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Open Acoustic Session
Date	Location
Ian Robertson hosts. View full details
24 May–31 May Thu 8pm	The Ale House, Edinburgh

Open Folk Session
Date	Location
Informal folk/trad session. View full details
23 May–25 Jul Wed 9.30pm	The Ale House, Edinburgh

Open Mic
Date	Location
All welcome, house guitar provided. View full details
25 May–27 Jul Fri 9.30pm	The Ale House, Edinburgh

Open Mic
Date	Location
Just turn up and perform. View full details
14 May–25 Jun Mon 9.30pm	Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh

Opera Australia: Lakme
Date	Location
Opera Australia's finest singers perform the story of forbidden romance between a British Army soldier stationed in India during the Raj and a beautiful Hindi princess. View full details
5 Jun 1pm	Cameo, Edinburgh

Opera North: Ruddigore
Date	Location
Opera North brings to life Gilbert and Sullivan's melodramatic story of witches, maidens and curses from beyond the grave. View full details and ticket info
7 Jun–9 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30–10pm; Sat 2.15pm & 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Date	Location
Following their acclaimed festival appearance in 2009, Philippe Herreweghe and his period-instrument Orchestre des Champs-Élysées return with transcendental music by two of the greatest 19th-century composers. Brahms’ searching Gesang der Parzen (‘Song of the Fates’) is a brooding meditation on man’s destiny, expressed in a work of tremendous power. The spiritual theme continues in the joyful Te Deum by one of music’s most profound mystical explorers, Anton Bruckner. The evening concludes with… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Out of Abingdon
Date	Location
Out of Abingdon. All the way from Brisbane, Australia, Out of Abingdon travel 10,000 miles to make their much anticipated return to Edinburgh. Check out their very aptly titled debut CD, Journeys, and all their festival dates at outofabingdon.com.au now. ★★★★★ 'Superb! If you like jazz, blues, soul music you'll love this duo. Great dynamics, lots of feeling and sensitivity to their playing. I was mesmerized – could have watched them all night'(Jools, Lovefringe.com). ★★★★★ 'Just spent an… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
10 Aug–19 Aug Times vary	The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

The Outside Track
Date	Location
Outside Track. The Outside Track are one of Scotland's hottest musical exports. A stunning synthesis of virtuosity and energy, their marriage of Scottish, Irish and Canadian music, song and dance has been rapturously received around the world. Drawing from their vibrant home traditions, they combine classy musicianship with winning joie de vivre. Fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, step-dance and vocals blend with boundless drive and breathtaking vitality. 'Group of the Year' (Live… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
26 Aug 6.45pm	Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

The Overtones
Date	Location
Doo wop vocal harmony man band doing it for the mums. View full details and ticket info
22 Nov 7pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

The Pale Seas, Blue Goldl Jake Mattison, Astrid and Quinn
Date	Location
Communion night, the live music club and record label founded by Mumford & Son's Ben Lovett View full details
17 Jun 7pm	Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh

Panning for Gold
Date	Location
Goldrush Bluegrass Band. Goldrush are a crucible of passion and fire. A five piece blistering fusion of white-hot original and traditional bluegrass with explosive vocals and brilliant harmonies, blended with searing guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and double bass. Goldrush are a polished unit who have forged an impressive identity, delivering cutting edge bluegrass to delighted audiences. The band has decades of experience on the UK and European folk scene in addition to tutoring at… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug 8.30pm	Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Paramore
Date	Location
Only Scottish date for the melodramatic pop-punks from Tennessee, fronted by the feisty Hayley Williams. Part of Rock'n'Roll Damnation. View full details
21 Aug 7pm	Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

Paul Kelly
Date	Location
. Paul Kelly has recorded 18 studio albums, as well as several film soundtracks and live albums, in an influential career spanning more than 30 years. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997. He continues to cross musical boundaries. Recent albums include the bluegrass inspired Foggy Highway and the wide ranging double set, Ways & Means and Stolen Apples. The Triple J tribute album Before Too Long is evidence of his influence on generations of musicians. He reflects on the… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
26 Aug 7pm	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Paul Lamb & the King Snakes
Date	Location
Award-winning Brit blues combo. View full details and ticket info
9 Dec 7pm	The Caves, Edinburgh

Paws, Dolfinz, Sex Hands and Waiters
Date	Location
Energetic blend of rock, post rock and grunge. View full details
13 Jun 7pm	Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh

