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Featured · 12 November

Greyfriars@12: Magnus Turpie and Friends

Every Thursday at noon, Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh's Old Town opens its doors for a free lunchtime concert, and on 12 November it is the turn of Magnus Turpie and Friends.

Edinburgh
6.30am · WorkshopsSunrise StrengthSilver Tree Studio, Peebles7.15am · FilmClose Encounters of the Third Kind: Director's CutOrkney9am · FamilySupporting Families Impacted by PovertyThe Faith Mission, Edinburgh9.30am · WorkshopsRugby Activators (S3-S6)Perthshire RFC, Perth9.30am · WorkshopsBureau Managers Regional Roundtable SeriesClayton Hotel Glasgow9.30am · WellnessVinyasa Flow Yoga, Yoga with VeronicaMorningside Parish Church9.30am · WorkshopsBureau Management Regional Roundtable SeriesClayton Hotel Glasgow9.30am · WorkshopsWee WanderersPeebles Scout Hall9.45am · WorkshopsDr Bell's November - Weaning Workshop with ECFDr Bells Family Centre, Edinburgh10am · TheatreTiny Tales in Edinburgh 2025Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh10am · ExhibitionsInside & Out Art Exhibition at Colinton Arts GalleryColinton Arts10am · ArtRainNational Library of Scotland, Old Town10am · ExhibitionsMapping Scotland - Andrew Redmond Barr Art ExhibitionRising Tide Cafe, Portobello10am · ArtThe Bugle: Past and PresentCustom House Leith10am · ArtFakes and ForgeriesNational Library of Scotland, Old Town10am · WorkshopsPrintmaking with Plants- Creative Wellbeing Workshop SeriesAction Station, Portobello10.30am · BooksGaelic Bookbug at the National Library of ScotlandNational Library of Scotland, Edinburgh10.30am · Exhibitions'Breaking the Silence' - Historic Adoption Practices ExhibitionLeith Public Library10.30am · WorkshopsFestive Fused Glass WorkshopA hands-on workshop making festive decorations in fused glass.Perth Art Gallery11am · WellnessMum and Baby YogaNorth Berwick Community Centre11am · WorkshopsStrength, Functional Movement and MobilityThe Club, Leith11am · WalksNorth Berwick Beach CleansThe Harbour, North Berwick,11am · ArtColour Systems | Leigh BagleyUpright Gallery, Bruntsfield11am · MarketsForma | Lignum Handmade Furniture ExpoLeith Makers12pm · WalksPeebles Witch Trials Walking ToursTWEED GREEN Peebles12pm · ToursDunfermline Audio Tour: Dunfermline's Historic Tapestry TourMalcolm's Tower, Edinburgh12pm · TheatreThe Three Js (2007): Dundee Archives Film ShowingSteps Theatre, Dundee Central Library12pm · BooksAbility Net Free Digital Skills SessionHope Kitchen, Oban12pm · ToursMusselburgh Audio Tour: Hidden HeritageBrunton Theatre, Edinburgh12pm · ToursGlasgow Audio Tour: An Odyssey Through History and CultureGeorge Square, Edinburgh12pm · ToursEdinburgh Audio Tour: A Sojourn through New Town and BroughtonNational Archives Of Scotland, Edinburgh12pm · ToursEdinburgh Audio Tour: Underground Echoes and City SecretsThe Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh12.45pm · MusicLunchbreak Concert: The Gugg Piano DuoAberdeen Art Gallery1.15pm · MusicLunchtime Concert: Adam HeronUniversity of Glasgow Concert Hall2pm · WalksPoinsettia walkA guided walk behind the scenes of a working plant nursery at Loanhead, full of poinsettias at their Christmas best.Pentland Plants, Loanhead2pm · Food and drinkKin Nourish & NurtureKin Collective, Leith2pm · FamilyBoard and Card GamesPeebles Burgh Hall2.30pm · FamilyGetting Along with GranLeith Dockers Club2.45pm · ComedyMountebank Comedy Whisky