Usher Hall
The Usher Hall is Edinburgh's key venue for visiting national and international orchestras and has been the main venue for the Edinburgh International Festival since 1947.
About Usher Hall
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Since 1896, when Andrew Usher made his historic gift of £100,000 to the City of Edinburgh to found a concert hall, the Usher Hall has become one of the most outstanding concert halls in the world.
Our beautiful Beaux Arts concert hall was completed in 1914 and remains one of Edinburgh 's architectural gems. The much praised acoustics make it one of the best concert halls in Europe with many of the world's finest musicians performing here.
Today the Usher Hall is a centre of excellence embracing the widest range of music and events, including rock, pop, jazz, world, blues, comedy, talks, school concerts, conferences, sponsorship events, ceremonies, lectures and recording sessions.
Upcoming Events at Usher Hall
SCO 2023/24: Beethoven Violin Concerto with Nicola Benedetti
Scottish superstar violinist is both soloist and director of Beethoven's majestic Violin Concerto, alongside Mozart's Symphony No. 34!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Ken Bruce’s Chart Hits
Join the RSNO at the Usher Hall as they bring you the best in four decades of UK chart hits hosted by the voice of British pop himself, Ken Bruce!
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The Unthanks In Winter
English folk group The Unthanks return to Edinburgh in 2023 with a date at the Usher Hall on 16th December!
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Dancing in a Winter Wonderland
Strictly legends Janette Manrara & Aljaž Škorjanec are back with another hugely entertaining festive song and dance extravaganza for 2023. Catch them at the Usher Hall on 17th December!
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christmas At The Movies
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's glorious 'Christmas at the Movies' concert comes to the Usher Hall on Monday 18th December!
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RSNO Christmas Concert Featuring The Snowman
Join the RSNO this December for a special feast of Christmas cheer! Aled Jones, singer of the hit song 'Walking in the Air' will narrate our popular screening of the magical film The Snowman!
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G4 Christmas
Selling out every year, G4 will be back on the road in 2023 with their biggest and best Christmas tour to date! Catch them at the Usher Hall in December!
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The Music of Zimmer vs. Williams
Enjoy an epic concert celebrating the very best epic scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time at the Usher Hall on 29th December!
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Scottish Fiddle Orchestra - Hogmanay Celebration
Join the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra at the Usher Hall for our annual Hogmanay celebration as we say goodbye to 2023!
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Viennese New Year
Come and join the celebrations as the SCO marks the arrival of 2024 in style – with music to lift the spirits and seduce the senses.
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Edinburgh Royal Choral Union - Messiah
The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union will once again perform Haendel’s Messiah at the Usher Hall, conducted by Chorus Director Michael Bawtree.
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The Rolling Stones Story
The Rolling Stones Story promises you an unforgettable Jumpin’ Jack Flash back in time. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, but we like it!
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Chicago Blues Brothers - Cruisin for a Bluesin Tour
Join The Chicago Blues Brothers for an unforgettable evening of entertainment when they come to the Usher Hall with the 'Cruisin' For A Bluesin' Tour!
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The Classic Rock Show
The Classic Rock Show is back in the UK in 2024, once again celebrating the very best of Classic Rock, and it's coming to the Usher Hall on Tuesday 16th January!
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The Elvis Years - The Story of the King
The Elvis Years is an outstanding musical production which brings to the stage the incredible and compelling story of the ‘king of rock and roll’ - Elvis Presley.
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Believe - The Cher Songbook
Join us at the Usher Hall for a stunning concert as we turn back time and celebrate the Goddess of Pop, Cher!
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Bowie Experience
Bowie Experience is a breathtaking concert celebrating the music of the world’s greatest pop icon, David Bowie.
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Transatlantic Sessions
One of Celtic Connections’ most enduring and beloved institutions, Transatlantic Sessions returns to the Usher Hall on 5th February.
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Wet Wet Wet & Go West: Best of Both Worlds
Two of the most iconic bands of their era, Wet Wet Wet and Go West, have announced they will unite for the first time to bring their co-headline UK tour to the Usher Hall!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Romantic Valentine’s Romeo and Juliet
Celebrate Valentine's week with some of the most romantic music ever composed with the RSNO at the Usher Hall!
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Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat Book Tour
Following the massive success of his long-lost novel TERRORTOME, Sunday Times Bestseller & Archduke O'Darkdom, Garth Marenghi is back on the road with his latest masterpiece, INCARCERAT!
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Roald Dahl’s The Three Little Pigs
Children’s Classic Concerts presents the phizz-whizzing orchestral performance, ‘Roald Dahl’s The Three Little Pigs’ at the Usher Hall on Saturday 24th February!
