The best places to go out in Edinburgh
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12 must-visit spots for in Edinburgh, hand-picked.
The spots to know: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Festival Theatre Edinburgh and Assembly Roxy.
Venues in Edinburgh
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
17 events
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
61 events
Assembly Roxy
14 events
La Belle Angele
19 events
Sneaky Pete's
66 events
Cabaret Voltaire
19 events
People's Leisure Club
13 events
Royal Lyceum Theatre
17 events
Traverse Theatre
10 events
Edinburgh
22 events
The Ballroom at VooDoo Rooms
15 events
Edinburgh Playhouse
9 events
Events in Edinburgh
Tue21
Today
6 events
At 11 AM🇬🇧
🤝Volunteering
Walk and talk
Royal Botanic Garden
At 4 PMFree🇬🇧
✂️Workshop
Open to Ideas
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
At 7 PM14.75 €🇬🇧
🎤Hip-Hop🎙️Rap
Verb T
Sneaky Pete's
At 7 PM🇬🇧
📚Literature🗣️Talk
TBC EDINBURGH - Maiden by Georgia Leighton
The Beverly
At 7:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up
Jack Docherty: The Chief: No Apologies - King's Theatre Staff & Builders Night
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
At 7:45 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up
Spandex Comedy - 5 Star Comedy Every Tuesday Night In Edinburgh
The Beehive Inn
Wed22
Tomorrow
4 events
At 11 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
RARE Club // Trucha invites Päto
Sneaky Pete's
Tomorrow · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🗣️Talk📚Literature
With My Own Hand : Ashley Douglas on Scotland’s sixteenth-century Sappho
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
Tomorrow · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
📚Literature📜Poetry
Tales at the Lighthouse: July Edition
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
Tomorrow · 10:20 PMFree🇬🇧
👑Drag show🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Best of the Queer Fringe
Edinburgh
Thu23
Thursday 23 July
11 events
Tomorrow · 11 PM🇬🇧
🎉Club🔊Techno
CLUB SPIT
Sneaky Pete's
Thu 23 · 2:10 PMFree🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Alan Palmer (A Little Bit Gay)
Edinburgh
Thu 23 · 5:15 PMFree🇬🇧
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Sapphic Spark: Queer Women Dating for 30s to 40s
Edinburgh
Thu 23 · 5:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
✂️Workshop
Zine Club: Capturing Botanicals Edition!
Calton View Cafe (Royal Mile)
Thu 23 · 6:15 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Sapphic Spark: Queer Women’s Dating 30s to 40s @Edinburgh (Sapphic Circle)
The Fox and Faun
Thu 23 · 6:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🎉Club
Pitch My Queer Bestie - Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Thu 23 · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🔊Techno🏠House
Live the Dream
People's Leisure Club
Thu 23 · 7:30 PM2 €🇬🇧
🏷️Other
TicketPlan - KT
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Thu 23 · 7:30 PM5.25–8.25 €🇬🇧
🎭Theatre
A Great Night Out - King's Theatre Dress Rehearsal
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Thu 23 · 7:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Brian Kellock: A Life in Music
The Queen's Hall
Thu 23 · 8 PM5 €🇬🇧
🎤Stand-up✨Cabaret
Scotland's Top New Material Comedy Show: Cracking New Jokes!
