JACKHAMMER: 12TH BIRTHDAY (SURGEON + DJ ROLANDO + STEPHEN BROWN + EGE BAMYASI) THE LIQUID ROOM, 22:30–03:00, £10 ADVANCE
Jackhammer provide our post-Christmas dose of techno, celebrating their 12th birthday with an eight-hour line-up which sees regulars Wolfjazz and Keyte warm the decks for Ege Bamyasi, Stephen Brown, and DJ Rolando, before headliner Surgeon takes charge.
Sun 29 Dec COALITION
SNEAKY PETE’S, 23:00–03:00, FREE
Weekly cross-genre of bass from a cast of Edinburgh’s best underground DJs.
TERROR (EGEBAMYASI + DJ SKULL VOMIT + SADISTIC + AUTONOME + PEDIGREE SKUM SOUND SYSTEM)
THE BONGO CLUB, 23:00–05:00, £4.50
The Terror crew raid the underground for another genre-hopping night of hip-hop, techno and jungle, hosting a threeroom extravaganza featuring the legendary Egebamyasi – now in his 30th year of performing.
I LOVE HIP HOP HOGMANAY THE BONGO CLUB, 23:00–05:00, £10
The hip-hop weekly goes all out for a Hogmanay special, with guest Dark Soul playing live alongside the resident DJs – jollied along by the joys of a 5am licence. SPEAKER BITE ME HOGMANAY PARTY (EVOL DJS)
ELECTRIC CIRCUS, 21:00–05:00, £10
Electric Circus let the Evol DJs loose for the evening, hosting a Hogmanay edition of their indiepop worshipping regular, Speaker Bite Me – spinning the best in pop, party jams, guilty pleasures and requests.
MUSIKA: EDINBURGH HOGMANAY AFTER-PARTY (ULTRAGROOVE + WE OWN + WILDCATS + GARETH SOMMERVILLE + LAURIE NEIL + THEO KOTTIS + STU TODD + YOGI HAUGHTON) THE LIQUID ROOM, 22:00–05:00, £9 EARLYBIRD (£15 THEREAFTER)
For their third consecutive Hogmanay at The Liquid Room, Musika take a change in direction – this time opting for an all-Edinburgh line-up leaning heavy on the house chords, with myriad guests spanning the main space and adjoining Annexe. NYE 2013: MASQUERADE BALL
THE HIVE, 21:00–05:00, £5 EARLYBIRD (£10 THEREAFTER)
The Hive take Hogmanay as seriously as ever – dedicating two rooms, three bars and nine whole bloody hours to seeing it in, with dancefloor anthems in the main room and guilty pleasures in the back room. Dress code: wear a mask. WN NYE 2013 (MONSIEUR ADI)
WHY NOT?, 21:00–05:00, £10 ADV. (£15 DOOR)
Why Not hand over the Hogmanay decks to Parisian fashion design student turned producer, Monsieur Adi – mixing up his usual compelling clash of cinematic orchestration and futuristic synths.
THE CLUB
THE HIVE, 22:00–03:00, FREE
Two rooms of all the chart, cheese and indiepop you can think of.
Dundee Music
Mon 30 Dec MIXED UP
Tue 10 Dec
THE HIVE, 22:00–03:00, FREE
RETURN TO THE SUN (TERRAFRAID)
Request-driven night of pop-punk, chart, indie and good ol’ 90s classics.
NON-ZERO’S, 20:00–22:00, £DONATION
Indie-driven Edinburgh rock band formed in the long, dark winter of 2012.
CONTINENTS (EXCELLENT CADAVER + THE WEIGHT OF ATLAS + LOST IN INSOMNIA)
NU FIRE
SNEAKY PETE’S, 23:00–03:00, FREE
BEAT GENERATOR LIVE!, 20:00–23:00, £6
DJ Fusion and Beef move from hip-hop to dubstep with a plethora of live MCs. XPLICIT (OPTIV)
THE BONGO CLUB, 23:00–05:00, £7
Heavy jungle and bass-styled beats from the inimitable Xplicit crew, joined for a guest set by Virus Recordings’ d’n’b producer, Optiv.
Hogmanay
VEGAS!: THE GRAND HOGMANAY BALL
THE VOODOO ROOMS, 21:00–03:00, £25
Vegas’ annual 50s-themed Hogmanay fun night, with special guests Cow Cow Boogie, Missy Malone and The Vegas Cabaret and Burlesque Revue. Plus showgirls a-go-go, natch.
