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Music Events in Edinburgh on 13 August 2025

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(whalesong)

2nd August 2025 - 24th August 2025

(whalesong), at BrewDog DogHouse, is a sound play about the noises and voices in the oceans, created and performed by award-winning sound artist and technologist Xavier Velastín.

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A Stan is Born!

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Alexis Sakellaris brings A Stan is Born!, a love letter to all the divas and teh gays who stan them, to Gilded Balloon Patter House as part of Edinburgh Fringe 2025!

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AI MOZART: ChatGPT composed this concert

2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Moonlight Concerts return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a technological breakthrough in musical composition!

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Alba Flamenca

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Alba Flamenca returns to the Fringe with the joy, the tragedy and, above all, the pulsating passion of an authentic flamenco performance in our intimate venue.

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Baby Shark and the Mystery of the Sphinx

31st July 2025 - 24th August 2025

Doo doo doo... Baby Shark's back with a globe-trotting mystery! Perfect for tiny detectives aged 0-6 this fin-tastic show is packed with music, magic and mayhem!

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Baby Wants Candy

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

One of the world’s most celebrated improv shows EVER heads back to the Fringe for its 19th year with a brand new and as-yet unknown run of original, hilarious, and unpredictable one-off musicals!

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Because You Never Asked

31st July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Returning to the Fringe from Montréal acclaimed company, We All Fall Down Interdisciplinary Creations, presents Because You Never Asked in the intimate surroundings of Summerhall’s Main Hall.

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Best of Burns

11th August 2025 - 20th August 2025

This one man show by Kev Thompson – president of the prestigious Bowhill People’s Burns Club - delivers his take on some of Robert Burns’ best loved works and why they were written.

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Candlelight: Classic Rock in the Round

31st July 2025 - 24th August 2025

Among 1,000 flames, Blue Violin shatters musical boundaries, breathing fierce new life into rock's greatest anthems when Candlelight: Classic Rock in the Round comes to the Edinburgh Fringe!

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Cash and Diamond: Tribute Show

1st August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Indulge in the ultimate musical celebration of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond as award-winning Pete Storm and Pete Sinclair come together to craft an extraordinary tribute show as part of the Fringe!

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Cirque du piano – 1 piano, 3 pianists, 6 hands, 30 fingers!

Selected dates between 6th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Experimental piano troupe performs finger gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists playing one piano together!

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Die Fledermaus

13th August 2025 - 16th August 2025

Johann Strauss II turns 200 and Aria Alba are celebrating with his classic comic operetta, Die Fledermaus!

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Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs

23rd March 2025 - 19th December 2025

Join Edinburgh ‘Open House’ Ceilidhs with Live Band & Caller, held in the Royal British Legion Hall! If you love to dance or want to learn this event is for you.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Fringe returns from 30th July to 25th August 2025 with artists and performers taking to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste.

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Edinburgh International Festival

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh International Festival returns from 1st to 24th August 2025 with live performance throughout the city.

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Edinburgh International Festival: Bostridge, Pappano & Members of the LSO

13th August 2025

Expressive singing reveals the emotional depth of Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar.

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Edinburgh International Festival: Orpheus and Eurydice

13th August 2025 - 16th August 2025

Circa joins with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a chorus from Scottish Opera for the European premiere of this electrifying production of Gluck’s seminal opera at The Edinburgh Playhouse.

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Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight: Spirited Away

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Come along to St Vincent's Chapel for an immersive musical experience inspired by Studio Ghibli’s anime Spirited Away, Einaudi's meditative piano pieces, and Japanese Zen stories!

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Frank Sanazi’s Songs For Swinging Leaders

1st August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Frank Sanazi storms back into Edinburgh to deliver his signature mix of darkly hilarious tunes and extreme comedy!

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Girl Pop!

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Catch Girl Pop, a showstopping spectacle bursting with iconic pop bangers, at Gilded Balloon Patter House as part of the Fringe!

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Hans Zimmer’s Hollywood 1925 - 2025: A Centenary Celebration of Film Music

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Inspired by ‘Interstellar,’ this show time-warps cinema history, intersplicing modern film music with silent cinematography with live music as we travel through cinema history!

