What's On Near You? April Happenings

Date

March 26, 2024
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Happy Spring! Here are some great happenings to take advantage of as the weather starts to get better and the days longer! 

APRIL

Edinburgh!

Live music venues:
Sandy Bells
Captain’s Bar
Stramash
Jazz Bar
Sneaky Pete’s
Bannerman’s Bar
Usher Hall
O2 Academy (Formerly the Corn Exchange)

Queer Spaces:
Paradise Palms-queer cabaret and poetry nights.
Drag nights at Subway, CC Blooms, The Street, Planet Bar.
HOT MESS at Sneaky Pete’s.
Kafe Kweer.
Lighthouse Bookshop
Edinburgh Radical Book Fair    

Music

Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra, Liquid Rooms, 6th April 2024.

Mitski, Usher Hall, 27-28 April 2024.

Fergus McCreadie Trio, 19 April 2024.

Theatre and Comedy

Hamilton, Capital Theatre, 28 Feb-27 April 2024. 

 

Markets
Edinburgh Farmers Market, Castle Terrace every Sat.
Grassmarket Weekly Market, Grassmarket, every Sat.
Leith Market, Dock Place, every Sat.
Ocean Terminal Market, Ocean Terminal, every Sat and Sun.
Stockbridge Market, Saunders Street, every Sun.



Art

Pedal Power: Cycling and Activism in Edinburgh, Museum of Edinburgh,  27 April-22nd September 2024.

Do Ho Suh, Tracing Time, Modern Gallery, til 1st Sep 2024. 

Andy Warhol The Textiles, Dovecot Studios, 26 Jan-18 May 2024.


Glasgow!

Queer Spaces:
Aye-Aye Books
Category Is Books
Speakeasy
The Waterloo Bar
Delmonica’s
The Gallery

Music Venues:
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
Ovo Hydro
Howlin’ Wolf
The Garage
O2 Academy Glasgow
SWG3

Music

Slash, Ovo Hydro, April 3, 2024.

Pierce the Veil, Barrowland Ballroom, April 9, 2024.

Paul Weller, Alhambra Theatre, April 15, 2024.

 

Theatre

Romesh Ranganathan: Hustle, King’s Theatre,  5-6 April 2024.

Bonnie and Clyde, King’s Theatre, 16-20 April 2024.   

Scottish Ballet- Swan Lake, Theatre Royal, 4-6 April 2024.  

 


Markets 


The Barras Market- Gallowgate, Glasgow, every Saturday and Sunday.
The Forge Market, Duke Street, Thursday-Sunday 10-5.

Art

Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran - Idols of Mud and Water, Tramway, til 21st April, 2024. 

The Trembling Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery till 19th May, 2024.

Colour: International Photography Exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, 4-28 April 2024.


St Andrews and Dundee

Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog

Music

Folk showcase, Roots Music Venue, 19 April, 2024.
Candlelight concerts, various covers, Ghillie Dhu,  Jan-April 2024. 


Theatre

All our Yesterdays, Whitehall Theatre, 10 Mar 2024

Art

Impressed: Twentieth Century Artist Prints from Dundee’s Collection, Mcmanus Gallery, til Nov 2024. Sukaina Kubba, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 27 April to 4th August, 2024.