Events in Edinburgh on 05 October 2021
View all the upcoming events in Edinburgh on the 05 October 2021 below, or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Edinburgh
1:1 Textile Printing Session
Perfect for creatives looking to materialise a project, students wishing to expand their portfolio, beginners for gaining knowledge or anyone wanting to try learn something different!
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A Play, A Pie and A Pint
A popular feature of the Traverse programme, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Òran Mór returns with three plays. Ticket includes a pie and a drink.
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Air and Space Exhibition
Air and Space is an online exhibition of recent paintings from artist Jill Ashforth featuring the beautiful collection Air and Space and her lyrical video poem Joy with the music of Max Richter.
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ANDIAMO: Forty years of the RSA John Kinross Scholarships to Florence
This autumn the RSA is delighted to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the RSA John Kinross Scholarships to Florence with ANDIAMO!
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Blind Tiger Comedy
Join us for a great night of stand-up comedy at Ooh Mami featuring some of the best comedians on the Scottish comedy circuit!
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Centre for Lifelong Learning’s Autumn Term Short Courses
With the help of expert tutors, the Centre for Lifelong Learning at University of Strathclyde have developed an exciting range of classes to help keep you busy this Autumn!
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Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light
This major retrospective, the most comprehensive display of Charles H. Mackie’s work in over a century, showcases the breadth of his creative vision and talents.
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Clay Portraiture with Duncan Robertson - 8 week online course
This online course, run by the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, gives you the skills to create your own clay portrait sculpture working from images, drawings or paintings of a person of your choosing.
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Curious About Edinburgh - Quirky Heritage Walks for the Curious!
Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
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Discover Edinburgh’s Gruesome History
Do you want to explore Edinburgh's top sights in one evening AND discover gruesome secrets about the city that Scotland would rather keep hidden? Well then, this is the tour for your!
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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns in 2021 with a Hybrid Programme starting on October 1st, with both In person and Online events!
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Ellie Harrison: Early Warning Signs
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is hosting one of artist Ellie Harrison’s four Early Warning Signs.
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Flamenca Dance Autumn Classes
We bring flamenco to the heart of Scotland and offer classes for all from Beginners to Advanced, six years to sixty-six (& beyond).
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Flamenco Dance Classes for Kids
Alba Flamenca Kids classes starting again on the 23rd September for ages 3 to 16 years old. Fun classes to learn flamenco moves & plenty taconeos!
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Incoming: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centre
Incoming: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centre presents a selection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture acquired within the last ten years.
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Inspiring Walter Scott
On the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth, experience his novels through objects that inspired him.
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James Castle: First Light
The Royal Scottish Academy is pleased to present James Castle: First Light, an exhibition including new bronzes and Jesmonite sculptures, as well as Castle’s evocative drawings.
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Janey Godley Soup Pot Tour
Grab the soup pot and get ready for Janey Godley, the “Queen of Scottish Comedy”, coming to the Reconnect Regal Theatre in October!
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Lecture: Discovering Leith through Maps
This lecture given by Laragh Quinney will consider how Leith has been depicted on maps from the 16th century to the present day.
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Looking Good Dead
Don't miss your chance to see the world premiere tour of Peter James' gripping new play, Looking Good Dead, at the King's Theatre Edinburgh in October!
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Making Nuno: Visionary Japanese Textiles by Sudō Reiko
This autumn, world-renowned tapestry studio Dovecot brings the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese textile designer Sudō Reiko to Scotland with an innovative exhibition.
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Peace Cranes: An Exhibition
A monumental contemporary public art exhibition of peace, people and planet by Janis Hart, taking place in St Johns Episcopal Church.
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Potted Pathology: The Complete Collection
The Surgeons Hall Museums popular Potted Pathology collection in now available to enjoy at your leisure as a complete series!
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Ray Harryhausen - Titan of Cinema
This exhibition is in collaboration with the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation to celebrate what would have been film special effects superstar Ray Harryhausen's 100th birthday year.
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Riverdance: The New 25th Anniversary Show
Riverdance: The New 25th Anniversary Show comes to Edinburgh Playhouse in October 2021, immersing you in the extraordinary and elemental power of its music and dance!
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Sara Barron - Enemies Closer
The smash hit Fringe stand-up show from acclaimed comedian and star of Live At The Apollo (BBC), Sara Barron, tours the UK for the first time and comes to the Stand Edinburgh in October!
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Scotland - The Land, Photographic Exhibition
A stunning new Scottish landscapes photographic exhibition by Julian Calverley and other artists is taking place at Gallery Close from 29th September to 30th October.
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Scouting for Girls
Scouting For Girls are touring the UK in Autumn 2021 and you can catch them at The Liquid Room, Edinburgh on Tuesday 5th October!