TastingThe Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh3pm · WhiskyWhisky Tasting, with Cheese pairingWHISKI Rooms Shop, Edinburgh4pm · ArtFunk Fair LatesThe Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith5pm · Highland gamesThe Global Approach: Building Bridges, Accelerating GrowthEdinburgh Futures Institute5pm · WalksBrodie Illuminated – The Land of the PictsBrodie Castle5pm · TalksAnnual JMS Lecture - Beyond the Nuclear - Dr Leighan RenaudHunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow5pm · ChristmasChristmas Late Night Shopping in Aboyne!Aboyne5pm · WorkshopsClassic Thai workshopramekin + rollingpin cookery school, Glasgow5.30pm · BooksLighthouse lives: Stories from Scotland's KeepersA talk on the human stories behind Scotland's lighthouses and the keepers who lived in them.National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh5.30pm · TalksTALK: Joyce W. Cairns - Art, Aberdeen, and the RSAOld Aberdeen5.30pm · Food and drinkPilot Brewery's 13th Birthday - Sabzi Desi-Burger Pop Up!Vessel, New Town5.30pm · FamilyHalyride Primary Winter FairHalyrude R C Primary School, Peebles6pm · MusicThe ScriptThe Irish pop-rock band fronted by Danny O'Donoghue, once a judge on The Voice.P&J Live, Aberdeen6pm · BooksPentlands Book FestivalFrom Colinton to Balerno6pm · FilmThe Edinburgh Conservation Film FestivalBridgend Farmhouse, Edinburgh6pm · BooksCollections On Camera: Sisters with TransistorsA screening of the film about electronic music's women pioneers, with a panel after.Glasgow Women's Library6pm · BooksThe Power of Fashion: An Evening with Anna Murphy and Justine PicardieInterContinental Edinburgh the George by IHG, New Town6pm · BooksAn Hour in Chrysalis - Time, Tantra and TelescopesCollective, Old Town6.30pm · EventSqueezeThe south London band of Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, behind Up the Junction and Cool for Cats.Glasgow6.30pm · MusicSwapmeetFour-piece indie band from South Australia.Glasgow6.30pm · EventAnvilThe Canadian metal band made famous by the film Anvil! The Story of Anvil.Glasgow6.30pm · TalksThe Charles Kennedy LectureHighland Cinema, Fort William6.30pm · WorkshopsFestive Cooking Class with Thermomix - GLENROTHES-FIFECollydean Community Centre, Glenrothes6.30pm · WorkshopsCrochet coursePortobello Art School6.30pm · MusicBasement Gig – Swampmeet + Legss + Mx LonelyNice N Sleazy, Glasgow6.30pm · BooksThere is seagrass in Findhorn BayFindhorn6.30pm · WorkshopsLine Dance ClassEdinburgh College (Granton Campus)6.30pm · DanceDiscover Bharatanatyam with Dance IhayamiLifeCare Edinburgh6.30pm · WorkshopsNeedle Felting Workshop: Robin (The Cult of Coffee)Needle-felt a robin on a Thursday evening at an Aberdeen coffee shop, led by Léla of The Green Boat.The Cult of Coffee, Aberdeen7pm · MusicOk GoThe American rock band famous for their inventive one-take music videos, treadmills and all.Glasgow7pm · ComedyLaura Smyth: Born AggyThe comic whose debut tour sold out, back with a new stand-up show.Glasgow7pm · Traditional musicHey, NothingYoung Atlanta emo-folk duo, facing big emotions with sharp wit and humour.Glasgow7pm · MusicLittle AngelsScarborough hard rock band of the late 80s and early 90s.Glasgow7pm · MusicThe MeltdownSouthern soul with echoes of Stax, Motown and Nashville songwriting.