Things to do
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Art
Scottish Art Highlights: August 2025
Edinburgh Art Festival's programme is fuelled by communal reflection and queer resistance, while an exhibition in Dundee centres the Palestinian practice of tatreez Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
Books
Scottish Books Events: August 2025
So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage, alongside a handful of other launches and workshops Read more »| 29 Jul 2025 -
Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: August 2025
August brings a bumper crop of festivals across the country, as Mogwai's Big City, Bemz' M4 and Edinburgh Psych Fest all return alongside EIF and the Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: August 2025
Cinema Rediscovered goes on tour, some classics from Comic Strip Presents... screen at the Fringe, and Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud gives us a new arthouse trilogy we didn't know we needed in our lives Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
What's On Scotland 24-31 Jul: TravFest & more
The Fringe (technically) kicks off this week, with a host of shows opening at Traverse Theatre as part of TravFest. Elsewhere, Intibint plays The Rum Shack and a new exhibition on medical innovation is at the V&A Dundee Read more »| 24 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
The Kids' Guide to Edinburgh
We decided that the best people to ask for recommendations of kids’ activities in Edinburgh were the children themselves! We asked, what do you like to do in Edinburgh? The results were, predictably, varied… Read more »| 18 Jul 2025
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Scotland
On the Road: 9 great daytrips from Edinburgh
Have a day free? Keen to see more? Edinburgh's the perfect starting point for a delve into the rest of the country Read more »| 17 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
What's On Scotland 17-24 Jul: IKEA: Magical Patterns & more
A new exhibition opens at Dovecot this week, looking at the history of textile design at IKEA. Elsewhere, Ma Sha plays Sneaky's, Romy plays The Berkeley Suite, and there are comedy previews at Dragonfly Read more »| 17 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
41 of Edinburgh's Best Independent Shops
From gorgeous homeware to indie books, we explore Edinburgh's best independent shops Read more »| 14 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
What's On Scotland 10-17 Jul: Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival & more
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off this week across the capital, with a whole host of gigs and concerts. Elsewhere, a new exhibition opens at Sett Studios and a David Cronenberg season is on at GFT Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
What's On Scotland 3-10 Jul: Wael Shawky at Talbot Rice Gallery & more
A new exhibition opens at Talbot Rice Gallery, spotlighting acclaimed Egyptian artist Wael Shawky. Elsewhere, Ballet Nights comes to Glasgow and Ayo Adenekan previews his Fringe show at Monkey Barrel Read more »| 03 Jul 2025 -
Comedy
Scottish Comedy Highlights: July 2025
As you might expect, July’s a mad scramble for comics working their stuff up for the Fringe. Lucky for you, we’ve got show recs out the wazoo, and then the festival will seep through Edinburgh once more Read more »| 02 Jul 2025 -
Theatre
Scottish Theatre Highlights: July 2025
As Scotland's capital braces for the festival season, there are still plenty of places to see theatre this month Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: July 2025
This July, there's some titanic out-of-towners coming to the Hydro and Hampden Park, but it's the height of festival season and our recommendations range from the heart of Glasgow all the way up to Inverness Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
Scotland
Heads Up: 16 things to do in Edinburgh this summer
We asked our team for their favourite things to do as Edinburgh residents – here are the places to go, queues to join, directions to head and hills to climb Read more »| 30 Jun 2025