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The Big Escape Edinburgh
The Big Escape is a brand new interactive outdoor experience, played on your smartphone, which will turn Edinburgh City Centre into a giant escape game!
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The Reytons
The Reytons are on tour in 2021 and selling out venue's all over the shop. Grab a chance to see them when they play The Caves on 5th October!
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The Reytons
The Reytons are midway through their tour and selling out venue's all over the shop. Grab a chance to see them, QUICK!
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The Scottish Gallery celebrate 150th anniversary of Samuel John Peploe
The Scottish Gallery will be celebrating the life and works of Samuel John Peploe (1871 – 1935) with a major exhibition of his paintings and drawings to coincide with his 150th anniversary.
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The Typewriter Revolution
Drawing on our outstanding typewriter collection, this exhibition features a range of machines, including an 1876 Sholes and Glidden typewriter which was the first to have a QWERTY keyboard.
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The Ultimate Harry Potter Walking Tour
Our squib guide will show you Edinburgh's must-see landmarks and key locations from the Harry Potter book and film series. What are you waiting for? Potterheads assemble!
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Upcycling and Sustainable Living Classes
Learn how to upcycle, become zero waste, reduce your plastic use and explore sustainable living with EcoArt's classes, courses and workshops!
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Weekly Online Computing Club for Kids
Check out ComputerXplorers SEScotland's online kids computing clubs, the perfect way to learn the latest technologies and develop invaluable tech skills.
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Choose How U Move East Ren
Choose How U Move East Ren is running between the 17th May and 31st October 2021! Join the programme today, get active & earn fantastic rewards to support your local community!
East Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
East Renfrewshire HSCP Walking Groups
East Renfrewshire Council HSCP run several walking groups throughout the week perfect for beginners upwards!
Events in Fife
Art-tastic
Come along to our colourful and entertaining family-friendly exhibition to explore the stories hidden within some of our fantastic paintings.
Blooming Marvellous
Everything in the garden’s lovely as we explore the wonderful world of wildlife and plants through our colourful and entertaining family-friendly exhibition!
Explore! Travellers and Trailblazers
Let us take you on an epic adventure! Follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers to discover exotic lands and fantastic voyages through our hands-on, family friendly exhibition!
Loss + Resilience
This exhibition is a study in photography and film of the human stories underpinning Hull’s distant water trawling industry, its demise and legacy, by photographer and filmmaker Simon Sharp.
The Dunfermline Tapestry
An incredible large-scale tapestry, created by a Dunfermline community weaving project, has gone on show at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries.
Events in Glasgow
30 Minute Meditation Lunchtime Classes
Take half an hour out to cultivate inner peace and enjoy the rest of the day with an inspired and positive mind on one of Kadampa Meditaion Centre's Lunchtime Classes!
A Play, A Pie and A Pint Autumn Season
A Play, a Pie and a Pint's Autumn season will return to Oran Mor on September 6th with another twelve brilliant plays!
Alex Dordoy: The Weather Channel
Alex Dordoy presents 'The Weather Channel' a new solo exhibition at The Modern Institute focussing primarily on landscapes!
Ane Brun
Ane Brun has announced details of a UK and Irish tour, part of her first lengthy European outing since the Directions tour of 2016, catch her at St Luke's Glasgow on 5th October 2021!
Anna Geerdes - Borderline
Compass Gallery is proud to present a third solo exhibition by the remarkable Anna Geerdes featuring a powerful and compelling set of paintings!
Art Factory: Online Art Group
Platform Glasgow's Art Factory is an online visual arts and crafts session for adults who wish to learn to draw, paint or make things!
‘Heaven & Hell’ by David Mach RA
David Mach, one of the UK's most successful, prolific and respected artists, will exhibit 'Heaven and Hell' at The RGI Kelly Gallery from 25th September!
Bad Boy Chiller Crew
Bradford's Bad Boy Chiller Crew have announced that they will play SWG3 Glasgow on Tuesday 5th October!
Ben Fogle: Tales From The Wilderness
Join Ben Fogle at Ayr Town Hall for his uplifting and exciting show 'Tales From The Wilderness'... from crossing Antarctica to conquering Everest, Ben will take you on an inspiring adventure!
Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers tells the captivating tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences, don't miss it at the Glasgow King's!
Bridgeton Cross Retail Market
Browse the stalls and bag yourself a bargain at the twice weekly City Markets Bridgeton Cross Retail Market!
Celebrating Joan Eardley
This beautiful exhibition features thirteen works by Joan Eardley one of Scotland's most remarkable artists working in the post-war period!
