History Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening history events all around Edinburgh, SC

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - A Call to Gather at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

 Fri, 07 Aug at 09:30 pm Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

 Fri, 21 Aug at 09:30 pm Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Opening Gala: First Women of Science | Edinburgh

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm Central Hall Edinburgh

Isle of Skye and the Highlands Weekend Tour - Group 5

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 150

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark In Concert at Usher Hall

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:30 pm Usher Hall

United for YES- 8th May 2026

Fri, 08 May at 12:30 pm Scottish Parliament Edinbugh

Harry Potter Bridge, Hogwarts Express and the Highlands Day Trip

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Mystic Nights Ghost Tours- Edinburgh Old Town

Sun, 29 Mar at 06:00 pm Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1, United Kingdom

Mystic Nights Ghost Tours at Edinburgh Old Town

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 14

Edinburgh Dungeon Standard Admission

 Wed, 18 Mar at 11:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon Standard Admission

 Thu, 19 Mar at 11:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon Standard Admission

 Fri, 20 Mar at 11:00 am The Edinburgh Dungeon

Edinburgh Dungeon Standard Admission

 Sat, 14 Mar The Edinburgh Dungeon

17th Annual National Undergraduate Surgery and Trauma Conference

 Sat, 21 Mar at 09:00 am The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh GBP 5 to 15

Palm House Tour - 21 March, 10.30am

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Botanic Cottage GBP 0 to 22

The Dark Magic and Witchcraft Tour

 Sat, 18 Apr at 04:00 pm Covenanters Memorial GBP 12 to 15

Daily Tour 2:30 (Mon - Fri) - March 2026

 Mon, 02 Mar at 02:30 pm St Giles' Cathedral Free

Tartan Noir with Professor David Wilson and Martin Frizell - Edinburgh (1)

 Mon, 06 Apr at 07:30 pm Pleasance Theatre GBP 2 to 71

Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle Day Trip

 Sat, 02 May at 08:40 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

LIVE: In conversation with Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s, Edinburgh 21st March

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:45 pm The Out of the Blue Drill Hall

ANZAC DAWN SERVICE EDINBURGH @ COMELY BANK CEMETERY

 Sat, 25 Apr at 04:45 am Comely Bank Cemetry

Ghosts of the Georgian House

 Sat, 09 May at 07:00 pm The Georgian House NTS

Ramsay Garden 'Open Day'

 Wed, 01 Apr at 10:00 am Ramsay Garden GBP 0 to 3

Scotland's role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Advocates Library GBP 6

The James Watt Lecture

 Thu, 19 Mar at 04:30 pm Adam Smith's Panmure House Free

Women's History tour - heart of Edinburgh Old Town (1 hour)

 Sat, 04 Apr at 12:00 pm Moubray House GBP 14

Emily Wingfield: EDITION Spring Lecture and workshop

 Fri, 27 Mar at 02:00 pm 1.06 Project Room, 50 George Square Free

RSE Gifford Seminar: The Conversions of Christianity | In person

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Edinburgh Old Town guided walking tour

 Fri, 27 Feb Castle Rock Cafe (meet Your Guide Outside)

Professor Arkotong Longkumer's Inaugural Lecture

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:15 pm Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre, New College Free

Unveiled Exhibition Opening Event

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Lauriston Castle Free

King Arthur and the Holy Fail - at Lauriston Castle

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Lauriston Castle GBP 0 to 67

Daily Tour 10:30 (Mon- Sat) - March 2026

 Mon, 02 Mar at 10:30 am St Giles' Cathedral Free

Atmosphere | The General

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm Lauriston Castle Free

Scotland’s BSL Act: Where are we now?

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Deaf Action Free

Plaidsong: Songs of the Scottish Soldier Across 7 Centuries

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh GBP 22

Lunch Time Talk: A Legacy in Pages- The History of the RCSEd Library

 Tue, 24 Mar at 01:15 pm Surgeons' Hall Museums GBP 3

Preserving Digital Cultural Heritage

 Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Heritage Works Symposium – Arts, Culture and Placemaking in a Historic City

 Tue, 24 Mar at 09:30 am Edinburgh GBP 120

In Her Hand

 Mon, 24 Aug at 03:05 pm theSpace @ Symposium Hall

The History of Folk Horror

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:45 pm Assembly Roxy

Stephen Rutt: The Waterlands

 Wed, 01 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Scottish women writers in children’s literature

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Visit to the Northern Lighthouse Board. Tour starts 16.30.

