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NEHH Presents… The London Astrobeat Orchestra perform Talking Heads

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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,

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Love in the Arena

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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:

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Edinburgh 360: Sam Divine

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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You’re Not Supposed to Do That

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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Valtos & Project Smok

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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NEHH & Maranta Present… MICROSTERIA

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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The John Byrne Award Annual Award Ceremony and Exhibition

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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Mica Millar

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Releasing her debut album Heaven Knows to critical acclaim earlier this year, Mica Millar has quickly become one of the UK’s brightest new Soul stars, picking up Jazz FM’s prestigious Soul Act of The Year 2022 award, alongside a nomination for Breakthrough Act of The Year and featuring on the front covers of iconic Blues

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249’s Ramshackle Pride Perty

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

249 is a ramshackle queer party for all, featuring live music, open-mic, club anthems and nonsense. Pride month, innit? So please expect full-blown festival vibes and a star-studded line-up. LIVE MUSIC FROM BONAFIDE BANGIN’ ARTISTS Mike McKenzie Megan Black and Band 249 Resident Supremo, Chloe Roze. OPEN-MIC – Alice Rabbit is on hosting duties. Hoose-Perty

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NEHH Presents… Parra for Cuva

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The music of Nicolas Janco, also known as Parra for Cuva, stirs the crowd as soon as he begins playing his melodic electronic tracks. Eyes close and bodies move to the rhythm of the indistinct melodies, with occasional bursts of cheering and clapping interrupting the flow. The crowd is captivated by the seamless blend of

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NEHH Presents… House of All

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

What caused House of All to come together is something of a mystery. Martin Bramah has joined forces with other mighty members of Fall alumni Steve Hanley (The Fall‘s longest-serving bassist) and his brother Paul Hanley, who drummed on what may be the best run of Fall records – from Grotesque to Bend Sinister. Joining

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OSees

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Prolific Californian riff lord John Dwyer brings OSees (the next evolutionary step in his The Oh Seas, Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees life cycle) to Summerhall for a lesson in full throttle punk rock, courtesy of his latest album: A Foul Form.

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NEHH Presents… Ímar

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners, Irish/Manx/Scottish quintet Ímar are amongst Glasgow’s hottest folk property. With a wide-reaching fanbase throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Canada, the quintet have fast become one of the trad scene’s most talked about groups – thanks in no small part to their debut video, L’Air Mignonne, becoming a viral

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249’s Queer Party for All

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

249 is a ramshackle queer party for all. April’s line-up is heaving with exciting, local talent: LIVE MUSIC from Fingering at the Disco, Chloe Roze and Akela OPEN-MIC and FUN and GAMES with the pure stunnin’ Alice Rabbit HOUSE-PARTY PLAYLIST Early Bird: £5 Standard Advance: £8 On the Door: £10

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The Cuban Brothers

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

From sold-out tours, festival spots and support slots for rock royalty to crazy club nights, film roles and fashion shows, The Cuban Brothers‘ unparalleled act is ingrained in pop culture. Two decades since their inception, Miguel and his suspect sidekicks are renowned the world over for their party-starting skills, risqué sketches, B-boy moves and funk-fuelled

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Shonen Knife

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Shonen Knife return to Summerhall as part of their 40th anniversary UK tour this October! Shonen Knife are a ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk rock trio formed in Osaka in 1981, when Naoko Yamana first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop, particularly The Ramones. Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums.

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Regular Music

The Young ‘Uns plus special guests

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Young’uns live shows are renowned. With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (the award-winning stand-up comedian) sing life-affirming folk songs for today. Born from empathy, crafted with care, fired by hope, and shared with joy, The Young’uns’ songs have been described as “a heartfelt

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Event Series Scottish Folk Music
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NEHH Presents… Siobhan Miller with The Siobhan Miller Band, Gnoss and Sian

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

This show has been rescheduled from Saturday 26th November 2022 to Sunday 2nd April 2023. Join Siobhan Miller for a night like no other, featuring three incredible bands who are shaping the next wave in Scottish folk music. Over the past decade Siobhan has become one of Scotland’s most celebrated vocalists combining the traditional and

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NEHH Presents… Magic Nostalgic

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Having led a bit of nomadic existence since the closure of The Electric Circus in 2017, the club famed for its spinning wheel of musical categories returns to Summerhall, the venue that saw two memorable nights either side of the pandemic (NYE 2019 and August 2022). Fresh from selling out Glasgow’s legendary King Tuts Wah

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NEHH & Maranta Present… Microsteria: A Symbiotic Circus

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Welcome to Microsteria! Where the micro is made massive. A brand-new night of live electronically-mutated music, combining visuals, costume and performance. Following the collaborative success with Chell Young and Vomiton in 2021/22, local acid-pop duo Maranta bring the illusory world of Microsteria to Summerhall’s Dissection Room.   With performances from: MARANTA MERMAID CHUNKY JOCKFOX CATGUT

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NEHH Presents… Glasgow Dreamers: The songs of Ivor Cutler ft. Emma Pollock and Rick Redbeard

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Glasgow Dreamers are: Citizen Bravo, Malcolm Benzie and Raymond MacDonald, plus guests. 2023 is the centenary of the birth of the late Scottish humourist, poet, philosopher and surrealist Ivor Cutler. This performance celebrates his unique musical output, and features Emma Pollock (The Delgados) and Rick Anthony (Rick Redbeard, The Phantom Band) performing a slew

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NEHH Presents… Optimo Espacio feat. Isa Gordon

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to Summerhall’s Dissection Room with another one of their eclectic and euphoric sessions which has made them legends in the Glasgow and international club scene. Going strong for over 25 years, Optimo Espacio are still throwing some of the best parties on the planet. Isa is

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NEHH Presents… RURA

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

RURA are set to return to stages across the UK with their hotly anticipated fourth studio album Dusk Moon, in March 2023. The award-winning quartet have been a mainstage highlight at the world’s leading folk music festivals for over 10 years, touring across Europe, Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and return to UK venues

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249’s Queer Party for All

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

249 is a ramshackle queer party for all with live-music, open-mic, DJ’s & more… Valentine’s day month brings us a Blind Date special, with the legendary Alice Rabbit on hosting duties. FEBRUARY LINE UP: MAZ & THE PHANTASMS ALICE RABBIT OPEN MIC 249 HOUSEPARTY PLAYLIST BLIND DATE HIBA Early Bird: £5 Standard Advance: £8 On

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