Events in Edinburgh in March 2026
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Events in Edinburgh
Live Music at The Botanist
The Botanist hosts live music from Thursday to Sunday every week! From acoustic singles, duos, trios and full band, we have it all.
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Conservation Hangar Talks
See behind the scenes of the work carried out in the museum’s Conservation hangar with these free talks.
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Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture
Featuring examples of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography, the exhibition at City Art Centre spans almost 400 years of artistic production.
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Thomas Green - Brainstorm
Comedian Thomas Green is taking new show Brainstorm across the UK and brings it to Monkey Barrel Comedy!
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Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Here & Now, the hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of the multi-million-selling pop phenomenon Steps, comes to the Edinburgh Playhouse from 24th February 2026!
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One Day The Musical
The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Melting Pot present the World Premiere of One Day The Musical, a celebration of love, fate, and the moments that define us forever.
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BBC SSO 25-26: Mahler Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’
Expect something truly extraordinary when the choir is the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, and the conductor is the BBC SSO’s Conductor Emeritus Sir Donald Runnicles!
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Gordon Buchanan - Lions and Tigers and Bears
Award winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan will hit the road again in 2026, with his live tour - Lions and Tigers and Bears. Join him at Assembly Rooms on Sunday 1st March!
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Inspector Morse - House of Ghosts
Starring Tom Chambers as Inspector Morse, this original story written for the stage is a must-see for fans of compelling detective stories and thrilling mysteries.
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Matilda The Musical
Matilda The Musical, the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl, comes to Edinburgh Playhouse in March 2025!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Borrani & Beethoven
Lorenza Borrani returns for a second concert of the Season with an evening of wit, humour and magical evocations.
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Live Forever
Introducing 'Live Forever’ – a celebration of music from, and a tribute to, the greatest rock ’n’ roll band Britain has ever seen… Oasis!
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Sara Pascoe: I Am A Strange Gloop
Sara Pascoe is returning to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Sunday 8th March 2026 with her new show I Am A Strange Gloop!
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Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath
Jess can feel herself becoming an emotional wildebeest right when her world (and the whole world, thanks) demands cool, collected ultra detached saint-like kindness and understanding.
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Scottish Opera - Tristan und Isolde
This is one of only two performances of Wagner at his most intoxicating and transcendent.
READ MOREMark Nelson: Liquid Gold
Multi award winning Scottish stand up Mark Nelson brings his brand new show, Liquid Gold, to The Stand Edinburgh on Thursday 12th March 2026!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
Jess Gillam brings her invigorating musical personality to a colourful and adventurous concert.
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RSNO 2025/26: Gladiator in Concert
Relive the legendary and five-time Academy Award-winning film Gladiator, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus performing Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's Golden Globe-winning score!
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Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath
Authentic, curious, and gleefully irascible, comedian Desiree Burch leads a madcap voyage through the Middle Ages - AKA the mid-life crisis, and its mandatory metamorphosis.
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Mark Simmons: Jest to Impress
Mark Simmons is back on tour in 2026 with Jest to Impress, a brand new show packed with even more expertly crafted one-liners. Catch him at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Monday 16th March!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven, Pekka & the Dreamers’ Circus
Classical and folk join forces for a celebration of dance, in this joyfully unconventional programme masterminded by Pekka Kuusisto.
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Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am
Star of Friday Night Dinner (C4) and Plebs (ITV), this is Tom’s much awaited return to stand-up following his critically-acclaimed 2019 show, Manhood.
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RSNO Season 25-26: St Mary’s Music School Showcase
The RSNO is thrilled to offer the Senior Pupils of St Mary’s Music School the opportunity to shine in the magnificent Usher Hall.
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RSNO Season 25-26: Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Beauty, passion and the miracles of nature – there's no tale that an orchestra can't tell, and there's definitely no symphony quite like Tchaikovsky's shattering Fourth.
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Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse
Clinton Baptiste, Britain's most celebrated clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, returns to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh in 2026 with his new show 'Spectral Intercourse'!
