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BEDLAM GOTH CLUB, GLASGOW
Qudos, Main Floor, Queen Margaret Union, Hillhead Glasgow G12 8QN
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Usually last Saturday of the month, doors open at 9pm - 3am. Tickets: from usual outlets and on the door on the night
Travel :: Edinburgh-Glasgow :: Citylink 900 returns at 3am. http://www.citylink.co.uk/
Other Cities :: http://www.megabus.com/
The largest goth, industrial and alternative club in Scotland ...
http://www.bedlamcorp.co.uk
http://www.altnation.com/forums/bedlam/

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The Woman in Black
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
2 Leven Street
Mon 15 - Sat 20 February
7.30pm / Wed & Sat 2.30pm
Tickets £14 - £26.50

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Offer subject to availability, not to be used in conjunction with any other offer, not valid for tickets already purchased, booking fee applies. Offer also available in person at the Festival Theatre Box Office, 13/29 Nicolson Street, Mon – Sat 10am – 6pm or at the King’s Theatre Box office from one hour before the performance

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"The most brilliantly effective spine-chiller you will ever encounter" Daily Telegraph
" A real thrill of horror" Sunday Times
" A truly nerve-shredding experience" Daily Mail
http://www.fctt.org.uk

Website and UK tour dates
http://www.thewomaninblack.com/
http://www.thewomaninblack.com/uktour.html

More Info :: Nightnews Press Section

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The Egg
Legendary ECA, weekly, Saturday
Indie, 60's, 70's, Punk, Funk, New Wave ...
http://www.myspace.com/eggclubedinburgh
http://www.myspace.com/weeredbar

The Go-Go
& Bubblegum Boogaloo
Various Venues As Advertised
Ska, Mod, Soul, Garage, Punk, New Wave, 60's
by DJ's Tall Paul Robinson and guests
http://www.myspace.com/thegogoedinburgh
http://www.myspace.com/the_gogo

Limbo
..live progressive indie music and dj's,
http://black-spring.com/limbo/

Modern Lovers
GRV or as advertised
..retro indie, psychedelic jazz, moog soundtracks, funk,
exotica, beats, breaks and Hammond grooves!?..
http://www.myspace.com/modernloversclub

Edinburgh University Indie Society
Various venues, as advertised...
Superior indie gigs and club nights
http://www.myspace.com/indiesoc

Come & The Come Collective
Various venues as advertised,
Electro Art Dress Up Dance Party
http://www.myspace.com/comeclubnight

The Green Door
Various venues as advertised, for Hepcats and Hepkittens
Old school rock, rockabilly, psychobilly, surf, r n b, garage
http://www.myspace.com/greendoor_rocknroll

Rockin at ‘the Web’
Spider's Web
dj's, rockabilly, r n b, rock n roll
http://www.myspace.com/rockinattheweb

Starlight-rock-n-roll-club
Venue as advertised
rockin club with Dj's and bands
http://www.myspace.com/starlightrocknrollclub

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Curiousity Cabaret
Dark Cabaret at the Jekyll and Hyde
Brought to you by Fliss and featuring burlesque, music and sweets...
http://www.myspace.com/felicityjeanedmond

Itsy's Kabarett
Venues as advertised
Alternative variety, dark cabaret & macabre neo burlesque
http://www.myspace.com/itsykabarett

Va Va Voom
Electric Circus or as advertised
Burlesque, dance, theatre, performance and glitzy retro disco..
http://www.myspace.com/vvvoom

TEAZE
Various venues as advertised
...alternative burlesque events...
http://www.myspace.com/club_teaze

Vegas Scotland
...has featured amateur showgirls for several years,
various venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow..
http://www.vegasscotland.co.uk/

Dr Sketchy
Various venues as advertised
http://www.myspace.com/drsketchyscotland
http://www.drsketchy.com/
Self proclaimed anti arts class; draped life drawing featuring amateur
burlesque performers as models.
Other venues run similar life drawing classes

Ministry of Burlesque
Various events and venues as advertised
http://www.ministryofburlesque.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ministryofburlesque
Workshops and tuition
http://www.mobacademy.com/

High Tease
Various events and venues as advertised
Blond Ambition Events and Ministry of Burlesque co-productions
http://www.myspace.com/high_tease

Burlescapades!
Voodoo Rooms and other locations
http://www.burlescapades.com/
..stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, songs,
stripteaseacts, and a scantily clad females..

