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Music Events in Edinburgh on 24 August 2024

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Events in Edinburgh

Adam Holmes with Special Guests

24th August 2024

Acclaimed Edinburgh born singer-songwriter Adam Holmes play a blend of his own songs and a selection of covers from his new album 'Songs For my Father' at the Ghillie Dhu on 24th August.

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All Eyes and Ears

16th August 2024 - 26th August 2024

Thanks to All Eyes and Ears, you will learn everything about the mysterious and powerful relationship between music and cinema.

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Alpha

15th August 2024 - 27th August 2024

Join Chloe Roze in her musical show, where she unveils the hidden truths behind chasing fame through storytelling and song!

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Annaliesa Rose Sings The Peter Allen Songbook

5th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Enjoy a mix of well-known songs and hidden gems, celebrating Peter Allen's legacy as a composer, from singer Annaliesa Rose and musical director Daryl Wallis on keys!

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Baby Wants Candy

31st July 2024 - 25th August 2024
Edinburgh South

One of the world’s most celebrated improv shows EVER heads back to the Fringe for its 17th year with a run of 26 brand new one-off musicals!

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Black is the Color of My Voice

20th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Fringe First award winner Apphia Campbell's stunning solo show inspired by the life of Nina Simone returns in 2024!

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Blues and Burlesque

2nd August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Following sell-out runs in Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide, this award-winning live music cabaret is back with a brand-new show at the Fringe!

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Brewhemia’s Drag Brunch

Selected dates between 3rd August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Come along to Brewhemia’s Drag Brunch! Sausages, songs, smut and shoulder pads. Breakfast as you’ve almost wanted it – drag queens, cocktails and mimosas, adults only.

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CØLIBRI

15th August 2024 - 26th August 2024

CØLIBRI’s Electronica is like its totem animal: delicate, all finesse and hyperactive, offering us a very textured electronica, sometimes contemplative, sometimes dancing.

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Cätlin and Marko Mägi with Finlay MacDonald & Ali Hutton

24th August 2024

Estonian and Scottish music traditions converge for a night of piping and jazz improvisation at The Hub.

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Charlie Chaplin’s Late-Night Cinema

10th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Relive the golden age of Hollywood as our cinema pianist improvises a film score to Charlie Chaplin's best silent films at St Vincent's Chapel in August!

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Edge of Time

1st August 2024 - 25th August 2024
Edinburgh Old Town

Edge of Time is a haunting exploration of the power of hope, and the life affirming journey of breaking free from conformity.

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Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs

19th January 2024 - 20th December 2024

Join Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs for their Friday Ceilidhs held in the Royal British Legion Hall! If you love to dance or want to learn this event is for you.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2nd August 2024 - 26th August 2024
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Fringe returns from 2nd to 26th August 2024 with artists and performers taking to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste.

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Edinburgh International Festival

2nd August 2024 - 25th August 2024
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh International Festival returns from 2nd to 25th August 2024 with live performance throughout the city.

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Edinburgh Summer Sessions: Catfish And The Bottlemen

24th August 2024

Multi-platinum-selling, BRIT Award-winning, arena-filling giants Catfish and the Bottlemen return with their first new music in five years and a massive show at Edinburgh Summer Sessions!

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Exploring Rossini with Thomas Quasthoff

24th August 2024

Bass-baritone and voice professor Thomas Quasthoff conducts 12 gifted students in an intimate performance of Gioachino Rossini's musical swansong, Petite Messe solennelle.

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Fleetwood Bac

24th August 2024

Fleetwood Bac are the UKs longest running tribute show to Fleetwood Mac. Don't miss them when they return to The Liquid Room Edinburgh on Saturday 24th August!

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For The Love of Shane MacGowan

20th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

This homage from John McLaughlin is a celebration of the life and works of one of the greatest artists of all time. So, let’s all raise a glass to Shane MacGowan at The Voodoo Rooms this August!

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Goitse

24th August 2024

Award-winning Irish band Goitse sets The Hub ablaze with their spectacular new compositions combined with age-old traditional tunes.

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Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets!

31st July 2024 - 26th August 2024

Having delighted swarms of audiences from New York to Montréal, Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! now skitters into Scotland for its Fringe debut.

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Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand

24th August 2024

Don't miss two acclaimed singer-songwriters Kathryn Williams and Dan Willson (aka Withered Hand) at the Ghillie Dhu on 24th August!

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Live Music @ The Newsroom

12th August 2024 - 26th August 2024

Come join us at the Newsroom Bar & Eatery for a collection of absolutely brilliant musicians playing a mix of popular music, indie rock and some folk music!

