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The latest music, comedy and arts news from Scotland.
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Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2021 programme
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August with a hybrid online-offline programme of 250 events featuring authors from around the world Read more »| 06 Jul 2021 -
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What's On Scotland 2-16 Jul: Merchant City Festival & more
Merchant City Festival hits the streets of Glasgow once more, bringing gravity-defying circus, physical theatre, and dance to Merchant City's public squares. Elsewhere, SHHE brings their new soundscape to the CCA, and the Alternative Degree Show begins. Read more »| 02 Jul 2021 -
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Fringe of Colour reveal 2021 film programme
Fringe of Colour are back for 2021 with an online programme of films from Black artists and artists of colour Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
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Summerhall unveil 2021 Edinburgh Fringe programme
The independent arts hub have pulled together a programme of live music, theatre and dance for the August festivals Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
Music
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award returns
Submissions to The SAY Award are now open and a brace of new categories have been added to the annual music prize Read more »| 30 Jun 2021 -
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Jupiter Rising reveals 2021 lineup
Arts and music festival Jupiter Rising returns to Jupiter Artland with bbymutha, Free Love, Fimber Bravo, Pictish Trail and Lady Neptune included in its music lineup and moving-image work from Alberta Whittle, April Lin and Fastwürms among others Read more »| 24 Jun 2021
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What's On Scotland 18 Jun-2 Jul: Dardishi Festival & more
Summer festival season is well and truly upon us, with Arab and North African women's festival Dardishi kicking off today. Elsewhere, there's a subversive ecological programme with Unfix Festival, and the Guerrilla Girls come to Dundee. Read more »| 18 Jun 2021 -
Music
HANG hip-hop & grime conference reveals full programme
HANG – Hip-Hop Aimed Networking with Grime – reveals the lineup for its inaugural event in Glasgow, and announces an open call looking for two emerging artists to perform at its live showcase Read more »| 09 Jun 2021 -
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What's On Scotland 4-18 Jun: Glasgow International & more
The next couple of weeks see Glasgow International finally hit the city's galleries and museums, with over 60 exhibitions and events on. Elsewhere, Buzzcut Festival goes online and there's real life theatre in Pitlochry. Read more »| 04 Jun 2021 -
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Edinburgh Art Festival returns for 2021
Edinburgh Art Festival returns to the city's art spaces this summer with exciting new work (Isaac Julien, Emeka Ogboh, Sean Lynch), retrospectives (Ian Hamilton Finlay, Christine Borland, Karla Black) and the annual Platform showcase Read more »| 03 Jun 2021 -
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Edinburgh International Festival: The 2021 line-up
Laura Mvula, Nadine Shah, Anna Meredith, Damon Albarn, Karine Polwart, Floating Points, Kathryn Joseph, Caribou and tUnE-yArDs are just some of the highlights from the eclectic lineup of music coming to Edinburgh as part of the International Festival Read more »| 02 Jun 2021 -
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What's On Scotland 21 May-4 Jun: Take Me Somewhere & more
It's your lucky day if you're into festivals: there's an abundance of riches on over the next couple of weeks, from performing arts at Take Me Somewhere and music at Perth Festival of the Arts to literary goodies with Glasgow Women's Library. Read more »| 21 May 2021 -
Music
Introducing HANG, a new Scottish hip-hop and grime event
Darren McGarvey, Scottish Album of the Year winner Nova and Radio 1Xtra's Tiffany Calver are among those involved in the first edition of HANG, a new event aiming to inspire and empower Scotland's hip-hop and grime communities Read more »| 20 May 2021 -
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What's On Scotland 7-21 May: Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival & more
This week sees the return of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, offering screenings, workshops, and talks processing and healing from the last year. Elsewhere, in-person art returns to Jupiter Artland and Stills, and music fills Leith Theatre. Read more »| 07 May 2021 -
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What's On Scotland 23 Apr-7 May: Night Fever & more
The next two weeks sees museums and galleries reopen, with a flagship exhibition at the V&A Dundee exploring the historic design of club culture. Meanwhile, Manipulate bring live outdoor theatre to Edinburgh and Femspectives kicks off another programme. Read more »| 23 Apr 2021