What's on in Dundee for free?
65 upcoming events
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Events in Dundee for free
Tue15
Tuesday 15 September
Thu17
Thursday 17 September
Fri18
Friday 18 September
Sat19
Saturday 19 September
Later
Tue 22 · 11 AM£0
💼Career
Dundee Tourism Partnership Meeting
HMS Unicorn
Fri 25 · 3 PM£0
💛Inclusivity🤝Volunteering
SWAN Places - Dundee Meet-Up
Cake or Dice
Sat 26 · 9 AM£0
High School of Dundee Saturday Open Morning 2026
Meadowside
Sat 26 · 10 AM£0
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Dancing with Banners
City Church Dundee
Sat 26 · 10:30 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour
Doors Open Day 2026
Dundee Rep Theatre
Sat 26 · 11 AM£0
Conservation Connections: Dundee Youth Event
The Miley Nature Reserve
Sat 26 · 11 AMFree
Lochee Messy Church - Westgait Church of Scotland
Westgait Church of Scotland - Lochee
Sun 27 · 10 AM£0
🗺️Guided tour🏰Heritage
Doors Open Day 2026 - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Wed 30 · 10 AM£0
✂️Workshop
Dundee Schools Hub Games & Cyber Day
Abertay University
Thu 1 · 1 PM£0
Rags to Reading: Andrew Carnegie and his UK Libraries
Glasite Hall
Thu 1 · 4 PMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Fri 2 · 4 PMFree
🔬Science🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 3 · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 4 · 12 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition
Manipulate Arts: Scottish Shorts + Q&A
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Sun 4 · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Mon 5 · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Tue 6 · 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 7 · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Thu 8 · 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Fri 9 · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 10 · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 11 · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Mon 12 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Tue 13 Oct · 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 14 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 14 Oct · 6:30 PM£0
Black Lives in Scotland - Telling Our Stories
Room 2G03, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5EN
Thu 15 Oct · 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening
Mills Observatory
Fri 16 Oct · 4 PMFree
🔬Science🗺️Guided tour
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 17 Oct · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 18 Oct · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Mon 19 Oct · 4 PMFree
🔬Science🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Tue 20 Oct · 4 PMFree
🔬Science🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 21 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Thu 22 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Fri 23 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 24 Oct · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 25 Oct · 11 AMFree
🖼️Exhibition
Craft Sunday: Mini Quilted Wall Hangings with Amy Jones
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Sun 25 Oct · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Mon 26 Oct · 4 PMFree
🔬Science🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening
Mills Observatory
Tue 27 Oct · 4 PMFree
🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 28 Oct · 1:30 PMFree
Breaking the Chains – a Walking Tour exploring Dundee’s Links to Slavery
Tower Building - University of Dundee
Wed 28 Oct · 4 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekday Open Evening (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 31 Oct · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 1 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Thu 5 Nov · 1 PM£0
A Brief History of Broughty Ferry's Former Fishing Industry and Community
Glasite Hall
Sat 7 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 8 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Fri 13 Nov · 1:30 PM£0
🧸Kids8–11 yrs
Little Scientists, Big Family Fun
High School of Dundee
Sat 14 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 15 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sat 21 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 22 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Wed 25 Nov · 9 AMFree
Winter Dundee & Angus Expo 2026
Best Western Invercarse Hotel
Sat 28 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 29 Nov · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Thu 3 Dec · 1 PM£0
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Glasite Hall
Sat 5 Dec · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Sun 6 Dec · 12:30 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Mills Observatory Weekend Open Day (free!)
Mills Observatory
Fri 26 Mar · 10 AMFree
Dundee Careers Fair
Malmaison Dundee
See also in Dundee for free
At 2 PM£6.50
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Music at Dundee Burns Club - September
Dundee Burns Club
Fri 18£22
🔬Experimental🎫Concert
Hordes X 2026
Music Hall, Dundee
Fri 18 · 7 PM£36.75
🎫Concert
PP Arnold
Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
Fri 18 · 10:30 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
PRTY Presents: SLVL
Livehouse, Dundee
Fri 25 · 7 PM
🎫Concert
Dave Delinquent and the IOUs
Beat Generator Live!, Dundee
Sun 27 · 7 PM£11.20
🎫Concert
Stoned Statues
Hidden Dundee
Sat 9 Jan£23.50–46.504.9(7)
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Candlelight: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Marryat Hall, Dundee
Thu 8 · 7:30 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
West Side Story
Caird Hall, Dundee
Fri 18 · 7 PM£22
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Heidi Talbot
St Mary's Church, Dundee
Fri 18 · 7:30 PM
🎸Rock✨Pop
Emilio Santoro as Elvis
Gateway to the Glens Museum
At 8 PM
🎉Club🏠House
Enclosure Music presents: TREEHOUSE PART 3 - DJ RESPECT AFRIKA
Afrobeats, Dundee
Fri 18 · 8 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Motus x The George Orwell / Sonho & Is Kill
George Orwell Bar, Dundee
Fri 18 · 10:30 PM
🎉Club🏠House
DEMS presents: Absolutely Boiling Room - Music Hall
Church Dundee
Sat 19 · 8 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Off The Cuff • Is Kill b2b Acid Boner
CANVAS, Dundee
Fri 25 · 6 PM£54.88
🎪Street party
Women Ahead 25th Anniversary Gala: Celebrating 25 Years of Empowering Women
Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa, Dundee
Sat 26 · 3 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Day Moves: The Return of Yogi Haughton
Nola Bar, Dundee
Sat 26 · 6 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Bounce In Motion// Riddochs
Riddoch's, Dundee
Sat 26 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Distorted - Saturday 26 September
Beat Generator, Dundee
Wed 16 · 7:30 PM£14–49
🎭Theatre
A History of Paper
Dundee Rep Theatre
Fri 25 · 7:30 PM£27.80
🪄Magic
THE EXPERIENCE: MAGIC & MIND-READING SHOW – SCOTLAND
The Little Theatre - Dundee Dramatic Society
Thu 17 · 10:30 AM£6.50–8.50
🎭Theatre
A Real Pain (15)
Byre Theatre, St Andrews
At 8 PM
🎤Stand-up
Ardal O'Hanlon: Not Himself
Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
Wed 16 · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Tam Cowan
Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
Thu 17 · 7:30 PM£28.50
🎤Stand-up
Jen Brister
Whitehall Theatre, Dundee
At 6 PM
🎬Cinema🖼️Exhibition
The Incomer
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Thu 24 · 9 AMFree
🗣️Talk💛Inclusivity
Understanding Family and Carers Engagement and Addressing any Barriers.
Training Suite, Forfar
Tue 15 · 2:30 PM
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Autumn Talk 2: Conversion and Conservation of Cambo Stables and Walled Gardens
St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum
Thu 17 · 9:15 PM
🗺️Guided tour🔬Science
St Andrews University Astro-Society meeting and stargazing
University of St Andrews Observatory
Tomorrow
🎬Cinema🖼️Exhibition
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Tomorrow
🎬Cinema🖼️Exhibition
Late Fame
Dundee Contemporary Arts
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