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The Queen's Hall

Venue Details

Phone: 0131 668 2019

Address:

Website: thequeenshall.net

Extra details about The Queen's Hall

Box Office: 10am-2pm
Monday-Friday (phone and counter)

85-89 Clerk Street
EH8 9JG
Edinburgh

The view of the stage in the Queen's Hall from the back of the gallery during a rehearsal.

Creating music memories since 1979, The Queen’s Hall is Edinburgh’s premier independent mid-sized live music venue, hosting world-class artists from all musical fields: classical, jazz, folk and roots, rock and pop and Americana.

Access Details

Wheelchair accommodation is available in the centre and side stalls. Access into the building is via a ramp up to front right-hand entrance, next to the Box Office. There are two wheelchair accessible toilets to the left-hand side of the rear fire exit in the bar. Please let us know if you need a wheelchair space when buying your ticket.

Assistance dogs are welcome.

There is an induction loop in the main auditorium to help patrons with hearing difficulties. Turn your hearing aid to the T position to pick up sound directly from the stage.

Only small handbags, backpacks and briefcases will be permitted and must be kept with you at all times. Random bag searches may be carried out. There is no cloakroom facility.

Seating plans

Coming up at The Queen's Hall:

  1. A dark background with bright green and red shapes, featuring two cartoon-like drawings of horns.

    From Scotland to Persia

    November 2024

    SCO Wind Soloists are joined by exceptional players from RCS.
  2. Against a dark, starry night sky with a large bright star on the left, two silhouettes of faces with mouths opened are tilted up as if singing to the star.

    Bach's Christmas Oratorio

    November 2024

    Celebrate the coming festivities with one of music’s most uplifting seasonal creations.
  3. SCO clarinettists William Stafford, holding his clarinet and smiling, and Maximiliano Martín, playing the clarinet, are set against a dark background surrounded by bright red shapes.

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    December 2024

    Maxim Emelyanychev surrounds one of Mozart’s most-loved pieces with rarities created around the same time by Haydn, Krommer and Wranitzky.
  4. Violinist Rachel Podger holds her instrument, smiling at the camera, against a light pink and dark green background.

    Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

    January 2025

    Join British violinist Rachel Podger in a concert focusing on some of JS Bach’s most iconic orchestral music.
  5. Geneva Lewis with her violin, smiling at the camera against a dark background with shapes in various shades of pink.

    Sibelius Violin Concerto

    January 2025

    SCO Conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen directs the fiery Sibelius Violin Concerto, alongside the coolly elegant Sixth Symphony.
  6. Maxim Emelyanychev looking into the camera, hand touching his jawline, against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Ad Absurdum

    January 2025

    Jörg Widmann’s whirlwind of a trumpet concerto from Sergei Nakariakov forms the centrepiece of a concert to raise a laugh.
  7. Ivan Podyomov smiling, and holding his oboe, against a dark background with bright blue, red, and green shapes.

    Mozart Oboe Concerto

    February 2025

    Discover Mozart’s song-like Oboe Concerto in the hands of Ivan Podyomov, principal oboist at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
  8. Pekka Kuusisto strumming his violin in front of a background with bright pink, green, and blue waves.

    An afternoon with Pekka & friends

    March 2025

    Get up close with Finnish violin superstar Pekka Kuusisto in this intimate chamber afternoon.
  9. Pekka Kuusisto gently strumming his violin with eyes closed, set against a gradient background of blue, pink, and orange waves.

    Parabola

    March 2025

    Join Pekka Kuusisto and Simon Crawford-Phillips on an arc through time and musical styles, from Britten to Adès, Beamish to Haydn.
  10. SCO Principal Double Bass Nikita Naumov playing his instrument in front of a bright green background with dark green and light pink shapes.

    Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony

    March 2025

    Mark Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven’s hymn of wonder to the natural world, with SCO Principal Nikita Naumov as soloist in Eötvös’s Aurora.
  11. Violinist Isabelle van Keulen smiling at the camera, holding her instrument, against a dark background with light blue and pink shapes.

    Schumann & Schubert

    March 2025

    Isabelle van Keulen takes the reins of the SCO for the lyrical Violin Concerto by Robert Schumann, alongside Schubert’s Third Symphony.
  12. Conductor François Leleux smiling at the camera, holding the baton, against a dark background with shapes in different shades of green.

    Mozart & Strauss

    April 2025

    Deeply charismatic oboist and conductor François Leleux directs Mozart’s cheeky Bassoon Concerto, and music by the teenage Richard Strauss.
  13. Shot from behind a violinist playing to the audience at a dementia-friendly concert.

    Tea Dance Concerts

    April 2025

    Enjoy an afternoon of music and join our musicians as they perform a programme designed especially for people living with dementia.
  14. Violinist Lorenza Borrani smiling at the camera, holding her instrument against a dark grey and light pink background.

    Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

    April 2025

    Lorenza Borrani teams up with SCO Principal Violist Max Mandel in what many consider Mozart’s finest creation: the Sinfonia concertante.