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Heebie Jeebies: Vive le Fringe! 2025

1st August 2025 - 25th August 2025

This visual performance, created for children under 6 and their carers, combines multilingual storytelling (Scottish Gaelic, French, English), puppetry and original live music.

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Highlight Tours of St Cecilia’s Hall

1st August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Join us at St Cecilia’s Hall during the Fringe for a guided tour of the musical treasures on display. Topics and guides vary daily!

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How To Win Against History

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

The solid gold, diamante-studded hit is back, bigger and more sparkly than ever in a run at the Fringe from 30 July – 24 August!

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Jack Jones - Broken Strap

13th August 2025

Continuing the ongoing collaboration between Peter Doherty's Strap Originals & Promotional group Broken Wing Club. Broken Strap presents Jack Jones at Leith Arches!

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Karaoke

Selected dates between 23rd July 2025 - 17th December 2025

Looking for Karaoke? Then come along to the Black Rose Tavern in Rose Street every Wednesday!

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Karine Polwart: Windblown

9th August 2025 - 13th August 2025

The life and legacy of the Sabal palm imagined through music by Award-winning writer-musician Karine Polwart.

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Live Music at The Botanist

6th March 2025 - 20th December 2026

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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Lola: A Flamenco Love Story

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

Lola is a vibrant new dance musical fusing passionate contemporary flamenco with the rousing rhythms of Latin pop and jazz. Catch it at the EICC as part of the Fringe!

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Look Who It Isnae!

4th August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Take a trip down a Scottish memory lane to the innocent times when we could have a laugh at life without people being offended – with Sir Billy Connolly's double - Stewart Nicol!

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Macbeth by The Barden Party

1st August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

A thrilling, saucy rendition of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Macbeth is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

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Midnight in Nashville

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025

A (nearly) solo show with live music, Midnight in Nashville is a raucous journey to Music City. Catch it as part of the Fringe Festival!

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Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

5th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

The distinguished Moonlight Concerts series proudly returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025, presenting virtuoso pianist Matthew Shiel in a sophisticated program of Beethoven's profound compositions.

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MUO immersive exhibit: Vive le Fringe! 2025

8th August 2025 - 25th August 2025

MUO is an immersive audiovisual installation by Lomond Campbell which makes use of muon detectors, sensing harmless radiation in the atmosphere.

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MUO Live: Vive le Fringe! 2025

8th August 2025 - 25th August 2025

Join Scottish artist and musician Lomond Campbell for a unique live performance of MUO, an audiovisual experience powered by the universe itself.

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Ohio

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

The Bengsons make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Ohio, an exhilarating and celebratory true story about losing faith and finding hope in the darkest of places.

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Peter Doherty

12th August 2025 - 13th August 2025

Peter Doherty plays La Belle Angele on August 12th & 13th as part of their Big Nights at the Fringe Festival!

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Planetarium Lates: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025

After a sell-out run last year, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon planetarium experience is back at the Fringe!

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Shamilton The Improvised Hip Hop Musical

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

Shamilton, one of the most popular shows at the festival is back after selling out its previous three years and accumulating a Fringe fan-base that has never been seen before.

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Souls Of Mischief

13th August 2025

California quartet, Souls Of Mischief, bring their '93 Til Infinity tour to The Liquid Room on Wednesday 13th August!

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Sounds of St Cecilia’s II: Delights for Violin and Harpsichord

13th August 2025

George Weir performs music for violin and harpsichord by Bach, Handel and Corelli as well as an unaccompanied violin piece Austrian composer Johann Vilsmayr.

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STARDUST Starring Star Dust (In Person)

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

STARDUST is a Fringe debut from Punchdrunk’s Kat McGarr, in which we see Kat transform personal grief into something absurd, funny, and profound.

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Terry’s: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

From award-nominated, Lecoq-trained company BRILLIG, Terry's is an absurd, sitcom-esque tragi-comedy featuring original live music, physical theatre and one very special balloon.