Penfold, Lionhall and So Many Animal Calls
Date	Location
Livingston 'hard hitting melodic alt.rock' act Penfold launch their new EP Hindsight & Regrets. View full details
31 May 8pm	Bannerman's, Edinburgh

Peppa Pig's Treasure Hunt
Date	Location
Join Peppa, George and Danny Dog in a treasure hunt on Grandad Dog's boat. This brand new show features puppets, songs and a brand new story. View full details and ticket info
4 Jul–5 Jul Wed & Thu 10am & 1pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Peter Backhouse
Date	Location
Organ recital featuring works by JS Bach, Duruflé, Mendelssohn, Bairstow and Elgar. View full details
14 Jun 12.15pm	St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Philharmonia Orchestra
Date	Location
Principal conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in Bruckner’s magnificent Fourth Symphony, one of the composer’s most popular works. The Violin Concerto by South Korean-born composer Unsuk Chin won the 2004 Grawemeyer Award, contemporary music’s most coveted prize, for its glittering sounds and expressive beauty. German violinist Viviane Hagner, tonight’s soloist, knows the virtuosic solo part better than anyone: she gave the first performance in 2002, and even advised… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Philip Sawyer
Date	Location
Organ recital, featuring works by JS Bach as well as the premiere of a new work by Yui Kakinuma. View full details
12 Aug 4pm	St Michael & All Saints' Church, Edinburgh

Places & Spaces
Date	Location
Guitarist Haftor Medbøe and singer Anneke Kampman play a musical response to the Scottish National Gallery's Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe exhibition. Abstract sounds from the natural world and daily human life form a backdrop to the performance of special musical composition, ahead of the release of an album. View full details
21 Jul 1pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Plastic Animals, Honeyblood and The Spook School
Date	Location
'Messy atmospheric rock' as Edinburgh's Plastic Animals launch their new EP Automaton. View full details
3 Jun 7pm	Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh

The Plastic Babies
Date	Location
Special acoustic set. View full details
23 Jun 8.30pm	Victoria, Edinburgh

Popa Chubby
Date	Location
New York City bluesman in the vein of Joe Bonamassa and Walter Trout. View full details
20 Jun 7pm	The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

Porgy & Bess
Date	Location
Cape Town Opera return with Gershwin's popular opera, featuring 'Summertime', 'I Got Plenty of Nuttin'' and 'It Ain't Necessarily So'. View full details and ticket info
15 Jun–16 Jun Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2pm & 7.30pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Pressure Valve
Date	Location
Weekly open mic session for poetry, music and spoken word. View full details
20 May–24 Jun Sun 8pm	The Pear Tree House, Edinburgh

Preston Reed
Date	Location
Fusing blues, folk, funk and jazz to create aural pictures of Americana, the Girvan-based American is widely recognised as one of the world's most gifted acoustic guitarists. View full details and ticket info
25 Aug 8.30pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Pride Glasgow
Date	Location
Pride Glasgow returns for 2012 with a parade and street party on George Square featuring live entertainment, information stalls and marketplace for all those essential rainbow items. Headlining the music stage is X Factor alumnus Joe McElderry. View full details
14 Jul 11am	George Square, Glasgow

The Proclaimers and Blueflint
Date	Location
Scotland's unforgettable musical twins return to the stage with their singalong Caledonian anthems. View full details and ticket info
22 Nov–23 Nov Thu & Fri 7.30pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Rab Noakes
Date	Location
Legendary Scottish singer-songwriter with a career spanning 15 albums. View full details
27 Jun 8pm	Edinburgh Folk Club, Edinburgh

Rae Morris
Date	Location
Teen singer-songwriter from Blackpool. View full details
23 Sep 7pm	Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh

Ragged Glory
Date	Location
Ragged Glory. They are back again, with their eclectic mix of original, traditional, and contemporary songs. They were delighted with the sell-out response to their 2011 shows, and were thrilled to be part of Celtic Connections in January in the acclaimed Ian McCalman production of Far Far From Ypres at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, which will feature again in Edinburgh at the Queens Hall on 16th August. They bring a fresh repertoire to their 2012 shows at the AMC with great songs, and… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
18 Aug–25 Aug Sat 6–7pm	Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh

Randolph's Leap, Jonny Jack, Blue Sky Archives and Bronagh Monaghan
Date	Location
Indie folk singer/songwriter heads this bill. Part of King Tut's Summer Nights. View full details
25 Jul 8.30pm	King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