WEE DUB HOGMANAY (DREADZONE + JINX IN DUB + CAPITOL 1212 + ASTROBOY + NEM + RIDDIM TUFFA SOUND + NEIL TEMPLAR) THE CAVES, 22:00–05:00, £19 EARLYBIRD (£24 THEREAFTER)
The rather ace dub, reggae and roots celebration makes its sophomore mark on NYE with the heavyweight line-up of Dreadzone Soundsystem, Jinx In Dub, Capitol 1212, and more, blasted out across two rooms of The Caves. MARDI GRAS AT MIDNITE
PICTURE HOUSE, 22:30–04:00, £15
Transforming The Picture House into an exotic carnival for the evening, Soulsville and Motherfunk join forces for a colourful Mardi Gras-styled night of elaborate costumes, dance troupes, voodoo facepainters, break-dancers and the like. #NOTSOSILENT NEW YEAR’S EVE SNEAKY PETE’S, 23:00–03:00, £TBC
The breakthrough night of 2013 takes over Sneaky Pete’s for some NYE merriment, straddling the M8 for this and their set as part of La Cheetah’s shenanigans in Glasgow. ETC HOGMANAY (DJ WOTTA MESS)
HENRY’S CELLAR BAR, 23:00–05:00, £8 (£6 IN FANCY DRESS)
Edinburgh Tekno Cartel return to their old Henry’s stomping ground to do Hogmanay their way – i.e. Christmas party gone wrong style – inviting y’all to dress up as Bad Santas in the company of special guest DJ Wotta Mess and his wonky techno beats.
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BEAT A MAXX OPAL LOUNGE, 21:00–03:00, £8
The turntablist specialist mans the decks at Opal Lounge this New Year’s Eve, known for mashing tunes, film and TV into one mighty party mix. SUMMERHALL HOG-MANAY
SUMMERHALL, 21:00–03:00, £35 (£30)
Summerhall’s NYE offering snakes across the venue’s unique spaces, with the Guilty Pleasures DJs in the Dissection Room, piano chap Will Pickvance and pals in the Main Hall, plus a hog roast, a chill cafe area and five whole lovely bars. GASOLINE DANCE MACHINE’S HOGMANAY (MEDLAR + KRL)
CABARET VOLTAIRE, 22:00–05:00, £15
The Italo-lovin’ Gasoline Dance Machine crew host a special Wolf Music Label party night for yer Hogmanay pleasure, with Medlar and KRL supplying a feel good house vibe all night long.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL HOGMANAY (JACKSONVILLE + BARRY O’CONNELL + BRAD CHARTERS )
STUDIO 24, 22:00–05:00, £9 EARLYBIRD
The Animal Hospital troops bring their unique blend of techno, house and minimal to a Hogmanay setting – upping their production values accordingly, as well as inviting some good pals of the club to help ‘em see out the year in suitably raucous style.
MUMBO JUMBO NYE (STEVE AUSTIN + TRENDY WENDY + BONGO DAVE) THE MASH HOUSE, 22:00–05:00, £10
The Mumbo Jumbo troops throw up a, er, jumbo New Year line-up – featuring Edinburgh greats Steve Austin, Trendy Wendy and Bongo Dave in the main room.
The Welsh hardcore metal outfit bring their energy-filled soundscapes, complete with obligatory low-end growls.
Fri 13 Dec
FRANKLY MAXIMUM (KING LOUIE + KINGS AND COWARDS + ISAK)
NON-ZERO’S, 19:30–22:00, £3 ADV. (£4 DOOR)
The self-described ‘weird’ Dundee alternative metal lot launch their new album and comic book, Space Vampire, with a selection of musical chums. CONTOUR
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £5 (£7 AFTER 12)
More fresh beats and flashy visuals from the Contour crew, featuring sets from Slouch, Slice and Gmiller, plus visual by Genome.
Mon 16 Dec
ASHESTOANGELS + DEAD (REVOLUTION RELOAD + A BULLET’S EMBRACE) NON-ZERO’S, 19:00–22:00, £4
Double headline set for them wot like their tunes loud – step forward Bristol goth-punk lot Ashestoangels, and Southhampton punk’n’rollers Dead.
Dundee Clubs Wed 04 Dec FAT SAM’S WEDNESDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £5 (£4)
Messy student midweeker of party tunes and five quid fish bowls.
