Arcadia Scotland
What's On Near You? September Happenings
Welcome to Scotland! This blog post is going to give you the low-down on events happening that are local to you. There is loads happening in your cities and towns around Scotland! This blog post is just some of the highlights of the events happening in September. Below are lists of music venues and inclusive/queer spots to hang out in the city. I’ll be updating you throughout the semester on different events on in October and November so stay tuned. A tip is to follow the music/queer spaces I’ve listed below on Instagram so you can stay up to date on what their events are.
SEPTEMBER
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
Events
Level 42, Usher Hall, 21 Sep.
Candlelight: Tribute to Taylor Swift, Assembly Roxy, 27 Sep.
Top Hat, Edinburgh Playhouse, 30 Sep-4 Oct.
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.
Exhibitions
Linder: Danger Came Smiling, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, till 19 Oct.
Resistance, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, til 4th Jan.
Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years, til 2nd Nov.
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
Events
Small Acts of Love (Citizens Theatre, 9 Sep – 4 Oct):
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (King’s Theatre, 23 Sep – 4 Oct)
Black Hole Sign (Tron Theatre, 19 Sep – 4 Oct): A razor-sharp take on the NHS
Pierce The Veil – “I Can’t Hear You” World Tour at OVO Hydro, 26 Sep
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Schumann’s Violin Concerto with Daniel Lozakovich at City Halls, 25–26 Sep
Monster Jam Ramped Up! – High‑octane monster truck event at The OVO Hydro, 19–21 Sep
Markets
The Barras Market- Gallowgate, Glasgow, every Saturday and Sunday.
The Forge Market, Duke Street, Thursday-Sunday 10-5.
Exhibitions
Ciara Phillips, Undoing It, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow city centre, 22 March – 26 October 2025
Solange Pessoa, Pilgrim Fields, Tramway, Glasgow South Side, 10 May – 22 September 2025
Margaret Salmon, Assembly, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 27 June – 19 October 2025
Aberdeen!
Queer and Queer Friendly Spaces
Cheerz
Sabotage Clubbing
The Market Arms
Events
Chris McCausland , Yonks! UK Tour, Aberdeen Music Hall, 22 September.
Aberdeen Comedy Festival, Running from 22 September to 5 October 2025, this two‑week festival showcases international headliners, local stand‑up acts, improv troupes, and family-friendly comedy across venues like His Majesty’s Theatre, The Lemon Tree, and the Music Hall.
Exhibitions
Monsters of the Deep: Science Fact or Fiction? at Aberdeen Art Gallery, till 26th Oct.
St Andrews and Dundee!
Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog
Events
Enchanted: The Candlelight Concert: Caird Hall, Sep 13th.
Level 42 and Roachford: Caird Hall, Sep 20th
National Theatre Live, Inter Alia. Crail Community Hall will screen this play examining modern masculinity and motherhood, Sep 24th.
Exhibitions
Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine, Dundee V and A, on till spring 2026.
Mella Shaw, Sounding Line, McManus Art Gallery, on till Jan 18.