Festival, Market, Talk, Workshop
FLARE* Festival: Summer of LOVE
Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomFLARE* Festival is a community focused wellness event that showcases all the unsung heroes in the local small business space, who have a service or product which is for the benefit of YOUR well-being! Think yoga, breath work, neuroscience, fitness, meditation, nutrition, cold water therapy, massage, tarot reading, sound baths, dance etc all under ONE
Talk
Scentsory Foraging: the eros of olfaction in multi-species metabolisms
Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomA public lecture by bioartist Tarsh Bates, Umeå University. This seminar presents an overview of my artistic research with the human as a queer ecology, taking seriously the agency and response-ability of micro-organisms within ecologies
Regular
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
Main HallThe world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
Music
Alt Rock Punk Triple Bill
Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomTriple bill of Alt Rock Punk – Oliver Wardell and the Personnel, Gutterblood and Cowboy Hunters
Music
Adam Stafford
Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomAlbum launch for Adam Stafford’s new long player, Daylight Slavings, on Gerry Loves Records. To welcome the record, Stafford will lead a trio at Summerhall’s Old Lab, with support from Bell Lungs.
Music
Soccer Mommy
Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomSometimes, Forever, the immersive and compulsively replayable new Soccer Mommy full-length, cements Sophie Allison’s status as one of the most gifted songwriters making rock music right now.
Regular
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
Main HallThe world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
Goose’s Quizzes Elimination Game (Test Show)
Demonstration RoomJoin Goose’s Quizzes for an exclusive preview of their phenomenal Edinburgh Fringe game show – the Elimination Game! Anyone can answer, anyone can win, anyone can be eliminated… test your knowledge – and your luck – to see if you will claim your moment of glory!
Poetry & Spoken Word
Rock the Boat – Spoken Word Open Mic
Library GalleryPrepare to be moved! Come along to Rock the Boat, Summerhall’s longstanding monthly poetry open mic, put on by Push the Boat Out: Edinburgh’s International Poetry festival. Sign up to perform your work or just drop by to listen – there’s something new every month
Music
Ari Tsugi + Eloi
Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomAri Tsugi invites you to a night of musical innovation and soulful exploration at the Summerhall Old Lab in Edinburgh.
Music
Future Get Down + Quiet, the Art
Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomFuture Get Down are Oliver Kass (vocals, various instruments) alongside Ally Dennis (bass, backing vocals, various instruments), Sam Bidgood (drums, percussion) and Brian Pokora (synthesiser, guitar). Since forming in 2016, the Edinburgh group have built up an enviable reputation, with their two 2018 EPs and 2021 album garnering support from BBC 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne,
Regular
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
Main HallThe world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
Music
Jalen Ngonda – NEW DATE
Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis gig has been postponed from 25th April to 10th July. Tickets may have the original date on, but will be valid for entry. Born in Maryland, USA, Jalen Ngonda chose the city of Liverpool as the place in which he would flourish as a musician. It was at the age of 11 he began
Club Night, Music
Miss World in the Old Lab
Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United KingdomSneaky Pete’s residents Miss World programme a stellar lineup of local talent to bring high energy bass and club to the Old Lab
Music, Talk
Na Gabh Dragh
Library Gallery and Old LabLearn Gaelic then party with some of the best artists based in Scotland. First, a Gaelic course geared towards language used on a night out, then put your new skills to test on the dance floor. Created by two loved Scottish music/club nights Baile Baile and Slainte Mhath
Film, Visual Art
Punk the Capital (15+) film screening and Q&A
Basement GalleriesA special screening of Punk the Capital accompanying the Hard Art DC book/photo exhibit at Summerhall. Following the screening will be a Q&A with musician Alec MacKaye and filmmaker James June Schneider.
Film, Visual Art
Punk the Capital (15+) film screening and Q&A
Basement GalleriesA special screening of Punk the Capital accompanying the Hard Art DC book/photo exhibit at Summerhall. Following the screening will be a Q&A with filmmaker James June Schneider.
Summerhall Surgeries – Event 1
TechCube 0This event offers a behind-the-scenes look into some of the most innovative work coming from Scottish, UK-based and global artists. After the show, you will be able to offer constructive feedback to artists and participate in an informal conversation / networking session in Summerhall’s courtyard.
Cinema
EIFF: The Outrun (15)
Red Lecture TheatreA vivid and unflinching adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s wrenching personal memoir of addiction, powered by an extraordinary central performance from Saoirse Ronan. Addicted to hedonism, drink and drugs, a young woman must wrestle with recovery in the remote islands of Orkney whilst reckoning with her complex family history. Powered by a pounding soundtrack, a kinetic visual style and intricate narrative structure, this extraordinarily moving film is redemptive, cathartic and utterly riveting
Cinema
EIFF: Mongrel (白衣蒼狗) (15+)
Red Lecture TheatreRaw, commanding and thoughtful Taiwanese drama about compassion and decency in the face of inequality and invisibility. An undocumented Thai careworker living in a remote region of Taiwan cares for the disabled and elderly, as he is forced to navigate their mutual lack of status and currency. This is a subtle and carefully painted portrait of disenfranchised people who are victims of a system that barely acknowledges them
Cinema
EIFF: My Favourite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man) (12A)
Red Lecture TheatreA profoundly moving meditation on ageing, loneliness and love in unexpected places. An elderly Iranian widow encounters a lonely taxi driver in Tehran, where female oppression and strict social structures are subverted as a delicate kinship blooms against the odds.
Cinema
EIFF: Between the Temples (15)
Red Lecture TheatreA cantor undergoing a crisis of faith runs into his high school music teacher who is intent on having a late life Bat Mitzvah in this sweet, melancholic comedy. Jason Schwartzman stars alongside Carol Kane as the unlikeliest of odd couples drawn together later in life
Cinema
EIFF: All The Mountains Give (15+)
Red Lecture TheatreA powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods traden between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and Yasser over six years as they contend with the life threatening conditions they and their families have to face to survive. A rare insight into the plight of the Kurdish people, this is an elegant portrait of a marginalised people, where the palpable sense of risk and danger is contrasted with the gentle rhythms of family life under harsh conditions.