I know, I know, it’s still pretty chilly. But, spring is on the way! Here are some great happenings to combat the cold!
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
RSNO Season 2023-24 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Usher Hall, 7:30pm, Fri 15 Mar 2024.
The Gaslight Anthem, O2 Academy Edinburgh, 19 Mar 2024.
Creeper, La Belle Angele, 25 Mar 2024.
Theatre and Comedy
Hamilton, Capital Theatre, 28 Feb-27 April 2024.
Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier, Edinburgh Playhouse, 11 Mar 2024.
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
Journey, Edinburgh Printmakers, March 17th.
Do Ho Suh, Tracing Time, Modern Gallery, til 1st Sep 2024.
Andy Warhol The Textiles, Dovecot Studios, 26 Jan-18 May 2024.
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
The Gaslight Anthem, O2 Academy Glasgow, 10 Mar 2024.
Judas Priest, Ovo Hydro, 11 Mar 2024.
Declan McKenna, 02 Academy Glasgow, 28 Mar 2024.
Simple Minds, Ovo Hydro, 30 Mar 2024.
Theatre
Vampires Rock, King’s Theatre, 10 Mar 2024.
Buffy Revamped, Theatre Royal, 17 Mar 2024.
The Woman in Black, Theatre Royal, 26-30 Mar 2024.
And the Birds did Sing, Tron Theatre, 22-23 Mar 2024.
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.
St Andrews and Dundee
Queer Pub:
The Salty Dog
Music
Nathan Carter, Whitefield Terrace, 23 Mar 2024.
The Zutons, Fat Sams, 7 Mar-8 Mar 2024.
Candlelight concerts, various covers, Ghillie Dhu, Jan-April 2024.
Theatre
Circus of Horrors, Cabinet of Curiosities, Whitehall Theatre, 6 Mar 2024
Art
Michelle Williams Gamaker, Our Mountains are Painted on Glass, Dundee Contemporary Arts, til 24th March.
Impressed: Twentieth Century Artist Prints from Dundee’s Collection, Mcmanus Gallery, til Nov 2024.