Events

A great selection of some of the best Scottish music and art at Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Ranging through rootsy singer songwriters, folk, alt-country/punk, world and jazz with spectacular painting in St Giles Cathedral. Other venues include old faves The Gilded Balloon and Stramash and new entrant on the Fringe scene the gorgeous Ghillie Dhu.

• Sat 10 Aug – Dean Owens, Ghillie Dhu
• Mon 12 Aug – Samba Sene & Diwan, Stramash
• Wed 14 Aug – The Countess of Fife, Gilded Balloon
• Thur 15 – Sat 17 Aug – Luminescence, St Giles
• Sat 24 Aug – Adam Holmes, Ghillie Dhu

one of the most gifted acoustic musicians on the planet Blues Blast Magazine.

Guy Davis is the real deal – a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles.

• Sun 19 Nov – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh – Tickets and info

Alabama singer songwriter Hannah Aldridge will be in Scotland for a short tour in November 2023 to promote her stunning new Dream of America album. With her 5 piece band including long time collaborator Lachlan O’Bryan (Melbourne)

• 14 Nov – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh – Tickets
• 15 Nov – Stereo, Glasgow – Tickets
• 16 Nov – King’s Theatre, Kirkcaldy – Tickets
• 17 Nov – Tolbooth, Stirling

Check out Hannah’s website for more information.

15th November 2022

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

Only Scottish date on the current tour for Grammy nominated “Black Myself” US singer.

Support: Djana Gabrielle

TICKETS: Click here

From June 2020

The brainchild of Creative Producer Wezi Mhura, a new mural trail of powerful new artworks, including paintings, video, photography, digital and text – by Scottish BAME artists and writers, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter – will pop up in towns and cities across Scotland from June 2020.

Supported by Scotland’s leading arts organisations and venues – including Edinburgh International Festival, Dance Base and Eden Court, – who have donated their currently locked down doors, walls and railings.

As of 18 July 2020 there are over 24 different artworks in Edinburgh (including the massive glass wing at the Usher Hall), Glasgow and Inverness, with more planned over the coming weeks, in Stirling and Dundee, as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow.
For up to date info see Wezi’s website.

To contribute to the crowdfunder to help continue this work, click here.

Wed 30 Oct 2019

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh EH2 2AA

Trademark harmonies and what could be described as secular gospel mixed with rock’n’roll! Birds of Chicago are ALLISON RUSSELL (also part of the stunning folk supergroup, Our Native Daughters) and JT NERO.

Birds of Chicago seduce us with their joyous, intimate, spare, rousing, soaring vocals and their hauntingly evocative lyrics… No Depression