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What's On in Edinburgh

Q: What's on in Edinburgh this weekend?

30 gigs in Edinburgh this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including The Zips at DreadnoughtRock (Friday), The Polis Live at La Belle Angele (Friday), Shay O'Dowd at Cabaret Voltaire (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

Q: What live music is on in Edinburgh over the next four weeks?

We currently list 133 gigs in Edinburgh between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 27 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Edinburgh in the gig directory or every city we cover.

Q: What is the busiest night for live music in Edinburgh?

Friday, with 38 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 38 gigs · Saturday: 36 gigs · Thursday: 17 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Q: Which Edinburgh venues have the most on?

Right now: Backstage at The Green Hotel, La Belle Angele, P J Molloys. In total we track 118 grassroots venues in Edinburgh, of which 27 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Edinburgh venue directory.

Q: Where can I find open mic nights in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh has 34 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Edinburgh open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

4 Nov – 2 Dec

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All Edinburgh gigs This month

Updated 4 November 2026

At a glance

133

Gigs in
4 weeks

in Edinburgh, 4 Nov – 2 Dec

In detail

Venues with something on	27
Venues tracked	118
Open mics	34
Busiest night	Friday · 38 gigs

133 gigs listed in Edinburgh over the next 28 days across 27 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 38. In total we track 118 grassroots venues and 34 regular open mics here.

01 — This weekend

30 gigs

This weekend in Edinburgh

This weekend in Edinburgh, Friday to Sunday: 30 gigs. Highlights include The Zips at DreadnoughtRock (Friday), Boozy Brunch at Dalkeith Miners Club (Saturday) and Dermot Henry at People's Leisure Club (Sunday). Each card is one night at one venue, with the start time and the price where the venue publishes it; the four-week list below covers everything after Sunday.

Fri6Nov Starts19:00 The ZipsDreadnoughtRock · Bathgate

The Polis LiveLa Belle Angele · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Shay O'DowdCabaret Voltaire · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

P J MolloysP J Molloys · Dunfermline Central · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

MosaicsP J Molloys · Dunfermline Central · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

SkerryvoreEdinburgh Corn Exchange · Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Goodbye Blue Monday with Special Guests!The Banshee Labyrinth · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Cherry Red, Syrena, Nova Scotia, Filthy CasualsThe Mash House · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Flirting with AlisonThe Wee Red Bar · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Och Vey, Diasporadics, Becka Wolfe: Echo Library FundraiserThe Village, Leith Walk · Leith Walk · Edinburgh 19:30Fri 6 Nov

02 — Compared

#2 of 6

How Edinburgh compares

Counting every upcoming date, not just the next four weeks, there are 385 gigs listed in and around Edinburgh - second of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880). Each row counts the gigs, venues and open mics our directories hold in and around that place, refreshed nightly; tap a town for its live music scene.

#	Place	Gigs
01	Glasgow area 168 venues · 44 open mics	880
02	Edinburgh area This page 118 venues · 34 open mics	385
03	Newcastle area 76 venues · 25 open mics	294
04	Carlisle area 19 venues · 9 open mics	111
05	Aberdeen area 27 venues · 18 open mics	94
06	Dundee area 35 venues · 20 open mics	52

03 — Gigs

133 gigs

Gigs in Edinburgh

Four weeks of Edinburgh gigs, 4 Nov to 2 Dec: 133 listings from 27 rooms, with Fridays the busiest. Where This Weekend stops at Sunday, this keeps going - earliest date first.

Wed4Nov Starts19:00 Alien Ant FarmLiquid Room · City Centre · Edinburgh

The Zombie Economists supporting Divine ShadeBannerman's Bar · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:30Tonight

Juliets Not Dead - One Stop from Infinity TourDreadnoughtRock · Bathgate · Edinburgh 18:00Thu 5 Nov

Alabama 3The Caves · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Thu 5 Nov

Underground Connect Instalment II: DeadRisingThe Banshee Labyrinth · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Thu 5 Nov

Lene Lovich, Stigmata PresentsBannermans · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Thu 5 Nov

Mark OlsonBackstage at The Green Hotel · Kinross-shire · Edinburgh 20:00Thu 5 Nov

The ZipsDreadnoughtRock · Bathgate 19:00Fri 6 Nov

The Polis LiveLa Belle Angele · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Shay O'DowdCabaret Voltaire · City Centre · Edinburgh 19:00Fri 6 Nov

Search every Edinburgh gigEverything upcoming, not just the next four weeks

04 — This week

10 rooms

Where it's on this week

Which Edinburgh rooms are busiest this week? This ranks venues by how many gigs they have in the next seven nights - a quick way to find where something is on most nights.

