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.
Director Tsai Ming-Liang's debut feature is a masterful exploration of urban alienation and sexual malaise. Living a stifled existence, teenager Hsiao Kang becomes fascinated with petty thief Ah-Tze. Foregrounding themes of queer desire, the film introduced cinemagoers to Tsai’s signature minimalist style, and to his muse, actor Lee Kang-Sheng.
Hailing from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, Katie’s candid songwriting ability and stunning vocals have already captured a global audience. Following the success of her viral hit Complex (demo) she released her stunning 5 track EP Songs Written from Piano at the end of 2022. Katie has already received support from BBC Music Introducing, Radio
In this sumptuous opera film, maiden Chu Ying-Tai disguises herself as a boy in order to attend school. There she meets the dashing Liang Shan-Po, with whom she falls passionately in love. The film made Ivy Ling Po an icon and was a huge hit in 1963.
A collection of short films that explore the nuances of the mother figure within LGBTQ+ families. With raw emotions and tenderness, these films investigate the complex emotional terrain of these intergenerational relationships, offering a glimpse into the struggles, triumphs and enduring love that shape the intricate bonds between mothers and their queer kids.
As part of our Big Christmas Weekend, the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club are coming to the Main Hall for a special festive evening of reeling. Come and enjoy a taste of the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club’s high quality line up of bands and warm yourself up for dancing with a wee mulled cider.
Glasgow based street theatre company Adrenalism bring their trademark anarcho-slapstick style indoors this festive season with their new show “A Very Crypto Christmas”. Middling corporate hacks Warren and Stew present a christmas theatre show that is part business edu-tainment session, part investment seminar but fully doomed to fail.
Expect slapstick violence, physical theatre, clunky metaphors and razor-sharp satire of our current grotesque political reality.
As part of the Summerhall Big Christmas Weekend, the annual Christmas Market will invite stalls of local, specially curated businesses on 2nd-3rd December.
As part of the Summerhall Big Christmas Weekend, the annual Christmas Market will invite stalls of local, specially curated businesses on 2nd-3rd December.
Filmmaker and activist He Xiaopei's first feature-length documentary takes the audience on a journey from the 1920s through to the 2020s, documenting the experiences and desires of three generations of Chinese women – He’s mother, herself, and her daughter – as they come to terms with political and social change.
As part of the Summerhall Big Christmas Weekend, the annual Christmas Market will invite stalls of local, specially curated businesses on 2nd-3rd December.
As part of the Summerhall Big Christmas Weekend, the annual Christmas Market will invite stalls of local, specially curated businesses on 2nd-3rd December.
Learn how to create your own contemporary, nature-inspired Christmas wreath using a mix of Scottish grown materials and take home a beautiful decoration that oozes rustic charm and celebrates the best of Scottish landscape.
Folk singer-songwriter Billie Marten performs at Summerhall in celebration of her fourth album, ‘Drop Cherries’, a collection of songs packed full of feeling. Plus special guests.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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...
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
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
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.
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.
Fancy a Hogmanay that’s a little bit different? come along to Summerhall for our ‘Off the Street’ Hogmanay party! We invite you for a night to remember with the legendary Soul Foundation.