The Bongo Club Cabaret
http://www.thebongoclub.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/purpleproductions
http://www.myspace.com/bongoclubcabaret

Some Current Artists, Movers & Shakers
Artists, troupes, groups and events seem very crossed over...
...follow these other favorite artists, promoters, groups, venues and
get advance notice of their events..
http://www.myspace.com/thevoodoorooms
http://www.myspace.com/purpleproductions
http://www.myspace.com/wildcardkitty
http://www.myspace.com/rockaburley
http://www.myspace.com/frodoallan
http://www.myspace.com/lucilleburn
http://www.myspace.com/miss_hells_belle
http://www.myspace.com/burlesquescotland
http://www.myspace.com/black_cat_burlesque
..all featured in no particular order of course..

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Ayeyermaw
..put live music on in Edinburgh, mainly punk rock but including Earache metal bands..
http://www.myspace.com/ayeyermawcollective

GBH Grievous Bodily Harm
GRV or as advertised
a very small, non-profit 'organisation' that plans, sets up, promotes and runs metal gigs
Metal ~ Death, Thrash, Grind, Gore, Black & Doom Metal
http://www.myspace.com/gbhmetal

Cold Dead Hands Collective
various venues as advertised
everything from hardcore, grindcore, metal, doom, noise through
to acoustic singer songwriters
http://www.myspace.com/colddeadhandscollective
http://xlifeinwartimex.livejournal.com/profile

HOUSE OF CRUST
punk, hardcore.. as advertised
http://www.myspace.com/houseofcrust

More here...
..various events, venues..
..includes event info on Punk, Metal, Post Rock, Noise, Anti-Folk, Hip-Hop,
Electronica, Garage... all mixing together and crossing over..
http://www.myspace.com/capitalpunishmentwebzine
http://www.cappunishment.org/

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The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art
Hark :: The Egg :: Gigs :: Art :: Free Events :: Student prices
http://www.myspace.com/weeredbar
http://www.weeredbar.co.uk/

Cabaret Voltaire
Complete program at their website and links..
SPLIT :: We Are Electric :: Duty Free
Bang Bang Club :: The Mill
http://www.myspace.com/thecabaretvoltaire
http://www.thecabaretvoltaire.com/
Split :: a free drum n bass and techno every Tuesday
http://www.myspace.com/ingenlive
http://www.myspace.com/dj__esquire
WAE :: Underground electronic night, weekly Wed with Felix Oram,
Gary Mac, Guest DJ's and occasional Electro Bands.
http://www.myspace.com/weareelectric
http://www.weareelectric.net/
Bang Bang Club :: Psychobilly, Bossa Nova, Electro
http://www.myspace.com/bangbangclubedinburgh
Duty Free :: Free Live Gigs
The Mill :: Free Live Gigs
http://www.themill-live.com


Citrus Club
..longstanding alternative venue, 80's, 90's, alt-indie, alt ..
Planet Earth v3.1 80's :: Tease Age
Kinky Indie :: Live Music
http://www.myspace.com/citrusclub
http://www.citrus-club.co.uk/


Bongo Club
Complete program at their website.
http://www.thebongoclub.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/thebongoclub
Headspin :: Synthetic :: Special nights and guest clubs
Headspin :: longstanding popular club night, suitable for over 30's,
with disco beats and a whole lot of others!..
http://www.myspace.com/clubheadspin
Synthetic :: Techno & Electro
Watch out for special nights and occasional clubs visiting like..
http://www.myspace.com/officialpendulum


EUSA Teviot and Pleasance Unions
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/
Edinburgh University Dance, Music and Theatre Socs
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/category?cat=6
Edinburgh University Folk Society
http://www.eufolksoc.org.uk/
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group
http://www.eusog.org/
EUSOG-Edinburgh-University-Savoy-Opera-Group


The Hive
.. alternative, indie, gigs and other events..
http://www.clubhive.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/clubhive
http://www.bebo.com/clubhive
http://www.myspace.com/thehivelive


Opium Rock Club
..seven nights of alternative including rock, metal, rockeoke, weekly!
http://www.bebo.com/OpiumR


Sneaky Pete's
..micro venue for boutique clubs and gigs, cap approx 100
http://www.sneakypetes.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/sneakypetesclub


City Cafe Edinburgh
has some genre nights in their basement
Big Bird City :: Green Door
http://www.facebook.com/citycafe
Big Bird City :: Soul, Jazz, Blues, Roots, Reggae, Afro Beat. Feat. Soulman Otis
Green Door :: as listed above..
http://www.myspace.com/greendoor_rocknroll