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The Brel Promise: Vive le Fringe! 2025

8th August 2025 - 25th August 2025

Arnaud Askoy brings Chanson Francaise icon Jacques Brel to life at the Institut francais d'Ecosse a part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

1st August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo returns from 1st to 23rd August 2025 with the show 'The Heroes Who Made Us'.

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through warm temperatures

12th August 2025 - 24th August 2025

After a 7 year hiatus of performing in her own work at the Fringe, award-winning multidisciplinary artist Mele Broomes is back with her new staged version of through warm temperatures!

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What Doesn’t Kill You

30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

Making her debut from Melbourne Australia, let Robyn Reynolds PLUNGE you into a hilarious (and deeply personal) show at the Assembly Roxy this August.

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Woody’s Bush Cabaret

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025

This family-friendly musical comedy blends interactive storytelling, bushland puppetry, and original Aussie songs in a high-energy show where kids (and playful grown-ups) become part of the action!

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Music Events in East Renfrewshire

Music Events in Fife

Music Events in Glasgow

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

Adult Music Workshops

Adult Music Workshops

Selected dates between 24th March 2025 - 1st March 2026

Always wanted to play an instrument? Now's your chance! Join Amplify Music Academy for their relaxed, one-hour daytime group lessons for adults!

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King Tut’s Summer Nights

King Tut’s Summer Nights

17th July 2025 - 30th August 2025

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Summer Nights music festival is back! With the grassroots festival returning for its 11th year, fans can expect another 7 weeks of the freshest talent Scotland has to offer!

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Summer Nights at the Bandstand

Summer Nights at the Bandstand

29th July 2025 - 16th August 2025

The Summer Nights at the Bandstand festival returns to Kelvingrove Park for a tenth year with 13 nights of live music from elbow, Billy Ocean, Hue And Cry, Teenage Fanclub and many more!

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Music Events in Lanarkshire

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

Everything Flows: Music in North Lanarkshire

Everything Flows: Music in North Lanarkshire

28th June 2025 - 19th October 2025

Come hear the memories of local musicians, see costumes, photos and records through the decades or even just come for a boogie at the Everything Flows: Music in North Lanarkshire exhibition!

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Music Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

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

Pai-Slay Is Drag

Pai-Slay Is Drag

Selected dates between 9th April 2025 - 17th September 2025

Paisley's premium drag show! Featuring outstanding Scottish drag performers, Pai-SLAY is an exciting, fun and inclusive night!

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Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions

Renfrewshire Bookbug Sessions

Selected dates between 6th January 2025 - 20th December 2025

Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!

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Don’t Stop The Music: Songwriting Camp

Don’t Stop The Music: Songwriting Camp

13th August 2025

Brand new music group, Don't Stop The Music, will launch their very first project, an inspiring songwriting camp for young people aged 11–14, on Wednesday 13th August!

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Music Events in Stirling

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

Stirling Folk Club Events 2025

Stirling Folk Club Events 2025

27th January 2025 - 8th December 2025

Check out all the upcoming events at Stirling Folk Club in 2025!

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Events in Other Areas

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Escape The Past
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Popular Events

Jive Aces: Feelin’ Happy show
The internationally acclaimed Jive Aces, renowned for their high-energy performances and feel-good vibes, are bringing their sensational new show, "Feelin' Happy” to The Edinburgh Fringe!
A Blend of Folk ‘n’ Blues: Joseph Martyn EP Launch and Guests
Joseph Martyn is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe to launch his new original EP. Catch him at The Royal Oak on the 14th & 16th August!
Castle Of Light
Make Castle of Light: Fire and Ice part of your festive plans and enjoy the largest annual projection show in the UK when it returns for its sixth year!
Dinner in the Kitchen Garden with Roberta Hall-McCarron
For one night only, on Thursday 28th August, join award-winning chef Roberta Hall-McCarron in the heart of the Botanics and embark on culinary journey through our onsite Kitchen Garden!
Save the Waves Film Festival
We’re proud to announce that the world’s only international surf and environmental film festival is back for a 2025 tour and is coming to Lost Shore.

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