City Sightseeing Glasgow
With 21 stops where you can hop on and off to visit some of the city's leading attractions, City Sightseeing Glasgow is the perfect way to explore Glasgow!
Curious About Glasgow
Have fun discovering Glasgow with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Daily Potions Cocktail Making Session 18+
Be immersed in a world of magic making your very own potions cocktail at The Root Of Magic!
Dance International Glasgow
Dance International Glasgow returns this October, taking over the city's streets, galleries, arts spaces, parks and moving vehicles with a dynamic, future-proof programme of events!
EatFilm at Sloans
Your favourite movie night is back! Enjoy a line-up of feel-good films and movie classics plus a meal, dessert and drink, all set up socially distanced style in the stunning Grand Ballroom at Sloans!
Flair Gymnastics Club Gymnastics Classes
Flair Gymnastics Club have just opened a new facility within The Pitches in the Southside of Glasgow and have a range of new classes available for kids 5+!
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
Come and join Frankie Boyle for several Work In Progress shows at the Glee Club Glasgow where he'll be trying out new material!
Getting Away with Murder(s) + Q&A
Discover the profound and distressing untold story of the Holocaust when a screening of the documentary Getting Away With Murder(s) is shown at GFT, followed by a Q&A with director David Wilkinson.
Glasgow Central Station Tours
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 1.5 - 2 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
Glasgow Photo Journey: 1978 by Jos Treen
Taken over the span of one year, 'Glasgow Photo Journey:1978' perfectly encapsulates the hardships, resilience and humour of the people living in our city at the time.
Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow run Health Walks right across the city which are suitable for all ages and abilities!
Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a Historic Tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
InstaTour Glasgow
Would you like to know where the most Instagrammable spots are in Glasgow? Book an InstaTour and the guides will show you the best places in the city to take photos!
Krapp’s Last Tape with Go On
Don't miss this double bill of one act plays by Samuel Beckett and Linda McLean at the Tron Theatre between September 30th and October 9th!
Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism
Inspired by Glasgow Women's Library's communities and collections, the Life Support exhibition considers how artists and activists have addressed and challenged their life experiences.
Liz Lawrence
Liz Lawrence is heading out on a UK tour which will stop off at CCA Glasgow on Tuesday 5th October!
Loch Lomond Scary Faerie Trail
This October, just in time for Halloween, Loch Lomond Faerie Trail will again be transformed into the Scary Faerie Trail!
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are on tour in 2021 following the release of their 14th studio album 'The Ultra Vivid Lament', catch them live at The Barrowlands on 5th October!
Martin Boyce: No Clouds or Streams No Information or Memory
No Clouds or Streams No Information or Memory, Martin Boyce's sixth solo exhibition at The Modern Institute, pays homage to the history of design, art, and architecture.
Meet Our Consultants On Hip And Knee Pain
Do you suffer from hip and knee pain, Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital invite you to join them for their free online information event on Thursday 28th January.
Nu Gen - Online Art Group
Platform Glasgow's weekly arts group challenges teenagers to make artwork that represents their interests, exploring identity and what it’s like to be a teenager today!
Online Horror Walk - Escape the Ghouls
Join Mr Dark as he makes his way cautiously through 'The City of the Dead telling tales of death, disease, bodysnatching, witches and witchcraft!
Online Music Classes
Fancy learning to play an instrument? Platform Glasgow are running weekly online music classes for juniors and adults!
Red Raw
The weekly beginner's showcase, Red Raw at The Stand Glasgow, is regarded as the best open mic comedy night in the UK!
REFLECTIVE JESTER: IT’S JUST A FEELING
Christian Noelle Charles' first solo show – REFLECTIVE JESTER: IT'S JUST A FEELING comes to CCA Glasgow in September!
Scattered Sights
Scattered Sights at CCA Glasgow is an exhibition with painting and sculpture by Hyojun Hyun and Rodrigo Red Sandoval about mining the present.
Street Art Walking Tour
Walking Tours in Glasgow is now offering a Street Art tour! This mural and modern culture tour will show the beautiful street art pieces scattered around the city of Glasgow!
The Art Of Beatrix Whistler
This display is dedicated to the art of Beatrix Whistler (1857–96) and features a small selection of her oil paintings and sketches.
The Besnard Lakes
In these scorched and pitted times, as the world smoulders, there might be nothing less trendy than an hour-long psych-rock epic by a band of Canadian grandmasters, The Besnard Lakes!
The Big Escape Glasgow
The Big Escape is a brand new interactive outdoor experience, played on your smartphone, which will turn Glasgow City Centre into a giant escape game!
Thea Gilmore
Thea Gilmore takes to the road in 2021 for her first EVER tour performing completely solo, catch her at Oran Mor Glasgow on October 5th!