GRV
Multi-media arts, creative culture, and music centre
GBH Promoters :: Modern Lovers
gigs including metal, indie, performance, and exhibition
http://www.thegrv.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thegrv
http://www.myspace.com/thegrvlive


Forest Cafe
Runs a full program of events almost daily and is cleverly
transforming itself into a venue!
http://www.theforest.org.uk/


The Roxy Arthouse
..now under new management and artistic direction..
http://www.roxyarthouse.org/
Press Release


Raves
Random :: Pedigree Skum Soundsystem
Random :: Psychedelic Trance Night with Planet Monkey, Random and other DJ's
http://www.myspace.com/psyrandom
Pedigree Skum Soundsystem! :: "loud banging beatz, green fields and
a mucked-up mish mash of teknological tomfoolery."... they say.
http://www.myspace.com/pedigreeskum
http://www.myspace.com/zonk_tek


GLBT Bars & Events
a mix of musical genres and other orientations!
Velvet :: GHQ :: Picardy Bar
Cafe Nom de Plume. 60 Broughton St., Edinburgh EH1 3SA
Velvet :: still active in August
http://www.myspace.com/clubvelvet
http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/377
GHQ :: Picardy Bars, Edinburgh's Plushest Gay Venues
http://www.bebo.com/GHQClub


S24 Edinburgh
Studio 24 tries to bring a range of alternative events under its roof when it is open..
http://www.myspace.com/studio24edinburgh
http://www.studio24edinburgh.co.uk/

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Summertime
..a few local favorites to kick off that Summertime feeling..

Annual Summer Revel at Edinburgh College of Art
An annual end of the academic year event at ECA and
one of the most fun nights Edinburgh has to offer
http://www.myspace.com/weeredbar

Ladyfest
Celebrating women in arts, culture and society throughout May
http://www.ladyfestedinburgh.com
http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestedinburgh

Leith Festival
With multiple musical events lasting over a week
between May and June
http://www.myspace.com/leithfestival
http://www.leithfestival.com/

Meadows Festival
The largest weekend village fete in the UK, with
popular sound stages over a weekend in June
http://www.meadowsfestival.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/meadowsfestivaledinburgh

Edinburgh Treefest & Wood Market
A popular June, family, eco, weekend event in Inverleith Park..
http://www.edinburghtreefest.org.uk/

Edinburgh's International Festivals
..check our Fringe pages for a list of links to all of these here


Alternative Arts Events...
for alternative spoken word, balkan music orgies and film lovers..

VoxBox and BeatniX
Performance poetry nights, as advertised by Anita Govan and friends
http://voxbox-2008.blogspot.com/
http://www.anitagovan.com

Balkanarama
Balkan, Gypsy, Klezmer and East European music mayhem..
Facebook Balkanarama

Future Shorts Film
Catch a screening of art-house shorts and film noir once a month, details below
http://www.myspace.com/futureshortsedinburgh
http://www.futureshorts.com

'Dead by Dawn' Annual Horror Film Festival
http://www.deadbydawn.co.uk
Usually in association with the Filmhouse
http://www.filmhousecinema.com


Alternative Activities..
..pick up a few alternative bruises at these events!

Boxwars
More or less what it says on the boxes and as advertised
http://www.boxwars.co.uk

Auld Reekie RollerGirls
..live, all female, full contact, in yer face roller derby!
http://www.AuldReekieRollerGirls.co.uk

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Retro Alternative Nights
The remains of Zombie clubs, DJ's and Soc's from back in the day!

Sesoc :: Gigantor
Old school Sci Fi soc club, once or twice per semester or as advertised
playing retro alternative, punk, industrial and goth...
http://www.thalamus.co.uk/gigantor/
http://gigantor-club.livejournal.com/profile

Edgar Clubs
Old Uni alternative music society...
http://edgar.eusa.ed.ac.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/gothandrock

Fimbulvetr
Old dark ambient, industrial, noise, neo-folk, neo-classical, mish mash..
http://www.myspace.com/fimbulvetr_club
http://fimbulvetr-club.livejournal.com/profile
http://www.fimbulvetr.co.uk/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fimbulvetr_outer_circle

AbSynth
Very occasional night..
http://clubabsynth.livejournal.com/
http://www.clubabsynth.com/

Ascension and Dark City Events
http://www.ascension-edinburgh.co.uk
http://ascension-club.livejournal.com/profile

Clubnervenkrieg
http://www.myspace.com/clubnervenkrieg

Disgraceland
http://www.myspace.com/disgracelandclub


Reunion Nights..
and if they don't have another within the next ten years I'm taking these off!

