📅 October 2026 Events in Edinburgh

Thu 1 Oct

Sorted Thursdays @ Why Not

📍 Why Not Nightclub

Fri 2 Oct

Rise&Rave 2

📍 Leith Arches

From £5.00

Fri 2 Oct

Frantic Chant

📍 Leith Arches

Thu 1 Oct

Don Broco

📍 Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Thu 1 Oct

Livingston Rock Choir

Thu 1 Oct

Bill Callahan

📍 The Queen's Hall

£44.50

Fri 2 Oct

Radiohead Reimagined by candlelight

📍 St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

From £25.00

Fri 2 Oct

Cast

📍 The Queen's Hall

Fri 2 Oct

Agnieszka Chylinska

📍 Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Fri 2 Oct

Compression: Celebrating 24 Years

📍 The Mash House

Fri 2 Oct

The Music Of Oasis by Candlelight

📍 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

From £34.50

Fri 2 Oct

Ultimate 80's - Silent Disco

📍 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

From £29.50

Thu 1 Oct

St Andrews & Whisky tour from Edinburgh

From £65

Thu 1 Oct

(Edinburgh - Outside) Comedy Walking Tour

📍 Outside Castle

Fri 2 Oct

Loch Lomond & the Highlands tour from Edinburgh (with Hairy Coos)

From £39

Fri 2 Oct

(Edinburgh - Outside) Comedy Walking Tour

📍 Outside Castle

Fri 2 Oct

Edinburgh Pub Crawl

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£12.50 - £20

Sat 3 Oct

St Andrews & Whisky tour from Edinburgh

From £65

Sat 3 Oct

(Edinburgh - Outside) Comedy Walking Tour

📍 Outside Castle

Sat 3 Oct

Women of the Enlightenment Walking Tour

📍 Edinburgh Castle

£22.38

Sat 3 Oct

Edinburgh Pub Crawl

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£12.50 - £20

Sun 4 Oct

Loch Lomond & the Highlands tour from Edinburgh (with Hairy Coos)

From £39

Sun 4 Oct

Forest Bathing Walk & Nature Mandala Experience

📍 5 Old Church Ln

£22.38

Sun 4 Oct

(Edinburgh - Outside) Comedy Walking Tour

📍 Outside Castle

Sat 10 Oct

Irvine Welsh's P*RNO

📍 Leith Theatre

Sat 24 Oct

Counterfeit Sixties Show

📍 Bathgate Regal

From £17.00

Sun 25 Oct

Kyle Falconer (The View)

📍 DreadnoughtRock

From £26.00

Sat 3 Oct

Harry Potter Castle, Hogwarts and Bamburgh Day Trip

📍 University of Edinburgh

£49.18

Sat 3 Oct

Maiden Mother Mage

📍 St Mary's Church

Sat 3 Oct

Walter Trout

📍 The Queen's Hall

£35

Sun 4 Oct

Harry Potter Bridge, Glencoe and the Highlands Day Trip

📍 University of Edinburgh

£49.18

Sun 4 Oct

Eckhart Tolle

📍 Edinburgh Playhouse

From £67

Sun 4 Oct

Andy Irvine with Quilty

📍 The Queen's Hall

£39.50- £18

Mon 5 Oct

Dressing up, Decorum and Debauchery in 1700s Pleasure Gardens

📍 The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

£9.38

Mon 5 Oct

The Archers: Live at 75

📍 Edinburgh Playhouse

From £41

Wed 7 Oct

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

📍 Alhambra Theatre

Thu 1 Oct

Scotland's Top New Material Comedy Show: Cracking New Jokes!

📍 Dragonfly

Tue 6 Oct

Spandex Comedy - 5 Star Comedy Every Tuesday Night In Edinburgh

📍 Dragonfly

Thu 8 Oct

Scotland's Top New Material Comedy Show: Cracking New Jokes!

📍 Dragonfly

Thu 1 Oct

Cracking New Jokes Show

📍 Dragonfly Cocktail Bar

Sat 3 Oct

Kane Brown - Crowd Work King

📍 The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh

Sat 3 Oct

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Infectious

📍 EICC

Sun 4 Oct

Soapbox

📍 Sneaky Pete's.

