Arcadia Scotland

Welcome to Scotland to our Spring Semester students! Welcome to our Annual Year students.  This blog post is going to give you the low-down on the local events happening. 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 February. 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 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
Edinburgh Radical Book Fair

Music

Enter Shikari, O2 Academy Edinburgh, Feb 12th.
Declan McKenna, Liquid Rooms, Feb 16th.

Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar, Edinburgh Playhouse, 6-10th February.
Hamilton, Festival Theatre, til 27th April.

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

The Recent, Talbot Rice Gallery, 17th of February.
Deep Rooted, City Arts Centre, til Feb 25th.
The Printmaker’s Art, Rembrandt to Rego, National Gallery of Scotland, til Feb 25th.
Scottish Landscape Awards, City Arts Centre, til March 3rd.
Journey, Edinburgh Printmakers, March 17th.

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
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, 11th Feb.
Mother Mother, Barrowland Ballroom, 20th Feb.
The Vaccines, Barrowland Ballroom, 22th Feb.
Niall Horan, Ovo Hydro, 28th Feb.

Theatre

Scottish Opera, Marx In London, Theatre Royal Glasgow, 13-17 Feb.
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.
Sam Ainsley, Wednesday is Cobalt blue, Friday is Cadmium red, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, till 10th March.
The Trembling Museum, Hunterian Art Gallery till 19th May.

Aberdeen!

Queer and Queer Friendly Spaces
Cheerz
The Market Arms

Music and Theatre/Comedy

Bill Bailey, P and J Live, 15th Feb.
You me at Six, P and J Live, 15th Feb.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Music Hall Union Street, 15-17 Feb.

Art

Granite Noir 2024: Gunpowder, Tattoo and Transportation Exhibition Talk, 25th Feb.

St Andrews and Dundee!

Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog

Music

Candlelight concerts, various covers, Ghillie Dhu, Jan-April.

Theatre

The Magic of Motown, Carid Hall, 25th Feb.

Art

What’s New? Recent additions to Dundee’s Fine Art Collection, MacManus Art gallery, til 25th Feb.
Michelle Williams Gamaker, Our Mountains are Painted on Glass, Dundee Contemporary Arts, til 24th March.