Thu 05 Dec ROOMS THURSDAYS
READING ROOMS, 22:30–02:30, £TBC
Weekly Thursday nighter (as the name would suggest) play what they promise will be ‘good’ music. Sold.
Fri 06 Dec VISION
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £5
Deep and funky house served up by Tobias and Ken Swift. FAT SAM’S FRIDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £4 (£3)
Fun Friday nighter soundtracked by big party tunes and punter requests.
The Frogbeats crew pump out the jungle and D’n’B beats a-plenty, as per.
Sat 07 Dec DARE DOES DUNDEE
BEAT GENERATOR LIVE!, 20:00–23:00, £TBC
Metalcore Dundonians upping the noise levels with their hurricanelike brand of metal.
CCA
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
6 FEB, 18 APR, 11 DEC, 8:00PM – 10:30PM, £3
COOKIN’ SESSIONS
Special sessions night manned by Jono Fyda, Ken Swift and Nick Wilson, with Barry on Safari holing up in the bar area.
NITE FLIGHTS
Fun Friday nighter soundtracked by big party tunes and punter requests.
Glasgow-based artist Michelle Hannah curates the next in her series of live video and performance pieces, with a selection of local and national artists taking the fractured disco of The Walker Brothers’ song of the same name as inspiration.
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
Citizens Theatre
FAT SAM’S FRIDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £4 (£3)
GORILLA IN YOUR CAR
Hardcore, emo, punk and scenester selections. Also perhaps the best-named club night in Dundee’s existence.
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
Sat 21 Dec LOCARNO
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
FAT SAM’S SATURDAYS
Massive Saturday night party spreading its wares over three floors and no less than six rooms, with Ricky H spanning dance, house, r’n’b and hip-hop selections. ASYLUM
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
John Pleased Wimmin brings his night of eclectic electronic and disco-tinged delights Dundee-way.
Best of selection of rock, metal and alternative tunes.
FAT SAM’S, 22:30–03:00, £8 (£5)
CTRL ALT DEFEAT
FAT SAM’S SATURDAYS
Massive Saturday night party spreading its wares over three floors and no less than six rooms, with Ricky H spanning dance, house, r’n’b and hip-hop selections. ASYLUM
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
Best of selection of rock, metal and alternative tunes.
Wed 11 Dec
FAT SAM’S WEDNESDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £5 (£4)
Messy student midweeker of party tunes and five quid fish bowls.
Thu 12 Dec ROOMS THURSDAYS
READING ROOMS, 22:30–02:30, £TBC
Weekly Thursday nighter (as the name would suggest) play what they promise will be ‘good’ music. Sold.
Fri 13 Dec CONTOUR
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £5 (£7 AFTER 12)
More fresh beats and flashy visuals from the Contour crew, featuring sets from Slouch, Slice and Gmiller, plus visual by Genome. FAT SAM’S FRIDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £4 (£3)
CASSETTE
Sat 14 Dec
EXCELLENT CADAVER (ANIMUS + POLARITIES + DIRTY JUDAS + LAST ON EARTH)
Fri 20 Dec
THE JUNGLE BOOK
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 30 NOV AND 5 JAN, TIMES VARY, FROM £13 (£7 CHILD)
Classic Grand
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
Sun 22 Dec
Glasgow
FAT SAM’S, 22:30–03:00, £8 (£5)
FROGBEATS DJS
All-new night inviting a guest DJ to play tracks from artists and albums that would make their definitive mixtape.
AKA SKA
Weekly Thursday nighter (as the name would suggest) play what they promise will be ‘good’ music. Sold.
BEAT GENERATOR LIVE!, 22:00–02:30, £5
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
BEAT GENERATOR LIVE!, 20:00–23:00, £6
ROOMS THURSDAYS
READING ROOMS, 22:30–02:30, £TBC
Rockabilly, doo-wop, soul and all things golden age and danceable with the Locarno regulars.
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
NON-ZERO’S, 19:00–22:00, £TBC
2-tone ska tribute show.
Theatre
Ska, screamo and pop-punk offerings, featuring additional live performances from a selection of choice noisemakers.
The Dundee alternative rockers play a hometown set, building their usual wall of creative and atmospheric rock sounds. Rockabilly, doo-wop, soul and all things golden age and danceable with the Locarno regulars.
Messy student midweeker of party tunes and five quid fish bowls.
