Summerhall

Summerhall, Edinburgh’s biggest arts venue, is open to the public all year round.

About Summerhall

	1 Summerhall , Edinburgh South EH9 1PL
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Summerhall is open to the public all year round and hosts events in all the City’s major festivals. But it’s far more than Edinburgh’s biggest arts venue. Visitors will find theatre and gallery spaces, libraries and small museums, educational and research programmes, studios and workshops.

is a venue for diverse programmes of visual and performing arts. It is a place for all kinds of events, parties, workshops, festivals, weddings and meetings. It is home to a varied community of creative artists and businesses, including a pub, café, brewery and distillery.

Summerhall has fast become a key arts organisation in Edinburgh, at festival time and throughout the year.

Our visual art programme presents a diverse and innovative programme of exhibitions, free and open to the public all year round. Exhibiting artists have included Liliane Lijn, Alastair MacLennan, Derrick Guild, Tamsyn Challenger, Haroon Mirza, Pester and Rossi.

Summerhall’s year-round live music programme, Nothing Ever Happens Here… has become one of the best places to see exciting, live music in the city, bringing musicians such as Billy Bragg, Sun Kil Moon, The Sun Ra Arkestra, and Charlotte Church to Summerhall’s Dissection Room, whilst helping to provide a platform for young bands in Edinburgh to play with established touring musicians from around the globe.

Summerhall won the Dan Crawford Innovation Award at the 2015 Empty Space… Peter Brook Awards, was shortlisted for The Stage Fringe Venue of the Year in 2014 and 2017, was awarded a Cycle Friendly Employer Award by Cycle Scotland in 2019 and won The Herald Scottish Culture Award 2019 for Outstanding Venue.

The aim is to be a major cultural destination where audiences meet and mix and where artists and performers are inspired to make and present their best work.

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Upcoming Events at Summerhall

Workshops

Reconfigure Life Drawing at Summerhall

16th September 2025 - 17th December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Reconfigure welcomes all ages and all abilities, in an atmosphere of warmth and creativity, at these Life Drawing classes in Summerhall's iconic Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Comedy

TBC Improv UK’s Monthly Open Improv Jam

Selected dates between 27th November 2025 - 9th April 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

TBC invites you to a monthly improv drop-in jam. It's a fun inclusive event where absolutely all are welcome, no improv experience required.

Pantomime

Snow White comes to Summerhall

11th December 2025 - 14th December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Edinburgh Acting School is thrilled to be bringing the first ever panto to Summerhall and it's Snow White like you have never seen it before!

Theatre

The Elf that wasn’t Elfing

20th December 2025 - 22nd December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Come along and join the festive fun and help Trixiebelle the Elf. She's just been promoted to Santa’s Workshop! The only problem is, she can’t quite get the hang of what she is supposed to do…

Comedy

TBC Improv UK: Intro to Improv Course (101)

13th January 2026 - 3rd March 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

TBC Improv's 'Into to Improv Course' is your invitation to explore the fundamentals of improvisation in a supportive, playful environment on this 8 week course — no experience needed.

Music

Improv Workshop Intensives: Viewpoints, Music, Duoprov

31st January 2026 - 1st February 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Unlock tools for physical storytelling, musicality, and duo-based improv that deepen trust, emotion, and creative freedom in this immersive weekend intensive at Summerhall.

Comedy

TBC Improv Presents: Fresh Faces of Improv - Longform!

Selected dates between 11th March 2026 - 9th June 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Get ready for a showcase of the newest improv comedy talent in Scotland with TBC Improv UK!

Comedy

TBC Improv Presents: Fresh Faces of Improv - Shortform!

18th March 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Get ready for a night of unscripted hilarity featuring some of the most exciting new voices in Edinburgh’s improv scene!

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