Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

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

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

Burns Night Supper

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

Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight – ‘Clair de Lune’

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 6 to 44

West End Burns Club

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

Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera x Valentine's Day

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:30 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 6 to 44

Embedding AI within Transformation Programmes from a Leadership Perspective

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

Burns Supper with a Romanian Twist

 Sat, 17 Jan at 05:00 pm Whiski Rooms 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

Katalina Watt on Saltswept - Edinburgh West End

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 23

The exile of Mary, Queen of Scots

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

Burns Supper & Ceilidh by The Ninety Burns Club

 Sat, 31 Jan at 06:00 pm The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh GBP 66

Auld Alliance Burns Supper

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm 11 Bristo Place, EH1 1EZ Edinburgh

Robert Burns and the Glenriddell Manuscripts

 Thu, 22 Jan at 05:30 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Screening of "L’Atalante" by Jean Vigo

 Fri, 23 Jan at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mark Hummel Band

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

Burns reTurns

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:00 pm Ukrainian Community Centre (AUGB Edinburgh) GBP 0 to 15

Burnt love letters: A history of queer love

 Sat, 14 Feb at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Start Your Year Write with Women Who Write Edinburgh

 Sat, 10 Jan at 10:00 am The Out of the Blue Drill Hall

An Evening with Dave Rudden - Edinburgh West End

 Tue, 06 Jan at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

RSVP: FOUNTAINBRIDGE

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

Sunday Assembly: Following Nan Shepherd

Sun, 04 Jan at 11:30 am LifeCare Edinburgh

Novel Ideas

Sat, 10 Jan at 03:00 pm 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Tobi Coventry: He's the Devil

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

EWF - 13th January Niamh Hargan - Books to Screen

 Tue, 13 Jan at 07:00 pm The Edinburgh Bookshop GBP 5

Catholic Women Writers: Voices from Scotland and Beyond

 Wed, 11 Feb at 05:45 pm Gillis Centre Free

Anesu and the Water Spirits, Anesu agus na Creutairean Uisge

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

Ecstatic Visions

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm Inspace GBP 0 to 12

Indie Poetry Night: Julie Laing, Vicki Husband & Eloise Birtwhistle

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 5

Food Is Life: A writing/craft seminar with Candice Chung

 Sun, 08 Feb at 04:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 7

Role Initiative: Create your own character

 Fri, 13 Feb at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland GBP 0 to 5

Chosen Family: the new Madeleine Gray Launch with Wuthering Dykes

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:00 pm Nicolson Square Venues GBP 0 to 22

The Bed Trick : Sex and Deception on Trial with Izabella Scott

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 19

Scottish women writers in children’s literature

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

Floodlines: Celebrating new fiction from Saleem Haddad

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop GBP 0 to 17

Screening of "Three Friends" by Emmanuel Mouret

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home with Ece Temelkuran & Nicola Sturgeon

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Nicolson Square Venues GBP 0 to 21

Shockwave Therapy & Laser Therapy training

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

Remembering the Reformation

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

At Home: November Group plays "Fragments In Time"

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

Andrew Mark Gillott: Writing Sensation

 Tue, 20 Jan at 06:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 44

Meet Hannah Gold - Edinburgh West End

 Wed, 25 Feb at 04:30 pm Waterstones GBP 15

Writing the French Caribbean: an Introduction

 Tue, 03 Mar at 05:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Secrets of Niddry Street Vaults

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

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

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

Personal perspectives on Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’

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

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Emotional Freedom Techniques Certification Course (In Person)

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

Campaigning women: Chrystal Macmillan, Helen Crawfurd and Helen Steven

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

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

Lake District and Windermere Day Trip

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

John Henry Newman and the Ends of Art

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

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

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

Under The Stars with Pedersen, Sermanni & Ayachi 🌟

Mon, 23 Mar at 06:00 pm Dynamic Earth

Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series - The Beethoven Sonatas

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

Queer Gothic Words

 Sun, 26 Jan at 12:15 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Nurture Circles for Wellbeing Practitioners

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

Dick Lee presents Philip Larkin's Jazz

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

Imbolc Sound Bath Meditation

Sun, 01 Feb at 07:00 pm The Open Door. GBP 16

Making Art in Dark Times with Mae Diansangu

 Sat, 24 Jan at 02:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

CVS Burns Supper 2026

 Mon, 19 Jan at 04:00 pm EH16 4TJ GBP 5

Press To Pulp [WIP]

 Sun, 25 Jan at 06:30 pm Augustine United Church GBP 7 to 14

David Larbi - Frequently Happy - Edinburgh West End

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 15

Burns Day at The Tolbooth Tavern

 Sun, 25 Jan at 02:00 pm Tolbooth Tavern GBP 47

Poetry for Breakfast with Christine De Luca

 Sat, 17 Jan at 10:15 am The Scottish Gallery GBP 17

Tim Burton’s Universe by Mystery Ensemble

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:30 pm Greyfriars Kirk GBP 20 to 40

Queer Men for Queer Literature

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

Fireside Sessions

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

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

Abelard Giza, Janusz Pietruszka, Kuba Åšliwka | Edynburg

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