Scottish Live Music Highlights: November 2025

Things kick off this month in Dundee, where the Scottish Album of the Year Award ceremony will take place at the Caird Hall on 6 November. In the lead up to the winner being crowned, expect performances from corto.alto, Brooke Combe, rEDOLENT, Dillon Barrie and KT Tunstall, winner of this year's Modern Scottish Classic award for Eye to the Telescope. After the ceremony, head to CANVAS where iconic club night Ponyboy continue the celebrations with live music from Jacob Alon, Possibly Jamie, EYVE, Pearling and more. On 29 November, the Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) will take over Glasgow's Saint Luke’s, celebrating alternative artists releasing music across Scotland.

While festival season has slowed down, it’s not completely ground to a halt. Radio Buena Vida celebrate their 5th Birthday with Buenafest taking over The Glad Cafe (15 Nov). Kai Reesu, mokusla and Terra Kin are among the ten acts set to play. The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra’s annual GIOfest (20-22 Nov) returns for its 17th outing, bringing collaborations from Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka to the CCA. At the end of the month in Edinburgh, Soundhouse Winter Festival (27 Nov-1 Dec) returns to the Traverse Theatre; learn the art of improvisation with Simone Seales (30 Nov) or enjoy live performances from Dara Dubh (28 Nov), The Ayoub Sisters (29 Nov) and Constant Follower (1 Dec) amongst others. Fruitmarket’s annual festival of new music, Deep Time (26-29 Nov), also returns to the capital this month for its third iteration curated by composer, performer and artist Raven Chacon.

When it comes to artists celebrating their music this month, Siobhan Wilson beckons the release of THAW with shows at Stereo (7 Nov) and Cabaret Voltaire (8 Nov). On 8 November at Dundee’s Marryat Hall, Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman celebrate their SAY Award-longlisted album, Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On, with a special performance featuring brass and woodwind, while Cloth bring their SAY Award-shortlisted album, Pink Silence, to King Tut’s (8 Nov) and Cabaret Voltaire (9 Nov). Following the release of This Is the Debut Album at the end of October, Swim School play QMU (14 Nov), while Vlure play The Art School on the same night in honour of Escalate.

On 19 November, Simone Seales brings Dearest to Listen Gallery for a very special launch party, while Peter Cat's latest release, Starchamber, means shows at Nice N Sleazy (20 Nov) and The Mash House (21 Nov). Admiral Fallow bring First of the Birds to Church, Dundee (20 Nov) and QMU, Glasgow (21 Nov). The Glasgow Library of Synthesized Sound (GLOSS) have their official launch party at 5 Florence Street (21 Nov), Iona Zajac celebrates Bang with shows at the Voodoo Rooms (23 Nov) and The Hug & Pint (24 Nov) and Edinburgh producer and songwriter SHEARS brings WE ARE BUT CHEMICALS to The Hug & Pint (26 Nov).

Elsehwere this month, in Glasgow catch Perfume Genius (SWG3, 8 Nov), The Rapture (Saint Luke’s, 11 Nov), Water From Your Eyes (The Rum Shack, 15 Nov), English Teacher (Barrowlands, 19 Nov), Nourished by Time (The Art School, 22 Nov), Tune-Yards (Saint Luke’s, 26 Nov) and Home Counties (The Flying Duck, 28 Nov), or head to the OVO Hydro for Lorde (19 Nov), The Hives (26 Nov), My Bloody Valentine (27 Nov) and Kneecap (30 Nov). In Edinburgh, catch Kae Tempest (12 Nov) and Dizzee Rascal (24 Nov) at the Corn Exchange, Smerz (16 Nov) and Benefits (21 Nov) at Sneaky Pete’s, CupcakKe (23 Nov), Lambrini Girls (25 Nov) and Divorce (28 Nov) at La Belle Angele or Westside Cowboy at Cabaret Voltaire (28 Nov). Or catch the mighty fine (and fun!) Getdown Services at Dundee's Beat Generator Live! (19 Nov).