Edinburgh Independent Venues
Explore the independent organisations driving Edinburgh's creative culture.
Edinburgh's cultural life is not only festival-scale or civic. These organisations show the independent, artist-led and contemporary side of the city.
5 venues
Traverse Theatre
A contemporary theatre organisation with new writing at its centre.
Traverse Theatre is an Edinburgh theatre on Cambridge Street, associated with contemporary theatre, new writing, experimental theatre and drama.
Explore venue →Fruitmarket
An independent contemporary art institution with serious exhibition identity.
Fruitmarket is an Edinburgh contemporary art gallery on Market Street, presenting exhibitions, contemporary art and artist talks.
Explore venue →Collective
An artist-centred contemporary art organisation on Calton Hill.
Collective is an Edinburgh contemporary art centre at the City Observatory on Calton Hill, presenting contemporary art, sculpture, public art and artist commissions.
Explore venue →Stills
An artist-facing, production-first gallery with its own darkroom, run at a scale distinct from Edinburgh's national institutions.
Stills has been Scotland's dedicated home for photography since 1977, when it began as the Scottish Photography Group, running free exhibitions of historic and contemporary work al…
Explore venue →The Jazz Bar
A basement jazz room running a genuinely nightly programme since 2005, on the same independent footing as Edinburgh's other scene-led venues.
The Jazz Bar occupies the basement of a building on Chambers Street dating to around 1860, reached down two short flights of stairs, and has run a genuinely nightly live programme…
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