Dragonfly
Fri24
Friday 24 July
13 events
Thu 23 · 11 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
Potpourri x Import presents: Nanoos
Sneaky Pete's
Fri 24 · 2 PM🇬🇧
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Classic Jazz Orchestra
The Queen's Hall
Fri 24 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
🧘Yoga🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Chair Yoga with Queer Yoga Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Fri 24 · 4:05 PMFree🇬🇧
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
More Tales From Your Queer Elder
Edinburgh
Fri 24 · 6:15 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Mozart - Piano Sonatas by Candlelight
St Giles Cathedral
Fri 24 · 6:25 PMFree🇬🇧
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+✨Pop
Most of My Moms Are Gay
Edinburgh
Fri 24 · 6:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🏋️Fitness🧘Wellness
Line Dance Class
Dance For All
Fri 24 · 6:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Martial Arts Edinburgh Headline
The Mash House
Fri 24 · 7:30 PM21–33 €🇬🇧
🕺Musical
Little Shop of Horrors
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Fri 24 · 7:30 PM2 €🇬🇧
🏷️Other
TicketPlan- FT
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Fri 24 · 7:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎷Jazz
Jerron Paxton
The Queen's Hall
Fri 24 · 8 PM🇬🇧
🎻Classical🎫Concert
A Night at The Opera by Candlelight (feat. Nessun Dorma)
St Giles Cathedral
Fri 24 · 8 PM🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
Box Energy // Jacksonville
The Leith Depot
Sat25
Saturday 25 July
14 events
Fri 24 · 11 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
Lionoil: Buckfast Barbie, miira, Chrissy G & Percy Main
Sneaky Pete's
Fri 24 · 11 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
AVIATE vol.4
Cabaret Voltaire
Sat 25 · 7:30 AMFree🇬🇧
🪑Flea market🌳Outdoors
Edinburgh Car Boot Sale
Edinburgh Car Boot Sale
Sat 25 · 10 AMGratuit🇬🇧
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Natural Ink Making Workshop
Wasps Riverside House
Sat 25 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
📚Literature🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
Queerly Beloved
Edinburgh
Sat 25 · 2:30 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club🕺Disco
Disco Days Edinburgh | Summer Party Edition
Club Tropicana
Sat 25 · 2:30 PM2–5 €🇬🇧
🎬Cinema
Frozen Sing-a-long film screening — King's Theatre Dress Rehearsal
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Sat 25 · 5 PM🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
moovn Summer Party
People's Leisure Club
Sat 25 · 6:15 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
St Giles Cathedral
Sat 25 · 6:30 PM🇬🇧
🎭Theatre✨Cabaret
En-Cryptid! & The Exorcism of Ed Wood!
The Banshee Labyrinth
Sat 25 · 7 PMGratuit🇬🇧
🎉Club🔊Techno
RAVE
The Safari Lounge
Sat 25 · 7 PM🇬🇧
🎸Rock🎙️Small gig
Ten live
La Belle Angele
Sat 25 · 7:30 PM5.25–8.25 €🇬🇧
🎭Theatre😂Comedy
Black Magic - M Black and K Quantum - King's Theatre Dress Rehearsal
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Sat 25 · 8 PM🇬🇧
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Vivaldi Four Seasons and Grieg Piano Concerto by Candlelight
St Giles Cathedral
See also in Edinburgh
Sat 25 · 8 PM
🌍Afro🎷Jazz
Afrobeat Party: London Afrobeat Collective | Samson Sounds | Samedia Shebeen
The Queen's Hall
Wed 29 · 7 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic💜Soul / Funk
Fireside Session - Joyful Sacred Fire, Music & Sing Along !
The Salisbury Centre
Fri 24 · 7 PM£155.74
🎫Concert
Concierto de Luke Combs en Edimburgo
Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
Sat 25 · 6 PM
🎷Jazz✨Cabaret
Taylor Wilson - Speakeasy Show
Stockbridge Parish Church
Sun 26 · 8 PM
🔬Experimental⚡Electro
Soundscapism
The Banshee Labyrinth
Sun 26 · 8 PM
🌙Indie🎫Concert
TFEH presents: DANIELLE PRICE / COWBOY BUILDER / STEWART GREENWOOD & OFF BRAND
Fruitmarket Gallery
Mon 27 · 8 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Ordinary Elephant
Traverse Theatre
Wed 29
💜Soul / Funk🎫Concert
Steve Ray Ladson
The Ballroom at VooDoo Rooms
Sat 1 · 4 PM
⚡Electro🎫Concert
An Evening With Chicane
Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Thu 6 · 7 PM£16.93
🌙Indie🪕Folk / Acoustic
Champion Trees
Sneaky Pete's
Thu 6
🎻Classical🎫Concert
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2026
Edinburgh
Sat 8 · 11 AM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Dunedin Consort
