What's On Scotland 23-30 Nov: Creative Edinburgh

Make a last minute appointment with your beauty squad because the Creative Edinburgh Awards are on Friday night and you better dress to impress! Plus, Nursery Crymes, Queens of the Stone Age, Book Week Scotland, Edinburgh Craft Beer Revolution and more...

Feature by Nadia Younes | 23 Nov 2017

Bask in the glory of Edinburgh's creative culture, and celebrate the success of others without any feelings of jealousy at all, at the Creative Edinburgh Awards this weekend. Multi-taskers that they are, the good folk at Creative Edinburgh celebrate both their sixth birthday and the annual awards ceremony at a shindig at CodeBase on Friday night.  

Celebrating great ideas, outstanding creativity and inspired thinking, the awards celebrate, promote and highlight Edinburgh's amazing talent and the strength of its community. Just a few of this year's nominees from the various different categories include Hidden Door Festival, 404 Ink and, the event's hosts, CodeBase.

If you're keen to keep your finger on the drumming pulse of the city's cultural scene, or if you just fancy a cracking night out, grab yourself a ticket and get your gladrags ready.

Electric Frog & H+Px10: Talaboman
Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow. 24 Nov, 9pm
Glasgow's resident electronic music top dogs, Huntleys + Palmers take their tenth anniversary tour to a very unique spot on Friday night. They'll be taking over Kelvingrove Art Gallery for a big old knees up with dream team, and electronic music's answer to Brangelina (pre-divorce), Talaboman. Image: Nick Bojdo



Pulse 8th Birthday: Blawan with Silicone Soul
The Mash House, Edinburgh. 25 Nov, 11pm
Also celebrating a big birthday this weekend are Edinburgh techno-heads Pulse. For their eighth year in existence, they're bringing in Blawan for a special three hour set, alongside fellow Brits Silicone Soul. Your pre-party playlist should be Blawan's Nutrition EP, released last month on his own Ternesc label.



Nursery Crymes
Meet at Avant Garde, King Street, Glasgow. 24 & 25 Nov, times vary
Mischief La-Bas are back to making mayhem, this time with Nursery Crymes, a dark promenade performance which enlists artists Liz Aggiss, Fiona Robertson, Dav Bernard, Glass Performance and Junction 25 to question ideas of morality and authority rooted in the stories we tell children. Audiences will be guided on an outdoor journey through Mother Goose's forest and beyond, with start times staggered between 6pm and 8.40pm. Remember to wrap up, we are in Scotland after all.



Queens of the Stone Age
Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 23 Nov, 7pm
They're one of the biggest rock bands in the world, and they're in the capital tonight to fulfil all of your moshing needs – should you have any. Queens of the Stone Age, led by America's only ginger man (fact) Josh Homme, released their seventh studio album, and their first in four years, Villains, earlier this year, produced by Mark Ronson. Homme is known to partake in a little dad dancing on stage, so prepare to swoon, or cringe, depending what you're into. Image: Jen O'Neill



ADVERTISEMENT | Megan Rooney: Others got wings for flying
Tramway, Glasgow, 7 Dec
Artist Megan Rooney is an enigmatic storyteller; her work expands across painting, performance, written and spoken word, sculpture and installation. In her characteristic visual language, environments are vacated and sinister, but also inviting and intimate. Who, or what, lives here? And when, or how, might they be reanimated? Book now for a one-off performance by Rooney and Andrew Graham, which concludes her current Tramway exhibition, MOMMA! MOMMA!



Book Week Scotland
Various venues across Scotland. 27 Nov-3 Dec
The days may be turning into nights quicker than you can get up and dressed but just take advantage of all the cosy opportunities to wind down in the evenings with a decent book. Luckily for you, Book Week Scotland kicks off on Monday, with a tonne of talks, workshops and readings for your wordy delectation. Failing that, Ryanair probably have another sale on? You can find a full programme of events here. Image: Bethany Thompson



Edinburgh Craft Beer Revolution
Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh. 23-25 Nov, times vary
In light of the entire world crumbling at the hands of tyrants, the word 'revolution' is bandied around quite often these days, isn't it? But Edinburgh Craft Beer Revolution is calling for slightly more modest change. They just want to introduce people to lovely craft beer and the art of microbrewing, okay? So, head along to their festival at the Roxy, where there'll be exclusive beers (as well as ciders, wine and cocktails for those concerned about their beer bellies), street food, DJs and live tunes.

BDY_PRTS
Beat Generator Live!, Dundee. 29 Nov, 7.30pm
Glasgow-based duo BDY_PRTS are due to release their debut album, Fly Invisible Hero, on Friday and we had the pleasure of speaking to them about it earlier this month. The duo, comprising of Jill O’Sullivan and Jenny Reeve, take their futuristic electro-pop up North to Dundee on Wednesday night, as part of a mini-tour of Scotland before they head down South to London, where you can expect them to turn up in some sort of jazzy attire. Image: Kate Johnston



Grrrl Crush #13: My Bad Sister + The Honey Farm
The Mash House, Edinburgh. 24 Nov, 11pm
Operating a 'nae wankers' policy, you can count on the Grrrl Crush crew to provide a safe space for you to rave in, and they've brought a few friends along for the ride. East Londoners and identical twins, My Bad Sister bring their self-proclaimed 'cabarave' to The Mash House on Friday and they're joined by local hip-hop honeys The Honey Farm to sweeten the deal. There's only one rule: if you're sound, you can get down. Image: Innes Maran