Rantum Scantum
Date	Location
An eclectic mix of contemporary, Americana and traditional songs. View full details
24 Jun 8.30pm	Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh

The Rapture
Date	Location
Return of the New York punk-funk trio, best known for their dancefloor anthem 'House of Jealous Lovers'. View full details
12 Jun 7pm	The Liquid Room, Edinburgh

The Really Terrible Orchestra
Date	Location
. The RTO continues to interpret music in a unique manner. The audience fortified with a pre-concert drink will be thrilled by the musical risks and the verve with which the musically challenged tackle the repertoire. Concerts in Utrecht in 2011 confirmed that by extreme efforts of concentration and with unique musical interpretations the orchestra continue to thrill audiences. The players are always willing to wrestle with every note to bring out the best in the music and audience… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
25 Aug 3.30pm	St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh

Rebecca Evans, Malcolm Martineau
Date	Location
Hearing Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans perform is an electrifying experience. She brings a warmth and natural charm to her music, yet her interpretations display her astonishing technical assurance and a fierce emotional intensity. Her recital ranges from restrained yet vivid songs by Purcell to the tongue-in-cheek recipe settings of Bernstein’s La bonne cuisine, by way of the languid love songs of Bellini's Sei ariette. Evans is joined by the acclaimed Edinburgh-born pianist Malcolm Martineau… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Aug 11am	The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Reflections on Song: Ian Bostridge with Sir John Tusa
Date	Location
Internationally celebrated English tenor Ian Bostridge discusses his recent collection of essays on music, A Singer’s Notebook, with Sir John Tusa, cultural commentator and former Managing Director of London’s Barbican. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
28 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Reflections on Song: Rebecca Evans and Malcolm Martineau
Date	Location
Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans and Malcolm Martineau, two of the UK’s leading artists of their generation, discuss the art of singing and accompaniment with music writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Tom Service. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
22 Aug Noon	The Hub, Edinburgh

Reflections on Song: Sir Thomas Allen
Date	Location
Major international star, English baritone Sir Thomas Allen reflects upon his career as a singer with music writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Tom Service. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Reflections on Song: Toby Spence
Date	Location
World-renowned English tenor Toby Spence shares his thoughts and ideas on singing in the company of music writer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Tom Service. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
29 Aug 5pm	The Hub, Edinburgh

Refugee Week Community Dance and Music Night
Date	Location
Enjoy music and dancing from all over the world, with the chance to get to know people, share cultures and celebrate refugees in the local community. Part of Refugee Week. View full details
23 Jun 7.30pm	Tollcross Community Centre, Edinburgh

Retroverb and Reverend Rift
Date	Location
Indie rock. View full details
13 Jun 8pm	Bannerman's, Edinburgh

Reverend & the Makers
Date	Location
Meat and potatoes musical outlet for Arctic Monkeys guru Jon McClure. View full details
12 Oct 7pm	The Liquid Room, Edinburgh

Ricecar Consort 01
Date	Location
Philippe Pierlot and his renowned period-instrument Ricercar Consort make a welcome return to the Festival for two concerts of early English music. The first explores poignant songs and odes by Purcell alongside Blow’s Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell. Supported by The Binks Trust. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people and Students – Half price now! Young people can buy any ticket at 50% off on selected performances. Under 18s and all… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Ricecar Consort 02
Date	Location
For their second concert, Philippe Pierlot and the Ricercar Consort explore uplifting and moving music by Byrd and Tye for viol consort, an expressive early ensemble that can be considered a predecessor of the string quartet. Supported by The Binks Trust. Greyfriars Series: Buy for 8 concerts in the series and get the 9th free. Young people and Students – Half price now! Young people can buy any ticket at 50% off on selected performances. Under 18s and all students in full time education. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Aug 5.45pm	Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Rick Redbeard and Adam Stafford
Date	Location
Redbeard and Stafford, post-folk pioneers/experimenters both and better known as the lead singers of the Phantom Band and Y'All is Fantasy Island respectively, celebrate the release of their split 7" single on Gerry Loves Records. View full details and ticket info
21 Jun 7.30pm With support from Wounded Knee.	Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh

Rizzle Kicks
Date	Location
Upbeat chirpy hip pop from this (very) young Brighton-based duo, who have good taste in old soul samples. View full details
28 Nov 7pm	Corn Exchange, Edinburgh

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