249 is a Ramshackle Queer Party for All with live music, open-mic and club-anthems. Whether you like this time of year or not, we wanted to throw a gigantic queer party to say, dinnae stress, it’ll be fine xxx So come along to the inaugural Dinnae Stress December Disco for a stress-free night of titillating
HUMBUG! is the annual festive gathering of live music from Pictish Trail’s Lost Map label, with very special guests, spread across a whole day. The line-up is a closely guarded secret for the time being… but expect an assortment of the country’s best singer-songwriters, break-neck indie rock, mind-warping psychedelia and explorations in electronica.
Fancy a Hogmanay that’s a little bit different? come along to Summerhall for our ‘Off the Street’ Hogmanay party! We invite you for a night to remember with the legendary Soul Foundation.
Are you over 50 and do you have a story to tell? Tricky Hat is welcoming people aged 50+ to join their performance company The Flames, to create a show that challenges pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to. No experience is necessary, there is no acting, and you do not need to memorise a script. You just need to be yourself, interact with everyone involved and be up for a possibility!
Aberdeen is a magical realist biography of Kurt Cobain, told in rhyming couplets. Multi Award-winning Cassie Workman time travels through nineties Washington, to unravel life, death, and rock and roll, in this heartbreaking homage to an icon.
This one-of-its-kind event is your permission slip outta your day-to-day, and into a realm of wellness wonder where we champion the unsung heroes in the wellness business space. These passionate individuals are on a mission to serve, contribute, and make a positive impact on your well-being.
Billy Woods is a rapper who defies easy categorisation; he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown but has spent much of his life in New York City. He was born in the U.S. but spent much of his childhood in Africa and the West Indies, the second child of a Jamaican intellectual and a would-be Marxist revolutionary.
Welcome to MICROSTERIA x PHLOX! Where the micro-made-massive meets a hybrid format of sensory clubbing. For the fifth instalment of Microsteria at the Summerhall Dissection Room, we are collaborating with PHLOX femme and non-binary Glasgow-based collective to combine electronic music with visual art, costume and performances. A unique club-equinox one-off as a dual powerhouse. Under
Junk Head is an expansive stop-motion sci-fi action thriller, meticulously styled and set in a dark and perilous universe that harbours surprises around every corner. In the distant future, mankind has lost its ability to procreate, a human-created species has revolted and developed a separate society underground. When a virus wreaks havoc on the surface,
Come and celebrate the debut EP Tour 2024 with abs and her incredible band. abs is touring the UK with support from Help Musicians, to take her performance and career to the next level. You can expect grooves and a full show that you don’t want to miss! With a fusion of neo-soul, R&B, funk,
Rowan Walker, the artist behind ‘Foreign Objects’, currently exhibiting as part of the Summerhall Arts inaugural exhibition season FORM: a season of exhibitions by female contemporary artists, will give an illustrated presentation on their inspiration, creative practice and current exhibition. Between 11:00 – 12:00 there will be a chance to view the galleries and meet
Perfect Days, the latest film from Wim Wenders, absorbs us in the day-to-day rhythms and the small joys of Hirayama, a Tokyo janitor who cleans public toilets around the city. As he drives from job to job, we follow him as he plays music on his cassette player, with the likes of Patti Smith, Lou
Join The Flames for a unique performance of devised work, taking inspiration from everyday life, to challenge pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to.
The Flames is a performance company for creative people aged 50 plus, who create high quality, collaborative work.
After three sold out dances in 2023, Edinburgh Dub Club returns in a unity style with the original Scottish rootsman Messenger Soundsystem playing alongside Mighty Oak Sound. This is a dub / reggae dance in the traditional sense – 2 hand-build and highly regarded soundsystems meeting up for a friendly session whereby each sound takes
A fundraiser for Gaza. On March 2, we will be bringing together a variety of musicians, poets and artists to perform at Summerhall, offering sounds of resistance in the name of solidarity, awareness and raising more money for those in need in Gaza. The line-up features poetry from some faces that will be familiar if
This show will now take place at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. All tickets issued through Summerhall’s Box Office will be valid on the night.
The Edinburgh Schools Rock Ensemble (known as ESRE) is in its 22nd year. These gifted young musicians come together over 2 school terms to rehearse a wide range of repertoire such as classics from the Britpop giants Blur & Pulp as well as pieces from David Bowie, Alice Merton and Talk Talk
Focused on a fortune teller, the film employs a narrative structure akin to classical Chinese novels. It provides a comprehensive portrayal of the lives of marginalized individuals in China, including prostitutes, gamblers, beggars, and the disabled.
Following on from the success of our Big Christmas Weekend, Summerhall will be hosting quarterly Makers Markets to showcase fantastic makers – from Edinburgh and beyond – beginning this Spring.
Having met and bonded over sea shanties across a kitchen table in their native Bristol a decade ago, The Longest Johns – Jonathan ‘JD’ Darley, Andy Yates and Robbie Sattin – have sailed the seven seas in the name of the “rock ‘n’ roll of 1752” to grace the stages of international folk festivals, tour the UK, Europe and North America, and appear on TV.
Diplomacy is Andrei Sannikov’s life. Having succeeded in demobilizing the world’s most dangerous nuclear weapons arsenal, this master diplomat is now armed with a tie and business cards fighting for the return of a vanished democracy.
Pain and I is a bold exploration into chronic pain experience by Sarah Hopfinger which unashamedly celebrates the rich complexities of living with pain. Featuring choreography, dance, autobiographical text and classical music composition by Alicia Jane Turner, Hopfinger asks: ‘what can pain teach us?’ in this honest and compelling work.
Ozric Tentacles are regarded as one of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, formed during the solstice at Stonehenge Free Festival 1983 going on to become psychedelic staples at Glastonbury and other festivals. The creative vision of multi-instrumentalist Ed Wynne, the Ozrics’ uniquely trippy soundscapes connect fans of progressive rock,
Yannick is the latest absurdist comedy from prolific French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux, who previously directed Rubber, Mandibles and Deerskin. Watch this slice of Gallic deadpan surealism for free with The CineSkinny Film Club and MUBI.
