Featured Events in Edinburgh in November 2024 (July Updated)

Explore accurate Scotland Women v Finland Women Play-off 1st Leg sporting information for 29th November, as well as more Football times with Fixture Calendar. The Scotland Women's football team, also known as the Bravehearts, is the national team representing Scotland in international women's football. They are managed by the Scottish Football Association and have been competing in international tournaments since 1972. The team has participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup three times and reached their highest ever FIFA ranking of 19th in 2019. The Bravehearts have also qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro four times, with their best finish being in 2017 when they reached the finals. Some key players to watch on the team include Erin Cuthbert, Kim Little, and Caroline Weir. The team's home stadium is the iconic Hampden Park, which has a capacity of over 51,000 spectators. They are known for their passionate and dedicated fan base, making them a force to be reckoned with on the international stage. The Finland Women's Football team, also known as the Helmarit, has been competing in international tournaments since 1978. They have shown consistent improvement in their performance over the years, reaching their peak by qualifying for the 2005 UEFA Women's Euros and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Led by their captain Tuija Hyyrynen, the team has a strong and talented roster, with players such as Linda Sallstrom and Juliette Kemppi. The team's home stadium is the beautiful Tampere Stadium, with a capacity of 16,800 fans. In recognition of their success, the Finland Women's team has been awarded the Finnish Sports Team of the Year three times, in 2005, 2013, and 2019. With their determination and skill, the Helmarit are a force to be reckoned with in the world of women's football. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com

Dearly Beloved Dearly Beloved is a journey of metamorphosis. A solo performance flirting between installation, physical theatre and dance. In a cocooned alchemic world of their own, an ambiguous character awkwardly distorts and transforms again and again in search of a ‘becoming.’ Interlacing autobiographical stories and influences from myth, popular culture and historical feminine archetypes, Dearly Beloved plays on the experience of the tangible and the surreal. Stemming from a physical inquiry whilst wearing a pink satin bridesmaid’s dress, the creative process is anchored by fostering an interdisciplinary methodology. Dearly Beloved aims to engender a tension through subverting imprinted patriarchal associations beside an unbridled character empowered through silliness and discovery. In collaboration with Yolande Snaith - Dramaturge/outside eye. Maya is a freelance dance artist, performer, maker and teacher based in Glasgow. She performs within Dance, Theatre, TV/Film and Festival/Club. Last year Maya graduated from NSCD with a Distinction level master’s, having completed a yearlong placement with Scottish Dance Theatre. Maya is passionate about sharing practice through artistic collaboration and investing in community centred initiatives. She has worked with visual artists, musicians and filmmakers as well as choreographers and developed work for both theatres and non-conventional performance spaces. Maya was an associate artist with Entelechy Arts Collective and has since worked within many Disability-led Art spaces. As a neurodivergent artist Maya looks at accessibility through practice and in the wider ecology of Dance. She values the creative licence to play, research and re-define language, embracing curiosity rooted in improvisation. Maya celebrates life’s multiplicity and is creatively fuelled by merging other artistic disciplines with dance. She seeks to cultivate joy from collective movement and is interested in performance as a vehicle which offers re-imagined universes. This year Maya has collaborated with Aya Kobayashi and Jack Dickson on an intergenerational community dance project, as well as working alongside choreographers such as Tess Letham, Malcolm Sutherland, Katrina McPherson and Joan Cleville. This summer Maya will perform with Scottish Dance Theatre in Roser Lopez Espinosa's 'The Flock' at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Supported through Dance Base’s Paid Artist Residency Programme Information Source: Dance Base Scotland | eventbrite

Image Credit: FilippoBacci via Getty Images Unco is a project to create a new Scots lexicon of LGBT+ words. Developed with LGBT+ Scots speakers, Unco reaches into the Scots language kist o riches and making new words where they’re needed. These words are a proposal for how LGBT+ people can talk about themselves in Scots, and are offered as a gift to the future. This event marks the launch of the lexicon with a specially-commissioned spoken word and music performance from Harry Josephine Giles and Malin Lewis. Weaving old and new language together with old and new sounds, these two artists explore queer identities, histories and creative futures. The performance will be followed by a discussion with the artists about their approach to creating art that connects Scottish tradition with ideas that look to the future, and on the process of creating the lexicon. Additional InformationEntry will be via the Edinburgh Futures Institute south entrance on Porters Walk (opposite Tribe Yoga). This event will be photographed/recorded, and may be used for future marketing, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed/recorded, please let us know at the event. Speaker BiographiesMalin Lewis Malin Lewis is a trans bagpiper, fiddler, instrument maker and award winning composer. One of Scotland’s most exciting innovators, Malin melds Scottish west coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, humans, queerness and the universe. Through their work, Malin explores the space between the gender binary; a space with it's own colourful and unique culture. Malin's unique sound is born from the deep connection that comes with making and composing for their own instrument. Recently they have been touring with Making Tracks international residency, recording film music in Berlin, learning the tradition of the extinct Finnish Bagpipes and composing for theatre and contemporary dance from Manchester to Bern. Harry Josephine Giles Harry Josephine Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney, living in Leith. Her latest book is the poetry collection Them! (Picador 2024). Her verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia (Picador 2021) won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year. Her poetry collections The Games (Out-Spoken Press, 2018) and Tonguit (Freight Books 2015) were between them shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Saltire Prize and the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Her stage show of her poetry sequence Drone toured internationally in 2019, and the performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia will tour in 2025. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. Information Source: Edinburgh Futures Institute | eventbrite

