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. Culture Edinburgh part of The City of Edinburgh Council, manages, preserves and promotes 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.
Just announced

13 Nov 25
The Forth Awards 2025 with Livingston Designer Outlet
Usher Hall
Tickets available

29 Mar 26
An Evening of Recipes and Rituals with Samin Nosrat
Assembly Rooms
Tickets available

24 May 26
Midge Ure - A Man Of Two Worlds
Usher Hall
Tickets available

12 Sept 26
What's Love Got To Do With It? The Ultimate Tribute to Tina Turner
Usher Hall
Coming soon

24 Oct 25
RSNO Season 25-26: Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
Usher Hall
Tickets available

21 Oct 25
An Evening with Nicola Benedetti
Usher Hall
Tickets available

8 Feb 26
BBC SSO 25-26: Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2
Usher Hall
Tickets available

14 May 26
SCO 2025-26: Dvořák 'New World' Symphony
Usher Hall
Tickets available

13 Oct 25
The Big Draw at Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
Tickets available

22 Nov 25
Christmas Botanical Watercolour Workshop
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
Sold out

8 Dec 25
The return of giant fresh wreaths
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
Tickets available

13 Dec 25
Peg Doll Fairies and Victorian Delights
Lauriston Castle and Gardens
Tickets available
Exploring John Bellany

From 31 May 25 until 28 Sept 25
John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture
City Art Centre
Tickets available

31 Jul 25
A Life-Long Friendship
City Art Centre
Tickets available

14 Aug 25
“I Don’t Borrow - I Steal”: John Bellany and the Art of Visual Quotation
City Art Centre
Tickets available

24 Sept 25
The Bellany Sketchbooks
City Art Centre
Tickets available