Because nothing says Christmas quite like, erm, the jungle, Citizens go all-out for their staging of the Rudyard Kipling tale – bringing the vibrant jungle-world to life with innovative set design and original music. Matinee performances also available.
WARPED
Sat 21 Dec
LOCARNO
FAT SAM’S WEDNESDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £5 (£4)
Thu 19 Dec
Fun Friday nighter soundtracked by big party tunes and punter requests.
PHANTOM BRAKE PEDAL
Wed 18 Dec
AUTODISCO XMAS PARTY
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £5
Annual Autodisco office party, with regular hosts Dave Autodisco and Dicky Trisco selecting their best of 2013 – most likely of the disco, house, electrofunk and Baleriac genres. FAT SAM’S SATURDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 22:30–03:00, £8 (£5)
Massive Saturday night party spreading its wares over three floors and no less than six rooms, with Ricky H spanning dance, house, r’n’b and hip-hop selections. KERRANG KLUB: KAGE’S 6TH BIRTHDAY
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £5
Metal magazine hellraisers, Kerrang, take charge of Kage’s 6th birthday celebrations.
Thu 26 Dec READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
Electro musings with a danceable beat for your Boxing Day pleasure, with Clouds and Ado sharing deck duty.
Fri 27 Dec FAT SAM’S FRIDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £4 (£3)
Fun Friday nighter soundtracked by big party tunes and punter requests. GET THE FUNK OUT
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
Fledgling night of funk songs and its various offshoots: hip-hop, rap, ska and the like. And they will play Beastie Boys, so all is well with the world.
Sat 28 Dec
SPEKTRUM XMAS PARTY
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £TBC
The showcase night for electronic DJs welcome prolific producer Gary Beck for a special festive set – still riding high on the release of his Soma Records-released 2013 LP, Bring A Friend. FAT SAM’S SATURDAYS
FAT SAM’S, 22:30–03:00, £8 (£5)
Massive Saturday night party spreading its wares over three floors and no less than six rooms, with Ricky H spanning dance, house, r’n’b and hip-hop selections. ASYLUM
KAGE, 23:00–02:30, £4
Best of selection of rock, metal and alternative tunes.
Hogmanay NYE BOOK CLUB
READING ROOMS, 22:30–03:30, £10
The Good Stuff DJs, Is Kill and Diabeatic go off the rails for NYE, giving themselves free rein to plat any and every tune they fancy – spanning electro, disco, techno, house and everything in between. FAT SAM’S HOGMANAY
FAT SAM’S, 23:00–02:30, £8
Fat Sam’s pitch up for their annual Hogmanay party, celebrating in their usual party-hard, studentfriendly fashion (aka it’ll be a messy one). A ROCKING HOGMANAY
KAGE, 23:00–03:00, £6
The rock-heavy Kage lot celebrate one helluva a year – which has included a coup of a set from Benji Webbe and a shiny new venue refit – with a special Hogmanay blowout, playing hefty rock beats all night long.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 18 APR AND 6 DEC, TIMES VARY, PRICES VARY
StaG theatre transport the classic American text from the Deep South to New York City, in an exploration of the lives of the LGBT community during the early 80s.
SECC
DICK MCWHITTINGTON
Theatre Royal
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 10 DEC AND 28 DEC, TIMES VARY, FROM £7.50
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 4 APR AND 22 DEC, 6:00PM – 10:00PM, £12 (£10)
SCOTTISH OPERA’S HANSEL AND GRETEL
Scottish Ballet offer their own magical take on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale, backed by Engelbert Humperdinck’s moving score performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. Matinee performances also available.
In Your Face Theatre present an immersive and interactive production of Irvine Welsh’s classic, making full use of the unique space at Out of the Blue to plunge the audience into the dark club scene of 90s Edinburgh.
Tron Theatre
Royal Lyceum Theatre
PETER PANTO AND THE INCREDIBLE STINKERBELL
29 NOV – 4 JAN, NOT 2 DEC, 16 DEC, 25 DEC, 1 JAN, TIMES VARY, FROM £8
Johnny McKnight’s pantomime romp take on Peter Pan, in which Peter can fly and Tinkerbell has, erm, a problem with flatulence. Matinee performances also available.
Edinburgh
Stage adaptation of the favourited Disney film, bolstered by suitably dazzling staging and elaborate costumes, masks and puppets. Matinee performances also available.
