Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

Check out happening literary-art events all around Edinburgh, SC

Abelard Giza, Janusz Pietruszka, Kuba Śliwka | Edynburg

 Sun, 12 Apr at 07:00 pm The Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre formerly George Square Theatre

Michael McGovern / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 24.04.26

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

EDINBURGH - HEN HOOSE - QUEEN'S HALL

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Hamza Yassin's Adventures in Nature | Edinburgh

 Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Usher Hall

Penetration / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 01.08.26

 Sat, 01 Aug at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

An Evening with Alex Aster : Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Edinburgh New Town Church GBP 5 to 26

Under The Stars with Pedersen, Sermanni & Ayachi 🌟

Mon, 23 Mar at 06:00 pm Dynamic Earth

Global Harmony an evening of music featuring YOSA and ESSO Orchestras.

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:30 pm The Usher Hall Free

An Evening with Anthony Horowitz - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm The Parish Church of St Cuthbert GBP 5 to 27

Joanna Cherry: Keeping the Dream Alive

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 20

The Best of Adele. Tribute by Mystery Ensemble

 Fri, 29 May at 07:30 pm Greyfriars Kirk GBP 20 to 40

Guy Davis / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 13.05.26

 Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

The Awakening + Black Lakes

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:30 pm 212 Cowgate, EH1 1NQ Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

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

Darren McGarvey Trauma Industrial Complex

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm North Edinburgh Arts, 12C MacMillan Square GBP 12 to 16

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

Isabel Maria: The Because I Care Tour (Edinburgh)

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Leith Depot

Ghosts of the Georgian House

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

Storytelling in the age of AI | In-person

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Guest Workshop: Intro to Improvised Rap

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:30 pm Summerhall GBP 54

Jon King in conversation with Phil Jupitus / The Speakeasy @ The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 24.04.26

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm The Voodoo Rooms

The Un-Enlightenment with Gavin Esler | In-person

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Scottish elections 2026: How Scotland can get change right | In person

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

EICC:Live - Say It Well

 Fri, 27 Mar at 04:30 pm Edinburgh International Conference Centre Free

The Storyteller's Body: Extended Course w/ Inés Álvarez Villa & TBC Improv

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Summerhall GBP 113

Melt: BirdsNest Poetry Reading

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm BirdsNest Gallery GBP 0 to 5

Pub Quiz for Palestine

 Sat, 04 Apr at 08:00 pm 56 North GBP 12 to 55

Meet the gods, creatures, and heroes of Celtic legend

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

Edinburgh Business Show

 Thu, 23 Apr at 10:00 am Hibernian Football Club GBP 0 to 318

Michael Pedersen: Muckle Flugga

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 10

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

Seeking Sexual Freedom: An Evening with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 19

The Othered Woman: Shahed Ezaydi on How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 17

Jane Austen's Love & Freindship [Sic]

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 17

Welcome to Improv: A Drop-In Improv Class w/ TBC Improv UK

 Tue, 31 Mar at 11:00 am TBC Improv UK GBP 22

Dear Library: Family Story Sessions

 Tue, 14 Apr at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland Free

Awakening the Forest: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Le Chéile/Together: Screening and Q&A

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

The Forest in Full Voice: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Plaidsong: Songs of the Scottish Soldier Across 7 Centuries

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

Blossoms & New Beginnings: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature

 Sat, 11 Apr at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

An Evening with Gillian McAllister - Edinburgh West End

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

LUX MAGNA Scottish Filmmakers Networking Evening

 Sat, 04 Apr at 06:00 pm The Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh GBP 0 to 22

Natural Ink Making Workshop

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Wasps Riverside House GBP 40

Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Preserving Digital Cultural Heritage

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

'Square Baw': A history of Scottish football

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Calton Consort: Luminous Night of the Soul

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm Stockbridge Church

The Shape of Stories - Writing Workshop with Heather Kondak Ross

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm The Gilded Saloon GBP 0 to 22

