Wrap up warm! Winter is on the way. As the nights draw in we’ve got some exciting happenings to light up your days.                       

November

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.
Lighthouse Bookshop

Music

Hejira- Celebrating Joni Mitchell, The Voodoo Rooms, Nov 6.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Queen’s Hall, Nov 6.

KPop Party, La Belle Angelle, Nov 28. 

Theatre and Comedy

Saturday Night Laugh In, The Stand Comedy Club, Nov 9.
L’heure espagnole & The Bear, Festival Theatre, Nov 15. 

Markets and Festivals  

Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair, Assembly Roxy, Nov 5-9.

Edinburgh Christmas Market, Princes Street Gardens, Nov 15.
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

Beyond Van Gogh & Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience, Royal Highland Centre, Nov 29 till Jan 2.

Resistance, Modern 2, till Jan 2.  

Michael Fullerton, City Arts Centre, Nov 22 til Feb 26. 

Glasgow!

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

Centre for Contemporary Arts

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

Music

The Dualers, O2 Academy Glasgow, Nov 2. 

Lorde, Ovo Hydro, Nov 19.
Scottish Alternative Music Awards, St Luke and the Winged Ox, Nov 29.

Kneecap, Ovo Hydro  Nov 30.

Theatre and Comedy

Friends the Musical Parody, The King’s and Theatre Royal,  Nov 15.

Saturday Night Comedy, The Glee Club, most Saturdays. 

Hamilton, Theatre Royal Glasgow, till Dec 27. 

The Muppet’s Christmas Carol in Concert, SEC Armadillo, Nov 27. 

Markets 

George Square Christmas Market, Nov 23 onward.
The Barras Market- Gallowgate, Glasgow, every Saturday and Sunday.
The Forge Market, Duke Street, Thursday-Sunday 10-5.

Art

Hard Edges Soft Layers by Jessica Ramm, Glasgow Museum of Modern Art, til Nov 30. 

Rae‑Yen Song: Solo Exhibition, Tramway, Nov 15 till Aug 24. 

Urban: International Photography Exhibition, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Nov 5- Nov 29. 

St Andrews and Dundee

Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog

Music
Dundee Jazz Festival, Various locations, Nov 13-16. 

St Andrews Strings and Chamber Choir Autumn Concert, Laidlaw Music Centre, Nov 24. 

The Big Hoolie 2025, South Street, Nov 29. 

Theatre

Murder in Play by St Andrews Play Club, Byre Theatre, Nov 5,8 

Diceblitz: A Live D&D Adventure, Dundee Rep, Nov 5.               

Art

Curtain Call: Costumes from Stage and Screen, The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum, till Jul.
From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity, Wardlaw Gallery, till Feb 15. 

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Works on Paper, University of Dundee Museums, till Dec 19.