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Pretenders
The Pretenders are excited to announce a headline theatre tour across the UK beginning 24th February with a date at the Usher Hall on the 25th!
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The Illegal Eagles
The Illegal Eagles make a welcome return with a brand new production, promising more of their trademark musical prowess, acute attention to detail and incredible showmanship.
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Music Of John Williams
Join the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a full-scale symphonic tribute to movie composer John Williams at the Usher Hall on 1st March!
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Scotland Sings Bacharach
Don't miss a stellar cast of some of Scotland’s greatest singers and finest musicians coming together to pay respect to a true giant of 20th century popular music!
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SCO 2023/24: The Four Seasons with Pekka Kuusisto
Experience a fresh new perspective on Vivaldi's The Four Seasons in a personal interpretation from inspirational violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: La Mer
The RSNO's Thomas Søndergård joins Scotland's international award-winning mezzo Catriona Morison to unleash floodtides of passion in an all-French evening inspired by the sea!
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The Stranglers
Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate one of the greatest bands in British music history, The Stranglers, when they bring their 50th anniversary tour to Edinburgh!
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The Musical Box 2024
The Musical Box is a Quebec based band which for the last 30 years, had the sole mission of re-creating in all its glory the live experience of an early Genesis concert.
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Join the RSNO as they perform Mendelssohn's take on Shakespeare's magical A Midsummer Night's Dream at the usher Hall.
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RSNO Season 2023-24: St Mary’s Music School Showcase
Join the RSNO at the Usher Hall on 15th March for an exciting concert showcasing some of Scotland's finest young musicians.
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Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes will be bringing their Catalan rumba, flamenco, and salsa party back to the UK in 2024, don't miss them live at the Usher Hall on Wednesday 20th March!
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SCO 2023/24: The Auld Alliance with Maxim, Karen Cargill and the SCO Chorus
Come celebrate the age-old friendship between the peoples of Scotland and France in the company of Maxim Emelyanychev and superstar Scottish mezzo Karen Cargill!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Nicola Benedetti Plays Simpson
Nicola Benedetti, the nation's favourite violinist, has something brand new to share: a luscious, flamboyant concerto written specially for her by Liverpudlian composer Mark Simpson!
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Verdi’s Requiem
Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has assembled the full Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the BBC SSO and a stellar team of solo singers – all ready to storm the ramparts of death itself.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain - 40 Years
The Jesus and Mary Chain will mark their 40th year in 2024 a major European tour and play the Usher Hall Edinburgh on Wednesday 27th March!
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Dirty Dancing In Concert
The timeless love story of Baby and Johnny will be brought to life in concert-form next year, as Dirty Dancing in Concert tours the UK. Catch it at the Usher Hall on 28th March!
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Underworld Live 2024
Underworld are a true one-off and you can cathe them at the Usher Hall on 3rd & 4th April!
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The Billy Joel Songbook
Elio Pace brings his sensational and critically-acclaimed show celebrating the phenomenal music of Billy Joel to the Usher Hall on Saturday 6th April!
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Kidz Bop Never Stop Live Tour
Sing and dance along with the Kidz Bop Kids as they perform today's biggest hits, live on stage at the Usher Hall on Saturday 13th April!
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Giovanni: Let Me Entertain You
Giovanni Pernice is back in 2024 with his brand new live tour 'Let Me Entertain You' which he'll bring to the Usher Hall on Sunday 14th April!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: The Planets
The incredible John Wilson, the conductor whose own orchestra packs out the Proms, brings his special flair to the RSNO in an all-British programme with a difference!
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Charles Esten
Multi-talented singer-songwriter and actor Charles Esten has announced he'll bring his new tour to the Usher Hall on Saturday 20th April!
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Samara Joy
Praised by the New York Times as the 'silky-voiced rising star' of jazz, GRAMMY Award-winning Samara Joy makes her Usher Hall debut on 23rd April.
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Petrushka
Stravinsky's Petrushka is the glittering climax to this truly supercharged concert from the RSNO at the Usher Hall!
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Pink Martini
Pink Martini, the genre-defying “little orchestra” from Portland, Oregon have announced a return to the UK in 2024 with a date at the Usher Hall on 30th April!
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SCO 2023/24: The Lark Ascending with Andrew Manze
Vaughan Williams’s captivating The LarkAscending is one of the country’s most cherished pieces, and violinist and conductor Andrew Manze is an authority on the composer’s music.
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RSNO & SNJO West Side Story
RSNO joins forces with pianist Makoto Ozone and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra for West Side Story at the Usher Hall!
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Dionne Warwick
Join Dionne Warwick on stage and in person while she takes you on an unforgettable journey through her fascinating life story and one of the most successful music careers of our times.
