Free events and "Edinburgh"

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13 Young Danes
Date	Location
Danish students at the art schools of Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow exhibit a wide range of current work as part of an artistic exchange programme led by the Danish Cultural Institute. View full details
11 Jun–26 Jul Mon–Thu 10am–4pm	The Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh

Aaron Wright
Date	Location
Rootsy local singer-songwriter hosting this Red Dog songwriters session. View full details
22 May–31 Jul Tue 9.30pm	The Ale House, Edinburgh

Acoustic Edinburgh
Date	Location
All unplugged, all original music. View full details
5 Jun 7pm	The Third Door, Edinburgh

Adam Beattie & The Consultants, Brooke Sharkey and The Nana Sesh
Date	Location
Tom Waits-influenced blues/folk finger-style guitarist at this Insider Festival warm-up party. View full details
14 Jun 8pm	Carter's Bar, Edinburgh

Adventure Day Trips
Date	Location
A day trip out of Edinburgh to Glen Tress for canyoning and other adventurous activities, organised by the YMCA and departing from the Acorn Centre. Booking is essential. View full details
23 Jun 10am	The Acorn Centre, Edinburgh

Alan McGowan: The Language of the Body
Date	Location
Figurative drawings of the human body, exploring ideas of enquiry and doubt. View full details
25 May–3 Jun Mon–Sun 10am–10pm	Art's Complex, Edinburgh

Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Artist-designed Textiles and Pioneering Modern Art
Date	Location
Lesley Jackson tells the story of the career of Constructivist artist Alastair Morton, highlighting his importance for British art and textiles in the 20th Century. View full details
21 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Aleksander Zyw: Paintings and Drawings
Date	Location
Paintings and drawings by Polish-born but subsequently Edinburgh-based artist (1905-1995), focusing on his work of the 1940s and 50s. View full details
12 May–30 May Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm	The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Alina Bzhezhinska & Niki King
Date	Location
Award-winning vocalist Niki King and acclaimed harpist Alina Bzhezhinska collaborate on songs by Brel, Nina Simone, Bonnie Raitt and others. View full details
21 Jun 6pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Alina Bzhezhinska and Niki King
Date	Location
New collaboration from Perrier Jazz Vocalist award-winner Niki King and harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, covering musical ground from Jobim to Jack Brel, Nina Simone and Bonnie Raitt. View full details
21 Jun 6pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Alison Kinnaird: Taking Flight
Date	Location
Works in glass combining images of the human form with images of birds and flight. View full details
12 May–30 May Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm	The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

All Day Arthur's Adventures
Date	Location
This is a challenging walk with strenuous inclines and rough terrain, but it's packed full of fascinating facts about the history of Arthur's seat. Wear appropriate clothing and walking boots. Bring a packed lunch and a drink. View full details
16 Jun 10am 29 Jul 10am	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh

Allan Ramsay: Fathers & Sons, Wives & Children
Date	Location
Art historian Dr Patricia Andrew gives a talk on the theme of 'Picturing Power', as part of a series of Portrait Gallery talks. View full details
29 Aug 12.45pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Anagram
Date	Location
A mix of techno and punk from residents Dijimij, Steev-e and Kol for some free party acid, tribal techno with old skool punk and 'random stuff inbetween'. View full details
23 Jun 10pm	The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh

The Anatomical Museum Open Day
Date	Location
A chance to explore the collections and meet notorious body snatcher Burke (or at least his skeleton). View full details
30 Jun 10am	Anatomical Museum, Edinburgh

Andrew Caskie
Date	Location
Organ recital, featuring a variety of works by Phillips, Lemare, Boellmann, Ireland, Karg-Elert and Duruflé, plus Richard Ayres' Toccata on 'All you need is love'. View full details
2 Jun 1.30pm	St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

Andrew Miller: The Waiting Place
Date	Location
Andrew Miller's contribution to the Edinburgh Art Festival is the pavilion itself, intended as a tribute to those small buildings (pavilions, bothies, follies, gazebos) that are built for no one particular purpose. It's a playful summerhouse designed to be multi-purpose, good for hosting discussions, talks and tours and simply for being somewhere to hang out while you're waiting to meet people. The title is from Dr Seuss's classic Oh The Place You'll Go. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. View full details
2 Aug–2 Sep Mon–Sun 10am–6pm	Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh

