Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

Mean Girls Live at Edinburgh Playhouse

 Tue, 17 Nov at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Sauna Theatre @ Edinburgh Fringe 2026

 Thu, 06 Aug at 09:00 am Summerhall

GLOBAL HARMONY an evening of music featuring YOSA and ESSO Orchestras.

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

15% OFF Edinburgh History & Food Tour: Hidden Gems, Haggis, Whisky & Fudge!

 Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm Caffè Nero GBP 37 to 38

Irvine Welsh's P*RNO

 Sat, 10 Oct at 12:30 pm Leith Theatre

Chopin and Champagne by Candlelight

 Sat, 20 Jun at 07:30 pm St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place GBP 22 to 49

Chopin by Candlelight at St Giles' Cathedral

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:15 pm St Giles' Cathedral GBP 15 to 42

Darren McGarvey: Trauma Industrial Complex: The Live Show

 Sun, 21 Jun at 07:30 pm Leith Arches

KATHRYN STOCKETT: The Calamity Club

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm 18 Grassmarket GBP 28

Narratives of the Future II

 Fri, 12 Jun at 01:30 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Penetration / The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 01.08.26

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

Rob Green & Mike McKenzie @ The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

 Wed, 01 Jul at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Jazz Bar Saturdays: Laurie Moore - The Music of Ray Brown [Jazz]

 Sat, 27 Jun at 06:15 pm The Jazz Bar GBP 1 to 12

An Evening with Katherine Arden- Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

An Evening with Terry Deary - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

Jane Austen's Love & Freindship [Sic]

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 9 to 17

Taste Film presents Moulin Rouge! (2001) in Edinburgh!

 Thu, 10 Sep at 07:00 pm Patina GBP 100

Meet Lisa Jewell - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 02 Jul at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 12

Edinburgh: Sean Collyns Medium | Live with the Spirit World

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:30 pm Assembly Roxy GBP 38 to 65

ScotlandsFest: Between the Stones – Outlander through Scotland

 Wed, 19 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

THE BIG BLETHER - SALTIRE SKY THEATRE

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Hibernian Football Supporters Club GBP 8

Ghost stories from Edinburgh and Beyond with author Graeme Milne

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm The Banshee Labyrinth (cinema room) GBP 10

Loud Poets: Edinburgh Spoken Word Showcase

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Scottish Storytelling Centre

Fantasy Bookclub Scotland Presents- Crescent City by Sarah J Maas

 Sun, 14 Jun at 02:00 pm Slow Progress Records & Coffee GBP 20

ScotlandsFest: Trust issues, fake news, real poems

 Mon, 24 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Talking two millennia (of Scotland's history)

 Wed, 26 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Tea and Tales

 Mon, 24 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

AN EVENING WITH… MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY LA BELLE ANGELE EDINBURGH

 Sat, 13 Jun at 07:00 pm La Belle Angele

Doctor Faustus

 Tue, 18 Aug at 07:30 pm St John's Church GBP 10 to 15

An Evening with Mark Edwards & William McIntyre

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Literary Escape Festival - Edinburgh

 Sat, 14 Nov at 10:30 am Ps & Gs (St Paul's & St George's) Church GBP 0 to 12

Empowering Better Health With Real Food

 Fri, 06 Nov at 08:30 am Ps & Gs (St Paul's & St George's) Church GBP 30

Typewronger's No Homework Book Club

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm Typewronger Books Free

Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Finding Balance in the Late Summer

 Sat, 15 Aug at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

In Good Taste: Talk and Signing at The Cookbook Shop

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm The Cookbook Shop GBP 6 to 12

Lin Anderson: The High Island

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 20

MANIKIN - SALTIRE SKY THEATRE

 Fri, 07 Aug at 06:00 pm Hibernian Football Supporters Club GBP 12

Atmosphere | The Great Gatsby

 Sat, 05 Dec at 07:30 pm Lauriston Castle GBP 15

ScotlandsFest: Unfinished Business: Scotland's Political Crossroads

 Wed, 26 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Practical Intuition

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am JA The Bruntsfield Edinburgh GBP 230

ScotlandsFest: Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on Location

 Thu, 27 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Ancient Voices, Living Landscape – Scotland's Geomythography

 Wed, 26 Aug at 12:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: A Wee Bit Zen – when less is more

 Mon, 24 Aug at 12:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

 Sat, 17 Oct at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Book Launch: "The Fallen" by Dr Louise Brangan

 Wed, 24 Jun at 05:00 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Golden Light and Turning Leaves

 Sat, 05 Sep at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Transformation and the Art of Letting Go

 Sat, 03 Oct at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

ScotlandsFest: No Scotland No Party!