Madison's Rock Night Reunions
Further information and contacts, please go to
http://madisonsrocknight.tripod.com
Old rockers chit chat at the Madisons board
http://madisonsrockn.proboards24.com/

Keroscene 2 Annual Reunions
Occasional annual re-unions of an old favorite amongst alternative pack-rats,
featuring Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal.. as advertised
http://www.studio24edinburgh.co.uk/

Chambers Street House Ten Year+ Reunions
X-Iniquity and other great pre-1995 nights
October 2005 Photos
Music Policy: Strictly pre-1995, RAWK, Goth, 80's.
Chambers Street EU Union, closed ten years ago in October 95
it was a place where rock types, goths, and all other kinds
of weirdies hung out and was home to some of the longest
running alternative clubs in Edinburgh at the time...


Please note that clubs that are only active within Edinburgh University Teviot and
Pleasance Unions may cease to operate entirely in university vacations ..

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Edinburgh scene :: essential forums, boards, lists

Important Goth Lists
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nightnews/
http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scot
http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/
http://www.fimbulvetr.co.uk/
fimbulvetr_outer_circle

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk_industria/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scotgoths/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finsternis_club/
http://www.altnation.com/forums/goth-industrial/
http://www.the-sulaco.com/avieforum/index.php

http://www.netgoth.org.uk ...back in 2009

Local Event LJ's and LJ Event Communities
http://nightnews.livejournal.com/profile
http://community.livejournal.com/alt_edinburgh/profile
http://community.livejournal.com/edinburgers/profile
http://community.livejournal.com/bleepscotland/profile
http://community.livejournal.com/dark_city_edinb/profile

http://community.livejournal.com/scotgoth/profile
http://community.livejournal.com/indiescotland/profile

Essential Vampyre Culture Lists, LJ & Myspace
Scottish_Vampyre_Society/
http://scotvamp.livejournal.com/profile
http://www.myspace.com/bitememagazine
http://vampires.meetup.com/932/

Rock and Metal Boards and Lists
http://madisonsrockn.proboards24.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nemisgigs/
http://www.alternativenation.net
http://www.undergroundscene.co.uk/
http://cappunishment.org/forums/...replaces EMS

Edinburgh Festival Board
http://www.edfringe.com/forums/

University Student Forums
Edinburgh University
Heriot-Watt University

Live Music Support
http://www.nemis.org/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nemisgigs/
http://www.prsf.co.uk/ PRS Foundation

Local Podcasts
http://www.myspace.com/onthepod_edinburgh

Get a nice cup of tea and a cake after all the excitement ..
http://www.lacerise.biz

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- = Whitby Gothic Weekends = -
http://www.wgw.topmum.co.uk/

Newcastle Goth Fest
http://www.floorshowgothnight.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/floorshowgothnight

Aviemore Gothic Weekends :: Scotland
http://www.agw.techmad.co.uk/

Carnival of Souls
http://www.carnivalofsouls.co.uk/

Infest
http://www.infestuk.com/

Black Veil :: GOG Promotions
http://www.myspace.com/beyondtheveilfestival

Nekrofest
http://www.myspace.com/nekrofest
http://www.darkmatterz.co.uk/

Witch Fest
http://www.myspace.com/witchfest

Gothla
http://www.gothla.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/gothlauk

Faery Fest
http://www.3wishesfaeryfest.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/faeryfest

Wave-Gotik-Treffen Pfingsten
http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.com/english/

M'era Luna
http://www.meraluna.de/

Convergence USA
http://www.altgothic.com/

B L O O D S T O C K - U K - M E T A L F E S T
http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/

Download Metalfest
http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/

Skin 2 Rubber Ball :: London
http://www.skintwo.com/

Slimelight Club :: London
http://www.slimelight.net/Sportal/

Gotham Fest & Elektrofest :: London
http://www.flagpromotions.com/

Knockengorroch Festivals :: Scotland
http://www.knockengorroch.org.uk/

The Wickerman Festival :: Scotland
http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/

Edinburgh Goth Weekend 2003 :: Scotland
http://www.edinburghgothweekend.org.uk

Morecambe Goth & Vampire Festival
http://www.morecambegothfestival.com/

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The Dreadnought Rock
...recently relocated...
http://www.myspace.com/thedreadnoughtrock
http://www.dreadnoughtrock.com/

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Aviemore Gothic Weekends & Events
http://www.agw.techmad.co.uk/
http://community.livejournal.com/aviemoregoth/
http://www.the-sulaco.com/avieforum/index.php

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