Sat 23 Jun 2018
Budapest Café Orchestra
20:00-22:00
Led by leading violinist and composer, Christian Garrick, the Budapest Café Orchestra play traditional folk & gypsy flavoured music from across the world. Raucous, toe-tapping Balkan and Russian... [more]
Sat 23 Jun 2018
Nothing Ever Happens Here
Rip It Up Festival
12:00-22:30
Nothing Ever Happens Here is happy to present a full day of world-class music to celebrate the opening of National Museums Scotland's flagship exhibition "Rip it Up" a celebration of Scottish Rock... [more]
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Edinburgh International Film Festival & Summerhall Presents
Retrospective LIVE! - Monterey Pop
20:30-00:30
Continuing EIFF’s annual retrospective event, we are delighted to bring the wonderful and rarely seen Monterey Pop to the outdoor screen at Summerhall.DA Pennebaker’s classic document of the... [more]
Thu 21 Jun 2018
Nothing Ever Happens Here
NEHH presents... Idlewild perform 'The Remote Part' - a celebration of the Rip It Up Exhibition
19:00-22:30
To celebrate the launch of National Museum of Scotland's new exhibition, 'Rip It Up' - an exploration through the history of Scottish pop music - Nothing Ever Happens Here presents Idlewild playing... [more]
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Synergy Concerts
Portico Quartet
19:00 (doors)
Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet have always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group have created their own... [more]
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Synergy Concerts
The Skids & Big Country
19:00-22:30
The Skids formed in 1977 in their home town of Dunfermline, Scotland by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Bill Simpson & Tom Kellichan. After releasing an independent single the band were played by... [more]
Sun 17 Jun 2018
Summerhall Presents
Courtyard Ceilidh
15:00-18:00
Summerhall presents the return of the Courtyard Ceilidh. Set in our wonderful central courtyard, we invite you to take part in this unique outdoor event.The Scott Leslie Band will take you... [more]
Sun 17 Jun 2018
NEHH presents... Michael Hurley + James Yorkston
20:00-23:00
Michael Hurley grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As a teenager in the 1950s he fell in love hearing the music of Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley blast from the radio, and was... [more]
Sat 09 Jun 2018
NEHH presents... Kris Drever
20:00-23:00
Scottish songwriter Kris Drever (Lau) celebrated a decade of critical and commercial success by winning both BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of The Year 2017 and Best Original Track 2017 (for his song If... [more]
Sat 12 May 2018
Mediterraneo: Cinema & Musica! With Assunta Spina (film & live score), The Badwills & Viper Swing
Film at 20:30 / Concert at 22:00-01:00
Edinburgh's very own wild world music concert series, Mediterraneo, is back with a huge, special live cinema and music edition this spring! After sold out nights of dancing and music over the last... [more]
Fri 11 May 2018
Massaoke's Club La La
21:00-01:00
A brilliant live band smashing out the greatest anthems from the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond; lyrics on a giant screen and a room full of party-goers singing and dancing their hearts out together.... [more]
Thu 10 May 2018
NEHH presents... The Spook School
20:00-23:00
If a debut LP is an artist’s introduction to the world and their sophomore release is their now or never moment, their third is their most cathartic: they’ve made it out, they’re here. Glasgow,... [more]
Thu 03 May 2018
NEHH presents... Adam Stafford 'Fire Behind The Curtain' Album Launch
20:00-23:00
Empty oil tankers. A haunted sponge cake factory. A housing estate on the edge of an industrial wasteland. Adam Stafford's memories of his childhood home in Falkirk could easily be the premise of a... [more]
Tue 01 May 2018
NEHH presents... Shonen Knife
20:00-23:00
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... [more]
Sun 29 Apr 2018
Simon Thacker, Justyna Jablonska & Masha Natanson
Songs of the Roma
19:30-21:35
Returning to Summerhall for the first time since their acclaimed 2016 Made in Scotland Fringe show, Songs of the Roma is a new Romani musical journey full of spiritual intensity, catharsis and joy by... [more]
Fri 27 Apr 2018