Victoria Morton: SLEEP LINE
SLEEP LINE, Victoria Morton's sixth solo exhibition with The Modern Institute, features new canvases on intimate and expansive scales.
Whistler: Art And Legacy
This critically acclaimed major exhibition explores the development of Whistler's artistic practice, showcasing the strengths and richness of the Hunterian's collection and features major works!
Events in Lanarkshire
Active@Home North Lanarkshire
If you are over the age of 65 and live in the North Lanarkshire area The Fair Play Foundation's Active@Home programme is the one for you!
Anarchy Maze and Darktober
Don't miss Anarchy, a terrifyingly unforgettable experience where terror rules and your fate can change with every turn, at M&Ds Scotland's Theme Park!
Beat The Street Cambuslang and Rutherglen
Beat the Street is a fun, free initiative that will see the streets of Cambuslang and Rutherglen transformed into a giant game during September and October!
Beat The Street North Lanarkshire
Beat the Street is a fun, free initiative that will see the streets of North Lanarkshire transformed into a giant game during September and October!
Chatelherault to Low Parks Heritage Trail
Explore the walking and cycling route between two of South Lanarkshire's historic buildings, enjoying local heritage, whilst benefitting your health and wellbeing!
Get Walking Lanarkshire Health Walks
Join Get Walking Lanarkshire on one of their regular health walks! Enjoy the fresh air, meet new people and have a good blether!
Halloween Bath Bomb Experience
Join the team at Lerah in Condorrat, Cumbernauld in October for their Halloween Bath Bomb Making Experience!
Jurassic Encounter
An interactive installation of 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs from the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods is coming to Cuningar Loop this October!
Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank
Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank brings together portraits by Alexander Moffat, landscapes by Ruth Nicol and poems by Alan Riach at Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum!
Nature Club
OutLET: Play Resource's Nature Club for under 5's is a gentle parent and child group where children can play, get muddy and learn about the natural world!
Pumpkin Picking at Valley View
Have fun and pick and carve your own pumpkin at Valley View at Gouldings between Friday 1st and Sunday 24th October!
Romeo & Juliet
Physically charged and energetic in pace, this is an urgent and powerful retelling of the timeless story, Romeo & Juliet!
The Clyde Valley... Garden of Scotland
The Clyde Valley... Garden of Scotland Exhibition at the Tolbooth Lanark will feature paintings, sculpture and jewellery inspired by the local landscape!
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Beat The Street Renfrewshire
Beat the Street is a fun, free initiative that will see the streets of Renfrewshire transformed into a giant game during September and October!
Beginners Sewing Course
Always wanted to learn how to sew but just don’t know where to start? Then this four day course from Thimbleberry Sewing is the course is for you!
Big Kid Circus: Greenock
Roll Up, Roll Up! The Big Kid Circus is in town with their brand new show GOLD! Catch them opposite Beacon Arts Centre for 6 days between the 5th and 10th October!
Dimity Tots
Dimity Tots is is a church-run babies and toddlers group held on a Tuesday afternoon at Dimity Street Church, Johnstone!
Making Her Mark Exhibition
Who are the unsung heroines of Renfrewshire, where can we find them and how are they celebrated or remembered? This exhibition reveals some of the lives uncovered by RAMH and Kairos!
Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions
Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!
Swing Tuesdays and Afternoon Tea
The Old Swan's Swing Tuesdays and Afternoon Tea are back! Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea accompanied by live music from the outstanding Lee James singing all the Rat Pack classics!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Autumn Selection
Please join us at Greengallery for our Autumn Selection exhibition from 19th September to 10th October!
No Time To Die
Bond is back! No Time To Die is out now and you can watch it at Macrobert Arts Centre from 30th September!
Roaches Coaches
Join Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society for Roaches Coaches, a radio comedy set in a small-town bus depot, in a magical time before COVID-19 was invented!
S4C Weekly Lunch Club
The S4C Weekly Lunch Club provides a light lunch plus entertainment or a fun activity. Come along and meet friends both old and new!
Semiconductor
Another stunning exhibition comes to the Tolbooth Gallery. 'Semiconductor' is part of Stirling Science Festival and is open from 5th - 28th October.
The Man Who Could Paint Anything – The Legacy of Thomas Stuart Smith
This exhibition showcases some of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum’s remarkable art collection.
The Perfect Foil by Robert Mach
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to welcome a major exhibition of works by Robert Mach.
Watercolour Classes - Painting Seasonal Flowers
Join Clare Robinson for these Watercolour Classes at the lovely Lecropt Kirk Hall, Bridge of Allan!
Events in Other Areas
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