Summerhall

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

About Summerhall

	1 Summerhall , Edinburgh South EH9 1PL
	01315601580
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Listed Under Activities - Arts and Crafts / Attractions - Art Galleries / Attractions - Live Music Venues / Attractions - Theatres

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!

Shopping

Summerhall Winter Market

13th December 2025 - 14th December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

On Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December, Summerhall's annual Winter Market returns with over 35 stalls to browse each day... it's the perfect opportunity to find truly unique gifts locally!

Dance

Flamenco Dance Workshop

13th December 2025 - 14th December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Join Alba Flamenca for these fab flamenco classes taught by a professional dancer coming from Spain! Give it a go & have fun!

Film

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Highlights

13th December 2025 - 14th December 2025

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Escape from the crowds and chill out with a winter warmer while simultaneously travelling to weird and wonderful worlds via short film as part of Summerhall's Winter Fair!

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…

Dance

Edinburgh Ceilidh Club at Summerhall

Selected dates between 13th January 2026 - 14th July 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Come and experience Scottish dance the way its meant to be every Tuesday at the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club in Summerhall!

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.

Theatre

Auntie Empire

8th February 2026 - 9th February 2026

Summerhall, Edinburgh South

Blending bouffon comedy, satire and audience interaction, Auntie Empire is a bloody, messy, hilarious and timely lampoon of the myths of nationhood. Catch it at Summerhall in February!

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!

Arts and Crafts

Red Thread Studio

18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh South EH9 1TQ

Red Thread Edinburgh offers a variety of sewing & dressmaking classes in their Newington studio in a fun, social environment.

Arts and Crafts

Sandport Studio

43 Sandport Street, Leith EH6 6EP

Fern lovers, create your own piece of timeless botanical art at our friendly studio in Leith!

Arts and Crafts

We Make Edinburgh

18 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh East EH7 5DL

We are We Make Edinburgh! We have been running creative workshops at our studio in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh since 2019.

Arts and Crafts

Natalie J Wood Designs Ceramic Workshops

Unit 7a 78 Albion Road, Edinburgh East EH7 5NB

Learn a host of new skills at these ceramic workshops run by ceramic designer/maker Natalie J Wood!

Arts and Crafts

Powderhall Bronze

18 - 19 West Harbour Road, Edinburgh, Leith EH5 1PN

Powderhall Bronze is Scotland's premier fine art foundry established in 1989.

Arts and Crafts

Studio Bizio

20a Raeburn Place, Stockbridge EH4 1HN

Studio Bizio is Photography Gallery based in Edinburgh, Specialising in 20th Century & Contemporary Photography but with occasional forays into other...

Arts and Crafts

Boozy Brushes

, Various Location in Edinburgh

Boozy Brushes run unique and experimental events for people of all artistic abilities.

Arts and Crafts

Upcycled World

Studio 6.17, St Margaret's House 151 London Road, Edinburgh East EH7 6AE

Upcycled products, events & workshops - helping you become part of the solution. Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Upcycle and Share...We have a slight...

Arts and Crafts

Summerhall School of Jewellery

Au Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh South EH9 1PL

Enjoy the experience of becoming a jeweller for the day, learn a whole load of new skills and leave with a lovely piece of jewellery to boot!!

Arts and Crafts

The Creation Station Edinburgh South

, Edinburgh South

The Creation Station has arrived in Edinburgh and I can't wait to welcome you all on board!

Arts and Crafts

Moody Monday

Abbeymount Techbase - Unit 13 2 Easter Road, Edinburgh East EH7 5AN

Moody Monday debuted to critical acclaim in 2014, led by designer and creative director Eliza Kesuma and now offers all kinds of textile printing courses.

Arts and Crafts