What's on in Edinburgh May 2026
We've gathered 100 events happening in Edinburgh between 1 May – 31 May across 57 venues — led by music (45), books & literature (14) and theatre (11), including 16 free-entry events. Click any event to see times, prices and book direct.
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S!nk live film score recording: Nanook of the North
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Flamenco Night Party - Flamenco Tablao · Tuflamenco
The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Lost In Music - One Night at the Disco
Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Edinburgh
All 100 events
S!nk live film score recording: Nanook of the North
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Flamenco Night Party - Flamenco Tablao · Tuflamenco
The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Lost In Music - One Night at the Disco
Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Edinburgh
From Darkness to Light | Ravel, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Korngold
Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh
DJ Ahmet
Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh
Fill this Space - May 2026
Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Mersey Beatles
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
MC Hammersmith and Friends
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
U.S. Highball + Low Tide + so boring.
Home Bar, Edinburgh
Toots & the Maytals
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Opera Amore – Metaopera in one act
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Moderator's Gathering
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh
The Bodyguard
The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Royal Mile Chamber Music Series
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Aspyrian
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Gretna 111th Anniversary Pop-Up Exhibition
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
Eibf Paper Trails X Ratho Library: Claire Mitchell And Zoe Venitozzi How We Remember
Ratho Library, Edinburgh
Cal Flyn with Dan Richards for The Savage Landscape
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Jurassic Park
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
GoGo Penguin
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Royal Mile Chamber Music Series
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Dopamine
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Helen Hopekirk Festival
Various venues: Edinburgh & Glasgow, Edinburgh
Fredrik Backman for My Friends
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Classical Piano Quartet by Candlelight - Mozart and Schumann
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Emma Southon for Servus
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
A Taste of Solas
Bellfield Brewery and Tap Room, Edinburgh
Spandex Comedy
Dragonfly, Edinburgh
Tormain Research Talk
Ratho Library, Edinburgh
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
The Power of a Quiet Mind ~ Special Meditation Event
Kadampa Meditation Centre, Edinburgh
Kim Sherwood for Hurricane Room
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Gloin
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Anatomy: Burke to Bioethics
Physicians’ Gallery, Edinburgh
Duncan Taylor x Otherworld Brewing Tasting
Bennets Bar, Edinburgh
Science Fiction Reading Group
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Terminus Britanniae: Tacitus’ Scotland
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
McIlvanney Award Winner Tariq Ashkanani for 'The Hollow Boys'
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Finding Balance
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Eibf Paper Trails X Ratho Library: Mary Paulson-Ellis-A Journey Through Time
Ratho Library, Edinburgh
An evening with Fanny Mendelssohn
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Tinariwen
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
The Countess of Fife
The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Tfeh Presents: Hannan Jones / Robert Ridley Shackleton / Hannan Jones & Off Brand
Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Seedhe Maut Smx World Tour: Edinburgh
Potterrow, Edinburgh
Edition Copenhagen: limited edition lithographs launch at Nordic Living
Nordic Living, Edinburgh
Sing The Musicals
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Cristina Rivera Garza for Autobiography of Cotton
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Seedhe Maut Edinburgh Concert
Potterrow, Edinburgh
Late Night Live Music | Tolbooth Tavern
The Tolbooth Tavern, Edinburgh
Earth Matters - Seeing soil through art
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Sean A Pritchard for Atmosfloric
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Nosejob
Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Herbology Exhibition
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh
The Corner Room: Modern Vikings / Paul Harrison
Hope City, Edinburgh
Eums Summer Concert 2026
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Competition // Maniatrix // Elliana Craig
Dissenter Space, Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Oldest Herbal Apothecary Free Pop-up
The Edinburgh Grand, Edinburgh
Will Owen: Looking Fab At Fifty
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
Bollywood Night: Season Finale Party 2026: Edinburgh
La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh
A Night at the Opera by Candlelight - , St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Psychotic
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Christopher Cross, Chris Difford
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
RJ Barker for Mortedant's Peril
Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh
Betamax
People's Leisure Club, Edinburgh
Bandeoke at Brewhemia!
Brewhemia, Edinburgh
Men Drawing Men Edinburgh The BIG DRAW
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Ella & Friends By Candlelight
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Beefheart and McQuinn
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Tyrannus
The Mash House, Edinburgh
Layfigure
Collective, Edinburgh
Saori Miraku - Pianoforte Fridays
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Kolective Theatre present Offspring Festival
Summerhall, Edinburgh
From the Jam
La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh
Baby Mash-Up, What On Earth Are You Doing?
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Disorder presents: Dillinja & Mrs Magoo
The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
The Comedy Show
Gilded Saloon, Edinburgh
London Concertante: A Night at the Opera by Candlelight
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
ADZii BOii Presents.... Hustlers
Leith Arches, Edinburgh
Holly Powers - EP Launch
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
An Evening With Louis Theroux
Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Ragnarok
Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
Moonlighting Flutes
Central Library, Edinburgh
Creative Workshop: Paper Creations
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Moteh Parrott
Pianodrome Bruntsfield, Edinburgh
Eibf Paper Trails X Ratho Library: Alistair Moffathistory All Around Us
Ratho Library, Edinburgh
Trees in Summer
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
La Fiesta
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Laldie Ceilidh (with Rerr Terr Ceilidh Band)
Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Bank Holiday Weekend Party
The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
Old Skool Bingo
Coco Boho, Edinburgh
Los Chichanos EP Launch Fiesta
People's Leisure Club, Edinburgh
THE BIG SHOW Saturday
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
Eibf Paper Trails X Ratho Library: Elle Mcnicollcaring Aboutthepa
Ratho Library, Edinburgh
Skipinnish
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Loose Articles
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Dias Brazil
Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Marathon Festival
Various venues: Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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