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Live music at Bar 13

30th November 2023 - 30th November 2024

Join us early evening at Bar 13 for live music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Rory & The Island!

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Maestro, This is Your Life!

Selected dates between 14th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Tune-in for a mockumentary edition of This Is Your Life as our imposter Michael Aspel interviews Ludwig van Beethoven. Features live performances from the maestro including Moonlight Sonata.

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Odie Leigh

24th August 2024

Louisiana based singer-songwriter Odie Leigh plays La Belle Angele on Saturday 24 August!

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Orchestre à Six Mains – Three Pianists, Six Hands, One Piano

Selected dates between 17th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Hear Candle Concerts innovative piano orchestra perform finger-gymnastics music for three pianists playing one piano together at St Vincent's Chapel!

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Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical

31st July 2024 - 26th August 2024

What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren't quite who he thought they were? Write a musical, of course!

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PHB Free Fringe Leith Arches

4th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Get ready to immerse yourself in a whirlwind of creativity, laughter, and entertainment this August at Leith Arches - a Free Fringe venue!

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Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Verdi’s Requiem

24th August 2024

The Edinburgh Festival Chorus joins the orchestra for Verdi's powerful setting of the Catholic funeral mass.

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Pippin

19th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Footlights are bringing Pippin to the Fringe. It's a renowned coming-of-age musical, exploring one man’s journey to find his purpose and place in life.

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Planetarium Lates: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon

2nd August 2024 - 24th August 2024

After a sell-out run last year, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon planetarium experience is back at the Fringe!

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Reject Me, Already

2nd August 2024 - 24th August 2024
Various Locations Edinburgh

In this innovative, big-hearted, feel-good musical, the audience write the story as they pick who plays which role, and who ends up with who.

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Shamilton The Improvised Hip Hop Musical

31st July 2024 - 25th August 2024
Edinburgh South

Shamilton, one of the Fringe’s smash-hit sensations is back for the third year running with their latest ad-libbed creation!

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Singing Willows - a musical adventure

5th August 2024 - 26th August 2024

Discover a whimsical world of music and language with Singing Willows – A bilingual and musical adventure pour les enfants!

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St James Quarter Sessions

16th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Join us at St James Quarter for this free music festival in the heart of the city, offering a range of diverse performances from a whole host of incredible musical talent!

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The Emu War: A New Musical

31st July 2024 - 25th August 2024

Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback.

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The Imitator

2nd August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Don’t miss this opportunity to see singer/actor Julian Fontalvo, an outstanding performer with a truly unique talent, when he returns to the Fringe!

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The Jive Aces

12th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Get ready to swing with the UK's No. 1 jive and swing band, The Jive Aces at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

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The Magnetic Fields

24th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields returns to the International Festival for a very special anniversary.

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

2nd August 2024 - 24th August 2024

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo returns from 2nd to 24th August 2024!

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The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis

19th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

American songwriter Dan Sheehan brings a special one-man version of 'The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis' to the Fringe, emphasizing the immediate urgency of the climate crisis.

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Tinderbox Orchestra: Live in Libraries Tour

Selected dates between 8th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Tinderbox Orchestra will bring its Live in Libraries Tour to Edinburgh to spread a campaign that gets musical instruments into public libraries so people can borrow them for free, just like books!

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Tones - A Hip Hop Opera

1st August 2024 - 25th August 2024

A man in a battle with his identity, and on a journey through the depths of Black-British culture, class, and belonging. This is a piece of gig theatre like no other!

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight

Selected dates between 24th August 2024 - 25th July 2025

Enjoy Vivaldi's timeless classic, The Four Seasons, and other magnificent works by Candlelight at St Giles' Cathedral, performed by The Piccadilly Sinfonietta!

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Sponsored Links

Wonder & Co
Great Run Company
Escape The Past
Chilcren's Classic Concerts
Makers Market The Lothians
Hilton Glasgow
Fayre Play

Music Events in East Renfrewshire

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:

Giffnock Beer Festival

Giffnock Beer Festival

24th August 2024

The annual Giffnock Beer Festival returns for its annual outing to GHA Rugby Club on Saturday 24th August!

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Music Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Robbie Lesuik - Live at The Ship Inn

Robbie Lesuik - Live at The Ship Inn

Selected dates between 11th August 2024 - 24th August 2024

Robbie Lesuik returns to The Ship Inn, Elie in August for two evenings of live music in our bar.