Boozy Brushes, Saturday Night Fever Art Paint Party! Use Warm, Bright and Funky Paints to create a Vibey Masterpiece. Our painting style will be inspired by the Dancehall Of Saturday Night Fever to create Groovy Paintings. Disco Classics will be playing to Accompany your Creativity! Painting is a fantastic way to unwind, explore your creative potential and socialise with your friends or someone new. We want to show people that art is not restricted to a particular type of individual and learning new painting skills can be lighthearted, fun and therapeutic. All of our classes are beginner friendly and are taught by a darg queen who will guide you through the painting process. You can also chose to show off your own skills and paint something entirely different should you choose to. All of the supplies will be provided, including: CanvasEaselBrushesPaintApronsFood and drink available to purchaseAlongside potentially winning one of our exciting prizes, guests can also take home their own masterpiece. Please arrive 10 minutes before the class with your ticket to hand.Our tickets are non-refundable once purchased.If you would like to reschedule your class please provide us with at least 24 hours notice and you should be able to join a future event.Look forward to getting creative with you all :) Information Source: Boozy Brushes | eventbrite

Morning Movement - Yoga for a Mindful Start Inspired by the flow and energy of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation), this class offers a series of invigorating yoga postures to warm the body, calm the mind, and bring a sense of balance to your day. What to Expect: • Mindful Flow: Experience intentional movement, harmonizing breath with each posture to cultivate presence and awareness. • Sun Salutation Variations: Explore three unique versions of Sun Salutation, each designed to enhance flexibility, build strength, and improve mobility. • Daily Integration: Discover simple, practical techniques you can easily incorporate into your mornings, ideal for both beginners and seasoned yogis. Start your day feeling grounded, energized, and centered. Join us to welcome the morning with mindful movement and a refreshed mindset! Information Source: Joeyta Hirendernath | eventbrite

The Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gerard Doherty invites you to join us for our winter concert in Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. Our programme for this concert includes: Wagner – Prelude to ParsifalBruckner – Symphony No. 5Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (K467) Information Source: Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra | eventbrite

The Edinburgh City Orchestra, and conductor Peter Le Tissier, return to Edinburgh's iconic St.Giles' Cathedral to present a programme of two works full of dramatic intensity, expressions of love and loss and, ultimately, triumphal ecstasy. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde caused scandal when first performed in Munich in 1865. It doesn't take long to search for reasons why this would be the case - written in a period of Wagner's life where his exile from Germany had left him destitute, he had found support from the wealthy Otto Wesendonck in Zürich, where he lived on the grounds of the estate. However, Wagner and Wesendonck's wife, Mathilde, soon began an, if not physical, then emotional affair with one another. During this period, where impossible love clashed with the morality of the world Wagner knew, he begun writing the work Tristan und Isolde; based on the ancient celtic legend of two lovers separated by marriages and treaties, whose only solace comes in the dark of night. Perhaps Wagner's most famous and significant musical testament, the work's prelude and close, known as the Liebestod (love-death) contain crunching harmonies and unresolved tensions that reflect the lovers', both real and imagined, impossible and irreconcilable loves. Famous for its 'Tristan chord', which some have said changed the face of music forever, the work bursts with passion and eventually finds itself in a place of solace and rest. Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony was a return to the genre that had so nearly ended his career as a young man. After the disastrous premiere of his 1st Symphony, Rachmaninov spent a number of years in compositional silence, only finally broken in 1901 by his triumphant and ever-popular 2nd piano concerto. However, the composer hesitated before returning to the genre that had caused all of the trouble in the first place. The resultant 2nd symphony is a towering work of grand gestures, boldness, assertiveness and finally overwhelming ecstasy. A turbulent opening movement with beautiful lyrical sections gives way to an allegro 2nd movement full of agression and violent outbursts. At his beautiful, song-like best, the 3rd movement stands as an island of peace in the chaos, with heart-rending loneliness contrasted with the composer's typical passionate gestures. The finale brings the work, eventually, to a joyful close in overwhelming triumph. Do be sure to secure your ticket to this special event fast, as numbers are limited. We hope to see you at the performance! Information Source: Edinburgh City Orchestra | eventbrite