Andy & The Prostitutes
Date	Location
Punky folk. View full details
9 Jun 8pm	The Ale House, Edinburgh

Angus Dundee Shop Sampling at Scotch Whisky Experience
Date	Location
Angus Dundee's Douglas Scott presents a selection of their range for sampling, including the gentle Tomintoul. View full details
23 Aug Noon	Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

Anne Eunson: In-between Calgary and Toronto
Date	Location
Photographs and drawings reflecting the time the artist spent in Canada. View full details
23 Jun–8 Jul Mon–Sun 10am–5pm	Art's Complex, Edinburgh

Anne Roberts & Heather Fraser
Date	Location
Paintings and sculpture. View full details
14 May–31 May Mon–Thu 10am–3pm; Sat 10am–2pm	St Bride's Centre, Edinburgh

Annuale
Date	Location
A chance for Edinburgh artist-led projects to show off their talents, supported by The Embassy. A celebration of all things grassroots and artist in Auld Reekie. View full details
8 Jun–24 Jun Times vary	Embassy, Edinburgh

Anthony Schrag: Tourist in Residence
Date	Location
Anthony Schrag's work has a subversive wit; an early video, Stairs, features him walking up the underside of a flight of stars in his block of flats, filmed with an upside-down video camera, so that a person walking down the stairs normally appears to be upside-down. Here he runs a series of participatory tours of Edinburgh which encourage you to interact with the city in different ways. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Booking is essential. View full details
4 Aug–29 Aug To be confirmed	Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh

Antics
Date	Location
Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches from Edinburgh's alt.scene. View full details
29 May–26 Jun Tue 10pm–3am	The Hive, Edinburgh

Anya Gallaccio: Billboard for Edinburgh
Date	Location
Artist Anya Gallaccio's contribution to the Billboard for Edinburgh project is a microscopic photograph of a tiny speck of dirt taken from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh's very own extinct volcano. View full details
23 May–21 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–6pm Billboard is viewable at any time.	Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Aquillos Ensemble
Date	Location
A programme that includes Ibert's Trois Pieces Breves, Malcolm Arnold's Three Shanties, and a selection from Farkas's Hungarian Dances, as well as opening with an arrangement of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's overture from his opera Le Devin du Village. View full details
9 Aug 6pm	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Arabella Hope: New Works
Date	Location
Painting, photography and sculpture by Fettes College Artist in Residence Hope. View full details
18 May–31 May Fri–Thu 10am–6pm By appointment only.	Fettes College, Edinburgh

Aremy Stewart: Family Matters
Date	Location
Paintings by Minnesota-born artist, inspired by family life and growth. View full details
29 May–31 May Tue–Thu 10am–3pm	Whitespace, Edinburgh

Arms Trade Treaty Panel Discussion
Date	Location
A topical and informative discussion about the upcoming arms trade treaty negotiations, with speakers including journalists Billy Briggs and Jackie Kemp, academic George Wilkes and SNP MSP Marco Biagi. The chair is Shabnum Mustapha of Amnesty Scotland. View full details
6 Jun 7.30pm	St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh

Art and Conflict: Commissioning War Art
Date	Location
Talk exploring the varied difficulties of commissioning art on contemporary conflict, with particular discussion of Roderick Buchanan’s film and photographic work Legacy in the context of 20th and 21st-century war art. View full details
1 Aug 12.45pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Art and the Garden
Date	Location
Exhibition that explores the relationships between artists and the garden. View full details
5 May–8 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm	City Art Centre, Edinburgh

Art by the Water
Date	Location
Fifteen artists from Coburg House Art Studios exhibit their paintings and crafts. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
9 Jun–16 Jun Mon–Sun 11am–6pm	Coburg House Studios, Edinburgh

Art Cart
Date	Location
Artist-led art activities for all the family, inspired each month by something different from the gallery collections. View full details
3 Jun 2pm 1 Jul 2pm	Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Arthur's Adventure
Date	Location
This challenging guided walk explores the history of Arthur's Seat. Booking is essential. View full details
6 Jun 1pm 20 Jun 1pm 4 Jul 1pm 18 Jul 1pm	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh

