Scottish Live Music Highlights: March 2026

As the weather starts to heat up, so too does the Scottish gigs calendar as a slew of SAY Award winners and nominees play a bunch of dates. Kicking things off, in celebration of his brand new collaborative album Irreparable Parables, Andrew Wasylyk hits the road with Kathryn Joseph for a run of shows in Stirling (Tolbooth, 3 Mar), Aberdeen (The Lemon Tree, 4 Mar), Edinburgh (Pleasance Theatre, 5 Mar) and Glasgow (Mackintosh Church, 6 Mar), finishing with a hometown show in Dundee’s Marryat Hall (7 Mar). Jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie also plays multiple shows, albeit in less frequented towns and venues; catch him at Black Isle Resolis Memorial Hall (20 Mar), Findhorn Universal Hall (21 Mar), Aberdeen Fountainhall Church (22 Mar), Tolbooth, Stirling (24 Mar), Dunoon Burgh Hall (27 Mar) and Perth Theatre (28 Mar).

Back at the top of the month in Glasgow, ahead of their April festival Counterflows host a warm-up show at the Listen Gallery (4 Mar) with Yan Jun and Life Without Buildings' Sue Tompkins, Cryptic Nights host Flutter by Aurora Engine at Tramway (5 Mar) and recently crowned SAMA winners Martha May & The Mondays bring the fire to The Poetry Club (7 Mar). As part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Game Boy duo King Wine play The Flying Duck (12 Mar) with a promise of new music and Dayydream launch Trace, their stunning new EP at The Hug & Pint (15 Mar). On 20 March, GLOSS host a 'bring your own pillow' quadraphonic event with Sonia Killman, and on 28 March, choose between Callum Easter (The Glad Cafe), Lo Rays (King Tut’s) or Allmyfriendsaresynths, Tupper Werewolf and I Am Blip (McNeill’s).

In Edinburgh, Bikini Body and Sarah/Shaun play a Microsteria x Teesh club show at the People’s Leisure Club (7 Mar), International Women’s Day takes centre stage at The Bongo Club on the 8th with music from Machine Orchid, Faith Eliott, Jemima Thewes, Kirsty Law and Esther Swift and Nani Porenta brings a quadraphonic setup to the Pianodrome on the 13th. On the 17th, Aldous play the People’s Leisure Club alongside Family Art Club; pick between Slow Karma at The Liquid Room and Former Champ at the Leith FAB Cricket Club on the 21st and head to The Queen's Hall on the 27th for AMPLIFI with Brownbear, Ria Andrews and Nuna.

A stack of artists play shows at either end of the M8 this month too. Curiosity Shop play back-to-back weekends at The Doublet (11 & 18 Mar) and Leith Depot (12 & 19 Mar), Siobhan Wilson plays Stereo (14 Mar) and Cabaret Voltaire (20 Mar) and Taupe launch their frenetic new album waxing | waning with shows at The Hug & Pint (27 Mar) and the Leith FAB Cricket Club (28 Mar).

Elsewhere, at the top of the month it's a happy CMAT week to all who celebrate as our 2025 Album of the Year creator plays three nights at the Barrowlands (2, 3 & 4 Mar) and two nights at the Corn Exchange (6 & 7 Mar). Also in Edinburgh, catch Armand Hammer (La Belle Angele, 12 Mar), Madra Salach (Sneaky Pete’s, 19 Mar), Bruise Control (Legends, 20 Mar) and Ora Cogan (Sneaky Pete's, 24 Mar). In Glasgow expect shows from Lily Allen (Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Mar), David Byrne (SEC Armadillo, 6 & 7 Mar), Howling Bells (King Tut’s, 13 Mar), Buck Meek (Mono, 18 Mar), bar italia (St Luke’s, 20 Mar), Geese (Barrowlands, 21 Mar), Austra (Stereo, 21 Mar), Stella Donnelly (Mono, 21 Mar), Jehnny Beth (King Tut’s, 22 Mar), Danny Brown (SWG3, 24 Mar), Mandy, Indiana (Room 2, 28 Mar) and Avalon Emerson & The Charm (Stereo, 31 Mar).