Assembly Roxy is home to a year-round programme of comedy, theatre, music and events in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. During the Fringe, this venue is part of the Assembly festival programme.
Alternative Halloween night out with spooky cabaret acts, live bands, games, tarot readings and a witch's brew bar in a gothic church.
A movement-led theatre piece by Mad Bad Productions that blends poetry, movement and light to explore themes of wilderness and memory.
Talk by Abdelrahman ElGendy, Shezana Hafiz and Stu Bretherton on state repression, part of Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair 2026.
Panel talk at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair on whether AI is inevitable, the impact of hyperscale datacentres and the resistance of affected communities.
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Panel discussion on the cost of living with authors China Mills, Kayleigh Garthwaite and Tanisha Spratt, chaired by Ellie Muniandy, at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair.
18+ talk by clinical sexologist Lindsay Dukes on the psychology and biology of fetish and kink, with a Q&A, part of the Seed Talks collection.
A funny and heartfelt drama following three ice skating instructors in the aftermath of a freak accident.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Catherine Bohart brings her new stand-up show, 'Borrowing Trouble', to the Assembly Roxy.
Magic Circle member Kevin Quantum, a magician and physicist, brings his show of impossible illusions and levitations that explore the space where science and magic meet.
Live stage show with audience participation from the podcast 'Not As We Planned', exploring modern dating disasters.
Dark comic drama by Rob Drummond about three women who were widowed by the same man, with each ticket including a pie from Piemaker and a drink.
Spoken word show by national poetry slam winner myndstate, drawing on his debut collection 'deep breath' to explore identity, sexuality, love and shame.
A live jazz performance that recreates the 1920s atmosphere of New Orleans, blending ragtime, brass and blues with spontaneous improvisation.
High-energy traditional Scottish ceilidh night with live music from the HotScotch Ceilidh Band and a free beginners' class.
A comic and poignant tale of morality and misunderstanding that offers a fresh contemporary take on the vampire myth, by John Maley.
New stand-up show 'Looking For Trouble' from BAFTA and Perrier Award-winning comedian Dylan Moran, star of 'Black Books'.
Musical comedy double act Flo & Joan bring their UK tour show 'With Feeling' to the Assembly Roxy.
Science talk by Dr Michael Brooks, part of Seed Talks Edinburgh, on the physics of parallel universes and the multiverse.
Dark comic drama by Rob Drummond about three women and three dead husbands, from the A Play, A Pie and A Pint series at the Assembly Roxy.
Fever, the string quartet of the Belford String Quartet, plays a candlelit tribute to Christmas movie soundtracks in the former church of the Assembly Roxy.
Traditional Scottish dance ceilidh with a live band, with a free half-hour beginners' class before the ceilidh.
One-night-only pop-up choir for over-18s where you learn to sing pop classics in harmony with more than 200 others in a candlelit space.
First night of the Laldie Ceilidhs' Countdown to Hogmanay, with three and a half hours of ceilidh dancing and live music from The Cutting Edge Band.
The Big Shoogle, the world's rockiest Ceilidh band, play traditional Scottish music for dancing at the second night of the Laldie Ceilidhs' Countdown to Hogmanay.
A quirky play by Fringe First winner Skye Loneragan, presented as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.
Stand-up Jon Richardson, with special guest Phill Jupitus, talks about the moments that shaped him and set him on the path to comedy.
High-energy traditional Scottish ceilidh dancing night with live music and dance calling from the Rerr Terr Ceilidh Band, suitable for all ages and abilities.