#	Venue	Gigs
01	Backstage at The Green Hotel	4
02	P J Molloys	4
03	DreadnoughtRock	3
04	Edinburgh Corn Exchange	3
05	La Belle Angele	3
06	Bannerman's Bar	2
07	Cabaret Voltaire	2
08	Liquid Room	2
09	The Banshee Labyrinth	2
10	Alhambra Theatre	1

05 — Venues

118 rooms

Venues in Edinburgh

Every grassroots venue we track in Edinburgh - all 118, whether or not it has a gig listed right now - with its capacity, kit and opening times. Use it to find a room near you, then check its page for what is on.

Photo: Google 750 cap Assembly RoomsNew Town · Edinburgh

B Bar EdinburghEdinburghHouse PA 150Cap

BannermansOld Town · EdinburghHouse PA 150Cap

Barony BarEdinburgh Cap tbc

Biddy MulligansEdinburghHouse PA Cap tbc

Boston Bar New TownNew Town · Edinburgh Cap tbc

Boston Bar Old TownOld Town · Edinburgh Cap tbc

BrewhemiaEdinburgh 800Cap

Bucks Bar Grindlay StreetEdinburgh Cap tbc

Cabaret VoltaireEdinburghHouse PA 230Cap

All 118 Edinburgh venuesCapacity, backline and opening times

06 — Open mics

34 nights

Open mics in Edinburgh

Open mics are regular nights rather than one-off gigs: the same venue, the same night, week in, week out - 34 nights in Edinburgh. Each card shows the night, the sign-up time and the fee; most are free to watch and to play.

Wed4Nov Kick-off14:00 Footlights Bar and GrillEdinburghNo feeHouse PA

Sketchy Beats CafeLeith · EdinburghNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 19:00Wed

Edinburgh Jam GroupNewbridge · EdinburghNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 20:00Wed

Leith ArchesLeith · EdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

O'Neills EdinburghEdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The Banshee LabyrinthEdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The OuthouseEdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

The Three SistersEdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:00Tonight

Ghillie DhuRutland Place · EdinburghNo feeHouse PA 20:30Tonight

Sandy Bell'sOld Town · EdinburghNo feeHouse PA 21:00Tonight

All 34 Edinburgh open micsSign-up times, slots and kit for every night

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Edinburgh

Grassroots venues are where every act you have ever paid to see started out. Edinburgh still has 118 of them.

From the Royal Mile's buskers to Cowgate's underground clubs. Edinburgh is Scotland's cultural capital with a year-round live music heartbeat. Planning a private party instead? See booking live entertainment in Edinburgh for bands, singers and DJs for one-off occasions. Booking for the company rather than yourself? See corporate entertainment in Edinburgh for Christmas parties, awards nights and conferences.

Grassroots rooms are disappearing: 78 stopped hosting live music in the year to July 2025, 30 of them for good, and pubs closed at around two a day in the first quarter of 2026. Lose them and you lose the first rung - the support slots and midweek nights every bigger act started on.

This page exists to make them easy to find. It lists 133 gigs across Edinburgh over the next four weeks, pulled from the venues themselves and updated daily - alongside the 118 grassroots venues and 34 regular open mic nights we track in the city. No algorithm decides what you see: it is simply everything we know is on. Most of it happens at Backstage at The Green Hotel, La Belle Angele and P J Molloys, and the sound leans rock and pop.

The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up. Buy a ticket, buy a drink at the bar, and go to a night you have not been to before. If you would rather be told than remember, the sign-up below sends Edinburgh listings straight to your inbox. If you run a venue here, claim your page so people can find you. Start small: The Auld Hundred hosts an open mic each Sunday.

Go to one this month

Edinburgh has 133 gigs in the next four weeks and 34 open mic nights running. Choose one, go, and tell someone who would like it - word of mouth still fills small rooms. Fridays are the busiest for gigs here.

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One email, once a week. Noon on Monday, Edinburgh's week of live music from the 52 venues with gigs on, alongside 34 open mic nights, capped at two gigs a night so it stays readable. If Edinburgh has a thin week, it looks further ahead instead of arriving empty.

Why sign up. Rooms like Backstage at The Green Hotel (9 dates coming up) are easy to miss in a social feed; the email puts them in one place. Expect plenty of rock in Edinburgh, with pop close behind. One click unsubscribes, any time.

