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This weekend in Edinburgh

• Heritage Coffee Morning · 2 November 2026 — 24 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Heritage tour · 2 November 2026 — 16 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Operation Mincemeat · 2 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Tea and 'Jam' · 2 November 2026 — 30 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Matthew Bourne's The Car Man · 3 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale · 4 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Edinburgh Napier University, B56 Studio Theatre, Merchiston Campus
• Dance Horizons: Innovations · 6 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Together In Song · 6 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Cody Dahler- The State of This! · 6 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• RSNO Season 26-27: Verdi Requiem · 6 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 6 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Theatre Book Club: Operation Mincemeat · 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Scotland's Festival of Remembrance · 7 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 7 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Uncovering Ancient Egypt with Bettany Hughes · 8 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Jonathan Pie: The End Of The World According To Jonathan Pie · 8 November 2026 · EICC

Upcoming events

• Gateway New Writing Festival: Monday · 2 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Heritage Coffee Morning · 2 November 2026 — 24 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Heritage tour · 2 November 2026 — 16 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Operation Mincemeat · 2 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Tea and 'Jam' · 2 November 2026 — 30 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Behind the scenes: exploring Edinburgh’s favourite stories · 2 November 2026 — 15 December 2026 · Museum Collections Centre
• Lauriston Castle Highlights Tour · 2 November 2026 — 28 March 2027 · Lauriston Castle
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 2 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Gateway New Writing Festival: Tuesday · 3 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Matthew Bourne's The Car Man · 3 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 3 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• The Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh · 3 November 2026 — 1 May 2027 · Monkey Barrel Comedy
• Gateway New Writing Festival: Wednesday · 4 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Journeys Through Rhyme · 4 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• How The Body Keeps Score - Dr Bessel van der Kolk · 4 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 4 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale · 4 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Edinburgh Napier University, B56 Studio Theatre, Merchiston Campus
• To mentor or to be mentored? · 5 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• An Evening with Michael Portillo · 5 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 5 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Dance Horizons: Innovations · 6 November 2026 — 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Together In Song · 6 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Cody Dahler- The State of This! · 6 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• RSNO Season 26-27: Verdi Requiem · 6 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 6 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• The Late Show @ The Comedy Attic · 6 November 2026 — 1 May 2027 · 20 Grassmarket
• Theatre Book Club: Operation Mincemeat · 7 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Ade Adesina: Bard · 7 November 2026 — 11 April 2027 · City Art Centre
• Exhibition ticket · 7 November 2026 — 11 April 2027 · City Art Centre
• Scotland's Festival of Remembrance · 7 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical · 7 November 2026 · Kings Theatre Edinburgh
• Uncovering Ancient Egypt with Bettany Hughes · 8 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Jonathan Pie: The End Of The World According To Jonathan Pie · 8 November 2026 · EICC
• Stories: The Tap Dance Sensation · 9 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• Rotten Work & The Game of Life · 10 November 2026 — 11 November 2026 · Traverse Theatre
• Prof Alice Roberts - From Cell to Civilisation · 10 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Wankernomics Book Add On: A Deep Dive into Workplace Bullsh*ttery · 11 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Wankernomics Show_V4.1_FINAL_USETHIS · 11 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Laura Smyth: Born Aggy · 11 November 2026 · Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
• Nora : A Doll's House by Stef Smith · 11 November 2026 — 14 November 2026 · Edinburgh Napier University, B56 Studio Theatre, Merchiston Campus
• SCO 2026-27 Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Haydn · 12 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• The Roaring 20s: Dressing in the 1920s and 2020s [Lauriston Castle Lectures] · 12 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• No Woman Is An Island · 13 November 2026 — 14 November 2026 · Traverse Theatre
• an Accident / a Life · 13 November 2026 — 14 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• An Evening with David Byrne: Sleeping Beauties · 13 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Book Add On: Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne · 13 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Fashioning a Murder Mystery [Lauriston Castle Lectures] · 14 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• Festive Table Centrepieces · 15 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• Leo Sayer - Can't Stop Loving You · 15 November 2026 · Usher Hall
• Michael Lewis on Musk, Trump, DOGE, and the Deep State · 16 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Edinburgh Gang Show 2026 · 17 November 2026 — 21 November 2026 · Capital Theatres
• East of Scotland Witch trials: Part 2 [Lauriston Castle Lectures] · 17 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• Team Viking · 19 November 2026 — 21 November 2026 · Traverse Theatre
• Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s [Lauriston Castle Lectures] · 19 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• An Evening with Ruby Wax · 20 November 2026 · Assembly Rooms
• Ghost Stories for Christmas · 20 November 2026 · The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
• 500 years of Auld Reekie in 1 building ; Behind the Scenes Tour · 21 November 2026 · Museum of Edinburgh
• Kenneth Dingwall: Being · 21 November 2026 — 7 March 2027 · City Art Centre
• Paper Dahlia [Adult Creative Workshops] · 21 November 2026 · Lauriston Castle
• Shed Seven · 21 November 2026 · Usher Hall

Venues

• Usher Hall · 86
• Capital Theatres · 74
• Assembly Rooms · 43
• Edinburgh Playhouse · 39
• Traverse Theatre · 17
• Lauriston Castle · 12
• The Queen's Hall · 9
• The Stand Comedy Club · 9
• City Art Centre · 8
• Kings Theatre Edinburgh · 8
• Glasgow · 2
• Edinburgh Corn Exchange · 2

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