EDINBURGH · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Edinburgh
336 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Edinburgh. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Edinburgh
Edinburgh has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Edinburgh over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Edinburgh: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Edinburgh pages? Browse the Edinburgh live music hub, Edinburgh open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Edinburgh guide, or find a band in Edinburgh. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Edinburgh this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
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OCT
9
This Retro Future
DreadnoughtRock·Bathgate, Edinburgh
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OCT
9
The Circles live in Edinburgh at Voodoo Rooms on October 9th
The Voodoo Rooms·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
9
High Fade live at Stramash - Twice as Nice Tour
Stramash·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
9
Breabach
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
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- GenreIndie Rock, Folk
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OCT
9
The Devout - Depeche Mode Tribute - Edinburgh
La Belle Angele·City Centre, Edinburgh
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- GenreTribute Act
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OCT
9
Albert Lee
Backstage at The Green Hotel·Kinross-shire, Edinburgh
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- GenreJazz
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OCT
10
Capital Chaos 2026
La Belle Angele·City Centre, Edinburgh
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- GenreCeltic / Irish
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OCT
10
Belfast Brunch Co
Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
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OCT
10
Cala
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
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- GenreIndie Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk
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OCT
10
Combat Rock
DreadnoughtRock·Bathgate, Edinburgh
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OCT
10
Admiral Fallow
P J Molloys·Dunfermline Central, Edinburgh
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OCT
10
Irvine Welsh & others DJ Set
Leith Theatre·Leith, Edinburgh
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OCT
10
Elvis Returns
Backstage at The Green Hotel·Kinross-shire, Edinburgh
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OCT
11
Beatles Acoustic Trio
Backstage at The Green Hotel·Kinross-shire, Edinburgh
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OCT
11
Erja Lyytinen
La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh
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OCT
11
Jack Pearce Quintet
Backstage at The Green Hotel·Kinross-shire, Edinburgh
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OCT
12
Royal Mile International Piano Series -The Beethoven Sonatas
St Giles Cathedral·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
12
The Skints
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
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- GenreReggae
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OCT
13
The Mary Wallopers
Edinburgh Corn Exchange·Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, Edinburgh
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OCT
13
Dan Goatham Solo Acoustic Tour w/ special guests
The Hive·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
13
Idrîsî Ensemble: Live in Edinburgh
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
13
Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
13
Scream Sessions
Bannermans Edinburgh·City Centre, Edinburgh
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OCT
15
Casual Drag live at Sneaky Pete's
Sneaky Petes·City Centre, Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Edinburgh, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Edinburgh page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 31 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Edinburgh venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 336 upcoming gigs.
336 upcoming gigs listed for Edinburgh. 31 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Edinburgh gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Edinburgh open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Edinburgh live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Edinburgh. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Edinburgh shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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