Literary-art Events in Edinburgh

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

Halloween at the Georgian House

 Fri, 31 Oct at 07:00 pm The Georgian House, Edinburgh

Anti-Narrative Action Open Mic

 Sat, 18 Oct at 10:00 am Sketchy Beats Cafe

Ride for Tim: Edinburgh talks mental health and cycling

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:45 pm Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House

Diana Henry: Around the Table

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

The Writer Almudena Grandes

 Sat, 11 Oct at 03:00 pm French Institute of Scotland GBP 0 to 10

Sapphic Spaces: in conversation with June Thomas

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Epworth Hall, Nicolson Square Venues Free

Mark Hummel Band

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

Carlton Kirby's True Tales of the Tour de France

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:30 pm Ghillie Dhu

Conquering your financial giants with Tynah Matembe

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

Dr Helen Williams: EDITION Autumn Lecture and workshop

 Fri, 10 Oct at 02:00 pm Centre for Research Collections, Main Library Free

Book Club Discussion - Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

 Sat, 25 Oct at 02:00 pm Old Eastway Tap Free

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 11 Oct at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Jo Lochhead: Needle Felting Workshop

 Thu, 02 Oct at 06:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 15

READ WRITE HEAR

 Sun, 09 Nov at 01:00 pm 28 Brougham Street, EH3 9JH Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kae Kurd: What's O'Kurd Edinburgh

 Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Monkey Barrel Comedy

Garth Marenghi - This Bursted Earth Book Tour

 Sat, 01 Nov at 07:30 pm The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Halloween Double Bill - 'A Candlelight Night at the Haunted Opera'

 Fri, 31 Oct at 07:15 pm St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh GBP 16 to 54

Mystery Event : Red Carpet Celebration

 Sun, 12 Oct at 05:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms GBP 8 to 17

Elaine Thomson: Hawthorn Book Launch

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Weekend Recipes with Jessica Elliott Dennison

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

The Core Shift

 Sat, 11 Oct at 09:30 am EH12 6UG GBP 54 to 87

LOCAL RESISTANCE Film & Poetry Evening

 Thu, 09 Oct at 05:00 pm MacMillan Hub, 12c MacMillan Square, EH4 4AB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cold Turkey's Honey Roast Hope

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Assembly Roxy GBP 14 to 17

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Edinburgh

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Augustine United Church Free

Book Launch: "Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance"

 Tue, 07 Oct at 05:30 pm Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Free

Meet the author Constance Trautsolt

 Thu, 02 Oct at 04:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

GCP Coffee House Gig #2

 Mon, 06 Oct at 04:00 pm Grassmarket Centre Free

The Spirit Lamp / Chrystabell Performs the Music of David Lynch / The Voodoo Rooms / 30.09.25

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Legss

 Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm 73 Cowgate, EH1 1JW Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Digital Skills 4 Girls Edinburgh: Podcast Challenge!

 Wed, 29 Oct at 05:30 pm CodeBase Edinburgh Free

The Strange Case of 7 Charlotte Square Halloween Book Fair

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm The Georgian House GBP 3 to 4

An Evening with Peter MacQueen and the Hebridean Baker

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 17

Edinburgh Sparks Prose Open Mic.

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Waverley Bar Free

Lanterns for the Gloaming: An Autumn Folklore Workshop

 Sun, 12 Oct at 03:00 pm Grassmarket Community Project GBP 39

Hen Party with Arthur Parkinson

 Thu, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Amina Shah in conversation with Jenny Colgan

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

Anders Buaas - The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms

Forest Bathing at Lauriston Castle Gardens

 Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am Lauriston Castle GBP 27 to 32

Screening of "Elevator to the Gallows" + Live Jazz Performance

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Stramash Book Launch

 Tue, 11 Nov at 06:30 pm Scottish Poetry Library Free

Dr Michael Stirrat - Everyday Gaslighting: What is it and what do we know about gaslighters.

 Wed, 01 Oct at 07:30 pm The Banshee Labyrinth

Leaders Day in Edinburgh

 Wed, 01 Oct at 10:00 am The Quaker Meeting House GBP 30

Luke Jackson / The Speakeasy at The Voodoo Rooms / Edinburgh / 06.11.25

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:30 pm The Voodoo Rooms - Bar, Restaurant & Function Rooms in Edinburgh

How popular was Jane Austen?

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

Lake District, Windermere and Bowness Day Trip

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:00 am University of Edinburgh GBP 48

Gloria!

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:30 pm Usher Hall

Kae Kurd: What’s O ‘Kurd? - Edinburgh

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm The Stand Comedy Club

Jean-Yves Laurichesse: Writing between memory and fiction

 Tue, 14 Oct at 05:30 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

What if your employer adopted a 4 day work week?

