The 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.
Untutored life drawing with an occasional rotation of themes – ranging from narrative with props and costume, to more conceptual ideas. Come and enjoy a space where the line between model and performer blurs, where newness and surprise thrives. Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen,
The John Byrne Award is going out with a bang! Join us at Summerhall in Edinburgh on Wednesday 21 June for an evening filled with art and conversation. Come along and celebrate our wonderful artists. We will be showcasing the amazing work of all this year’s shortlisted artists and monthly winners, and will be announcing
Fringe of Colour Films is a hybrid arts festival celebrating the creative work of Black, Asian, Indigenous and Latine people in Scotland and around the world, through in-person film screenings, discussions and performances, as well as an online streaming service, publishing platform and podcast series. Summerhall is the festival’s first ever in-person venue, after two
Quines Cast Live! ‘Education’ & End of Term Disco How is our education system serving young women and non-binary people? What would a feminist approach to learning look like? How do we create a society that values curiosity over a lifetime? In a special end of term episode, Quines Cast goes back to school. Join
Welcome to MICROSTERIA. Where the micro is made massive. NEHH have invited local synth pop duo MARANTA to host another in their series of immersive nights, inviting you into the sensory world of MICROSTERIA. Alongside visual artist and collaborator Chell Young, they bring the illusory spectacle of MICROSTERIA to the Dissection Room. A phantasmagorical night
Hot off the heels of a sold-out Celtic Connections show in Glasgow, Valtos and Project Smok are ready to take their crossover to the nations capital, alongside some friends. With Support from Cathal Murphy and Beth Malcolm. Valtos UP AND COMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR – SCOTS TRAD AWARDS, 2022. Valtos are a Scottish-electronic duo
The 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.
Untutored life drawing with an occasional rotation of themes – ranging from narrative with props and costume, to more conceptual ideas. Come and enjoy a space where the line between model and performer blurs, where newness and surprise thrives. Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen,
Innovation in Music Conference 2023 launch and welcome. Three contemporary rule-breaking artists perform and talk about their practice in a unique show-and-tell-gig. Lomond Campbell (FOUND), SHEARS and Lauren Sarah Hayes will each perform a 30-minute set, playing pieces while also describing their individual performance tools and equipment, how they create their sounds and the development
The 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.
Join us for celebration and conversation with Richard Demarco. Richard will be in conversation with the editors Laura Leuzzi, Elaine Shemilt and Stephen Partridge, with Robert McDowell. Since the 1960s Richard Demarco has had a pivotal role in the production and promotion of the visual and performing arts in Scotland. The Italo-Scottish artist, cultural entrepreneur
Magnetic North’s latest group of Rough Mixers are heading to Summerhall from 26 June to 7 July to challenge themselves, thrash out inspirations, share their passions and work together on some brand-new ideas. Join them for this free sharing – the culmination of a two week creative residency at Summerhall – to discover the artists’
Edinburgh 360º is a series of unique and exclusive parties in jaw-dropping locations. Join Sam Divine for an incredible party in the iconic Summerhall! Lineup: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: 360º Resident DJs 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Sam Divine Ready for an epic party? A unique clubbing experience like no other, Edinburgh 360º aims
Long pose sessions in the beautiful Main Hall on every third Sunday of the month. The session will begin with 15 minutes of short warm-up poses before settling down for the long haul – around 2 hours on the same pose, not including breaks. While this may appeal to more seasoned artists, Topaz will be
The 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.
On 13th July, three emerging Edinburgh groups will take over Summerhall’s brand-new gig venue. The Old Lab will be transformed into a multi-sensory environment, combining visual and sonic stimulus. Tramsurfer are an erratic and ecstatic power funk trio that found their sophisticated, high-octane sound in the bunkers of Edinburgh’s Allison House music school – expect
Eloi (ee-loy) are an Edinburgh-based seven-piece jazz group who have been playing together in various forms for many years. Their debut EP Maya was released in 2022. Eloi‘s music comprises driving rhythms, punchy horn lines, and buoyant vocal melodies in an energetic sound that is refined in the studio and comes to life at their
Soundclashshow.com presents Love in the Arena, featuring for the first time playing together two of Scotland’s top Sound Systems: Mungo’s Hi Fi from Glasgow and Messenger Sound from Edinburgh. Special guest, singing live, will be Dragons Den star Levi Roots. Also featuring DJ Afrikan Simba. Love in the Arena sets the scene for Sound Clash:
The London Astrobeat Orchestra have ignited a movement where cult western band repertoires are blended with African influences. The band bring together the finest West African session musicians in the UK with legendary band leader and bassist Edd Bateman hosting rhythmic influences from Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Cameroon and Congo. Featuring Jeannot Bel on guitar,
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
Summerhall Surgeries is Summerhall’s brand new artist development initiative in partnership with the Fringe Society. Running throughout August as part of the Fringe, the Surgeries will see 16 lead artists showcase excerpts of unfinished work to an audience of peers and industry figures. This event offers a behind-the-scenes looks into some of the most innovative
After multiple sell out shows, the Transatlantic Ensemble return to Summerhall by popular demand, to perform Fleetwood Mac’s iconic Rumours album in its entirety, plus loads of other well-known Fleetwood Mac classics. Experience one of the greatest albums of all time, lovingly and accurately recreated live. There is just something so evocative about the Rumours
After multiple sell out shows, the Transatlantic Ensemble return to Summerhall by popular demand, for a Fringe special on Thursday 10th August, to perform Fleetwood Mac’s iconic Rumours album in its entirety, plus loads of other well-known Fleetwood Mac classics. Experience one of the greatest albums of all time, lovingly and accurately recreated live. There is just