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Sat 8 · 6:30 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Opening Concert: All Rise
Usher Hall
Sat 8 · 9:45 PM
🎷Jazz🎹Blues
‘Rhapsody in Blue’ - Jazz Sessions by Candlelight
St Vincent's Chapel: Scottish Episcopal Church
Sat 15 · 1 PM
🤘Metal🎙️Small gig
Fleshtival 26
La Belle Angele
Sat 15 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Smiths Ltd - The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
Liquid Room Edinburgh
Sun 16 · 7:30 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Tango Mass and Magnificat
St John's Church
Sun 16 · 10 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Up Late with Mark O’Connor & Gustavo Dudamel
The Hub
Sun 2 · 4 PM
💜Soul / Funk💿DJ set
Craig Charles : Funk & Soul Club
The Pitt
Sat 25 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
LIKE THIS #027
People's Leisure Club
Sat 25 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
NCTRN014: Club Nocturne presents Lewis Carroll
Cabaret Voltaire
Sat 25 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Rhinestone Rodeo: The Luke Combs Afterparty 25th July
Hasties Close La Belle And Mash House
Fri 31 · 7:30 AM
🎉Club⚡Electro
Rise & Rave
Leith Arches
Fri 31 · 6 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Open Decks Social - Summer Sendoff
Dragonfly
Fri 31 · 9 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Latin Season Part 3: GUSTAVO ANDRADE + LAS CHANCHAS (nightclub)
The Jazz Bar
Sat 1 · 6:30 PM
🏠House🎉Club
CADENCE x Cafe Gallo SUMMER SERIES VOL.3 ; THE FINALE
Cafe Gallo
Fri 7 · 9:30 PMFree
🎉Parties
Soirée d'ouverture
Edinburgh
Fri 7 · 11 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Fringe Opening: Sara Delirio (EPiKA 5th Birthday)
The Liquid Room Warehouse
Sat 8 · 1 PM
👑Drag show🎉Club
Boozy Brushes, Drag Colour Me Cosy & Hit Classics Paint Party! Edinburgh
Le Monde Hotel
Sat 8 · 2 PM
💿DJ set🎉Club
Reflections
The Outhouse
Fri 7 · 5 PM
🎉Club🕺Disco
Formal Night
Dalkeith Miners Club
Sat 1 · 6 PM
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
The Ladyboys of Bangkok Edinburgh
Festival Square
Wed 5 · 8:15 PMFree
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Elouise Eftos: Aphrodite
Pleasance Dome
Thu 6 · 5 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
CRAZY STUPID FUNNY
The Alchemist St James Quarter
Fri 7 · 10 AMFree
✨Cabaret🎨Performance
Ouverture du Fringe sur le Royal Mile
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
Fri 7 · 10 AM
🎭Theatre🎤Stand-up
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
Édimbourg
Fri 7 · 12:45 PMFree
🎭Theatre🎨Performance
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Underbelly McEwan Hall
Fri 7 · 4 PM£22.5
🎤Stand-up🗣️Talk
Wanging On Live with Graham & Maria
Festival Theatre Edinburgh
Sat 8 · 12:20 PM
🎤Stand-up
PG Hits! Clean comedy club: the BEST in family-friendly stand-up comedy.
Hoots @ The Apex - Fringe Venue 108
Sun 9 · 7 PM
🎻Opera
The Galloping Cure
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Mon 10 · 12:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
(Edinburgh - Indoors) Comedy Walking Tour
The Parliament Arms
Fri 14 · 8 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
The Portobello Comedy Night
Beach Lane Social Club
Wed 19 Aug · 3 PM
💃Dance
Mere Mortals
Edinburgh Playhouse
Mon 27 · 1 PM
🗣️Talk📜Poetry
Wander with Words- Wellbeing Walk With Poetry and Nature
Edinburgh Holyrood Park
Wed 29 · 12:30 PM
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Spotlight: Antimony
Physicians' Gallery
Fri 7 · 9 AM
🎭Theatre🖼️Exhibition
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Various
Fri 7 · 12 PM
🍽️Food🎪Street party
Foodies Festival 2026 - Edinburgh
Inverleith Park
Fri 7 · 7:30 PM
🥂Opening
Ouverture de l'International Festival
Edinburgh International Festival 2026
Mon 10 · 6:45 PM
🍽️Food
Fierce Beer vs Rare Find Whisky III
Fierce Beer
Thu 13 · 11 AM
📜Poetry📚Literature
Edinburgh School of Poets Morning Open Mic
Scottish Poetry Library
Sat 15 · 10 AM
🥂Opening📚Literature
Ouverture du Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026
Wed 19 Aug · 1 PM
📚Literature📜Poetry
Young Religious Poets Competition Final
Canongate Kirk
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best venues in Edinburgh?
Our favourite spots in Edinburgh: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Festival Theatre Edinburgh and Assembly Roxy.