 Sat, 08 Nov at 11:00 am ECCI Free

New College Festival of Books and Belief

 Fri, 07 Nov at 11:00 am New College, Mound Pl, EH1 2LX Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Great North Road by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Stuart Campbell

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3 to 12

Mary Portas: I Shop, Therefore I Am

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Christ Church Morningside

Christmas Lecture: Dr Benji Waterhouse

 Thu, 04 Dec at 06:15 pm Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh GBP 12

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

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

LOCAL RESISTANCE Film & Song Evening

 Thu, 02 Oct at 05:00 pm MacMillan Hub, 12c MacMillan Square, EH4 4AB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Poetry Jukebox Launch: Fragments of Scotch Poetry

 Thu, 04 Dec at 06:30 pm Scottish Poetry Library GBP 5

Loud Poets x Bad Betty: Spoken Word Showcase

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Scottish Storytelling Centre

Edinburgh Contra Dance - December 2025

 Sat, 06 Dec at 07:45 pm Columcille

Abi Millar: ‘The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age’

 Fri, 07 Nov at 02:30 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh GBP 8 to 12

Sally Magnusson: The Shapeshifter's Daughter

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

BSL Book Club | Sign Between the Lines - Yassmin Abdel-Magied

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:30 pm Blackwood Bar, Deaf Action GBP 0 to 5

The Second Sermon on the Mound

 Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm Leith Links

An Evening with Olly Smith – Book Launch & Wine Tasting at Majestic Wine

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:00 pm Majestic Wine Comiston GBP 45 to 80

Big Picture Live: Edinburgh

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm City Art Centre And Museum, Edinburgh.

The Ebony Frame: A Ghost Story

 Sat, 08 Nov at 07:00 pm The Studio St. Augustine's Church

Religion and Scottish Drama

 Sat, 08 Nov at 04:00 pm Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh GBP 8 to 12

Men's Circles - Full Moon 2025

 Mon, 06 Oct at 06:30 pm HUT, Community Woodland, EH14 7JB Edinburgh, United Kingdom

George Selgin on the great depression and the new deal

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

Edinburgh Book Bonanza

 Sat, 25 Oct at 11:00 am Le Monde GBP 3 to 50

Wild Homecomings - an evening with Author Keith Broomfield

 Mon, 24 Nov at 07:00 pm Water of Leith Conservation Trust and Visitor Centre GBP 7

Beginners Introduction to Book Binding Class

 Sat, 08 Nov at 12:00 pm EH7 6AE GBP 60

Neighbourhood night with Author Kent Hung

 Tue, 11 Nov at 06:00 pm 19-25 William Street, EH3 7NG

The Enchanted Snake

 Sat, 01 Nov at 10:00 am Lyre, Arts Space GBP 9 to 28

Sad Song Club - Open Mic Night @ Sketchy Beats Café // Leith

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Sketchy Beats Cafe

Death in Stoicism (Edinburgh)

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:00 pm Athletic Arms

Hector Berlioz and Louise Bertin, a friendship in music by Brenda Poupard and Anne Louise Bourion

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm West Parliament Square, EH1 1 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

BSL Book Club | Sign Between the Lines - Jenni Fagan

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

Book Launch: Heiresses: Marriage Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean with Miranda Kaufmann

Thu, 02 Oct at 06:30 pm 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, UK

Fawlty Towers Live at Edinburgh Playhouse

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:30 pm Edinburgh Playhouse

Cinetopia Salon #1: Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle 1958) + Live Jazz performance

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm French Institute for Scotland

The World of Jane Austen: Devoney Looser & Zoë McGee in conversation

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm 176 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sports Law Conference

 Thu, 30 Oct at 11:00 am The WS Society GBP 192 to 360

Alexander McCall Smith at Toppings & Co., Edinburgh (UK)

 Thu, 27 Nov at 07:00 pm New Town Church, Edinburgh

The Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass Family Freedom-Fighting Collective

 Mon, 24 Nov at 02:00 pm National Library of Scotland Free

Experimental Music and Japanese Philosophies: The Aesthetics of Silence and Nature

 Mon, 06 Oct at 01:15 pm G.06, 50 George Square

Who's The Fairest Of Them All?

 Sat, 08 Nov at 05:30 pm The Studio St. Augustine's Church

SCHS Autumn Conference - The Church and Society

 Sat, 15 Nov at 09:30 am Augustine United Church GBP 5 to 10

Introduction to Transmission Meditation - Edinburgh workshops 2025

 Sun, 02 Mar at 07:00 pm The Salisbury Centre Free

Asexuality in the Archive

 Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive at the Edinburgh Palette Free

Black History Walking Tour of Edinburgh

 Sat, 29 Jul at 09:00 am Melville Monument GBP 20

Poetry Group at the ELC

 Tue, 26 Nov at 03:00 pm The Eric Liddell Community 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

Blood and Guts: The Twists and Turns of Edinburgh's Medical History

 Sat, 25 Jan at 02:00 pm Surgeons' Hall Museum GBP 10 to 19