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Nights Out Events in Edinburgh on 02 August 2025

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Events in Edinburgh

Burns Night Hootenanny - Tam O’Shanter’s Big Scottish Sing-Along

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Let’s celebrate Robert Burns with a real Hootenanny – a Scottish party of words, music and song!

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Chunky Jewellery

1st August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Using words, dance and song these two uncompromising performers offer us an alternative love story... don't miss Chunky Jewellery at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

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Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight - Clair de Lune

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Open your heart and ears to love as award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers at St Vincent's Chapel this August!

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Dirty Harry

2nd August 2025

Dirty Harry is the only tribute band for the true Blondie fan! Catch them when they return to La Belle Angele on Saturday 2nd August!

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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: Make it Happen

30th July 2025 - 9th August 2025

Set in Edinburgh, Make it Happen sees legendary actor Brian Cox return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as Adam Smith, the ghost of fiscal past.

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Edinburgh International Festival: The Dan Daw Show

2nd August 2025 - 4th August 2025

This daring International Festival debut fuses sexy choreography and touching theatricality to take a stand against the disabling forces of society.

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Forth on The Fringe

1st August 2025 - 2nd August 2025

Forth on the Fringe is the annual one stop shop for all the essential acts you need to see at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Catch it at Edinburgh Playhouse on 1st & 2nd August!

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Fringe by the Sea

1st August 2025 - 10th August 2025

Fringe by the Sea, a 10-day multi arts festival in North Berwick, is back for 2025 from 1st-10th August.

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Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Garry Starr is back! The multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns to the Fringe with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins!

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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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Rhapsody in Blue: Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey by candlelight!

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Showtime @ The Comedy Attic

25th October 2024 - 20th December 2025

Join us for Showtime at The Comedy Attic every Friday and Saturday for the best comedy this glorious city of Edinburgh has to offer!

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Singin’ I’m No a Billie, She’s a Tim

30th July 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Back with an all female cast, Singin I'm No a Billy SHE'S a Tim will have you laughing and crying so hard, you'll be begging for full time!

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Stand Up Horror

Selected dates between 4th January 2025 - 20th December 2025

Actor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night at Stand Up Horror... you decide what the characters do, find and sometimes - yes sometimes - even love!

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The Ladyboys of Bangkok

2nd August 2025 - 24th August 2025

The Lady Boys of Bangkok return to Edinburgh with a sensationally glamorous new show, a must-see new production for 2025 packed with fun filled comedy and outrageous cheekiness!

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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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Nights Out Events in East Renfrewshire

Nights Out Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Nights Out Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Aberdour Festival

Aberdour Festival

25th July 2025 - 3rd August 2025

The Aberdour Festival is possibly the best festival of the Summer, each year playing host to an exciting and packed programme of events!

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Bearfoot Comedy

Bearfoot Comedy

Selected dates between 1st February 2025 - 1st November 2025

Bearfoot Comedy Club presents an extravaganza of stand up comedy on the 1st Saturday of every month at at The King's Live Lounge, Kirkcaldy.

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Nights Out Events in Glasgow

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

McFleetwood

McFleetwood

2nd August 2025

Don't miss McFleetwood, one of Scotland's brightest tributes, when they return to Oran Mor Glasgow on Saturday 2nd August!

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Gothic Glasgow

Gothic Glasgow

Selected dates between 2nd April 2025 - 31st December 2025

Join Gothic Glasgow's sinister host Vincent (The Man in the Hat), for a unique evening walking tour uncovering Glasgow's ghostly, strange, supernatural, creepy history!

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Live Music at Maggie’s

Live Music at Maggie’s

2nd January 2025 - 31st December 2025

Enjoy live music 7 nights a week at Maggie's with Country classics and singalongs in the main bar every night!

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Nights Out Events in Lanarkshire

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

The Ultimate Irish Hooley

The Ultimate Irish Hooley

2nd August 2025

Join Keltic Storm and an all-star cast of award winning musicians and singers for The Ultimate Irish Hooley at Airdrie Town Hall on Saturday 2nd August!

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Nights Out Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

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

Dancing Through the Decades

Dancing Through the Decades

Selected dates between 17th May 2025 - 2nd August 2025

Dance the night away with The Glynhill Hotel's resident DJ, who will take you on a journey through the decades!

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Country By Candlelight

Country By Candlelight

2nd August 2025

Forget your 9 to 5, as you experience the biggest and best of country music, like never before – all performed live by world-class vocalists and epic live band at Coats Paisley!

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Def Leppad

Def Leppad

2nd August 2025

Expect all of the Def Leppard hits and some deeper cuts from this top notch tribute band at The Bungalow Paisley with special guests Guns On Roses and Motley Cruel!

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Nights Out Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Nights Out 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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Mike Rice: Cruel Little Man
Irish comedian Mike Rice hits the road with his brand new show 'Cruel Little Man', don't miss him live at Monkey Barrel Comedy on Monday 3rd November!
Three Nights of CALM - Tom Walker & Nina Nesbitt
Enjoy an intimate night of music from Tom Walker & Nina Nesbitt at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms on Friday 2nd May in aid of CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

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