The Glasgow African Balafon Orchestra (GABO) is a cocktail of musicians of all different backgrounds, bringing together the distinct flavours of the world through the joy of orchestral music. It is a unique blend and fusion of musicians, folklorists and storytellers representing the best musical flavours and stories of our shared humanity.
Join us for a magical evening with Karen Dunbar. Spend an unforgettable evening in her company as she share stories, jokes and insights from her incredible career. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to see Karen live – book your tickets now! Doors open at 19:00, with the show starting at 19:30. The evening
Leith Ross is a singer, songwriter and artist born and raised in a small town outside of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
MASSAOKE is a giant sing-along party featuring all the greatest hairbrush anthems of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond, supercharged with mash-ups, megamixes, video screens, giant sing-along lyrics, confetti, balloons, face-melting guitar solos, inflatable microphones and YOU – the real stars of the show.
The Bug Club’s name does a good job of introducing the band and their music: a tight-knit, collaborative effort focussed on telling tales of the everyday that we often take for granted, shot through with humour and riffs-a-plenty.
The Halloween edition of Magic Nostalgic was something which always stood out in its years at The Electric Circus and its one I’ve long wanted to recreate, aptly in the Dissection Room. Fancy dress is strongly encouraged, leave your inhibitions at the door and come and dance to different genres of music every 30 minutes,
Welcome to MICROSTERIA. Where the micro is made massive. For their fourth installment of MICROSTERIA at Summerhall’s Dissection Room, producers Maranta combine electronic music with visual art, costume and performances. Curated in a way where all collaborations happen live, in the moment, in unexpected and harmonious ways. Are you ready to submerge yourself into the
Hidden Orchestra is an imagined orchestra compiled in multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Joe Acheson’s studio using many separate recordings of guest musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds, combined with field recordings, bass, and intricate layers of drums. Alongside the solo studio albums, the live band has been an integral part of the project from the start. The
Over the last three decades, Kristin Hersh’s prolific career has seen her heralded queen of the alternative release. ‘One of indie rock’s most fascinating figures’ (Guardian) Hersh has released over 20 records solo, with Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE to date. The author of an acclaimed memoir — based on her teenage diary — about a
Lau-Land festival finishes with a bang as Lau’s legendary late club returns! Previous nights have completely sold out so get tickets quick. A selection of eclectic, imaginative artists to touch your heart and move your feet. This will be the place to be. BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Gemma Cairney brings her sensational multi-genre party
Anyone can learn to play folk music, and it’s for everyone. This workshop is for ANYONE who plays ANYTHING who would like to learn their first folk tune. Part of the ethos of Lau-Land is encouraging anyone who has ever fancied playing traditional music to seize it by the horns and give it a go.
A chance to improve your playing with one of the most knowledgeable and respected fiddle teachers in Scotland. Amy Geddes has traveled the world playing Scottish traditional music, step-dancing and singing. In this session, Amy will teach simple tunes for fiddle players who have a basic knowledge but wish to delve further into Scottish music.
249 is a Ramshackle Queer Party for All, featuring live music from local stars, club-anthems, open mic and nonsense. Fancy a bump (in the night)? Join us on Friday the 13th for a spooky sesh in Summerhall. This month´s line-up will send shivers down your spine and flutters up your fanny… • Amazing live acts
You are invited to join Mighty Oak Sound and Bushrocker Hi-Fi for a friendly meet up that is also a celebration of the birth of the Edinburgh Dub Club which will exist to promote occasional dances in Edinburgh – for the love of music.
Hailing from the Scottish highlands, Rachel Sermanni is an enchanting singer-songwriter, whose performance and lyrics draw from a deep well of mysticism, dreams, nature and the simple-complex experience of being human. A contemporary folk musician influenced by a wealth of genres including jazz, rock, old-time and traditional, she is announcing today her newest foray into
Iona Lee’s debut collection, Anamnesis, charts the journey of the writer, artist and performer into adulthood. Iona will celebrate her humorous, self-aware and philosophical collection alongside special guests Selena Godden, Hannah Lavery, Nikki Kent, Leyla Josephine and Colin Bramwell in an evening of poetry, spoken word and music.
Welsh songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer The Anchoress (aka Catherine Anne Davies) has found a room of her own, creating a one-woman sonic vision on her Welsh Music Prize nominated second album, The Art of Losing.
Acclaimed British singer and songwriter JP Cooper, whose debut album Raised Under Grey Skies (including the huge global hit September Song) and sophomore album SHE, introduced an artist of great depth with a voice and songs to match, returns from a triumphant sold-out US tour to announce new UK and European dates for autumn 2023.
At first, Gia Margaret called her new album ‘Romantic Piano’ to be a bit cheeky. Its spare, gentle piano works share more spirit with Erik Satie, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou and the ‘Marginalia’ releases of Masakatsu Takagi than they do with, say, a cozy and candlelit date night. But in that cheekiness lies hidden intention: across
This event is now sold out. Edinburgh Psych Fest, the sister festival to the UK’s leading Psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest, will launch this September with the inaugural event set to take place across the city’s iconic Summerhall venue. The new psychedelic and psychedelic-influenced music festival will be headlined by N.Y.C’s
Following Buck Meek’s beloved 2021 album, Two Saviors, the Big Thief guitarist is back with Haunted Mountain (Out 25 August) – his third solo outing and first for new label home 4AD. Buck brings his band to Edinburgh Summerhall on Sat 26 to celebrate the album’s release the day before alongside a collection of gems from his early records. Not to be missed.
For the past ten years, the seminal San Francisco band Deafheaven has been driven by evolution and innovation within themselves and their respective genres. With their forthcoming album, Infinite Granite, available August 20th via Sargent House, they’ve taken another giant leap forward. With production from Justin Meldal-Johnsen, known for his stellar work with M83, Wolf
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
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