Planning ahead? Gigs in Edinburgh come and go each week; festivals are planned months ahead. One festival timeline holds the UK music festivals we have date-checked, by month, region and genre, and flags clashing weekends.

All Edinburgh gigsEverything upcoming, sorted by date
Edinburgh venues118 grassroots rooms
Edinburgh open mics34 regular nights
The Edinburgh sceneVenues, promoters, local rates and members near you
Every city we coverThe same page for every city, updated daily
UK gig directoryEvery upcoming grassroots gig
UK open mic finderStage time near you
UK venue directoryThe rooms behind the gigs

08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Edinburgh

What's on in Edinburgh this weekend?

30 gigs in Edinburgh this weekend (Fri 6 Nov – Sun 8 Nov) - including The Zips at DreadnoughtRock (Friday), The Polis Live at La Belle Angele (Friday), Shay O'Dowd at Cabaret Voltaire (Friday). The full Friday-to-Sunday list is in This Weekend above, and every gig over the next 28 days is below it.

How does live music in Edinburgh compare to nearby cities?

Counting every upcoming date, there are 385 gigs listed in and around Edinburgh - second of 6 against its nearest places with live music, behind the Glasgow area (880).

What live music is on in Edinburgh over the next four weeks?

We currently list 133 gigs in Edinburgh between 4 Nov and 2 Dec, across 27 venues. The listings above are the full set, sorted by date and refreshed daily from the venues themselves — no algorithm decides what you see. For everything beyond this window, browse every upcoming gig in Edinburgh in the gig directory or every city we cover.

Are there free gigs in Edinburgh?

None of the Edinburgh gigs currently listed are marked free entry, though many venues do not publish a price at all. Edinburgh open mic nights are your reliable free option — most charge nothing to watch or to play.

What is the busiest night for live music in Edinburgh?

Friday, with 38 gigs listed across the next 28 days. Friday: 38 gigs · Saturday: 36 gigs · Thursday: 17 gigs. Filter by This week or This weekend above to narrow it down.

Which Edinburgh venues have the most on?

Right now: Backstage at The Green Hotel, La Belle Angele, P J Molloys. In total we track 118 grassroots venues in Edinburgh, of which 27 have something listed in this window. Capacity, backline and opening times for each are on the Edinburgh venue directory.

Where can I find open mic nights in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh has 34 regular open mic nights that we verify on a rolling cycle. Each listing carries the sign-up time, slot length, entry fee and whether a PA and backline are provided — see the Edinburgh open mic finder, or the UK-wide finder.

How much does a gig cost in Edinburgh, and what should an artist be paid?

Where a Edinburgh venue publishes a price, the average ticket is £22.50. Grassroots entry is typically a few pounds on the door, and many nights are free. On the other side of the transaction, the Musicians' Union publishes national gig rates as the recognised floor for live engagements, and the ISM publishes guidance for self-employed musicians. Our own UK gig rate benchmarks show what artists are actually being paid by region and act type.

Why do grassroots venues in Edinburgh matter?

Grassroots rooms are where every act you have paid to see learned to hold an audience. Two pubs a day closed across the UK in the first quarter of 2026, and over the year to July 2025 78 grassroots music venues stopped putting on live music — 30 of them for good. Edinburgh still has 118 on our list. Music Venue Trust campaigns for them nationally; venues themselves navigate PRS licensing and local authority licensing to keep putting music on. The single most useful thing anyone can do is turn up and buy a drink at the bar.

How do I get a Edinburgh gig or venue listed on GIGXCHANGE?

Listing is free and takes about two minutes — submit through the Edinburgh gig directory and it is reviewed before it goes live. No account is needed and there is no listing fee. If you run a venue here, claim your venue page to keep its capacity, backline and contact details current. Promoters and venues booking acts can also post paid work or find artists directly.

