What's on Near You? March Happenings

I know, I know, it’s still pretty chilly. But, spring is on the way! Here are some great happenings to combat the cold!

MARCH

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.
Lighthouse Bookshop

Music
The Vaccines, Usher Hall, 4 Mar.
CMAT, O2 Academy Edinburgh, 6-7 Mar.
Opera by Candlelight, St Giles Cathedral, 23 Mar.

Theatre and Comedy
Edinburgh International Improv Festival, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 5-8 Mar.
Matilda the Musical, Edinburgh Playhouse, 4-11 Mar.

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 and Culture

Past Shelves: Histories of Queer Reading, Museum of Edinburgh, 5 Mar-3 May.
Giants, National Museum of Scotland, til 14 Sep.
The Biba Story, Dovecot Studios, 7 Mar-10 May.

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

Music at the Burrell, Burrell Collection, till 7 Mar.
RCOS Concert Series, Glasgow City Centre, till 20 Mar.
Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings, The Merchants House of Glasgow, till 20 Mar.

Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, King’s Theatre, 7 Mar.
A Grain of Sand, Citizen’s Theatre Glasgow, 13-14 Mar.
Tristan und Isolde, Theatre Royal, 7 Mar.
The Trials, Tron Theatre, 6-14 Mar.

Markets

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

Art

Alasdair Gray: Works from the Morag McAlpine Bequest, Kelvingrove, til 5 Jun.
Rae-Yen Song Solo Exhibition, Tramway, til 24 Aug.
Still Glasgow, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, till 13 Jun.

St Andrews and Dundee!

Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog

Music/Theatre

Derek Forbes, Beat Generator Live, 6 Mar.
Weekly Friday Lunchtime Concerts, St Andrews University Music Society.
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Howling At The Moon, Whitehall Theatre, 18 Mar.
The Haunting of Blaine Manor, Whitehall Theatre, 21 Mar.

Art

Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art, Dundee Contemporary Arts, til 26 April.
Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art, Mcmanus Gallery, til 20 Sep.
Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine, Dundee V and A, til 26 April.

Aberdeen!

Queer and Queer Friendly Spaces:
Cheerz
The Market Arms

Art/Music/Theatre/Comedy
A Giant on the Bridge, The Lemon Tree, 4 Mar.
Sarah Pascoe, The Lemon Tree, 6 Mar.
Aberdeen Jazz Festival, The Lemon Tree, 7 Mar.
Saint Joan, The Lemon Tree, 12-14 Mar.
Dr John Cooper Clarke, Music Hall, 16 Mar.
Works on Paper: Women Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery, 15 Mar.