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Dance Events in Edinburgh in May 2026

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Events in Edinburgh

Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals

1st May 2026

Don’t miss your chance to see Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals UK Tour when it returns to Edinburgh Playhouse in May 2026!

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Star Struck

7th May 2026 - 9th May 2026

Prepare to be transported into a glamorous world where jazz meets ballet, and the stars align when Scottish Ballet bring Starstruck to the Festival Theatre in May!

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Dance Events in East Renfrewshire

Dance Events in Fife

Dance Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Dance Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals

Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals

3rd May 2026

Catch your favourite Pros as they waltz their way across the UK when Strictly Come Dancing: The Professionals returns to the SEC Armadillo on Sunday 3rd May!

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Dance Events in Lanarkshire

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An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret

An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret

15th May 2026

An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret is back in town with a dazzling new production, don't miss it at Lanark Memorial Hall on Friday 15th May!

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Dance Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Dance Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Boyle School of Irish Dance New Class

Boyle School of Irish Dance New Class

20th October 2025 - 20th October 2035

Is your little one ready to jump, hop, and dance their way into the wonderful world of Irish dancing? Join Boyle School of Irish Dance for their new classes in Paisley, beginning on 20th October!

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An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret

An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret

16th May 2026

An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret is back in town with a dazzling new production, don't miss it at Beacon Arts Centre on Saturday 16th May!

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Dance Events in Stirling

Events in Other Areas

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Sponsored Links

Children's Classic Concerts
Murrayfield Experience
Wonder & Co
Escape The Past
TGC Leisure
Edinburgh Street Historians
Hilton Glasgow
Murrayfield Experience
Murrayfield Experience
Hilton Glasgow
Headline PR
Fayre Play
Renfrewshire Council
Hostelworld

Popular Events

Dusherra 2025
Dusherra, the flagship annual event of the Scottish Indian Arts Forum, returns on Saturday 4th October at the top of Calton Hill.
War Horse
The National Theatre’s global smash-hit production of War Horse returns to the Festival Theatre in October 2025!
Conifox Terror Scream Park
Terror Scream Park, Edinburgh’s most intense 18+ horror event, launches for the very first time this autumn at Conifox Adventure Park.
Come and Try Orienteering at Easter Craiglockhart Hill
Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club is holding a family-friendly, Come and Try Orienteering, afternoon on Saturday 11th October at Easter Craiglockhart Hill.
David Attenborough’s Ocean In Concert
Ocean in Concert takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.

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