Tag: Usher Hall

This season the RSNO will pay tribute to Gene Kelly, Leonard Bernstein, Gershwin and they will perform at the RSNO at the Movies series at the Edinburgh International Festival. All of this American influence will...

The 100 year history of Edinburgh's Usher Hall includes sell-out shows by the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash and Ella Fitzgerald, but the real stars can be found off stage. Staff at Edinburgh’s flagship music venue are celebrating a...

Jeffrey Archer, former politician and prolific author will speak at an exclusive Edinburgh International Book Festival event in the capital next month. This is part of the Booked! series of events supported by players...

Barry Humphries gathered himself on stage and got lost in a monologue about bookshops, one that was a little disconcerting, about their demise and his love for them. But this was the beginning of a...

Stage and TV star Ray Quinn dropped into Edinburgh for a flying visit before he comes back next month to star in Tonight…From The West End.The former X Factor and Dancing on Ice star was in...

The Charlatans, like Ocean Colour Scene and several other British bands who appear to be everlasting, have been fortunate to enjoy their illustrious 26-year career playing to consistently healthy crowds – and the fans from...

The Charlatans will play one last home tour promoting their most recent album Modern Nature with two Scottish shows this month.The British band, who have had three number one albums in the UK, will play Edinburgh's...

Garbage have spent the last few months setting aside the recording of their upcoming album to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their eponymous debut album, Garbage. The tour to commemorate the album, called '20...

The Usher Hall has been illuminated in red white and blue the colours of the French flag to show the city's solidarity with the Parisians and the French following last night's attacks across the...

Nicola Benedetti is undoubtedly the most famous violinist of her generation. What her fame does not always account for is the development of this player over the eleven years since she won BBC Young...

Music legend Don McLean, renowned as one of the most enduring singer-songwriters and forever associated with his classic hits American Pie and Vincent (Starry Starry Night) is looking forward to coming home to his...

Simple Minds were the archetypal 80's band: their emphatic, stadium-sized, harmonic and synth-filled hits meant that their studio energy transcended and inflated into a live phenomenon. Their friendly rivals, U2, pipped them to the...

The City of Edinburgh Council spends £2.3m on the Edinburgh International Festival and there are many council-owned buildings which are used during the month long cultural event.The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to Culture & Sport...

 Stitch 'n' Time: award-winning sewing and crafting class led by a professional textile craftswoman. The group focuses on projects that help the community while learning new skills and sharing a cuppa! All levels and...

 MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2015Timmy Time Programme 15: Timmy Finds Aliens, and other stories. Join Timmy and his friends for three fun adventures in this collection of classic Timmy Time episodes. Toddler Time is a...

 Dream Walking with Hares: an exhibition of gilded works on wood by Sally Bruce Richards (The Bruce Gallery, Isle of Mull). Open preview tonight 6-8pm, then 11am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday, The Gallery on the Corner, Northumberland Street....

The only five star concert hall in Scotland has been given an award for the way it deals with its deaf and hard of hearing customers as well as those with disabilities.Management and staff...

Photo by Valentina PeruzzoWhat is a folk gig? Not a Passenger gig. He can boast all he wants, but in the end it is a pop gig with all the musical clichés in the...

An area of Edinburgh will be renamed ‘McCrae’s Place’ and a commemorative flagstone will be laid in tribute to McCrae’s battalion at a public ceremony outside the Usher Hall on Friday.Led by the Lord Provost, the...

 Local music professionals have joined forces with officials from The City of Edinburgh Council to discuss the state of the Capital’s live music scene.At Live Music Matters, an open forum held at the Usher...

 Families invited to The Monsters’ BallChildren’s Classic Concerts (CCC) and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) present a Strictly Spooktacular opening to their new season of family concertsSunday 2nd November 2014, 3.00pm, Usher Hall,...

 There is a concert at the Usher Hall tonight featuring some of Scotland's top talent such as Mogwai, Frank Ferdinand, Frightened Rabiit, McIntoshRoss, folk icon Eddi Reader, Stanley odd and Elaine C Smith.Promoted by...

Ahead of the RSNO's 2014/15 season it has been announced that they have been able to secure some funding for their concert series in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Brewin Dolphin has agreed to support the...

Billy Connolly's High Horse Tour 2014 is already set to smash box office records as demand has led to another date being added  to the run at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh for Thursday 16 October 8pm....

Many artists who released debut albums last year have risen to some huge headlining show for just one album. For example, Bastille are already playing Edinburgh's Corn Exchange and have sold it out, and...

There's only so much you can do with a guitar, but that doesn't apply to Newton Faulkner. The acoustic architect didn't even break a sweat as he played to a healthy Edinburgh crowd. Alongside...

And how best to celebrate that milestone? Well have a concert of course! USHER HALL PRESENTS 100TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT A Centenary Celebration : Thursday 6 March 2014 For one night only Edinburgh’s Usher Hall will celebrate 100 glorious years of...

So here they are in all their glory....photos courtesy of Rob McDougallThe Radio Forth Awards 2013 were held at the Usher Hall, earlier today.Boy George George, Tom Odell, Craig Hill, Susan Boyle, Grant Stott...

This year the annual Edinburgh Festival of Remembrance will be held in aid of Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity specialising in the care of Veterans’ mental health. The event is being held in...

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has announced its second Season with Music Director Peter Oundjian, following a critically-acclaimed start to the British-Canadian’s tenure at the helm. The RSNO will this year perform works...