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Nights Out Events in Edinburgh in August 2025

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Events in Edinburgh

Showtime @ The Comedy Attic

25th October 2024 - 20th December 2025

Join us for Showtime at The Comedy Attic every Friday and Saturday for the best comedy this glorious city of Edinburgh has to offer!

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Stand Up Horror

Selected dates between 4th January 2025 - 20th December 2025

Actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night at Stand Up Horror... you decide what the characters do, find and sometimes - yes sometimes - even love!

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Top Banana

Selected dates between 8th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

Catch the comedy stars of the future and pro comics trying out new material every Wednesday night at Monkey Barrel Comedy's 'Top Banana'!

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Spandex Comedy

Selected dates between 14th January 2025 - 30th December 2025

Don't miss out on Spandex Comedy! Join us every Tuesday night for a top night of laughs featuring stand up comedians from across the country dropping in to liven up the start of your week!

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight

Selected dates between 31st January 2025 - 23rd August 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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Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

Selected dates between 1st February 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Join renowned British concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith for a performance of sensational classical and romantic works for solo piano at St Giles' Cathedral!

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Live Music at The Botanist

6th March 2025 - 20th December 2026

The Botanist hosts live music from Thursday to Sunday every week! From acoustic singles, duos, trios and full band, we have it all.

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Boards, Bags & Banter: Edinburgh’s Cornhole Social

Selected dates between 17th March 2025 - 29th December 2025

Join us at The Biscuit Factory on Mondays for a fun-filled night of tossing bags and making new friends, perfect for all skill levels!

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Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs

23rd March 2025 - 19th December 2025

Join Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs with Live Band & Caller, 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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Syrian Supper Club

Selected dates between 24th April 2025 - 19th February 2026

Come and join the Cyrenians for their delicious Syrian food cooked with love by their award winning chef Noura Selibi!

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Scottish Folk Music Cruise with Pure Malt

Selected dates between 23rd May 2025 - 12th September 2025
South Queensferry

Step aboard Maid of the Forth for a magical evening on a Scottish Folk Cruise with live music from the fantastic Pure Malt!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Fringe returns from 30th July to 25th August 2025 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: Make it Happen

30th July 2025 - 9th August 2025

Set in Edinburgh, Make it Happen sees legendary actor Brian Cox return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as Adam Smith, the ghost of fiscal past.

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Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Garry Starr is back! The multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns to the Fringe with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins!

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Edinburgh International Festival

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh International Festival returns from 1st to 24th August 2025 with live performance throughout the city.

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Forth on The Fringe

1st August 2025 - 2nd August 2025

Forth on the Fringe is the annual one stop shop for all the essential acts you need to see at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Catch it at Edinburgh Playhouse on 1st & 2nd August!

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Fringe by the Sea

1st August 2025 - 10th August 2025

Fringe by the Sea, a 10-day multi arts festival in North Berwick, is back for 2025 from 1st-10th August.

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

1st August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo returns from 1st to 23rd August 2025 with the show 'The Heroes Who Made Us'.

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Burns Night Hootenanny - Tam O’Shanter’s Big Scottish Sing-Along

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Let’s celebrate Robert Burns with a real Hootenanny – a Scottish party of words, music and song!

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Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight - Clair de Lune

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Open your heart and ears to love as award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers at St Vincent's Chapel this August!

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Dirty Harry

2nd August 2025

Dirty Harry is the only tribute band for the true Blondie fan! Catch them when they return to La Belle Angele on Saturday 2nd August!

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Edinburgh International Festival: The Dan Daw Show

2nd August 2025 - 4th August 2025

This daring International Festival debut fuses sexy choreography and touching theatricality to take a stand against the disabling forces of society.

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Rhapsody in Blue: Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey by candlelight!

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The Ladyboys of Bangkok

2nd August 2025 - 24th August 2025

The Lady Boys of Bangkok return to Edinburgh with a sensationally glamorous new show, a must-see new production for 2025 packed with fun filled comedy and outrageous cheekiness!

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Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight: Spirited Away

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Come along to St Vincent's Chapel for an immersive musical experience inspired by Studio Ghibli’s anime Spirited Away, Einaudi's meditative piano pieces, and Japanese Zen stories!

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Hans Zimmer’s Hollywood 1925 - 2025: A Centenary Celebration of Film Music

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Inspired by ‘Interstellar,’ this show time-warps cinema history, intersplicing modern film music with silent cinematography with live music as we travel through cinema history!

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Cirque du piano – 1 piano, 3 pianists, 6 hands, 30 fingers!

Selected dates between 6th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Experimental piano troupe performs finger gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists playing one piano together!