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SCO 2023/24: Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the SCO Chorus
Maxim Emelyanychev brings the SCO’s 50th anniversary Season to a spectacular, choral conclusion with some of the grandest music created by one of the composers he loves the most: Felix Mendelssohn.
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Average White Band
Scotland's very own legendary funk 'n soul band Average White Band will be touring Scotland for one last time in 2024, don't miss them live at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on Saturday 11th May!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Rachmaninov Two
Rising star Patrick Hahn joins the RSNO at the Usher Hall on Friday 17th May for Rachmaninov, Liszt and more!
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Expect freshness, fire – and a few surprises too – when Sanderling conducts Dvořák’s much-loved symphony 'from the New World'.
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Rumours of Fleetwood Mac 2024
Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, the world’s finest tribute to Fleetwood Mac, comes to the Usher Hall on 21st May celebrating the very best of Fleetwood Mac!
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Australian psychedelic rock gods 'King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard' are on a UK tour in May with a date at the Usher Hall on the 27th!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Video Games Music In Concert
Experience the full, thrilling sound of gaming, performed live by an 80-piece symphony orchestra when the RSNO bring Video Games Music In Concert to the Usher Hall!
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Richard Hawley
Sheffield singer-songwriter Richard Hawley will take his new 'Best Of' album on the road in 2024, with a date at the Usher Hall on 3rd June!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No5
Thomas Søndergård conducts while Simon Trpčeski plays the piano: and believe us, dazzling is an understatement!
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What’s Love Got To Do with It?
After a fantastic sell out debut tour across the UK, Tina Turner fans will have the time of their lives as What’s Love Got To Do With It? is back for 2024!
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Berlioz Grande Messe
Thomas Søndergård conducts Scotland's musical event of the year when the RSNO bring Berlioz's Grande Messe to the Usher Hall!
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Phoenix Choir!
This show at the Usher Hall will be the Phoenix Choir's biggest yet, and the first time combining all 4 choirs together!
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An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris will take An Evening With David Sedaris across the UK and Ireland in summer 2024. Catch him live at the Usher Hall on Wednesday 10th July!
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The Ultimate Boyband Party Show
Pop on your Kangol hat and cargo pants, dust off your glow sticks, and Get On Up for an evening you’ll never forget at The Ultimate Boyband Party Show in the Usher Hall!
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The Magic of Motown
Get ready for the biggest Motown party of the year when The Magic of Motown returns to the stage at the Usher Hall!
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Mad, Bad and Dangerous
Spend an evening in the company of the extraordinary Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE as he goes beyond his record-breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth.
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John Bishop: Back At It
Comedy superstar John Bishop is getting Back At It – doing what he does best - with a new UK stand-up tour for 2024 and brings it to the Usher Hall Edinburgh on 14th September!
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Dick and Angel: Forever Home (avec le nitty gritty)
Spend an entertaining evening with the stars of Channel 4 hit Escape to the Chateau, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, and experience the Chateau like never before!
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Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night
Join Jon Ronson at the Usher Hall for an electrifying journey into the enigmatic world of psychopaths and the perplexing concept of normalcy!
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Jane McDonald
Star of stage and screen and singing sensation Jane McDonald will bring the 'With All My Love' tour to the Usher Hall on Saturday 2nd November!
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Whitney Queen of the Night
Direct from The West End, Whitney – Queen Of The Night is back for 2024 celebrating the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time at the Usher Hall on 3rd November.
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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz, the star of Netflix's Pretend It's A City, will be live in conversation at the Usher Hall on Monday 4th November!
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The Vintage Explosion
Don't miss this chance to see viral sensations The Vintage Explosion, live at the Usher Hall, before they go global!
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Paddy McGuinness: Nearly There…
One of the country’s best-loved and most popular comedians Paddy McGuinness has announced a major UK tour with a date at the Usher Hall on Sunday 17th November!
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The Australian Pink Floyd
The Australian Pink Floyd Show have announced a brand-new tour for 2024 celebrating all the greatest hits of Pink Floyd and bring it to the Usher Hall on Saturday 23rd November!
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An Audience with Monty Don
Join BBC Gardeners' World presenter and gardening writer, Monty Don, as he shares his passion for gardens and the unique role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing.
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Fat Freddy’s Drop
Aotearoa New Zealand’s hi-tek soul machine Fat Freddy’s Drop returns to Europe in 2024 for a new studio album release tour, with a date at the Usher Hall on Wednesday 11th December 2024.
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Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan has announced his 'Doin' Fine' tour, celebrating 35 years of his remarkable career, don't miss it when it comes to the Usher Hall on March 17th 2025!
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