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Meadows Festival
Edinburgh's festival season kicks off with the Meadows Festival, which offers the best local bands, dance groups, quirky performers and workshops amidst lots of family-friendly activities.
The Meadows, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sat 1 Jun
Times vary / Free
Sun 2 Jun
Times vary / Free
Edinburgh Zoo Nights
There is no one among us who hasn't wanted to visit the zoo after hours. Just what do all those critters do after dark, anyway? Now's there's a way to find out! The zoo opens its gates for an adults-only extravaganza featuring dancing, music, a champagne and a Pimm's bar, tapas, sushi, BBQ (take a breath) facepainting…
Edinburgh Zoo (4.2 miles)
Fri 24 May
£20 (Members £17) / 0131 314 0340
- 18:00 – 22:00
Fri 28 Jun
£20 (Members £17) / 0131 314 0340
- 18:00 – 22:00
Scottish Opera: The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance was written in a hurry so that Gilbert & Sullivan could open it on Broadway and finally taste those sweet, sweet American royalties, but in spite of its mercenary origin it's one of the best-loved operettas ever written, a crazily sparkling farce with a bumbling but patriotic pirate crew, some…
Edinburgh Festival Theatre (0.9 miles)
Tue 28 May
£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000
Thu 30 May
£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000
Fri 31 May
£17.50–£74.50 / 0131 529 6000
Neu! Reekie!
Avant-garde spoken word, film and music fusion night describing itself as 'playing host to the sinister and the sanguine'.
Summerhall, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Fri 31 May
£7 / 0845 874 3001
With readings from American poet Krystelle Bamford and short story writer McGuire; music from Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian and pop folkies Admiral Fallow; and the usual selection of animated goodness.
Aleksander Kudajczyk
Discovered working as a cleaner in the University of Glasgow, now a world-renowned concert pianist.
St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Sat 8 Jun
£10 (Children free) / 0131 229 7565
Pieces by Chopin for solo piano.
- 18:30 – 21:00
Camera Obscura and Attic Lights
Winsome, jangling indie sounds from Glasgow's increasingly compelling Camera Obscura.
The Liquid Room, Edinburgh (1.2 miles)
Tue 4 Jun
£12 / 0131 225 2564
Rally & Broad
A literary-flavoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, 'live literature', new music and dancing into the wee small hours.
Counting House, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)
Fri 21 Jun
£5 / 07989 508436
With poetry from Kei Millar and Hannah Jane Walker, plus tunes from Swimmer One.
Scottish Ensemble: Quartets Squared
Square a quartet and you get a hexadectuplet (a group with 16 members), but it's enough to play four quartets to get the picture. Martin Suckling's Postcard #4 is followed by works by two masters who, despite many differences, formed one of the warmest friendships in 20th century music: Shostakovich's String Quartet No 2…
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)
Sat 8 Jun
£15 (Students £5; under 15s free free if accompanied by a full-paying adult) / 0131 668 2019
