Fri 21 Feb 2020
Start to End perform The Blue Nile's Hats
19:30 - 22:30
Start to End return to Summerhall, this time to perform The Blue Nile's classic second album 'Hats' ft. Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) on vocals. Start to End are made up on some of Scotland's leading young... [more]
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Withnail and I (15)
19:00 - 20:48
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood (Paul McGann) and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and... [more]
Sat 22 Feb 2020
London to Brighton (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:26
Kelly (Lorraine Stanley), a prostitute, is sent by her pimp, Derek (Johnny Harris), to procure a young girl for aging gangster Duncan (Alexander Morton). She brings back 11-year-old Joanne (Georgia Groome) -- but sex... [more]
Sat 22 Feb 2020
Optimo (Espacio)
23:00 - 03:00
The legendary duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to Summerhall with another Optimo (Espacio) evening this February. Renowned for their visionary and exploratory musical approach during DJ sets, as well as... [more]
Sun 23 Feb 2020
Guy - Special César-themed Screening
17:00 - 18:55
Celebrate the César Awards (the French "Oscars") with a special screening of Alex Lutz's Guy, which was a surprise winner last year awards. As a special treat the screening will be introduced by Shiraz Sidva, ex... [more]
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Simply Whisky
Whisky Fight Night - Clash In The Capital
19:00 - 21:30
A unique and unmissable event for your whisky tasting and viewing entertaining, Whisky Fight Night pits competing whiskies and industry personalities head to head in a blind tasting format for the audience to judge... [more]
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Three Identical Strangers (12A) - screening
19:30 - 21:10
The astonishing story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of 19, that they are identical triplets separated at birth. Three Identical Strangers is one of the most incredible documentaries of the... [more]
Fri 28 Feb 2020
London Astrobeat Orchestra celebrate Abbey Road
19:30 - 22:30
It's 50 years since The Beatles’ last ever recorded studio album Abbey Road, so London Astrobeat Orchestra have prepared a special night to celebrate. The iconic album topped the charts for months after its... [more]
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Will Anderson & Ainslie Henderson: A Retrospective - screening
19:00 - 21:00
Insane pigeons, a misguided monkey, the existential crisis of an animated GIF, stifled musicians, the poetry of Robert Burns and fracking are just some of the characters and subjects tackled in the animated worlds of... [more]
Sat 29 Feb 2020
The Big Moon
19:00 - 22:00
The Big Moon is a London four-piece band formed in 2014 by Juliette Jackson. Their debut album, Love in the 4th Dimension, was released on 6 April 2017, containing a number of singles previously released... [more]
Sat 29 Feb 2020
Dead Man's Shoes (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:30
Set in a small, bleak Derbyshire town. After seven years in the army, Richard returns to find out what happened to his beloved brother Anthony, who latched on to the local drugs cartel and became the butt of their... [more]
Tue 03 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Fri 06 Mar 2020
Wallace & Gromit (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:50
The complete collection of all four cracking half-hour specials featuring Aardman's Oscar-winning duo - charming and eccentric inventor wallace and his faithful, four-legged friend gromit! A Grand Day Out (U), The... [more]
Sat 07 Mar 2020
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (U) - screening
12:00 - 13:25
This thoroughly captivating remake of Disney's original theatrical hit became an instant favourite with audiences of all ages. You'll lose your heart to Chance, fun-loving American bulldog; Sassy, a hilarious Himalayan... [more]
Sat 07 Mar 2020
The Women We Know - Discussion
18:00 - 20:30
Join us for this social gathering and discussion event held to mark the exhibition Mount Strange and the Temple of Fame, and to celebrate International Women’s Day. This is an opportunity to meet... [more]
Sun 08 Mar 2020
Maria Gimeno
Queridas Viejas - performance by Maria Gimeno
14:00 - 16:30
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020 Maria Gimeno will perform Queridas Viejas for the first time in the UK. Queridas Viejas is part of the exhibition Mount Strange and the Temple of... [more]
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Blanck Mass
19:30 - 22:30
Electronic artist from the UK and one half of F*ck Buttons. Blanck Mass is a heavy, shimmering and orchestral work defined by manipulated field recordings, warm analogue synth, heavy sub and deep drone. Power has... [more]
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Wolfgang Flür (Ex-Kraftwerk)
19:30 - 23:00
A member of Kraftwerk during the group's golden era, Wolfgang Flür was the band's electronic percussionist from 1973 to 1987. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Flur became the third member of the band in 1973,... [more]
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Isle of Dogs (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:40
Visionary director Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off... [more]
Sat 14 Mar 2020
Best In Show (12) - screening
12:00 - 13:30
The Tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participant... [more]
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti
19:30 - 21:30
Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti unites India, Bangladesh and Scotland in its incarnation expanding on the mystical Bengali Baul folk tradition. Scottish classical guitarist/composer Simon Thacker’s innate gift for... [more]
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Anatomy Arts
Anatominis Early Years Cabaret!