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The Piano Teacher

Selected dates between 6th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

The Piano Teacher is a frank and brutal account of highs and lows of a misunderstood and undervalued profession by award-winning pianist-storyteller Matthew Shiel.

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Oasis

Selected dates between 8th August 2025 - 12th August 2025

'This is it, this is happening'... Oasis have confirmed they will play reunion shows in 2025 including three nights at Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on 8th, 9th & 12th August!

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The Sensational David Bowie Band

8th August 2025

The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band, the UK's premier tribute to David Bowie, returns to La Belle Angele on Friday 8th August!

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The Unravelling Wilburys

8th August 2025

Don't miss a fabulous night out for lovers of great music when The Unravelling Wilburys come to Reconnect Regal Theatre on 8th August!

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Margolyes & Dickens: More Best Bits

9th August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Miriam Margolyes returns to the Fringe with more – more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics!

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Retirement Party + Carly Cosgrove

12th August 2025

All the way from Chicago, Retirement Party bring their sharp lyrics and infectious energy to Sneaky Pete's on Tuesday 12th August with support from Carly Cosgrove!

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Celine - My Heart Will Go On

14th August 2025

Experience the ultimate Celine Dion tribute Concert as it tours across the UK when Celine - My Heart Will Go On returns to the Reconnect Regal Theatre on 14th August!

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The Dead Daisies

14th August 2025

Aussie-american rock supergroup The Dead Daisies will headline the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Thursday 14th August!

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Still Marillion

15th August 2025

StillMarillion pay tribute to Marillion when they return to Dreadnought Rock on Friday 15th August!

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Lindisfarne

16th August 2025

Legendary 70’s Tyneside folk-rock pioneers Lindisfarne return to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Saturday 16th August!

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One Night In Nashville

16th August 2025

One Night In Nashville, featuring Maria Jordan, the UK's one and only down-town Nashville and honky-tonk experience, is coming to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Saturday 16th August!

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Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ with the Transatlantic Ensemble

17th August 2025 - 18th August 2025

Experience one of the greatest albums of all time, lovingly & accurately recreated live at The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on 17th & 18th August!

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The Devout: Depeche Mode Tribute

17th August 2025

Fast becoming The World’s number one Depeche Mode Tribute Act, The Devout return to La Belle Angele on Sunday 17th August!

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Throwing Muses

20th August 2025

Throwing Muses return with an extensive 2025 UK and EU Spring/Summer tour which will see them headline La Belle Angele on Wednesday 20th August!

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AC/DC

21st August 2025

AC/DC, the legendary multi-million-selling band, has announced they will conclude their 'POWER UP' tour at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh on Thursday 21st August!

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Edinburgh Summer Sessions: Sam Fender

22nd August 2025

Sam Fender's People Watching tour is coming to the Royal Highland Showgrounds on Friday 22nd August, with special guest Olivia Dean as part of Edinburgh Summer Sessions 2025!

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Men Without Hats

22nd August 2025

80s pop icons Men Without Hats join us at La Belle Angele on August 22nd for a special Fringe headliner!

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Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony

22nd August 2025

Star of Ted Lasso and one of the worst contestants in Taskmaster history, Nick Mohammed heads to Edinburgh Playhouse with his new show as his critically acclaimed alter-ego, Mr Swallow!

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Antarctic Monkeys

23rd August 2025

Don't miss tribute band Antarctic Monkeys when they return to play the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Saturday 23rd August!

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Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier

23rd August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Join Bill Bailey for a jaunt through the error-strewn, distracted, crumb-festooned, sometimes magnificent history of human thought and how it might help us survive in this brave new world!

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Capital Grunge

23rd August 2025

The Lost Dogs return to Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh's finest grass roots venue, with the best tribute to all things Grunge in the country.

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David Gray

25th August 2025

David Gray brings his new 2025 Past & Present World Tour to the Edinburgh Playhouse on Monday 25th August with support from Tallia Rae!

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Alice Faye

28th August 2025

Don't miss rising star Alice Faye live at The Caves Edinburgh, her unique blend of classic and modern influences creates a captivating musical experience!

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Radio GaGa

28th August 2025

Be part of a night like no other as we bring you the concert you've been dreaming of! The ultimate celebration of one of the biggest bands to have ever graced the stage - Queen.

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Mercury Rev

29th August 2025

Catch American rock band Mercury Rev when they play La Belle Angele Edinburgh on Friday 29 August!

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Edinburgh Psych Fest

31st August 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

Edinburgh Psych Fest returns to Scotland’s capital on Sunday 31st August after the sell-out success of 2024!

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Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group

31st August 2025

American songwriter, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums, don't miss him live with his Acoustic Group at the Festival Theatre on 31st August!

