Refugee Festival Scotland is an arts and community festival that takes place every year in June. This year, the festival includes more than 150 events across Scotland, most of which are free to attend.
From traditional dance performances, film screenings and music workshops to cookery classes, football and food, Refugee Festival Scotland 2025 is a joyful celebration of culture that focuses on the good things in life that bring us all together.
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Dr Bonk, Scotland's silliest surgeon, presents the Macarbaret: a madcap hour of drag, burlesque, music, comedy, and medical mayhem!
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Join Madame Mabh for her haunted house party at the Banshee Labyrinth, featuring both classic cabaret acts and unusual happenings!
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Improvised, macabre tales featuring (voluntary!) members of the audience as actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night at Stand Up Horror!
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Join the Monster for his annual Monsters Masquerade Ball this Hogmanay at Frankenstein Pub!
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Join us at the Shanghai Nightclub for a night in Wonderland this NYE with full theme decor, live entertainment, performers & more!
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Join us at Le Monde for a night in Sin City, as vintage vegas comes to Le Monde this Hogmanay! With full venue decor, casino, performers and more...
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Say farewell to 2025, and welcome in 2026 at The Vegas Grand Hogmanay Ball in the Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh!
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Looking for New Years Eve plans? This Hogmanay, there’s only one place to party on the Cowgate – The Three Sisters!
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Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show returns to Edinburgh Playhouse in January as part of a new world tour!
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