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The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins
In her first live show in over a decade, Sue Perkins delivers a hilarious treatise on stigma, humiliation, and misunderstanding.
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Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
A brand-new adaptation of the globally celebrated Agatha Christie story Death on the Nile is heading out on a nationwide tour, don't miss it at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh in March!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Language of Eden
Andrew Manze conducts an evening of rapturous English music and striking new sounds, with Roderick Williams and the SCO Chorus.
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RSNO Season 25-26: Ethan Loch Plays Gershwin
Thomas Søndergård conjures up the wizardry of The Sorcerer's Apprentice and introduces the dancing crockery and singing squirrels of Ravel's ravishing mini-opera.
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Baking with Spices
Join us at Flavour and Haver Cook School on 28th March 2026 for a spice filled morning with our Food Education manager Sue!
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Beautiful Crazy - The Luke Combs Collection
Brand NEW for 2026 and coming to the Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, Beautiful Crazy is an exciting and authentic theatrical celebration of one of the biggest country stars on the planet... Luke Combs!
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Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation
Dara Ó Briain is back with a brand new live show! He'll bring Re:Creation to the Edinburgh Playhouse on Saturday 28th March 2026!
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The Shoop Shoop Show - The Cher Collection
Get ready to experience the ultimate celebration of Cher when The Shoop Shoop Show - The Cher Collection comes to The Usher Hall on Saturday 28th March!
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BBC SSO 25-26: Debussy’s Pelléas Et Mélisande
If you’ve only heard Debussy’s opera in the theatre, you haven’t heard it all, and this concert performance will bring out every shimmer and sigh of Debussy’s astonishing score.
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Scott Bennett - Stuff
Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore?
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Events in Fife
Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Mark Nelson
Multi award winning Scottish stand up Mark Nelson brings his brand new show, Liquid Gold, to the King's Theatre, Kirkcaldy on 13th March 2026!
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The Shoop Shoop Show: The Cher Collection
Get ready to experience a Cher show like no other with The Shoop Shoop Show – The Cher Collection, an exhilarating music-led production with a party atmosphere, at The Alhambra Theatre!
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Justin Live - Justin Time to Rock
CBeebies' megastar Justin Fletcher brings his all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza packed full of well-known songs, lots of dancing, hilarious comedy and plenty of rocktastic fun to Dunfermline!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Family Fun Sundays At The Grosvenor
Come join the Family Fun at The Grosvenor, Ashton Lane every Sunday from Midday, it's free to attend, all you need is your party outfit!
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RSNO 2025/26: The Lost Words
It's a tuneful celebration of a vanishing natural world, created for young voices and sung today by the RSNO's inspirational Youth Chorus.
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Chesney Hawkes
Chesney Hawkes will bring his 'Smash It To Pieces' tour to Oran Mor Glasgow on Sunday 8th March!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim - Young Offenders
Des Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim - Young Offenders, comes to Airdrie Town Hall on Friday 20th March!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Micro Layouts Model Railway Show
Join Renfrewshire Model Railway Club, Cupar Model Railway Club and Leven Valley Trains for the Micro Layouts Model Railway Show on Saturday 22nd March!
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Buds Bootcamp
St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation's Buds Bootcamp is back. With fitness testing, upgraded sessions, energising workouts, and a whole lot of motivation, there's never been a better time to start!
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Here's a selection of events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Aerial Yoga
Feeling inspired to try something new or expand your existing practice? Then join Andriani's Ahimsa Yoga at 3 Wellgreen Lane, Stirling for these Aerial Yoga classes on Mondays & Tuesdays!
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Seriously Collins
Seriously Collins isn’t just a tribute show, it’s an electrifying journey through the music that has touched hearts and defined generations.
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Cher – Strong Enough
Get ready for an unforgettable evening, celebrating the global superstar and great female icon that is Cher at The Albert Halls, Stirling on 18th March!
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