Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

Edinburgh Contra Dance - December 2025

 Sat, 06 Dec at 07:45 pm Columcille

Cold Turkey's Honey Roast Hope

Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy

Punks & Poets for Palestine

 Sat, 06 Dec at 01:00 pm Sketchy Beats Cafe

Edinburgh Victorian themed evening

 Sat, 06 Dec at 12:00 am Edinburgh

Folksville Christmas Social 2025

 Sat, 06 Dec at 07:30 pm Assembly Roxy

At Home: November Group plays "Fragments In Time"

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:00 pm Home Bar GBP 12

How popular was Jane Austen?

 Thu, 11 Dec at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

A Very Merry Mother Maiden & Crone Christmas

 Tue, 09 Dec at 08:30 pm Bedlam Theatre GBP 9 to 12

Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Children's Literature

 Fri, 12 Dec at 09:30 am 1.06 Project Room, 50 George Square Free

Global Justice Academy Human Rights Day Book Launch - Luis Yanes

 Wed, 10 Dec at 04:00 pm MacLaren Stuart Room, Edinburgh Law School Free

Keepers of the Flame with Janette Ayachi

 Sat, 13 Dec at 02:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Edinburgh Street Stitchers at Shop With No Name

 Fri, 12 Dec at 10:00 am Shop With No Name Free

BSL Book Club | Sign Between the Lines - Jenni Fagan

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:30 pm Blackwood Bar, Deaf Action GBP 0 to 5

Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil

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

Velvetine Verses: Scotland's Young Makars Poetry Evening

 Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Scottish Poetry Library Free

Molton Brown Edinburgh | Bespoke Poetry Event

 Fri, 12 Dec at 12:00 pm Molton Brown Edinburgh Free

djembe drum workshop

 Sat, 06 Dec at 02:00 pm Bridgend Inspiring Growth GBP 6

Embedding AI within Transformation Programmes from a Leadership Perspective

 Wed, 14 Jan at 06:00 pm Business School, The University of Edinburgh Free

John Roy Stuart - Latha Chùilodair - Culloden Day

 Sat, 17 Jan at 06:30 pm Muse Theatre, 24a Hill St GBP 14

What lies in a poem? | In-person

 Tue, 09 Dec at 06:00 pm The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Free

Burns Night Supper

 Sat, 24 Jan at 06:30 pm 1802 Lounge & Grill GBP 45 to 50

Fawlty Towers Live at Edinburgh Playhouse

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Scottish women writers in children’s literature

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

Saudha | Planting Poetry & Music in Parliament | Scottish Parliament

 Thu, 18 Dec at 05:30 pm Scottish Parliament Building Free

Soma Devi and Shifting Sands Screening with Glasgow Women's Library

 Mon, 08 Dec at 06:00 pm Oxgangs Library Free

The Secrets of Niddry Street Vaults

Sat, 28 Feb at 11:45 pm Niddry St Vaults

John Henry Newman and the Ends of Art

 Sat, 31 Jan at 04:10 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Free

RSVP: FOUNTAINBRIDGE

 Mon, 16 Feb at 06:00 pm Fountainbridge Library Free

EWF Christmas Quiz with Memoir Author Catherine Simpson

 Tue, 09 Dec at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Ferment & Feast: An Evening of Japanese Pickles at Alby’s

 Mon, 15 Dec at 07:00 pm Alby's Leith GBP 65

Remembering the Reformation

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

Book launch - Sparks in the Firmament: A New Generation of Gaelic poets

 Tue, 16 Dec at 06:30 pm Lecture Theatre C, 40 George Square Free

The exile of Mary, Queen of Scots

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

Mark Hummel Band

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:15 pm @The Voodoo Rooms, EH2 2AA Edinburgh, United Kingdom

West End Burns Club

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm The Caves GBP 100 to 2,000

A Winter's Night

 Tue, 16 Dec at 07:30 pm Scottish Storytelling Centre

John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair - Falkirk Muir 280th Anniversary

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:30 pm Muse Theatre, 24a Hill St GBP 14

Anesu and the Water Spirits, Anesu agus na Creutairean Uisge

 Fri, 27 Feb at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Emotional Freedom Techniques Certification Course (In Person)

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

Personal perspectives on Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’

 Thu, 12 Mar at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Celebrating the Herring Lasses, A’ comharrachadh Clann Nighean an Sgadain

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Shockwave Therapy & Laser Therapy training

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

Creative making: Inspired by nature

 Tue, 10 Mar at 11:00 am National Library of Scotland GBP 10

Edinburgh Business Show

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

Moonlight, Mistletoe & Magic

Sat, 13 Dec at 08:00 pm Summerhall Edinburgh

Muckle Be The Light – Manson, Pedersen, Sturgeon, Blake

 Thu, 01 Jan at 06:00 pm Portobello Town Hall

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 49

Fireside Sessions

 Wed, 22 Oct at 08:00 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

John Roy Stuart - Latha Chuilodair - Battle of Falkirk Muir Anniversary

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:30 pm Muse Theatre GBP 14

Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series - The Beethoven Sonatas

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:30 pm St Giles Cathedral GBP 17 to 44

Lesbian Words

 Sun, 19 Jan at 12:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

National Galleries Writing Group

 Thu, 21 May at 02:30 pm National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait Free

Nurture Circles for Wellbeing Practitioners

 Sat, 08 Nov at 01:30 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

Queer Men for Queer Literature

 Sun, 08 Dec at 12:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Face to Face Arabic Langauge Course for Beginners A0 Level in Edinburgh

 Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm Paterson's Land, The University of Edinburgh GBP 90

Edinburgh Audio Tour: Echoes of Intrigue from Holyrood to Hermits

 Wed, 15 Oct at 11:00 am Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh GBP 5 to 30

Dick Lee presents Philip Larkin's Jazz

 Wed, 04 Mar at 04:00 pm Valvona & Crolla GBP 120

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 13 Dec at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60