Òran Mór, Glasgow7pm · EventVeronica FusaroSinger with a commanding voice and a distinctive alternative pop sound.Glasgow7pm · Traditional musicSiobhan MillerOne of Scotland's finest traditional singers, a folk singer and songwriter.The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen7pm · Traditional musicPippa BlundellFolk singer mixing storytelling with ambient sounds and classical vocal touches.Cottiers, Glasgow7pm · MusicWe Three Kings of Country | THE ALBERT HALLSA tribute to three kings of country music: Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Jim Reeves.Stirling7pm · HistoryThe Most Important Archaeological Site in Scotland: Atlantic WallThe archaeologist Murray Cook on the top-secret Second World War training base near Dunblane.Legends Coffee House, Stirling7pm · ToursNeidpath Castle - The Night Tour by Candlelight 12th November 7pmNeidpath Castle, Peebles7pm · Food and drinkICE Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch 121st Annual DinnerDoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central7pm · FamilyMaki & Ramen's Teddy Lee in EdinburghThe Royal Scots Club, City of Edinburgh7pm · BooksPatrick DeWitt in EdinburghPilrig St. Paul's / LARCH, City of Edinburgh7pm · HistoryRoutledge 25th Anniversary St AndrewsTopping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews7pm · TheatreLittle Shop of HorrorsEden Court, Inverness7pm · Food and drinkNick Nairn Aboard FingalFingal, Leith7pm · BooksBook Launch: Moilidh agus Doilidh by Maoilios CaimbeulSabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat7pm · Food and drinkCrabshakk x Fion Wines — CrabshakkCrabshakk Finnieston, Glasgow7pm · WorkshopsSkerryvore @ Kelso Tait Hall - EventsKelso7pm · DancePeatbog FaeriesInverness Leisure7pm · TalksCowal Natural History Group Talk - 'The Holy Loch Nature Reserve'Dunoon7pm · WorkshopsEsoteric Tantra Yoga Course - Leith, EdinburghSOMA YOGA SCOTLAND, Edinburgh7pm · Traditional musicSiobhan Miller BandAberdeen7pm · ComedyBona FideThe Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh7pm · Food and drinkFoodies + New Friends: EdinburghRestaurant of the Week, Edinburgh7pm · SportFinn Russell x NX1 PROJECT @ Black Ivy Edinburgh.Edinburgh7.15pm · HistoryThe Kirkoswald Smugglers Ballad: Neil McDemottKirkcudbright7.30pm · TheatreMishraEastgate Theatre, Peebles7.30pm · Food and drinkJay Rayner: Nights Out in the KitchenThe restaurant critic Jay Rayner on dinner parties, cooking and his new cookbook.Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries7.30pm · MusicKeli HolidayIndie-pop alter ego of Adam Hyde, one half of the Australian electronic duo Peking Duk.Glasgow7.30pm · MusicRsno - Schumann's Piano ConcertoThe Royal Scottish National Orchestra plays Schumann's Piano Concerto and Brahms's fourth symphony.Music Hall, Aberdeen7.30pm · ToursVenjent Live Band TourThe drum & bass innovator takes his sound on the road with a live band.Glasgow7.30pm · TheatreScottish Opera - Gala Performance (Hmt 120)A one-off gala by Scottish Opera marking the theatre's 120th birthday.His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen7.30pm · MusicThe Blue Cat OrchestraSeven-piece band behind one of Glasgow's most stylish nights out, full of joy and decadence.Drygate, Glasgow7.30pm · EventHumourScottish band of improvised lyrics and yowled vocals, fresh from a debut EP.Glasgow7.30pm · MusicBroken Chanter | TOLBOOTHThe Glasgow songwriter David MacGregor, who plays as Broken Chanter, with a band of fine musicians.Stirling7.30pm · MusicSchumann’s Piano ConcertoThe RSNO in Romantic favourites, with Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Schumann's Piano Concerto.Music