What's On Scotland 14-21 Jul: Edinburgh Jazz Fest

Once a week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from Scotland's cultural calendar to give you this guide to the most exciting goings on in the week ahead. From gigs, plays and exhibitions to spoken word and pop up cake shops, we give you the insider's guide to things to do in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee every single Thursday morning.

1. Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Various venues in Edinburgh, 15-24 Jul

The capital’s party of all things sultry and syncopated returns for another year this Friday, taking your lugs and fillin' em with jazz, blues and food for the soul. We're particularly taken with the enchanting Ala.Ni, hip-hop / jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch (pictured) and dynamic Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena. Not forgetting Edinburgh's Mardi Gras on 16 Jul, of course.

2. ETTE album launch
The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. 21 Jul, 8pm

Hey, look – TeenCanteen's Carla Easton has a brand new band! She's pooled talents with Joe Kane of DIY psych unit Dr Cosmo's Tape Lab to form ETTE and the results are FAN. FUCKING. TASTIC; ragey pop, exhilarating psychedelia and a treasure trove of sonic surprises. Their record, Homemade Lemonade debuts on 22 Jul; hear it first on 21 Jul at The Old Hairdressers. Image: Kat Gollock 

3. Derrick Carter
Sub Club, Glasgow. 16 Jul, 11pm

Since his DJ debut at the age of nine at family parties and the release of his first record back in the late '80s, Derrick Carter has gone on to become one of the best underground house proponents of our time. Catch him at Subbie this Saturday for a five-hour set.

4. Small Wars + CD-ROMS
DCA, Dundee. From 16 Jul, 11am-6pm

Pokémon Go-ers. Stop that right now. Put down your phone. You have art to look at. This week sees the opening of Small Wars by Eddo Stern and CD-ROMS (featuring games made by the late Theresa Duncan), two interactive exhibitions which explore the history and cultural impact of computer games. Who knows, maybe you'll even pick up a Psyduck in the grounds of DCA too...

5. Edinburgh Festival Carnival
The Mound / Princes Street / Grassmarket, Edinburgh. 17 Jul, 2.30pm

At the time of writing Sunday's set to be a scorcher; pretty exciting news for Edinburgh's carnival which returns to the streets this weekend. There'll be all the usual feathers, drumming, beats and brass, along with Belgian slam poetry, breakdancing, Portuguese drums and bagpipes and Caribbean music from Martinique – and not a drop of drizzle in sight. Hopefully.

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6. Matchbox Cineclub: Long Shot
CCA, Glasgow. 21 Jul, 7pm

Catch-net for cinematic outcasts that they are, Matchbox Cineclub have yet another gem in store to mark their debut at a new location of CCA. July’s screening is a truly topical choice – Maurice Hatton’s 1978 work Long Shot, which is set and filmed at Edinburgh Film Festival, and satirises the trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking. A treat for any lens boffins.

7. Lou Lou's Vintage Fair
The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. 17 Jul, 10am-4pm

Lou Lou's Vintage Fair makes a jaunt back up to Edinburgh just in time to help you shed your cardigan like the summery snake you are. Reptilian analogies aside, it's an event worth getting excited about. There'll be hunners of stalls touting garms from the 1940s-1990s, vintage homewear and a vintage hair and beauty salon courtesy of Lips, Lashes and Locks.

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8. Topical Storm
The Stand, Edinburgh. 20 Jul, 8.30pm

Yes, world’s terrifying at the moment, but here’s hoping the art of satire can save us. Topical Storm return for their monthly show, with Keir McAllister, Vladimir McTavish, Stu Murphy and Mark Nelson whipping up a comedic treat that’s bound to leave you in a lol-stricken state of panic and intellectual elevation.They've got plenty to work with this month, political crises-wise, so you're probably in for a good night.

9. Glasgow Mela
Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. 17 Jul, 12pm

Glasgow's vibrant Mela returns, setting up camp at Kelvingrove park for a day-long jubilation of the city's multiculturalism and diversity. As per, there'll be local and global talent, with a headline show from Lehmber Hussainpuri and sets from Asad Abbas and the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band. And, of course, there'll be all the usual dancing, acrobatics, illusions and international fare.

10. VÔDÛN
Broadcast, Glasgow. 15 Jul, 7pm

The riotous VÔDÛN are completely, completely unique. Led by the staggeringly talented Oya, they take soulful melodies, set them atop apocalyptic, combative rock and wrap their hearer’s ears in the sounds of fire and battle. They’re passionate to divine levels and are known to deliver outrageous live shows. If you can’t make the gig, at the very least make them part of your playlist.

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