Sun 4 Oct

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Infectious

📍 Alhambra Theatre

Tue 6 Oct

Miriam's Full English LIVE

📍 Edinburgh Playhouse

From £61

Thu 8 Oct

Cracking New Jokes Show

📍 Dragonfly Cocktail Bar

Sat 10 Oct

Mike Bubbins

📍 The Queen's Hall

£27.50

Tue 13 Oct

Spandex Comedy - 5 Star Comedy Every Tuesday Night In Edinburgh

📍 Dragonfly

Sat 3 Oct

Old Skool Bingo Sat 3rd Oct Liverpool

📍 Deluca's

Sat 17 Oct

Old Skool Bingo Sat 17th October Liverpool

📍 Deluca's

Thu 1 Oct

Scottish Food and Wine Pairing

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Fri 2 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2026

📍 Festival Square, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Oct

Posh vs Plonk!

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Isle of Skye and the Highlands Weekend Trip - Group 2

📍 University of Edinburgh

£159.08

Tue 6 Oct

WSET Level 2 Award in Wines: Tuesday Evening Course

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Wed 7 Oct

World of Wine - Australia, New Zealand & South Africa

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Thu 8 Oct

Tea Social – A Relaxed Evening of Tea and Conversation in Edinburgh

📍 PekoeTea Edinburgh Tea Studio

£15.00

Thu 8 Oct

Ramble down the Rhône with Linda Field

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Fri 9 Oct

Scottish Cheese and Wine Pairing

📍 Novotel Edinburgh Centre

Sat 10 Oct

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ABBA Inspired Drag Brunch - Edinburgh

📍 Yotel

Sat 3 Oct

MNB Autumn Craft Market

📍 Out Of The Blue and Drill Hall Arts Cafe

Sat 3 Oct

Day Disco (Eskmills)

📍 Eskmills Bowling Club

Sat 3 Oct

ICON Championships

📍 Dunfermline Learning Campus

Sat 3 Oct

URC: Edinburgh vs Ulster

Mon 5 Oct — Tue 6 Oct

BMCRC Season Finale

📍 Brands Hatch (Indy)

Sat 10 Oct — Sun 11 Oct

Scottish Championship Car Racing - Final Round

📍 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Dunfermline

Sat 10 Oct

Scotland Tour - David Lloyd Club Edinburgh - 10-10-2026

📍 David Lloyd Club Edinburgh

Sat 10 Oct

Hearts vs St Mirren

📍 Tynecastle Stadium

From €72.64

Fri 16 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

ZYN British Superbike Championship

📍 Brands Hatch (GP)

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

750 Motor Club Car Championships

📍 Donington Park (GP)

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

Norasport & British Supermoto Championships

📍 Cadwell Park

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

BRSCC Club Car Championships

📍 Oulton Park (International)

Thu 1 Oct

STANCE Conference 2026

📍 COSLA Conference Centre

£109.05 - £130.72

Fri 2 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

JCI Scotland National Conference 2026

📍 The Place Hotel

Free - £163.22

Tue 6 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

The Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2026

📍 Edinburgh International Conference Centre

£310.00 - £1550.00

Tue 6 Oct

SCLWN Training Event: Carers’ Awareness Training

📍 online via Teams

Wed 7 Oct

Scotland's EIA Conference 2026

📍 Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue

Thu 8 Oct

Edinburgh Careers Fair

📍 Assembly Rooms

Thu 8 Oct

Edinburgh Business Show

📍 Royal Highland Centre

£0.00

Thu 8 Oct

South of Scotland Thistle Awards 2026

📍 Peebles Hydro Hotel & Spa

£57.00 - £114.00

Tue 13 Oct

She Means Business Edinburgh - October 2026

Tue 20 Oct

ARMHS presents: Emergency and acute healthcare use post incarceration

Tue 20 Oct

Women in Tech - Edinburgh Employer Ticket

📍 Looking for a host! Email hello@outgeek.org

£85.00 - £1350.00

Tue 20 Oct

Women in Tech Edinburgh - OutGeekWomen

📍 The Melting Pot

Free - £50.00

Fri 2 Oct

Line Dance Class

📍 Dance For All

From £8.00

Thu 1 Oct

The Talent Gathering 2026

📍 Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium

£214.80 - £1674.00

Fri 2 Oct

Molton Brown Edinburgh | Orange & Bergamot - Fragrance Masterclass

📍 Molton Brown Edinburgh

£10.00

Sat 3 Oct

Zine-making workshop with Riverwoods

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

Sat 3 Oct

Nature writing workshop with Stephen Rutt

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

£10.00

Sat 3 Oct

Nature Connection and yoga workshop

📍 The Salisbury Centre

Mon 5 Oct — Fri 9 Oct

Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Bootcamp at Edinburgh.