Arthur's Amble
Date	Location
Learn all about the folk who lived and worked around Arthur's Seat on this gentle walk around Hunter's Bog and St. Margaret's Loch View full details
4 Jun–30 Jul Mon 1–2.30pm	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh

Arthur's Secrets
Date	Location
Take a walk up Edinburgh's own volcanic plug and discover its past, present and wildlife. Moderately graded walk. Ages 8+. Booking is essential. View full details
8 May–31 Jul Tue 1–3pm	Holyrood Park Education Centre, Edinburgh

Arts & Craft Fair
Date	Location
What's better than arts and crafts? Sexy arts and crafts, that's what. Peruse a titillating selection of erotic books, clothing, jewellery, artwork and craft goods at your leisure. Part of Festival of the Erotic Arts. View full details
23 Jun (Over-18s only) 1pm	The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh

Arts & Crafts Exhibition
Date	Location
An exhibition featuring everything from beadcraft to model railways. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
12 Jun 10am	South Leith Parish Church, Edinburgh

Ash Dickinson: Slinky Espadrilles
Date	Location
Multiple slam champion and performance poet reads from his debut collection. View full details
2 Jun 8pm	The Canon's Gait, Edinburgh

Atmosphere: Belief
Date	Location
Video documentary or 'cinematic data visualisation' that is the final part in the Flat Earth Trilogy, created by Matthew Jarvis, John Cobban, Alison Craighead, Jon Thomson and Steve Rushton. The installation comprises a montage of video footage sourced from YouTube, coupled with a projection of a map that shows where in the world each clip is from. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Jun–1 Jul Mon–Sun 8.30–9pm	Inspace, Edinburgh

Atmosphere: Digital Storytelling
Date	Location
Matt Adams from multidisciplinary artists' group Blast Theory delivers a webinar (which you can attend in person or online) on the principles of digital storytelling. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Atmosphere Programme. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Jun 1.30pm	Inspace, Edinburgh

Bags of Art
Date	Location
Collect a bag of art activities from the art station, and you and your family can explore the gallery with its help and make your own art. Ages 4–12. View full details
17 Jun 2pm	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh

Bainbridge Presents
Date	Location
A free gig in Leith, line-up tbc. View full details
8 Jun 10pm	Nobles Bar, Edinburgh

Balfour Street Boutique Pop-up Shop
Date	Location
Locally made jewellery, preserves and treats, clothing and jumble. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
16 Jun 11am	Griffen Fitness Studio, Edinburgh

The Battle for Leonardo: Curating and Connoisseurship
Date	Location
Luke Syson gives a talk on the disputed authorship of some of Leonardo's most mysterious paintings, the Madonna Litta, the London Virgin of the Rocks and the Buccleuch Madonna of the Yarnwinder. He explores the scientific evidence and the hazy meaning of 'a Leonardo', both in the artist's own time and today. View full details
28 Aug 6pm	Hawthornden Lecture Theatre at Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Bears in the East
Date	Location
A men-only night for bears and their admirers to meet up with old friends or make new ones, organised by the BearScots. View full details
10 Jun 10pm	New Town Bar, Edinburgh

Bebaroque Sample Sale
Date	Location
Pick up one-off editorial pieces, samples that never made it to production and past season stock from the hip Glasgow hosiery label. View full details
1 Jun–2 Jun Fri & Sat 10am	25A Thistle Street, Edinburgh

Begonia
Date	Location
Explore the remarkable world of the beautiful and versatile begonia. Ages 5+. View full details
18 Aug–19 Aug Sat & Sun 1–4pm	John Hope Gateway Centre at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

bETAMAX
Date	Location
New mutant disco, post punk, new wave and 2Tone night hosted by Chris FAST (FASTpunkclub) and Angus A-Go-Go (the Go-Go) with guests. View full details
8 Jun 11pm 13 Jul 11pm 10 Aug 11pm	Studio 24, Edinburgh

Betty's Bar Unplugged
Date	Location
Cosy acoustic sessions. View full details
24 May–21 Dec Thu & Fri 8pm	Betty's Bar, Edinburgh

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