Every What's On page, A–Z140 pages

What's On across the UKNearby: Dunfermline, Stirling, Perth, Dundee

All 139 other cities, A–ZGigs

Aberdeen32 Accrington12 Aldershot2 Amersham Aylesbury Ayr

Barnsley Basildon15 Bath26 Bedford11 Belfast99 Berkhamsted Billericay2 Birmingham192 Blackburn5 Blackpool27 Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth22 Bracknell Bradford40 Bridgend Brighouse Brighton86 Bristol100 Broxbourne13 Bushey

Cambridge16 Cannock Canterbury Cardiff56 Carlisle29 Chelmsford3 Cheltenham7 Chesham Cheshunt Chester Colchester Coventry28 Crawley

Derby40 Derry Doncaster2 Dundee12 Dunfermline Durham5

Eastbourne Egham6 Epsom5 Exeter20

Farnborough4 Frome

Gateshead Glasgow309 Gloucester3 Grimsby3 Guildford

Halifax Harpenden Harrogate Hastings15 Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hereford4 Hertford High Wycombe18 Hitchin Hoddesdon Huddersfield Hull29

Inverness15 Ipswich12

Lancaster Leeds91 Leicester21 Leigh-on-Sea Lincoln8 Liverpool178 London535 Luton12

Maidstone10 Manchester296 Margate3 Marlow Middlesbrough14 Milton Keynes12

Newbury Newcastle113 Newquay15 Newry2 Northampton21 Norwich21 Nottingham81 Nuneaton

Oxford19

Paisley Perth Peterborough13 Plymouth8 Portsmouth14 Potters Bar Preston34

Rawtenstall17 Reading15 Rickmansworth Rochdale

Scarborough19 Sheffield53 Shrewsbury Southampton58 Southport St Albans Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees9 Stoke-on-Trent13 Sunderland Sutton9 Swansea9 Swindon4

Telford5 Torquay Tring Tunbridge Wells8

Wakefield Walsall Waterlooville3 Watford15 Welwyn Garden City Weymouth2 Whitby Widnes Woking14 Wolverhampton37 Worcester Worthing Wrexham18

York12

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What's On in Edinburgh

Live music in Edinburgh over the next four weeks — 4 Nov – 2 Dec. 133 gigs listed in Edinburgh over the next 28 days across 27 venues. Friday is the busiest night with 38. In total we track 118 grassroots venues and 34 regular open mics here.

Two pubs a day are closing, and last year 78 grassroots venues stopped putting on live music. Get Edinburgh gigs in your inbox — and go to one.

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Every grassroots gig we hold for Edinburgh between 4 Nov and 2 Dec.

Friday is the busiest night — 38 gigs
Friday: 38 gigs
Saturday: 36 gigs
Most listed genres: Rock (54), Pop (37), Alternative Rock (19), Tribute Act (9)
Average ticket price: £22.50
Imported daily from Ticketmaster, Skiddle and direct submissions

See the listings All upcoming gigs

27 different Edinburgh venues have something on in the next 28 days.

Backstage at The Green Hotel — 9 gigs
La Belle Angele — 9 gigs
P J Molloys — 8 gigs
Alhambra Theatre — 8 gigs
91 more tracked venues with nothing listed yet
Capacity, backline and opening times on every card

See the listings Edinburgh venues

34 regular open mic nights running in Edinburgh. Turn up, put your name down, play.

Weekly and fortnightly nights across the city
Most are free to attend and free to play
Re-verified on a rolling cycle

See the listings Edinburgh open mics

Everything the Edinburgh scene has beyond tonight's listings.

City guide: Edinburgh venues, promoters and bookers
Local rate benchmarks before you book or quote
Members near you on GigXchange

See the listings Edinburgh scene

What’s on near you, wherever you are — the same page for every city we track.

Gigs, venues and open mics per city
One email a week with live music near you
Free to browse — no account needed

See the listings Browse every city

Updated daily · 133 gigs in Edinburgh over the next four weeks

Last updated: 4 November 2026

This Weekend in Edinburgh

NOV

The Zips

DreadnoughtRock·Bathgate, Edinburgh

Friday, 6 November 2026 · 19:00

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GenreRock, Pop

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At a glance

01 — This weekend

This weekend in Edinburgh

02 — Compared

How Edinburgh compares

03 — Gigs

Gigs in Edinburgh

04 — This week

Where it's on this week

05 — Venues

Venues in Edinburgh

06 — Open mics

Open mics in Edinburgh

07 — Support grassroots

Support grassroots music in Edinburgh

Go to one this month

Help keep grassroots venues open in Edinburgh

08 — Questions10 answersWhat's on in Edinburgh

Play or put on gigs in Edinburgh?

What's On in Edinburgh

Help keep grassroots venues open in Edinburgh

This Weekend in Edinburgh

How Edinburgh Compares

Gigs in Edinburgh

Where It's On This Week

Venues in Edinburgh

Open mics in Edinburgh

Support grassroots music in Edinburgh

Go to one this month

Help keep grassroots venues open in Edinburgh

What's on in Edinburgh — FAQs

Play or put on gigs in Edinburgh?