Arcadia Scotland
What's On Near You? February Happenings
Welcome to Scotland to our Spring Semester students! This blog post is going to give you the low-down on the events happening near you. This blog post is just some of the highlights happening in February. Below are lists of music venues and inclusive/queer spots to hang out in your city. I’ll be updating you throughout the semester on different events in March and April so stay tuned. A pro tip is to also follow the music/queer spaces I’ve listed below on Instagram so you can stay up to date on what their events are.
FEBRUARY
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
Music
Bowling for Soup, O2 Academy Edinburgh, Feb 6.
The Kiffness, La Belle Angelle, Feb 17.
You Me at Six, O2 Academy Edinburgh, Feb 21.
Theatre
Kinky Boots, Edinburgh Playhouse, Feb 18-22
Mary Poppins, Festival Theatre, til Feb 15.
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
Gabrielle Goliath: Personal Accounts, Talbot Rice Gallery, til Feb 15.
Guadalupe Maravilla, Piedras de Fuego, Talbot Rice Gallery, til Feb 15.
Dürer to Van Dyck | Drawings from Chatsworth House, National Gallery of Scotland, til Feb 25.
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
Cage the Elephant, O2 Academy Glasgow, Feb 13.
Circa Waves, Barrowland Ballroom, Feb 16.
Snow Patrol, Ovo Hydro, Feb 21.
Theatre
SIX, Theatre Royal Glasgow, 25 Feb-1 Mar.
Kinky Boots, Theatre Royal Glasgow, 11-15 Feb.
Markets
The Barras Market- Gallowgate, Glasgow, every Saturday and Sunday.
The Forge Market, Duke Street, Thursday-Sunday 10-5.
Art
Leanne Ross: Dirty Dancing Flowers, Tramway, til 23 Mar.
Steve McQueen: Grenfell, Tramway, Tramway, til 23 Mar.
Maud Sulter: You are my kindred spirit, Tramway, til 23 Mar.
Scott Myles: Head in a Bell, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, till 23 Feb.
Aberdeen!
Queer and Queer Friendly Spaces
Cheerz
The Market Arms
Music and Theatre/Comedy
Queer Folks Tales, The Lemon Tree, Feb 5.
Singin I’m no a Billy, he’s a Tim, Tivoli Theatre, Feb 7.
Murder on the Orient Express, His Majesty’s Theatre, Feb 11-15.
Rhythms of the Moon: A Lunar New Year Celebration, Tivoli Theatre, Feb 15.
Art
Granite Noir 2025: Cold Blooded Killers Exhibition, 25th Feb.
St Andrews and Dundee
Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog
Music
Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, Caird Hall, Feb 13.
Special Events
Dundee Science Festival, Dundee Science Centre, Feb 10-23.
Art
Nell Baxter and Dundee’s Celtic Revival, University of Dundee Museums Collection, till Feb 8.
Reframing the Muse, University of Dundee Museums Collection, til Mar 28.