📍 21 Calder Rd

Thu 8 Oct

Paint and Sip - Cherry Era | The Three Sisters

📍 The Three Sisters

£35.37

Fri 16 Oct

Modern Endodontics in General Practice with GenEndo & Septodont, Edinburgh

📍 The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

£99.00

Fri 16 Oct

Shawn Colvin - Celebrating 30 years of A Few Small Repairs

📍 The Queen's Hall

£37.50-£32.50

Wed 21 Oct

Binks Hub Writing Retreat

📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh

Thu 22 Oct

Paint and Sip - Mt Fuji | The Three Sisters

📍 The Three Sisters

£35.37

Sat 3 Oct

Open Day - Edinburgh Montessori Arts School

📍 Edinburgh Montessori Arts School

Sat 3 Oct

Lynne Rickards: Tales of Scottish Wildlife

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

£6.00

Sat 3 Oct

Old Skool Bingo Sat 3rd Oct Banbury

📍 Coco

£18.00

Sat 3 Oct

Joey Collins: Songs & Stories (Edinburgh)

📍 St Vincent's Chapel: Scottish Episcopal Church

£16.96

Sat 10 Oct

Country & Western Memorial Charity Event

📍 Volunteer Hall

Free - £22.38

Wed 14 Oct

HARRY BIRD - Leith Depot, Edinburgh

📍 Leith Depot

Fri 23 Oct

Trafalgar Night Dinner

📍 The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

£92.80

Sat 24 Oct

The Corner Room 2026 Season Pass Ticket

📍 Hope City Church Edinburgh

Wed 28 Oct

Wee Bit Social Coffee & Chat October Edinburgh

📍 Tigerlily

£22.50

Thu 29 Oct

Folklore Evening: Dark & Haunting Tales

📍 The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

£9.38

Thu 29 Oct

DUNFERMLINE - An evening of clairvoyance with spirit medium David Traynor

📍 Pitbauchlie House Hotel

£22.00

Thu 1 Oct

Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future

📍 Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh

Sun 4 Oct — Mon 5 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Wed 7 Oct — Thu 8 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Sun 11 Oct — Mon 12 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Tue 13 Oct

RZSS Autumn Explorers 2026 - Edinburgh Zoo

📍 RZSS Edinburgh Zoo

£22.00

Wed 14 Oct — Thu 15 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Sun 18 Oct — Mon 19 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Wed 21 Oct — Thu 22 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Thu 22 Oct

The Cult of Astaroth [Dark magic show]

📍 The Banshee Labyrinth

£11.55

Sun 25 Oct — Mon 26 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Wed 28 Oct — Thu 29 Oct

Loch Ness & Glenfinnan Viaduct tour from Edinburgh

From £179

Sat 3 Oct

Dougie Strang on The Bone Cave: a Journey Through Myth and Memory

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

£12.00

Sat 3 Oct

Jim Crumley on The Last Wolf

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

£12.00

Sat 10 Oct

An Evening with Joanne Harris- Edinburgh West End

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £25.00

Mon 12 Oct

Michael Palin - In The Philippines

📍 The Queen's Hall

£48.75

Tue 13 Oct

Between The Covers Live: Celebrating Agatha Christie

📍 The Queen's Hall

£35

Thu 15 Oct

An Evening with A.T. Emerald - Edinburgh West End

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £25.00

Fri 16 Oct

An Evening with Annabel Campbell- Edinburgh West End

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £25.00

Sat 17 Oct

Edinburgh Book Bonanza

📍 Le Monde Hotel

£2.50 - £54.88

Sun 18 Oct

The Worst Poets Club: with Hollie McNish, Donna Ashworth, Nikita Gill and Len Pennie

📍 The Queen's Hall

£22.50

Tue 20 Oct

An Evening with Simon Garfield- Edinburgh West End

📍 Waterstones

£5.00 - £23.00

Sat 31 Oct

The Art of Being Human: Exploring Self-Revelatory Arts (Edinburgh)

📍 Edinburgh Open Workshop

£27.80 - £33.22

Sun 11 Oct

Information Lecture: Help & Healing on the Spiritual Path

📍 Open Door Community Centre

Thu 1 Oct

Where wind and water cleave: An environmental history of Scotland

📍 National Library of Scotland

£0.00

Fri 2 Oct

Cell Death UK 2026

📍 National Museum of Scotland

£54.88

Sat 3 Oct

Stephen Rutt on The Waterlands: Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea

