitable environment.

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432 Presents… Arab Strap

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Arab Strap started out as an intimate project with home-recorded tapes shared between friends, but after the unexpected success of their inimitable debut single ‘The First Big Weekend’ they quickly found themselves, along with pals Mogwai, as some of the most exciting and cherished music coming out of Scotland.

Summerhall Singers 10th Anniversary Winter Concert

Main Hall

Join the Summerhall Singers community choir at their 10th Anniversary Winter Concert! This year, our theme is ‘Seasons’! Expect an eclectic mix of songs, old and new, and some Christmas Carols thrown into the mix. Suitable for all the family, and musical tastes, this will be a wonderful hour of song and merriment.

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Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ with The Transatlantic Ensemble live @ this Xmas

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

After multiple sell out shows, inc two back-to-back dates at this year’s Fringe, the ‘Transatlantic Ensemble’ return to Summerhall by popular demand, for a Xmas special performing Fleetwood Mac’s iconic ‘Rumours’ album in its entirety, plus loads of other well-known Fleetwood Mac classics. Ask anyone & believe what you hear…

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Nappy Nina

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Brooklyn-based rapper Nappy Nina has carved out a distinctive niche within contemporary hip hop. Her storytelling skills and conversational, but precise flow have seen the MC collaborate widely over the course of a young career, with figures ranging from hip hop veterans such as Quelle Chris and Stas Thee Boss, to DIY and avant garde

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249 Presents...

249’s Queer Party for All – Dinnae Stress December Disco

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

249 is a Ramshackle Queer Party for All with live music, open-mic and club-anthems. Whether you like this time of year or not, we wanted to throw a gigantic queer party to say, dinnae stress, it’ll be fine xxx So come along to the inaugural Dinnae Stress December Disco for a stress-free night of titillating

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Lost Map presents HUMBUG!

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

HUMBUG! is the annual festive gathering of live music from Pictish Trail’s Lost Map label, with very special guests, spread across a whole day. The line-up is a closely guarded secret for the time being… but expect an assortment of the country’s best singer-songwriters, break-neck indie rock, mind-warping psychedelia and explorations in electronica.

FLAME OUT – Participate

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Are you over 50 and do you have a story to tell? Tricky Hat is welcoming people aged 50+ to join their performance company The Flames, to create a show that challenges pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to. No experience is necessary, there is no acting, and you do not need to memorise a script. You just need to be yourself, interact with everyone involved and be up for a possibility!

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FLARE* Festival

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

This one-of-its-kind event is your permission slip outta your day-to-day, and into a realm of wellness wonder where we champion the unsung heroes in the wellness business space. These passionate individuals are on a mission to serve, contribute, and make a positive impact on your well-being.

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Azamiah + Nikhita

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh’s community radio station EHFM are teaming up with Mare Music for an Independent Venue Week special in Summerhall’s Old Lab. The show is a celebration of both local talent and our wonderful local music scene, featuring two of Scotland’s finest new acts, Nikhita and Azamiah. Nikhita is an artist based in Edinburgh. Using music

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Event Series Manipulate Festival
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Manipulate Festival

Shorts 1: Eastern European Surrealism (15)

Red Lecture Theatre

Manipulate’s animated shorts programme celebrates extraordinary animation from around the globe, showcasing a dizzying range of styles, techniques, genres and ideas. The programme is co-curated with guest creatives, each looking at animation from different social and artistic perspectives. Shorts 1 is co-curated with Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival in Glasgow and offers a unique collection

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Manipulate Festival

Shorts 2: Resistance through Storytelling (15)

Red Lecture Theatre

Part of Manipulate Festival 2024, their animated shorts programme celebrates extraordinary animation from around the globe showcasing a dizzying range of styles, techniques, genres and ideas. The programme is co-curated with guest creatives, each looking at animation from different social and artistic perspectives. Manipulate’s second shorts programme is curated by Manipulate Arts Associate Programmer Natasha

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The Crossing (La Traversée) (15)

Red Lecture Theatre

Screening as part of Manipulate Festival 2024. A small village looted in darkness, a family forced to flee. The two oldest children, Kyona and Adriel are quickly separated from their parents facing the road of exile alone. They embark on a heroic journey which takes them from childhood to adolescence in search of shelter, peace

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Edinburgh Indie Music Society

Billy Woods

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Billy Woods is a rapper who defies easy categorisation; he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown but has spent much of his life in New York City. He was born in the U.S. but spent much of his childhood in Africa and the West Indies, the second child of a Jamaican intellectual and a would-be Marxist revolutionary.

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Microsteria x Phlox “A Raicleach Rhyme”

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Welcome to MICROSTERIA x PHLOX! Where the micro-made-massive meets a hybrid format of sensory clubbing. For the fifth instalment of Microsteria at the Summerhall Dissection Room, we are collaborating with PHLOX femme and non-binary Glasgow-based collective to combine electronic music with visual art, costume and performances. A unique club-equinox one-off as a dual powerhouse. Under

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Manipulate Festival

Shorts 3: Beyond Words (15)

Red Lecture Theatre

Manipulate’s animated shorts programme celebrates extraordinary animation from around the globe, showcasing a dizzying range of styles, techniques, genres and ideas. The programme is co-curated with guest creatives, each looking at animation from different social and artistic perspectives. Manipulate’s third shorts programme is curated by Manipulate Arts Associate Programmer Holly Summerson, a Scotland-based animator, illustrator

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Event Series Manipulate Festival
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Manipulate Festival

Junk Head (15)

Red Lecture Theatre

Junk Head is an expansive stop-motion sci-fi action thriller, meticulously styled and set in a dark and perilous universe that harbours surprises around every corner. In the distant future, mankind has lost its ability to procreate, a human-created species has revolted and developed a separate society underground. When a virus wreaks havoc on the surface,

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abs

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Come and celebrate the debut EP Tour 2024 with abs and her incredible band. abs is touring the UK with support from Help Musicians, to take her performance and career to the next level. You can expect grooves and a full show that you don’t want to miss! With a fusion of neo-soul, R&B, funk,