Edinburgh is amongst the leading cultural places in the world, offering a wide range of critically acclaimed art exhibitions, mind-blowing theatre performances, and unforgettable music shows and festivals. The city’s award-winning trams offer a safe and reliable service throughout the city centre and beyond, and with so many key attractions near the network, they are a value-for-money option for local residents and tourists.
Here are the highlights of March as well as the closest tram stops to each venue.
Fri, 1 Mar, Sun, 31 Mar
Edinburgh City Centre – various locations and times
City centre stops
Bigger than ever before, Eat Out Edinburgh returns with a full month of incredible offers from the city centre’s best bars and restaurants.
From weekend brunches and business lunches to dinner and drinks, Eat Out Edinburgh has been designed to bring friends, family, and colleagues together. Explore new cuisines and try special occasion restaurants for a good price while supporting the city’s vibrant hospitality sector.
This year’s festival will run for four weeks, allowing diners twice the time to take advantage of set menu deals and special offers from venues throughout Edinburgh's city centre.
The festival highlights both established city favourites and exciting newcomers on the food scene. Over 40 venues are expected to take part this year, with diners able to choose from a host of participating restaurants, cafés, and bars across Princes Street, George Street, Charlotte Square, and St James Quarter.
Count Arthur Strong in ‘And It’s Goodnight From Him’
Sat, 2 Mar, 20.00
Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE
Nearest tram stop: West End
Having consulted with top Harley Street specialists, the St Anne’s Jombulance Brigade and Professor Twitty, that did covid, (the bald one), Count Arthur Strong has decided to gradually phase in his farewell tour over a yet-to-be-specified number of parts, because of the likelihood of people doing ‘Cold Turkey’ in theatres over him. Whilst partial, himself to the odd bit of cold turkey, it is banned in most theatre auditoriums, apart from in the northeast, because of it getting trodden into the carpets etc, and the cumulative smell. The management would appreciate your co-operation in this matter.
Mon, 11 Mar, 20.00
Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
Nearest tram stop: Picardy Place
At a point in our evolution when it seems as if we’re sleepwalking into a world where humans might be redundant, and much of what we do can be done better and more efficiently by machines, what better time to celebrate our flawed humanity?
To take us on a jaunt through the error-strewn, distracted, crumb-festooned, sometimes magnificent history of human thought and how it might help us survive in this brave new world. A magical, musical mystery tour of the human mind, along with some other pressing matters about whales, biophilia, unrequited love and other thoughts. Amplified with music.
Welcome to Thoughtifier!
Sat, 16 Mar, Sun, 17 Mar, 09.00 – 17.00 (16.00 on Sunday)
Royal Highland Centre
Ingliston, Newbridge, EH28 8NB
Nearest tram stop: Ingliston Park & Ride
Don’t miss this year’s new bike models on display for the very first time in Scotland – some of which will be months ahead of their arrival in showrooms! Scotland’s biggest and best motorcycle show returns to Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre in March 2024 with all the latest models, major manufacturers, and breath-taking live action. The Scottish Motorcycle Show is a haven for anyone with a passion for motorcycles. More than 15,000 visitors attend the event each year. Three exhibition halls house hundreds of exhibitors all of whom benefit from being at Scotland’s only indoor motorcycle event. Don’t miss out, secure your discounted advance entry today!
Wed, 13 Mar, 19.30
Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
Nearest tram stop: Picardy Place
Senbla presents Opera International’s award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, a highly-praised chorus and a full orchestra.
Starring Ukrainian mezzo-sopranos Natalia Matveeva and Irina Sproglis, it is set to be an evening of passion, sexual jealousy, death, and unforgettable arias.
This dazzling production with orchestra features Bizet’s unforgettable melodies including The Toreador’s Song, Carmen’s enticing Habanera, and Don Jose’s lyrical Flower Song in a setting evoking the stunning architecture of Seville and its main square with Roman and Moorish influences.
Thu, 14 Mar, 19.30
Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
Nearest tram stop: Picardy Place
Back by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning Opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets including a spectacular Japanese garden and fabulous costumes including antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee, Ukrainian soprano Alyona Kistenyova and Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Natalia Matveeva and Irina Sproglis.
One of the world’s most popular operas, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-breaking story of a beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant – with dramatic results.
Highlights include the melodic Humming Chorus, the moving aria One Fine Day and the unforgettable Love Duet.
Professor Brian Cox – Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey
Fri, 15 Mar, 19.30
Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Pl, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
Nearest tram stop: Picardy Place
Having set two Guinness World Records with his previous sell-out World Tour, Professor Brian Cox is back in regional theatres to see off the sell-out Arena tour HORIZONS.
Horizons has taken over 250,000 people across three continents on a dazzling journey; a story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state-of-the-art screen technology, venues across the world from New Zealand to the Arctic Circle have been filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and the latest theories of the origin of the Universe.
What is the nature of space and time? How did life begin, how rare might it be and what is the significance of life in the Cosmos? What does it mean to live a small, finite life in a vast, eternal Universe? Having travelled the world, it’s now time to bring Horizons back home to the UK for a final journey around our magnificent and baffling Universe.
The Jesus and Mary Chain – 40 Years
Wed, 27 Mar, times TBC
Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH1 2EA
Nearest tram stop: West End
The Jesus and Mary Chain have set the wheels in motion for a landmark year ahead as they announce the March 8th release of their new album ‘Glasgow Eyes’ and single ‘Jamcod’. The duo – brothers Jim and William Reid – will further mark their 40th year in 2024 with an autobiography (published by Orion/White Rabbit) and a major European tour starting in Manchester on March 22nd.
Edinburgh Trams offers various money-saving ticket deals for customers travelling together across the city, including the popular ‘Family Day Tripper’ ticket, and further information about ticket products can be found here.