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Mosaics

Mosaics

24th August 2024

Fife Indie-pop icons, Mosaics return to PJ Molloys, Dunfermline on Saturday 24th August!

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Rockore

Rockore

24th August 2024

Rockore music festival, organised by Benarty Events Group, returns on Saturday 24th August at Lochore Meadows Country Park.

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Music Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay

Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay

24th August 2024

Discover the music of Coldplay at The Tall Ship Glenlee under the gentle glow of candlelight at this live, multi-sensory musical experience!

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Thin Lizzy Night with Black Rose

Thin Lizzy Night with Black Rose

24th August 2024

Experience a night of pure rock 'n' roll magic as Black Rose pay homage to the legendary band Thin Lizzy!

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Ceilidh Tots

Ceilidh Tots

24th August 2024 - 25th August 2024

Come and join Ceilidh Tots for a mini Scottish traditional music concert for young children and their families at 29th Glasgow Scout Group on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th August!

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Music Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

24th August 2024

Bellshill Central Parish Church of Scotland's walking group is hosting a summer concert and afternoon tea in aid of Hope for Autism on Saturday 24th August!

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Strathaven Balloon Festival

Strathaven Balloon Festival

23rd August 2024 - 25th August 2024

The annual Strathaven Balloon Festival returns for 2024 taking place on the weekend of August 23rd to 25th in Strathaven's John Hastie Park!

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The Noisy Indie Social Presents: The Poachers

The Noisy Indie Social Presents: The Poachers

24th August 2024

Noisy Indie Social presents folk pop duo The Poachers live at Lanternhouse on Saturday 24th August with support from Pale Fire!

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Music Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

The Deke McGee Band

The Deke McGee Band

24th August 2024

Deke McGee comes to The Bungalow Paisley on Saturday 24th August with his blues, soul and rhythm n' blues band playing their own original songs!

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Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions

Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions

Selected dates between 4th January 2024 - 21st December 2024

Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!

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Lochwinnoch Feel Good Gathering

Lochwinnoch Feel Good Gathering

24th August 2024

Building on the success of last year's Feel Good Family Day, don't miss the Lochwinnoch Feel Good Gathering at Lochwinnoch Park on Saturday 24th August!

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Music Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Music Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Louise Bichan

Louise Bichan

24th August 2024

Join Orkney fiddler and photographer Louise Bichan as she embarks on a unique musical and sentimental journey at the Tolbooth Stirling on 24th August!

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Stirling Folk Club Events 2024

Stirling Folk Club Events 2024

29th January 2024 - 9th December 2024

Check out all the upcoming events at Stirling Folk Club this year!

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Boogie Bingo

Boogie Bingo

24th August 2024

Don't miss Boogie Bingo at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel on 24th August and let the fun begin!

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Events in Other Areas

Sponsored Links

Edinburgh Cocktail Week
St Mary's Music School
Hilton Glasgow
Kevin Quantum
ACME Comic Con
National Trust
Edinburgh Dungeons

Sponsored Links

Wonder & Co
Great Run Company
Escape The Past
Chilcren's Classic Concerts
Makers Market The Lothians
Hilton Glasgow
Fayre Play
Edinburgh Cocktail Week
St Mary's Music School
Hilton Glasgow
Kevin Quantum
ACME Comic Con
National Trust
Edinburgh Dungeons

Popular Events

Castle Street Market
Held in brightly coloured gazebos in the heart of central Edinburgh, Castle Street Market is filled with top quality products and has something to satisfy every taste!
SLA Fireworks Extravaganza 2024
Join us for the 2024 Sparkling Fireworks Extravaganza! Grab your tickets to this Scottish-Indian fusion with Live entertainment, fireworks and new for 2024, a light show!
Instrumental Taster Day
Join St Marys Music School pupils and take part in a fun and interactive day of music, open to young musicians aged between P4 and S6 on 6th October!
Christmas Charity Lecture: Wild Medicine in Scotland
This year, The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Christmas Charity Lecture will explore Scotland's wild medicine, through the eyes of veterinarian Prof Simon Girling.
Author Talk- Philip Caveney (AKA Danny Weston)
Join us at McDonald Road Library for an author talk with adult/ YA fiction author Philip Caveney, AKA Danny Weston on 2nd October!

Popular Listings

Corn Exchange Haddington Edinburgh Playhouse Festival Theatre Edinburgh Howden Park Centre Livingston Kings Theatre Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland O2 Academy Edinburgh The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh Traverse Theatre Usher Hall