Welcome
Edinburgh has always been a city of ideas and creativity. Today, Scotland’s capital is a world-leading centre for the arts, and a treasury of living history. We manage, preserve and promote some of the most important places and cultural riches of our city. We’re responsible for 16 venues, including world-famous performance spaces, museums and galleries, 200 historic monuments and 200,000 objects. Use this website to discover our places and treasures, to get ideas for great days and nights out, and to plan your visits.
17 Sept 26
An Evening with Racing Icons David Coulthard & Mika Häkkinen
Usher Hall
Tickets available
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22 Oct 26
Tim Spector: The Science of Good Mood Food
Assembly Rooms
Tickets available
26 Oct 26
Alison Moyet 2026 Tour - Songs of Yazoo, the minutes & Other
Usher Hall
Tickets available
23 Nov 26
Tony Hadley - The Christmas Big Band Tour 2026
Usher Hall
Tickets available
27 Mar 26
RSNO Season 25-26: Ethan Loch Plays Gershwin
Usher Hall
Tickets available
29 Mar 26
BBC SSO 25-26: Debussy’s Pelléas Et Mélisande
Usher Hall
Tickets available
30 Apr 26
SCO 2025-26: Mozart Requiem
Usher Hall
Tickets available
15 May 26
RSNO Season 25-26: Nicola Benedetti Plays Elgar
Usher Hall
Tickets available
Usher Hall presents...
20 May 26
Max Cooper
Usher Hall
Tickets available
24 Jun 26
Arooj Aftab with London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames
Usher Hall
Tickets available
11 Oct 26
African Soul Rebels featuring Les Amazones d’Afrique & Gasper Nali
Usher Hall
Tickets available
31 Oct 26
Sinfonia of London
Usher Hall
Tickets available
Lights, camera, action!
21 Apr 26
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth in Concert 2026
Usher Hall
Tickets available
26 May 26
Dirty Dancing in Concert
Usher Hall
Tickets available
2 Jun 26
Indiana Jones and the Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Usher Hall
Tickets available
4 Jun 26
BAFTA Games in Concert
Usher Hall
Tickets available
26 Jun 26
Some Like it Hot [Lauriston Castle Film Screenings]
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
11 Jul 26
The Music of James Bond
Assembly Rooms
Tickets available
Exhibitions, collections and tours
From 17 May 25 until 19 Apr 26
Out of Chaos: Post-War Scottish Art 1945-2000
City Art Centre
From 13 Sept 25 until 31 May 26
Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture
City Art Centre
From 22 Nov 25 until 12 Apr 26
Michael Fullerton
City Art Centre
Tickets available
23 Mar 26
Unveiled Exhibition Tours
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
From 14 Mar 26 until 19 Apr 26
Mona Yoo | re:set
City Art Centre
2 Apr 26
Setting the Scene: Mona Yoo in Conversation
City Art Centre
Tickets available
9 Apr 26
Michael Fullerton – Exhibition Tour
City Art Centre
Tickets available
From 5 Mar 26 until 3 May 26
Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading
Museum of Edinburgh
From 5 Mar 26 until 23 Jun 26
Collections Centre Tour
Museum Collections Centre
Tickets available
14 Mar 26
Lauriston Castle Highlights Tour
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
Tickets available