11:00 - 12:00
Anatomy's special Sunday matinee for 0-5s (and everybody else) is back! We've curated a weird and wonderful line-up of performance made especially with the early years in mind, and that can delight their adults too.... [more]
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 19 Mar 2020
David Livingstone Trust
Petina Gappah: Out of Darkness, Shining Light
19:00 - 20:30
Petina Gappah is an award-winning and widely translated Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. She is the author of the novels Out of Darkness, Shining Light... [more]
Fri 20 Mar 2020
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (U) - screening
19:00 - 20:20
One Hundred and One Dalmatians has charmed audiences for generations with its irresistible tail wagging stars, memorable story and wonderful blend of humour and adventure. Cruella De Vil, Disney's most outrageous... [more]
Sat 21 Mar 2020
The Wizard of Oz (U) - screening
12:00 - 13:50
One of the best-loved movies of all time, The Wizard of Oz stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young Kansas farm girl who is whisked away by a twister to the land of Oz. Accompanied by a brainless Scarecrow, a heartless... [more]
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Yorkston Thorne Khan
19:30 - 22:30
Yorkston Thorne Khan are touring the UK in support of their third album, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, tackling Robert Burns and Sufi poetry via Dick Gaughan and Amīr Khusrow Dehlavī, traditional Scottish songs, ragas and... [more]
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Squid
19:00 - 22:00
The hotly tipped post-punk, disco-funk phenomenon Squid is the brainchild of Ollie Judge (Drums & Lead Vocals), Louis Borlase (Guitars & Vocals), Arthur Leadbetter (Keyboards, Strings), Laurie Nankivell (Bass... [more]
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Man Up - Scotland Heat
19:00 - 23:00 (show starts 19:30)
The world’s most exciting drag king battle, created by The Glory, London in 2014, comes to Edinburgh! For the first time ever Jonny Woo, creator of Man Up is looking all the way to Scotland for a glorious new... [more]
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 24 Mar 2020
A ONE WOMAN RAP MUSICAL BY RACHAEL MCGILL, PERFORMED BY HANNAH WALKER
Dawn
16:00 - 17:00 & 19:00 - 20:00
Original music by Calum Howard & directed by Ruth Mary Johnson Dawn is a hairdresser who likes to rap. Her life changes after an encounter with a trafficked Vietnamese teenager and the discovery of a mysterious... [more]
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Shooting The Mafia (15) - screening
19:30 - 21:05
Kim Longinotto tells the revealing story of the courageous Sicilian photographer and photojournalist, Letizia Battaglia who began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally... [more]
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Lee Scratch Perry
19:30 - 23:00
Regarded with awe throughout the music world, Lee “Scratch” Perry holds status as one of the most enduring and original reggae producers and artists of all time. From his early days in the 1960’s as a singer and... [more]
Sun 29 Mar 2020
The Bridesmaid / La Demoiselle d’honneur (15) - screening
17:00 - 18:55
When the master of French thrillers Claude Chabrol meets the mistress of English suspense fiction Ruth Rendell, the result is a potent if very classic blend. It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta (Laura... [more]
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Fri 03 Apr 2020
28 Days Later (18) - screening
19:00 - 20:55
After a mysterious virus wreaks havoc in the United Kingdom, a team of survivors tries to cope with the aftermath of the disaster and find security. The film received critical acclaim. Many praised the performances,... [more]
4th - 11th April 2020
Elemental
11:00 - 17:30 / 11:00 - 20:30 (7th-9th)
Commissioned by Edinburgh Science The Ancient Greeks saw the world comprised of four elements – earth, air, fire and water (with philosopher Aristotle throwing in a fifth, aether, for good measure) that were... [more]
Sat 04 Apr 2020
Cane Toads: The Conquest (PG) - screening
19:00 - 20:30
A documentary horror film about the environmental devastation left in the wake of the giant toads' unstoppable march across Australia. It is described as an "irreverent" blend of "history, nature footage, re-enactments... [more]
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Extremely Pedestrian Chorales
19:30 - 20:25
Extremely Pedestrian Chorales is a collaborative performance project by Karl Jay Lewin and Matteo Fargion presenting the commonplace experience of the pedestrian as an act of beauty, meaning and gentle... [more]
Thu 09 Apr 2020
Endurance with Markus Stitz
19:00 - 21:00
Edinburgh-based endurance athlete and author, Markus Stitz has travelled over 34,000km around the world to 26 countries on a single speed bike and to the mountains of Central Asia, Patagonia and Norway. In 2017, he... [more]
Fri 10 Apr 2020
March of the Penguins (U) - screening
19:00 -20:30
At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds in a fascinating mating ritual that is captured in this documentary by intrepid filmmaker Luc... [more]
Sat 11 Apr 2020
The Day After Tomorrow (12) - screening
19:00 - 21:05
As Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has sheared off. But what he does not know is that this event will trigger a massive climate shift that will affect the world... [more]
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Like Animals
19:30 - 20:30