NEHH presents... A Hawk and A Hacksaw
20:00 - 23:00
A Hawk and A Hacksaw return with new record 'Forest Bathing' this year, inspired by the Japanese medical term Shinrin-Yoku (translating as 'taking in the forest atmosphere' and the Valle De Oro... [more]
Thu 26 Apr 2018
NEHH presents... Broken Records + The Little Kicks
20:00 - 23:00
Having recently celebrated their 10th anniversary, Edinburgh’s Broken Records return in 2018 with the release of their fourth studio album entitled ‘What We Might Know’, released 30th... [more]
Fri 20 Apr 2018
NEHH presents... Hollie McNish
20:00-23:00
With Benjamin Zephaniah stating ‘I can’t take my ears off her’, Kate Tempest describing her poetry as ‘welcoming, galvanising and beautiful’ and fans ranging from Robin Ince, Pink and Tim... [more]
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Synergy Concerts
Courtney Marie Andrews + Twain
19:30-23:00
At just 16 years old, Courtney Marie Andrews left home in Arizona for her first tour. She traveled up and down the West Coast, busking and playing any bars or cafés that would have her. Soon... [more]
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Massaoke's Club La La
21:00-01:00
A brilliant live band smashing out the greatest anthems from the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond; lyrics on a giant screen and a room full of party-goers singing and dancing their hearts out together.... [more]
Sat 24 Mar 2018
NEHH presents... Indigo Velvet + Ayakara
20:00 - 23:00
Dubbed ‘Tropical-pop’ thanks to fun, upbeat songs, African rhythms and varied indie influences, Leith's Indigo Velvet brought 2017 to a triumphant close with a BBC Introducing live session,... [more]
Thu 22 Mar 2018
The Jellyman's Daughter
19:00-22:15
The Jellyman's Daughter lands squarely in the middle of a strange crossroads between bluegrass, post-rock, folk and soul. Mixing their unique vocal harmonies with wild and visceral cello, driving... [more]
Sat 17 Mar 2018
NEHH presents... Out Lines + Lomond Campbell
20:00-23:00
Out Lines are:James Graham (The Twilight Sad)Kathryn JosephMarcus Mackay Three of the country's most intriguing, exciting artists come together as Out Lines to release... [more]
Fri 09 Mar 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Starcatchers
Hup
11:30 & 14:30
Starcatchers presents Hup created by Hazel Darwin-Clements and Abigail Sinar.A quirky quartet of playful musicians create an enchanting classical music experience for 0 – 24 month olds and... [more]
Fri 09 Mar 2018 - Sat 10 Mar 2018
Inspired By Events
Meats & Beats Festival
Multiple sessions
After a sell-out inaugural festival last year, Meats & Beats Festival returns to Edinburgh in a bigger venue! All cooked food moves outside to create an Outdoor Street Food Courtyard, where... [more]
Sat 24 Feb 2018
Connect/Exchange
Rough Music Workshop
13:30-16:30
As the culmination of her Connect/Exchange residency at Stills Gallery, Kimberley O’Neill will present a workshop event on her research around Rough Music. The workshop will be led by invited... [more]
Fri 23 Feb 2018
NEHH presents... Mardi Gras!
21:00-01:00
Mardi Gras transforms Summerhall this February - grab your masks and some dancin' shoes for a night down in New Orleans. NEHH present a sensory smorgasbord with:Swampfog bringing... [more]
Sat 17 Feb 2018
NEHH presents... Meursault 'Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing with Tongues' 10th Anniversary Show
20:00-23:00
2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the first Meursault record, 'Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues'. To mark the occasion, the band are going to play the album and the ‘Nothing Broke’ EP in... [more]
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Massaoke's Club La La: Movie Night
21:00-01:00
Massaoke returns to Summerhall on Friday February 16th, and it’s time to roll out the red carpet because it’s MOVIES NIGHT! A brilliant live band, lyrics on the big screen and a room full of... [more]
Fri 09 Feb 2018
World Headquarters & Nat Turner Live
Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours': Performed by the Transatlantic Ensemble
20:00 - 23:00
scroll down to see the trailer movie!Fresh off the back of their outstanding sell out December show with us, the amazing Transatlantic Ensemble are returning to Summerhall by popular demand,... [more]