 Tue, 24 Mar at 04:30 pm Northern Lighthouse Board, 84 George Street Edinburgh EH2 3DA

Becoming Archived with the Lesbian Snapshot Collective

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

CQD To SOS: A Story of Titanic [Fringe Preview]

 Sat, 25 Jul at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 17

Edinburgh film premiere: As Old As The Hills

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Lister Learning and Teaching Centre, 5 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9, United Kingdom

Atmosphere | Faust

 Sat, 15 Aug at 02:30 pm Lauriston Castle Free

The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy

Agnes Owens in the archives

 Thu, 23 Apr at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm Meadows GBP 28

The General — A Silent Film Spectacular with Live Organ by Donald Mackenzie

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm The Corstorphine Astoria Centre 18 Kirk Loan, Corstorphine, Edinburgh EH12 7HD

Fred Hocker - The sinking of Vasa 1628

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Library of Mistakes GBP 0 to 9

Persepolis (2007)

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Grassmarket Community Project & Coffee Saints Cafe GBP 0 to 6

Expressing Scotland: Holding the Intangible

 Fri, 20 Mar at 10:00 am Augustine United Church Free

Unveiled Exhibition Tours

 Mon, 23 Mar at 01:30 pm Lauriston Castle Free

Historical Helmets Handling

 Thu, 02 Apr at 10:00 am Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage Free

Hidden Signs & Symbols of Old Town

 Mon, 30 Mar at 10:00 am St Giles' Cathedral GBP 20

HoA RSS | Prof. Angela Dimitrakaki, Dr Kirsten Lloyd and Dr Tamara Trodd

 Thu, 26 Mar at 05:15 pm Hunter Lecture Theatre Free

Challenging the 'old crone' stereotype of the historical midwife

 Thu, 09 Apr at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Helen’s History and Herbalism Walk

 Sun, 19 Jul at 01:30 pm Coltbridge GBP 7

Madame Florentine Besson and the Birth of the Modern Trumpet: WHM Talk

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Centre for Research Collections GBP 0 to 5

Architectural History & Theory Seminar Series| Maarten Delbeke

 Tue, 24 Mar at 05:15 pm Adam House, Basement Theatre, The University of Edinburgh Free

Cultivating A Nation: how biodiversity shapes countries

 Tue, 24 Mar at 04:00 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Leith Theatre Spring Heritage Tour

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Leith Theatre GBP 5

Women's history walking tour of Edinburgh New Town (2.5 hours)

 Sun, 12 Apr at 10:30 am Saint Andrew Square GBP 28

Women's history walking tour of Edinburgh New Town (2.5 hours)

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Saint Andrew Square GBP 14

The 1911 Census Boycott in Scotland

 Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Pennywell Mural Walk

 Sun, 22 Mar at 02:00 pm North Edinburgh Arts Free

Edinburgh Victorian Themed Walk

 Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am Edinburgh Old Town

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x AFRICA

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 17

Creative making: Create your own broadside

 Mon, 27 Apr at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

PALaEoScot: New Approaches to Scotland’s Oldest Archaeology

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

Richard Strachan: Night Fire

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Edinburgh EuroWalk

 Wed, 13 May at 11:00 am Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial Free

CWGC War Graves Week Tour 2026 - Edinburgh (Grange) Cemetery

 Mon, 18 May at 11:00 am Grange Cemetery Free

Drop-in Activity: Make a plague mask

 Thu, 09 Apr at 11:00 am Physicians' Gallery Free

Exploring the Jackie Kay archive

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

The centenary of the General Strike in Scotland

 Tue, 12 May at 05:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Dan's Donder - Roseburn to Saughton Guided Walk

 Sun, 17 May at 01:30 pm Murrayfield Ice Rink GBP 7

April Lecture: ‘The evolution of timekeeping’

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Gladstone's Land GBP 0 to 7

The joy of home shopping catalogues

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Regency Edinburgh - Lauriston Castle Lectures

 Tue, 30 Jun at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

Churchill, Scotland and the Great War. A talk by Andrew Liddle.

Sun, 06 Sep at 02:00 pm The Scots Guards Club

William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive

 Wed, 10 Jun at 04:30 pm HM General Register House Free

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jill Burke

 Wed, 20 May at 05:15 pm Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School - Doorway 4 Free

Art Deco Days - Lauriston Castle Lectures

Tue, 19 May at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

Community and Psychiatric Reform in 1970’s Chile (in-person)

 Wed, 25 Mar at 09:30 am Practice Suite, 1st Floor, Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh Free

What did Flora McDonald do Next? - Lauriston Castle Lectures

 Thu, 30 Apr at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

More Petticoats and Pinnacles

 Thu, 04 Jun at 10:30 am Lauriston Castle

Spring Slateford Saunter

 Sun, 12 Apr at 01:30 pm Water of Leith Conservation Trust and Visitor Centre GBP 7

The fight for the vote: suffragettes and nursing (hybrid)

 Thu, 20 Aug at 05:30 pm RCN Scotland Free

Atmosphere | Wings

 Sat, 11 Jul at 02:30 pm Lauriston Castle Free

Spotlight Event: Periods

 Wed, 27 May at 12:30 pm Physicians' Gallery

CWGC War Graves Week Tours 2026 - Edinburgh (Morningside) Cemetery

 Thu, 21 May at 11:00 am Morningside Cemetery Free

Spotlight Event: Bloodletting

 Wed, 25 Mar at 12:30 pm Physicians' Gallery

Thomas Pennant and the origins of Scottish tourism

 Thu, 04 Jun at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

CWGC War Graves Week Tour 2026 - Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery

 Wed, 20 May at 11:00 am Seafield Cemetery Free

Spotlight: Wax Moulage

 Wed, 29 Apr at 12:30 pm Physicians' Gallery

John Henry Newman and the Ends of Art

 Fri, 20 Mar at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free