Hall, Aberdeen7.30pm · ComedyKaren Dunbar: Aw Roon The Hooses!Whitehall Theatre, Dundee7.30pm · ComedyBonnie Garmus in St AndrewsSt Mark's Church, Fife7.30pm · MusicClassical RevolutionEdinburgh7.30pm · TalksA talk on small mammalsLanglee Community Centre, Galashiels7.30pm · MusicMississippi Records: A People's History of Music (during times of Authoritarianism) at The Glad Cafe, GlasgowThe Glad Cafe, Glasgow7.30pm · BooksWalking Amongst Gods & MonstersLeith Depot7.30pm · MusicKeli Holiday Tickets, Tour and Concert DatesKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow7.30pm · FilmFilms for a Changing Planet: The Repair ShopComrie7.30pm · MusicLaurie Corlett-DonaldThe Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh7.30pm · FilmReady, Set, Shoot! The Art of Working as a Film CrewEdinburgh Cine & Video Society, New Town7.30pm · FilmHelen Mccookerybook and Film Screening 'Stories From the She-Punks' DocumentaryGlasgow8pm · MusicTophouse, Mono Vegan Cafe Bar & VenueMono, Glasgow8pm · WorkshopsSeasonal Yoga ClassAbbey Church, Large Hall, North Berwick8pm · Traditional musicLive Music: Thursday Night Trad Session — The TaybankThe Taybank, Dunkeld8pm · HistoryCastle Tavern Pub QuizThe Castle Tavern, Inverness8pm · Comedy5 Comedy Show with Scotland's Best Comedians Doing New Jokes!Dragonfly, Edinburgh10pm · FestivalsFly Jamback & Locky AberdeenA club night from the Scottish promoters Fly, with Jamback and Locky.Unit 51, AberdeenAll day · FestivalsMusic Development & Dundee Jazz Festival Present TC KYLIEThe keytar player who mixes Cantopop with Japanese acid jazz, part of Dundee's jazz festival.DundeeAll day · TheatreNational Theatre Live: Golden BoyMacrobert Arts Centre, StirlingAll day · ArtP&J LiveP&J Live, AberdeenAll day · TheatrePippa Blundell at CottiersGlasgowAll day · FestivalsStromness Glimmers: A Festival of LightStromnessAll day · FestivalsDundee's Whisky FestivalDundeeAll day · FestivalsONE DESI — The Edinburgh Diwali Light Fest 🪔EdinburghAll day · FestivalsWhat's on at Stromness MuseumStromness MuseumAll day · Highland gamesThe FlytingScottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghAll day · TheatreImaginate Scratch That!Early looks at new theatre for young audiences, from the children's arts organisation Imaginate.Traverse Theatre, EdinburghAll day · TheatreSarah Bernhardt, La Divine (N/C 18 TBC)A French film portrait of the actress Sarah Bernhardt, all fame, art and backstage drama.Byre Theatre, St AndrewsAll day · TheatreLong After the LabyrinthA new piece of theatre that begins in Crete in 1944, with a girl hiding in an ancient olive tree.Byre Theatre, St AndrewsAll day · ComedyOne Night in DublinA night of Irish pub songs from The Pogues, The Dubliners, The Saw Doctors and Dropkick Murphys.HaddingtonAll day · Traditional musicDouble Feature: My Childhood (1972) & My Ain Folk (1973)The first two films of Bill Douglas's trilogy of a boyhood in a post-war Scottish mining village.LochgellyAll day · MusicNashville LiveA country music show of tributes, from Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash to modern stars.FifeAll day · ChristmasSeasonal Wreath MakingA festive session making a seasonal wreath, with materials provided.EdinburghAll day · ToursNoble Rot On Tour at The PalmerstonLondon's Noble Rot cooks one lunch and one dinner with The Palmerston's kitchen, bringing its Mayfair menu and wine list north for the day.The Palmerston, EdinburghAll day · FamilyBedtime Bookbug