Theatre Book Club: Death on the Nile

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Paige Toon in conversation with Naimh Hargan - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

Shockwave Therapy & Laser Therapy training

 Sat, 28 Mar at 09:30 am Murrayfield Stadium, Moncrieff Suite GBP 75

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

Linda Duncan McLaughlin: Original Sins

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 12

Calton Consort: Luminous Night of the Soul

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm The Canongate Kirk

Emotional Freedom Techniques Certification Course (In Person)

 Fri, 27 Mar at 09:30 am The Salisbury Centre GBP 109 to 537

Olive Growing in Palestine: Stories of everyday resistance

 Tue, 31 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

Blackwell's Book Quiz #202

 Mon, 06 Apr at 06:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Remembering the Reformation

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm William Robertson Wing, The University of Edinburgh Free

Creative writing: Spellcasting

 Tue, 14 Apr at 03:00 pm National Library of Scotland GBP 5

War, Profit, and the Machinery of Capitalism - CLOSING SESSION

 Sat, 21 Mar at 08:20 pm The Out of the Blue Drill Hall

Queer in a Wee Place – LGBTQ Lives and the 2026 Scottish Election

 Tue, 21 Apr at 03:00 pm Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh Free

Theatre Book Club: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Agnes Owens in the archives

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

The Politics of Austerity: How Cuts, Control, and “Sound Economics” Shape Our Lives

 Fri, 20 Mar at 12:00 pm The Out of the Blue Drill Hall

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

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

A Multilingual Roundtable on Kiffe Kiffe Demain by Faiza guène

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies Free

Frontierlands: Hazel Sheffield on an alternative to capitalism in the UK

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 22

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Vesper Choir in Edinburgh

 Sat, 21 Mar at 12:00 pm Greyfriars Kirk

An Evening with Antonia Hodgson

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

Don't Forget We're Here Forever: Lamorna Ash

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

Edinburgh Book Fair

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm InterContinental Edinburgh The George (19 - 21 George Street, Edinburgh, UK)

Stillness at the Solstice: An Introduction to Mindfulness in Nature

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Theatre Book Club: The Boy at the Back of the Class

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Sapphics, Sports and Spice: Celebrate The Release of Perfect Match!

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:30 am Lady and The Bear GBP 7 to 11

Telegraphy by Farah Ali

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Typewronger Books Free

A Nice Day Out: Zine-Making Edition!

 Mon, 23 Mar at 06:30 pm Calton View Cafe (Royal Mile) Free

Susan Manning Memorial Lecture 2026: Cedric Tolliver

 Fri, 20 Mar at 05:00 pm 50 George Square Lecture Theatre (G.03) Free

An Evening of Poetry with Jane Bonnyman, Annie Brechin & Marianne MacRae

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3

Zine workshop: 'Til Debt Do Us Part

 Thu, 26 Mar at 10:00 am Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

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

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

Authentic Connection Group

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

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

Transpiration by Meredith MacLeod Davidson

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Architectural History & Theory Seminar Series| Maarten Delbeke

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

Spring Journal Workshop

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Bongou Cafe GBP 75

Researching Algorithmic Life – A Conversation on Method and Substance

 Wed, 18 Mar at 02:00 pm Edinburgh Law School Free

Samantha Dooey-Miles: Under the Hammer

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 11

An Afternoon of Stitch & Print: Books & Zines

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:30 pm Gatehouse Building next to the main road, Edinburgh College (Granton Campus) Free

The 1911 Census Boycott in Scotland

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

Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers’ Meetup

 Sun, 29 Mar at 01:30 pm Leith Depot Free

creative soundLAB: MARCH 2026

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:00 pm Bright Red Triangle Startup Studio Free

Crime Book Club - Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm Waterstones Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 17 Mar EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Richard Strachan: Night Fire

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

An Evening of Poetry with Sarah Stewart - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 15

Exploring the Jackie Kay archive

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

An Evening with David Goodman - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23