 Thu, 27 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Braw Gigs Presents: Ak'chamel + Guests

 Tue, 08 Sep at 07:30 pm Bannerman's Bar

Connective Threads: A Trans Archive Writing Workshop

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Stillness at the Solstice

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

Edinburgh Fringe: Antony Szmierek, Edinburgh / 11.08.26

 Wed, 26 Aug at 07:30 pm La Belle Angele

M. John Harrison: The End of Everything

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 17 to 21

A celebration of wild swimming

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

The Dawn of AI: Edinburgh

 Fri, 19 Jun at 01:00 pm The National Robotarium GBP 20

Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

 Sat, 09 May Edinburgh Castle GBP 22

How Queer Bookshops Changed the World: An Evening with AJ West and June Thomas

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Notes of Freedom

 Wed, 12 Aug at 06:00 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 0 to 5

Let's Get Familiar: Author Event with Kirsty Logan

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:00 pm LGBT Health and Wellbeing Free

ScotlandsFest: Art Without Borders – Demarco's Europe

 Thu, 27 Aug at 12:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: A Scottish Football Odyssey

 Thu, 27 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

15% OFF Edinburgh History & Food Tour: Hidden Gems, Haggis, Whisky & Fudge!

 Sat, 20 Jun at 01:00 pm Caffè Nero GBP 37 to 38

Rowe Irvin: Life Cycle of a Moth

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 10

STANCE Conference 2026

 Thu, 01 Oct at 09:30 am COSLA Conference Centre GBP 109 to 131

Artist Talk: Åsa Johannesson In Conversation with Laurie Bassam

 Sat, 20 Jun at 03:00 pm Stills GBP 5 to 8

MINI-ZINE-FAIR - Table Registration

 Tue, 30 Jun at 04:00 pm The Outhouse Free

Edinburgh Book Bonanza

 Sat, 17 Oct at 10:00 am Le Monde Hotel GBP 3 to 55

ScotlandsFest: Iona with Love

 Thu, 20 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Ghost Stories for Christmas

 Fri, 20 Nov at 07:30 pm The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre GBP 16 to 19

Rainbow Verses: A night of queer poetry from Indie presses

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm 43-45 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

ScotlandsFest: Fortunes From Flesh – Scotland and Slavery

 Thu, 20 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Scotland's Darkest Past

 Thu, 20 Aug at 12:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Scottish women writers in Edinburgh walking tour

 Sat, 25 Apr Meadows GBP 28

Power Up! Film Screening, Discussion And Collective Poetry Making

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm Grassmarket Community Project GBP 0 to 6

Rottenheart: Launching Kat Dunn's new Gothic Horror with Kirsty Logan

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

16th June 2026 - Ali McBride

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

ScotlandsFest: Northern Spirits, Restless Hearts

 Mon, 24 Aug at 01:30 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Heel for Heel – Scottish Dance Fever

 Wed, 19 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: In Search of Scottish Architecture

 Thu, 20 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

ScotlandsFest: Donald Dewar – An Incomplete Legacy?

 Wed, 26 Aug at 03:00 pm St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Young Religious Poets Competition Final

 Wed, 19 Aug at 01:00 pm Canongate Kirk Free

A M**der Mystery Evening with Antony Johnston - Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 14 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 18

Between The Covers Live - Celebrating Agatha Christie

 Tue, 13 Oct at 07:30 pm The Queen's Hall

An Evening with Rhiannon Grist: Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 16 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 13

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Tue, 17 Mar EH7 6AE GBP 65 to 93

Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

 Sat, 20 Jun at 07:30 pm St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral GBP 20 to 45

Shadowlands

 Thu, 22 Oct at 07:30 pm Hill Street Theatre GBP 12 to 17

Rhind Lectures 2026 (in person and online)

 Fri, 19 Jun at 05:00 pm Augustine United Church GBP 0 to 15

Creative writing: Spellcasting

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

Creative writing: Creative collaboration with ATLAS Arts

 Tue, 14 Jul at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland GBP 17

An Evening of Dark Academia - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 24

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

ELAINE THOMSON: Saltwater

 Tue, 23 Jun at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

ScotlandsFest: Farmyard Follies

 Wed, 19 Aug at 10:30 am St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church GBP 6 to 12

Haunted Happenings with Heba Al-Wasity and MK Hardy

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

Rebel Book Club Edinburgh x MANOSPHERE

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm The Melting Pot Consultancy GBP 17

Thermos Museum Books

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:30 pm 36 Dalmeny Street, EH6 8RG Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Grassland Plant Identification (Edinburgh) NEW FOR 2026

 Thu, 25 Jun at 10:00 am Holyrood Park Education Centre GBP 105

MINI-ZINE-FAIR

 Tue, 30 Jun at 04:00 pm The Outhouse, Broughton St Lane., EH1 3LY Edinburgh, United Kingdom