Sessions • ANGUSaliveArbroathAll day · BooksMeconopsis in the wild and growing in cultivationBenmore Botanic Garden, DunoonAll day · Food and drinkSally Buxton & Friends at The Fox & WillowAyrshireAll day · MusicJohn Lydon: I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be RightGlasgowAll day · ChristmasIslesburgh Drama Group: Spitfire Girls by Katherine SeniorLerwickAll day · Traditional musicSinfonia Cymru x Sidiki Dembélé: YiribaRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland, GlasgowAll day · WorkshopsBegin! Writing for successV&A DundeeAll day · ArtStart! Capturing Creative OutputV&A DundeeAll day · WalksExplore! Design in DundeeV&A DundeeAll day · FilmFashioning Hitchcock: Costume and SuspenseDovecot Studios, EdinburghAll day · TalksThe Roaring 20s: Dressing in the 1920s and 2020s [Lauriston Castle Lectures]EdinburghAll day · MusicDF Concerts Presents: HEY, NOTHINGSt Luke's and the Winged Ox, GlasgowAll day · ExhibitionsExhibition PreviewEdinburgh PrintmakersAll day · MusicWe Three Kings Of CountryStirlingAll day · Traditional musicMy Childhood (1972) & My Ain Folk (1973) - Bill Douglas double billFifeAll day · MusicWild About Argyll | Argyll & the IslesDunoonAll day · WorkshopsNovember school inservice art camp daysPerthAll day · TheatreHMT 120 Opera GalaAberdeenAll day · WalksWellbeing WalkDock Park, DumfriesAll day · WalksStroll & Strength Walks - GracefieldDumfriesAll day · WalksSociable Bike Rides for BeginnersDumfriesAll day · FilmThe Cycle of Love (12A) | Back by Popular DemandDumfriesAll day · FamilyFree Junior Youth Group ( 5-10 years)DumfriesAll day · TheatreChinatown (15) | Power, Corruption and Lies on ScreenDumfriesAll day · ChristmasMoonlight Sonata at Christmas by Candlelight at St Giles CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral, EdinburghAll day · MusicBroken ChanterStirlingAll day · BooksPush The Boat OutThe Pleasance EdinburghAll day · BooksNew Writers Awards: Spoken Word ShortlistThe Pleasance EdinburghAll day · SportIn Service Camp-Blairgowrie and Rattray Community Football TrustBlairgowrie and RattrayAll day · WorkshopsStar Lantern making WorkshopAn Lanntair, StornowayAll day · WorkshopsBeginners Sewing: Make a Tote BagOut of the Blue Drill Hall, EdinburghAll day · WorkshopsFestive Wreath Making Workshop at Carnegie LibraryBackOn now · FilmUntil 21 November16th Edinburgh Short Film FestivalShort films fresh from Cannes and Locarno, 27 UK premieres and a Scottish Shorts night, at weekends at Filmhouse and Summerhall.Filmhouse, EdinburghOn now · FestivalsUntil 15 NovemberDundee Jazz FestivalFive days of jazz, blues, soul and more on stages round Dundee, from local players and visiting bands.DundeeOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 14 NovemberThe Art of Family Life – ExhibitionGlasgowOn now · FestivalsUntil 17 NovemberCarrying Stream FestivalScottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghOn now · FilmUntil 21 NovemberEdinburgh Short Film FestivalFilmhouse, EdinburghOn now · TheatreUntil 17 NovemberScottish Opera - TurandotFestival Theatre EdinburghOn now · TheatreUntil 14 NovemberThe Haunting of Hill HouseA new stage version of Shirley Jackson's ghost story, tense and unsettling.Royal Lyceum Theatre, EdinburghOn now · TheatreUntil 12 NovemberThe Tailor of InvernessMatthew Zajac's one-man show about his Polish-Ukrainian father, a tailor in Inverness.Eden Court, InvernessOn now · ArtUntil 15 NovemberIntroduction to Furniture Making - Part One: Frame ConstructionMake a hardwood side table with hand-cut mortise and tenon joints in a five-day hand-tool course led by Isabelle Moore.Albion Business Centre, EdinburghOn now · WorkshopsUntil 19 NovemberSew Your Own Roll-Top BackpackSew a roll-top backpack from a basic pattern, from cutting to construction, with maker Nicola.Edinburgh Open WorkshopOn now · ArtUntil 14 NovemberWallnuts: new work by local artistsNew paintings, photography and textile art by the Wallnuts group of local artists, at the Harbour Cottage Gallery in Kirkcudbright.Harbour Cottage Gallery, KirkcudbrightOn now · ArtUntil 22 NovemberWorlds ApartCalum Colvin and other well-known Scottish artists hang alongside three new master's graduates at Milton of Crathes.Milton Art Gallery, Milton of Crathes, BanchoryOn now · FilmUntil 12 NovemberNAZAEden Court, InvernessOn now · WalksUntil 15 NovemberPudsey’s Fairy Trail Walk, Archerfield Walled GardenArcherfield Walled Garden, DirletonOn now · TheatreUntil 12 NovemberGreenwood Academy Presents Frozen JnrGreenwood Academy, IrvineOn now · TalksUntil 18 NovemberCelebrating 200 years of the Ramshorn Kirk - Talk SeriesGlasgowOn now · FilmUntil 26 NovemberFatherlandEden Court, InvernessOn now · TheatreUntil 17 NovemberAll Rivers Spill Their Stories to the SeaEden Court, InvernessOn now · TheatreUntil 17 NovemberWhispers in the WoodsEden Court, InvernessOn now · ArtUntil 21 NovemberConversing Building: Flow State by Andrew NicholThe Stove, DumfriesOn now · WorkshopsUntil 12 NovemberSalsa & Bachata Classes & PartyLa Belle Angele, Old TownOn now · ComedyUntil 12 NovemberSpitfire GirlsShetlandOn now · TheatreUntil 19 NovemberLa Bola NegraGlasgow Film TheatreOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 20 November'motherland' a solo exhibition curated by Kyra Suki Honumber 7, StirlingOn now · WildlifeUntil 12 NovemberWhalefallGlasgowOn now · TheatreUntil 14 NovemberThe Wizard of Oz: Youth EditionLive in CuparOn now · WorkshopsUntil 24 NovemberAquatint EtchingDundee Contemporary ArtsOn now · ExhibitionsUntil 15 NovemberForma | Lignum - Contemporary Furniture and Design ExhibitionLeith Makers, EdinburghOn now · MarketsUntil 22 NovemberStockbridge MarketStockbridge Market Stockbridge Market Saunders Street, Stockbridge and Canonmills, EdinburghOn now · MarketsUntil 22 NovemberSunday Market on the CroftLeith Community Croft, EdinburghOn now · ChristmasUntil 12 NovemberMerry Christmas Aubrey FlintGlasgowOn now · Food and drinkUntil 15 NovemberAberdeenshire Restaurant WeekBalmoral Arms, ScotlandOn now · FamilyUntil 23 NovemberMagic CarpetNational Museum of Scotland, EdinburghOn now · FilmUntil 17 NovemberI Play RockyGlasgowOn now · TheatreUntil 15 NovemberA Play, A Pie and A Pint: ZamboniAssembly Roxy, EdinburghOn now · WorkshopsUntil 22 NovemberWinter Lantern WorkshopScottish Maritime Museum, Linthouse Building, IrvineOn now · WorkshopsUntil 16 NovemberPortraiture Workshop with Laura DarlingThe McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and MuseumOn now · WorkshopsUntil 21 NovemberScottish Storytelling Centre’s WorkshopsEdinburghOn now · WorkshopsUntil 20 NovemberMindfulness Based Living - Free Taster SessionDingwall Community CentreOn now · WorkshopsUntil 12 NovemberChristmas Card Making WorkshopNorth Edinburgh ArtsOn now · WorkshopsUntil 13 NovemberGlass Workshops: Make Your Own Stained Glass Leaded PanelThe Pyramid at Anderston, Glasgow

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