February 1, 2024
Vacancy: Maintenance Staff Position
Job Title: Maintenance OfficerLocation: 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PLSalary: Based on experience, £24 - 26KContract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 40hrs per weekLine... [more]
August 14, 2023
2023 Lustrum Award Winners Announced
Summerhall is proud to present the 2023 winners of the LUSTRUM AWARD for unforgettable festival shows! The Lustrum Award, presented by Summerhall & others include:England & Son -... [more]
June 22, 2023
Summerhall Surgeries: Artist Development Initiative
Applications Now ClosedAre you an early career artist looking for peer-to-peer feedback on a new idea? Do you have an unfinished piece you’re keen to showcase in a Fringe environment? Do... [more]
June 12, 2023
Christmas Market Applications Open!
WELCOME TO SUMMERHALL'S CHRISTMAS MARKET 2023!Summerhall’s annual Christmas Market returns in December 2023 for two days after last year’s success.As with last year, we will be offering... [more]
April 28, 2023
Courtyard Commission Project Open Call
For the second year running we are delighted to announce the Summerhall Courtyard Commission Project and offer one artist the opportunity to create a site specific work to be launched for... [more]
April 21, 2023
Summerhall announces Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Award recipients - including new Rewind Award
Summerhall is proud to announce the upcoming performances in their Edinburgh Festival 2023 programme supported by The Mary Dick Award, The Autopsy Award, and announcing the inaugural winner of... [more]
February 17, 2023
Summerhall Launches New 'Support the Artist Ticket'
Summerhall is announcing two exciting initiatives that will happen at the Festival Fringe in August. A new scheme to directly help participants with the increasing costs that are part of presenting... [more]
September 29, 2022
2023 and Beyond...
After celebrating its 10th birthday in November of 2021, Summerhall is looking towards the future. In its second decade, Edinburgh's most vibrant arts and cultural hub aims to provide more... [more]
June 14, 2022
Public Art Opportunity - Invitation for proposals
We are inviting proposals for an exciting new opportunity to site a public art installation at Summerhall, celebrating 75 years of Edinburgh Festivals.The art installation will be permanently... [more]
September 2, 2021
Call for Coral!
A callout from artist Jodi Le Bigre for an upcoming exhibition at Summerhall.For an upcoming exhibition at Summerhall, I will be looking at coral from the vantage point of my home in... [more]
July 29, 2021
Eclipse Award 2020-21 Presented to Initiative.dkf
Presented by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, the Eclipse Award is a groundbreaking initiative which supports Black artists to achieve the notoriously difficult but life-changing step of... [more]
July 21, 2021
More Fringe tickets on sale now
Summerhall has just added more tickets for in-person works in its 10th Summerhall Festival Programme running 6-29 August 2021 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.The capacity increase comes... [more]
July 5, 2021
Summerhall Festival 2021 - Programme Now Live
Year-round cultural hub Summerhall has launched its 10th Summerhall Festival Programme running 6-29 August 2021. After the challenges of 2020-21, the programme spans online and in-person... [more]
May 27, 2021
Spring Artist Development Programme 2021: Successful Artists
We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development programme in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public health restrictions.This iteration of the programme... [more]
May 26, 2021
Syncrasy - presented by Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science
Art, science and technology collide in Syncrasy - Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science’s co-curated Edinburgh Science Festival exhibition. Made up of three exhibitions: We Began As Part of The... [more]
May 25, 2021
The Popcorn Writing Award 2022
Set up in 2019 by Popcorn Group, the Popcorn Writing Award celebrates fearless work which playfully and artistically questions and addresses current affairs, societal trends and contributes... [more]
April 13, 2021
Applications Now Open: Spring 2021 Artist Development Programmes
Applications for Summerhall's Spring 2021 Artist Development Programmes are now live!We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development programme in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and... [more]
March 24, 2021
An Update on Summerhall's Future
An update from Summerhall's General Manager, Rowan Campbell:Today marks one year and one day since lockdown began, and I wanted to let you: our supporters, our audiences, our artists and our... [more]
November 26, 2020
Summerhall Space and Summerhall Lab 2020 - Artist Announcement
Summerhall is continuing to support new artistic development in the midst of continuing Covid-19 restrictions, awarding Ciara Elizabeth Smyth & Oisin Kearney and Tony Mills of Room to Manoeuvre... [more]
October 19, 2020
Artist Development Opportunities
Applications for Summerhall's Autumn 2020 artist development programmes are now live!We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated... [more]
August 7, 2020
Office Space Available To Let
We have a desirable office space available to let in Summerhall’s TechCube, located on the East corner of the Meadows. This is a rare opportunity to join a bustling hub of like-minded, creative... [more]
April 1, 2020
Summerhall Festival 2020 Statement
Further to the announcement by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and the Edinburgh Festivals, Summerhall will not be presenting its usual Fringe programme in August 2020. Summerhall has... [more]
March 13, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Update
Last updated: 3 Sept 2021, 14:30Live indoor events are back at Summerhall from September 2021! Browse our full programme of events on our What's On page. All events are undistanced (unless... [more]
February 20, 2020
The Eclipse Award - Panellist Call Out
We’re looking for an early career artist based in the North to help judge The Eclipse Award 2020.After our announcement earlier this month, we’re very excited at the level of responses and... [more]
January 17, 2020
Broar trio break world record rowing across the Atlantic
Summerhall is proud to have sponsored Broar in their successful attempt to row the Atlantic, going from La Gomera to Antigua. Broar finished the 3000 mile journey in just 35 days, 9 hours and 9... [more]
October 23, 2019
Puppet Animation Scotland presents MANIPULATE VISUAL THEATRE FESTIVAL Friday 31 January – Saturday 8 February 2020
www.manipulatefestival.org / @manipulatefest / #manipulate2020 / #manipulatefestPuppet Animation Scotland presents the 2020 edition of manipulate, its innovative festival of international,... [more]
May 20, 2019
SUMMERHALL’S FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2019
The 9th Summerhall Festival Programme is announced today by the year round Edinburgh arts venue. The programme is full of exciting, invigorating and fresh theatre, music and visual arts. Whilst the... [more]
April 23, 2019
Applications for Summerhall Christmas Market 2019 ARE NOW CLOSED
Please note our applications are now closed. Applications for Summerhall’s Christmas Market 2019 open at 16:00 on Tuesday 23rd April.Submissions will close on Friday 24th May at... [more]
April 3, 2019
Glasgow Poet Leyla Josephine wins Summerhall Autopsy Fringe Award with Daddy Drag
Summerhall and Feral are proud to announce that the 2019 Autopsy Award recipient is Leyla Josephine, the award-winning poet and theatre maker from Glasgow, Scotland, with her brand new solo show... [more]
February 20, 2019
#AnyWomanAnywhere Campaign
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, Zero Tolerance, AMINA The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre, The Church of Scotland and Summerhall ask you to join us in our new campaign... [more]