What to do in Edinburgh in November 2026

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Peter Doig: Morning, Paramin

  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One and Modern Two) · Dean Village

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Nov 14

  Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour

  Dovecot Studios · Southside

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  John Kay: Edinburgh Observer

  Scottish National Gallery (the National) · Princes Street Gardens

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until May 16

  Scotland's First Warriors

  National Museum of Scotland · Old Town

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Stanley Cursiter: Artist & Curator

  Scottish National Gallery (the National) · Princes Street Gardens

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Jan 16

  Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop

  Dovecot Studios · Southside

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 4

  Gwen John: Strange Beauties

  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One and Modern Two) · Dean Village

  • Visual arts

  £14 Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Mar 21

  Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now

  Dovecot Studios · Southside

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Feb 13

  The Rupture: No condition is permanent

  Talbot Rice Gallery · Southside

  • Visual arts

• Theatre

  until Nov 7

  1984

  Royal Lyceum Theatre · Tollcross

  • Theatre

• Theatre

  until Nov 7

  Man to Man

  Traverse Theatre · Lothian Road

  • Theatre

• Comedy

  4 PM

  Sandro Ford: Lager Than Life

  Sold Out

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

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• Music

  7 PM

  The Australian Pink Floyd

  Usher Hall · Lothian Road

  • Music

  £40.50 Sold out

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Francis Rossi

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

• Comedy

  8 PM

  Robert White: 'THAT' Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Comedy Guy!

  Limited Availability

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Nights out

  —Time not announced

  PRTY HALLOWEEN

  Edinburgh Corn Exchange · Gorgie

  • Nights out

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Comedy

  8 PM

  Red Raw

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Firelight Trio

  Traverse Theatre · Lothian Road

  • Music

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Gateway New Writing Festival: Monday

  Edinburgh Festival Theatre · Southside

  • Theatre

• Music

  until Nov 7

  Operation Mincemeat 2026

  King's Theatre · Tollcross

  • Music
  • Theatre

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  The March Violets

  The Voodoo Rooms · New Town

  • Music

• Comedy

  8 PM

  Stu & Garry’s Improv Show

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Nights out

  11 PM

  VOLTA AUDIO

  The Bongo Club · Old Town

  • Nights out

  £5

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Gateway New Writing Festival: Tuesday

  Edinburgh Festival Theatre · Southside

  • Theatre

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• Dance

  until Nov 7

  Matthew Bourne's The Car Man

  Edinburgh Festival Theatre · Southside

  • Dance

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Alien Ant Farm

  The Liquid Room · Old Town

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  mor ve ötesi

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

• Theatre

  —Time not announced

  Gateway New Writing Festival: Wednesday

  Edinburgh Festival Theatre · Southside

  • Theatre

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Queen by Candlelight

  Edinburgh Playhouse · Greenside

  • Music

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Comedy

  3 PM

  Mountebank Comedy Whisky Tasting

  Daniel Downie

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Visual arts

  6 PM

  Ida Applebroog: Portraits (exhibition preview)

  Fruitmarket · Old Town

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet

  The Voodoo Rooms · New Town

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  SCO 26/27: Tchaikovsky Serenade

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

• Comedy

  8 PM

  The Thursday Show

  James McCluskey Sam Lake Hannah Campbell Krystal Evans

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Comedy

  until Nov 6

  Paul Smith - Happy

  Edinburgh Playhouse · Greenside

  • Comedy

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Comedy

  3 PM

  Mountebank Comedy Whisky Tasting

  Daniel Downie

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

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• Music

  7:30 PM

  Chisholm, McGoldrick, O’Connor and Byrne

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Junior Brother

  The Voodoo Rooms · New Town

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  The Dunwells

  The Voodoo Rooms · New Town

  • Music

• Comedy

  8 PM

  The Friday Show

  Ifrah Qureshi Alan Jay Eli Matthewson Joe Heenan Jo Caulfield

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Nights out

  11 PM

  DISORDER (4TH BIRTHDAY): DJ HYPE (PLAYAZ)

  The Bongo Club · Old Town

  • Nights out

  £8–£14

• Visual arts

  —Time not announced

  Christmas Card Linocut

  Dovecot Studios · Southside

  • Visual arts

• Dance

  until Nov 7

  Dance Horizons: Innovations

  Edinburgh Festival Theatre · Southside

  • Dance

• Visual arts

  until Feb 7

  Ida Applebroog: Portraits

  Fruitmarket · Old Town

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Skerryvore

  Edinburgh Corn Exchange · Gorgie

  • Music

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Comedy

  4 PM

  Weegie Hink Ae That?

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Music

  7 PM

  Across The Universe - The Beatles '66-'70

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  The Complete Stone Roses

  The Liquid Room · Old Town

  • Music

• Comedy

  8 PM

  The Saturday Show

  Ifrah Qureshi Alan Jay Eli Matthewson Joe Heenan Jo Caulfield

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Nights out

  11 PM

  HOBBES MUSIC x NOETIC RHYTHM: DJ GREGORY, RICARDO, HOBBES + OPEN DECKS SOCIAL TAKEOVER

  The Bongo Club · Old Town

  • Nights out

  £2.50–£15

• Visual arts

  until Apr 11

  Ade Adesina: Bard

  Usher Hall · Lothian Road

  • Visual arts

  £8

• Visual arts

  —Time not announced

  Needle Felting: Standing Robin

  Dovecot Studios · Southside

  • Visual arts

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Voulez-Vous: The Music Of ABBA

  Edinburgh Playhouse · Greenside

  • Music

Sunday, November 8, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  O.S.T.R. (LIVE) [POLISH HIP HOP]

  The Bongo Club · Old Town

  • Music
  • Hip-hop

  £39–£45

• Music

  7 PM

  PIĘKNI i MŁODZI – Magdalena Narożna & Zespół B-TWIN

  The Liquid Room · Old Town

  • Music

• Other

  7:30 PM

  An Evening With... Brian Cox

  Royal Lyceum Theatre · Tollcross

• Music

  7:30 PM

  My Girl the River

  The Voodoo Rooms · New Town

  • Music

• Comedy

  7:30 PM

  The Sunday Night Laugh-In

  Sinead Walsh Alvin Bang Bruce Devlin Jojo Sutherland

  The Stand Comedy Club · New Town

  • Comedy

• Music

  8 PM

  Shaer, Moss, Warnock

  Traverse Theatre · Lothian Road

  • Music

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Martinů String Quartet

  The Queen's Hall · Southside

  • Music

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