Like Animals by SUPERFAN is a funny and poignant theatre piece inspired by the true stories of research scientists’ attempts to communicate with animals. Returning to Summerhall after a successful Fringe 2019... [more]
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Finding Nemo (U)
19:00 - 20:40
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home. Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the first Pixar film to... [more]
Sat 18 Apr 2020
Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5
19:30 - 22:30
Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 are "the shiny disco ball hat wearing, ultimate genre hopping, twisted festival, live stage machine that puts the emphasis on music, entertaining and laughter - A party at its most... [more]
Sat 18 Apr 2020
Bong Joon-ho's The Host (15) - screening
19:00 - 21:00
The Host is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama from Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer). The film follows snack bar owner Gang-du Park (Kang-Ho Song) and his... [more]
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Grace Petrie
19:30 - 22:30
Grace Petrie’s unique takes on life, love and politics, and the warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won over an army of loyal fans across the alternative, folk, political and comedy scenes. She’s... [more]
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Sun 26 Apr 2020
A Faithful Man / L’Homme fidèle (15) - screening
17:00 - 18:15
Nine years after she left him for his best friend, journalist Abel (Louis Garrel) gets back together with his recently widowed old flame Marianne (Laetitia Casta). It seems to be a beautiful new beginning, but soon... [more]
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Stories We Tell (12) - screening
19:30 - 21:20
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by... [more]
Tue 05 May 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Fri 08 May 2020
The Sun Ra Arkestra
19:30 - 22:30
Sun Ra was one of the greatest and least known jazz artists of the last four decades, whose influence on diverse musicians is little known to the general public. A pianist and band leader, his style ranged from... [more]
Fri 08 May 2020
Jake Xerxes Fussell
19:30 - 22:30
Durham, North Carolina singer and guitarist Jake Xerxes Fussell (yes, that’s his real middle name, after Georgia potter D.X. Gordy) grew up in Columbus, Georgia, son of Fred C. Fussell,... [more]
Sat 09 May 2020
The Great Eastern
12:00 - late
A Festival of Musical Exploration + Discovery BEAK> | FREE LOVE | WARMDUSCHER | BC CAMPLIGHT | RACHEL SERMANNI | BOY AZOOGA | BROKEN RECORDS BABii | KAPUTT | JFDR | PENELOPE ISLES | QUICHE | SWIM SCHOOL | SUPER... [more]
Tue 12 May 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Sat 16 May 2020
65daysofstatic
19:00 - 23:00
For a decade, 65daysofstatic could generally be found on the peripheries of any scene trying to claim them, headed in the opposite direction. From their immediately recognisable aesthetic of glitches and urgent guitars... [more]
Tue 19 May 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 21 May 2020
All Work Together: Eugene Kelly, Rick Redbeard + Faith Eliott
19:00 - 22:00
All Work Together is Summerhall’s new series of Songwriters circles, highlighting some of the best of Scottish music’s established and up and coming songwriting talents. All artist will... [more]
Tue 26 May 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 02 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 09 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Sat 13 Jun 2020
Robyn Hitchcock - Unusually Intimate
Matinee (17:30 - 20:00) / Evening (20:30 - 23:00)
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician's musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock's... [more]
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Viagra Boys
19:00 - 23:00
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm. The band formed in 2015, with several members coming from the bands Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes and Nitad. In 2018, they released their debut album Street Worms.... [more]
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 30 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 07 Jul 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Tue 14 Jul 2020
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Sat 18 Jul 2020
The National Whisky Festival
12:00-15:30 / 16:15 - 19:45
Following popular previous editions in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, NWF will be making its way back to both Edinburgh and Glasgow year. Maintaining the format of previous festivals, these editions will each offer two... [more]
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Lankum
19:00 - 22:00
Lankum are a four-piece group from Dublin, Ireland with an alchemical ability to combine traditional folk roots with contemporary undercurrents to forge music that is dark, mysterious and transcendental. Made up of... [more]
Sat 22 Aug 2020
Jim Bob (Carter USM) - Full Band Show
19:00 - 22:00
As singer with Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Jim Bob had 14 top 40 singles, 4 top ten albums (including a number one), sold over a million records, toured the world and headlined Glastonbury. In 2007, ten years... [more]
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Slum Village x Abstract Orchestra
19:30 - 22:30
Chances are, if you are anywhere near the Detroit music scene, you’ve heard of the influential hip hop trio that makes up Slum Village. The group was founded in the early 90’s by 3 childhood friends: Baatin, T3,... [more]