📍 Scottish Storytelling Centre

£12.00 - £28.99

Sun 4 Oct

Medical Tales

📍 Gladstone's Land

£8.50 - £14.00

Wed 7 Oct

Dean’s Lecture: The Good Life after the Age of Growth

📍 Edinburgh Law School

Wed 7 Oct

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Emile Chabal

📍 Playfair Library Hall

Thu 15 Oct

Buy to Let Event

📍 ESPC

Wed 21 Oct

Conflict on Campus

📍 Surgeons Quarter

£55.00

Mon 26 Oct

Edinburgh and the General Strike of 1926

📍 University of Edinburgh

Thu 1 Oct

Speed Dating in Edinburgh | Ages 25-38

📍 Manahatta Edinburgh

Thu 15 Oct

Speed Dating in Edinburgh | Ages 25-38

📍 Manahatta Edinburgh

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Edinburgh

📍 Edinburgh Secret Venue

From £17.99

Sun 25 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Dunfermline

📍 Dunfermline Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Edinburgh

📍 Edinburgh Secret Venue

From £17.99

Tue 27 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Dunfermline

📍 Dunfermline Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Thu 29 Oct

Speed Dating in Edinburgh | Ages 30-45

📍 Manahatta Edinburgh

From £25.00

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Dunfermline

📍 Dunfermline Secret Venue (TBA)

From £17.99

Fri 30 Oct

Unified Dating - Meet Singles in Edinburgh

📍 Edinburgh Secret Venue

From £17.99

Thu 29 Oct — Fri 30 Oct

Sorted Thursdays @ Why Not

📍 Why Not Nightclub

From £5.50

Fri 2 Oct — Sat 3 Oct

Friday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Saturday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Fri 9 Oct — Sat 10 Oct

Friday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Sat 17 Oct — Sun 18 Oct

Saturday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Fri 23 Oct — Sat 24 Oct

Friday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

Saturday Bar Crawl / Edinburgh's Best Bar Crawl / Free shots / Free Club Entry

📍 Pilgrim Bar

£15.00

Sat 31 Oct

Disco Days Edinburgh - Halloween Special

📍 Club Tropicana

From £3.00

Sat 31 Oct

Old Skool Bingo Sat 31st October Halloween Edinburgh Special

📍 Coco Boho

From £18.00

Sun 25 Oct

Artie's Singing Kettle: Halloween

📍 Alhambra Theatre

Mon 26 Oct

F*CK ME It's Halloween | Edinburgh Freshers 2026

📍 The Liquid Room

£1 - £15

Thu 29 Oct

HALLOWEEN PURGE🩸 Edinburgh's Biggest Halloween Event 🎃

📍 The Liquid Room

£4.99 - £14.99

Fri 30 Oct — Sat 31 Oct

EDINBURGH HALLOWEEN 🎃 - THE OFFICIAL ASYLUM - Sold out 10 years running!

📍 Potterrow (Edinburgh University Students’ Association)

£4.99

Sat 3 Oct — Sun 4 Oct

Mindfulness Based Wellbeing Retreat - 3rd & 4th October 2026

📍 Restoration Yard Dalkeith

£79.79 - £141.56

Sat 3 Oct

Embodied Consent ~ Needs & Boundaries

📍 The Salisbury Centre

£76.55 - £141.56

Tue 6 Oct

Dual Practitioner Reiki Sound Bath - Two Healers, One Frequency

📍 The Wellness Barn Edinburgh

£7.50 - £15.00

Sun 18 Oct

Art session with Jag Art 82

📍 Paxton House (EDUCATION ROOM)

Fri 30 Oct

MND-SMART Gathering 2026

📍 South Hall Complex, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh

Sat 31 Oct

Samhain (Halloween): Breathwork and Somatic Connection

📍 The Salisbury Centre

£41.34 - £174.05

Sat 10 Oct

Edinburgh’s Whisky Festival

📍 Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 110 Roseburn Street Edinburgh

45.00

Fri 16 Oct

Fuzz Bat Gigs Ten Year Anniversary Weekender

📍 St Vincent's Chapel, EDINBURGH: Home Bar, EDINBURGH: Leith Depot

Wed 21 Oct — Sat 31 Oct

Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2026

Sat 31 Oct — Sun 1 Nov

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎃Edinburgh Card Fest - Halloween Edition🎃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📍 Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium

Sat 31 Oct

The Emo Festival Comes to Edinburgh!

📍 The Liquid Room

£16.99 - £23.59