FILM, PERFORMANCE, SPACE
13 DEC, 6:00PM – 7:30PM, £4 (£3)
A varied cacophony of movementdance-film-performance works, journeying through both landscapes and built interiors as staging places for human movement in filmic space. RE-GRIP
14 DEC, 7:00PM – 9:00PM, £12 (£10)
Paper Doll Militia present their second draft follow-up to Open Grip, with an evening of aerial performance for which there will be a panel of six specialists who will give written feedback to each of the 12 pieces presented.
A GAY IN A MANGER
Surgeons’ Hall Museum
12–21 DEC, NOT 15, 16, 17, 18, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £8 (£6)
27 DEC, 6:30PM – 9:30PM, FROM £25
Following a series of performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Disney Fantasia takes to the road for a trio of special dates with live underscore by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
Mary Pearson’s new solo performance bringing together contemporary dance, comedy and social commentary – telling the tale of a fashion victim, aspiring pop diva, and chronic underachiever consumed by delusional fantasies of commercial success. Will Pickvance presents his tongue-in-cheek alternative to the darned glut of pantos, taking in piano outbursts, songs, tantrums and original animations by Tim Vincent-Smith.
The Arches
DISNEY FANTASIA
FAILURE
PIANOMIME
Glasgow-based theatre troupe All About Eve Productions stage their own adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s seasonal favourite, taking in irritating relatives, fumbles under the Christmas tree, faulty toys and an epic puppet show.
The SSE Hydro
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 13 AUG AND 14 DEC, 7:30PM – 9:15PM, £8 (£6)
16–22 DEC, 8:00PM – 9:00PM, £10 (£7)
SEASON’S GREETINGS
Panto adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin, reuniting the cast of last year’s panto to suitably uproarious effect – with stand-up favourite Des Clarke reprising his role as Wishee Washee. Matinee performances also available.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
7 DEC, 7:30PM – 8:45PM, £10 (£8)
THE LION KING
8–9 DEC, 7:30PM – 9:30PM, £8 (£6)
ALADDIN
Summerhall
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 11 OCT AND 18 JAN, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £30
Stereo
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 6 DEC AND 12 JAN, TIMES VARY, FROM £9
Neil Duffield’s all-new stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens Christmas staple, with everyone from Scrooge to Tiny Tim all accounted for – hurrah. Matinee performances also available.
Oscar Wilde’s theatrical classic comedy is given a reworking by Edinburgh Acting School’s Performance Class.
John Barrowman returns to the SECC as Dick Whittington, accompanied by The Krankies as Councillor Krankie and Jimmy Krankie – now with added 3D sequences. Afternoon performances also available.
The King’s Theatre
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 28 NOV AND 4 JAN, TIMES VARY, FROM £14
Edinburgh Playhouse
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 14 DEC AND 5 JAN, TIMES VARY, FROM £13
Gender-bending duo Tranny and Roseannah present an alternative festive experience (as in, to the onslaught of panto) – a camp cabaret of twisted Christmas values, featuring their take on the Christmas nativity and some likely X-rated yuletide singalongs.
TRAINSPOTTING
THE PROVOKED WIFE
20–21 DEC, TIMES VARY, £8 (£5)
Festival Theatre
Riotous revisit of Vanburgh’s classic comedy by Fringe First-winning direction and design team Kate Nelson and Sarah Paulley, with performance, production and costume by the students of Queen Margaret University and Cobweb Theatre Company.
VARIOUS DATES BETWEEN 29 NOV AND 4 JAN, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, FROM £16
Traverse Theatre
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Stage musical of Bing Crosby’s classic 1954 movie of the same name, about two buddies who put on a show in a magical Vermont Inn, finding their perfect mates in the process. Matinee performances also available.
King’s Theatre PETER PAN
CIARA
3–21 DEC, NOT 8, 9, 15, 16, 7:30PM – 10:00PM, £15.50 (£12.50/£8 UNEMPLOYED)
David Harrower’s 2013 Fringe First Award-winning play, set against the landscape of gangland Glasgow – with Blythe Duff the formidable central character struggling to emerge from the shadow of her father’s gang legacy.
30 NOV – 19 JAN, NOT 18 DEC, TIMES VARY, FROM £13
The King’s Theatre head to Neverland this year for their annual panto/opportunity to boo the hell outta Grant Stott. Matinee performances also available.
THE SKINNY