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Nights Out Events in East Renfrewshire

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

Monteiths Bar Quiz Night

Monteiths Bar Quiz Night

Selected dates between 10th September 2024 - 30th December 2025

Join Monteiths Bar for their weekly Tuesday quiz night hosted by the fun and charismatic Chris Wainwright!

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Weekly Quiz Night

Weekly Quiz Night

Selected dates between 8th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

Get your trivia heads on and join The Redhurst Hotel in their bar on Wednesday evenings for their weekly Quiz Night!

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Karaoke Sundays With Dino

Karaoke Sundays With Dino

Selected dates between 5th January 2025 - 28th December 2025

Join Dino Martino and some of the best singers and entertainers in Barrhead at the Arthurlie Inns for Karaoke Sundays With Dino!

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Nights Out Events in Fife

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

The Vaselines

The Vaselines

30th August 2025

The Vaselines will return to PJ Molloys, Dunfermline on Saturday 30th August!

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Balgove Larder Night Market

Balgove Larder Night Market

Selected dates between 1st May 2025 - 2nd September 2025

The Balgove Night Market returns in 2025 and takes place on the first Tuesday of the month between May and September.

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Foo Fifers

Foo Fifers

22nd August 2025

Don't miss a night of awesome Rock music when the Foo Fifers return to PJ Molloys on Friday 22nd August!

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Nights Out Events in Glasgow

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

The Classic Rock Show Featuring Shardlake

The Classic Rock Show Featuring Shardlake

30th August 2025

If you like your rock heavy, your guitars loud and your vocals spine-tingling then The Ferry's Classic Rock Show will be right up your street!

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EatFilm at Sloans

EatFilm at Sloans

Selected dates between 7th January 2025 - 18th November 2025

Your favourite movie night is back! Enjoy a line-up of feel-good films and movie classics plus a meal, popcorn and drink, all set up in the stunning Grand Ballroom at Sloans!

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Summer Nights at the Bandstand

Summer Nights at the Bandstand

29th July 2025 - 16th August 2025

The Summer Nights at the Bandstand festival returns to Kelvingrove Park for a tenth year with 13 nights of live music from elbow, Billy Ocean, Hue And Cry, Teenage Fanclub and many more!

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Nights Out Events in Lanarkshire

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

Celine - My Heart Will Go On

Celine - My Heart Will Go On

15th August 2025

Experience the ultimate Celine Dion tribute Concert as it tours across the UK when Celine - My Heart Will Go On returns to East Kilbride Village Theatre on Friday 15th August!

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The McCommitments

The McCommitments

30th August 2025

The Saviours of Soul are here... the hardest working band in showbusiness The McCommitments will headline Lanark Agricultural Centre on Saturday 30th August!

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The Ultimate Irish Hooley

The Ultimate Irish Hooley

2nd August 2025

Join Keltic Storm and an all-star cast of award winning musicians and singers for The Ultimate Irish Hooley at Airdrie Town Hall on Saturday 2nd August!

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Nights Out Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

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

Pai-Slay Is Drag

Pai-Slay Is Drag

Selected dates between 9th April 2025 - 17th September 2025

Paisley's premium drag show! Featuring outstanding Scottish drag performers, Pai-SLAY is an exciting, fun and inclusive night!

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Twisted! The Musical

Twisted! The Musical

6th August 2025 - 9th August 2025

Twisted! The Musical is a continuation of the classic tale Oliver Twist - a story about a boy who wanted more! Don't miss it at Paisley Town Hall in August.

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MacFloyd

MacFloyd

23rd August 2025

MacFloyd return to Beacon Arts Centre on Saturday 23rd August with a special show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's classic album, Wish You Were Here!

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Nights Out Events in Stirling

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

The Mini Guns

The Mini Guns

Selected dates between 8th March 2025 - 31st October 2025

Get ready to rock with The Mini Guns as they take the stage at The Riverside Inn, Callander!

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CODA - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

CODA - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

7th August 2025

CODA are the only proper four-piece Zep tribute band in Europe that looks and sounds as close to the real thing as possible. Catch them when they play the Tolbooth Stirling in August 2025!

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The Mini Guns

The Mini Guns

Selected dates between 28th March 2025 - 12th September 2025

Get ready to rock with The Mini Guns as they take to the stage at Dalgair House Hotel, Callander!

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Events in Other Areas

Adventure Cinema: Outdoor Cinema at Dumfries House

Adventure Cinema: Outdoor Cinema at Dumfries House

5th August 2025 - 7th August 2025

Adventure Cinema, the UK's largest outdoor cinema tour, returns this summer with incredible movies to watch under the sun and stars at Dumfries House!

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