Arcadia Scotland

Art and Culture

Build It! Adventures with Lego Bricks

Throughout March, National Museum of Scotland

Exhibition of LEGO® builds from Warren Elsmore and his team.

The Artist and the Sea

Throughout March, City Art Centre

Images of the sea by generations of Scottish artists, drawn from the Centre's collection.

In Glass Parting

Through 9 March, Summerhall

Installation by choreographer Riccardo Buscarini and artist Richard Taylor.

Celts: Art and Identity

Beginning 10 March, National Museum of Scotland

A major exhibition reviewing what we know about the different people who, over the centuries, have been identified as 'Celts', with artefacts, manuscripts, weapons and stunning art objects. A special exhibition organised between the National Museum of Scotland and the British Museum in London.

British Art Show 8

Throughout March, Talbot Rice Gallery, Inverleith House and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One

Works by 42 artists in the nationally touring show curated by Lydia Yee and Anna Collin, exploring the increasing convergence between the real and virtual spheres.

Document Scotland: The Ties that Bind

Throughout March, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Images of Scottish people from the collective founded in 2012, comprising Colin McPherson, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Sophie Gerrard and Stephen McLaren. The show is timed to take place one year after the referendum on independence, and is designed to reflect the multiplicity of views and challenges associated with the event.

John Bellamy and the Scottish Women's Hospitals

Throughout March, Parliament

Archive materials related to the Scottish Women's Hospitals, plus paintings and drawings inspired by them, by the late John Bellany.

Music, Comedy and Dance

Carmen

12 March, Edinburgh Playhouse, 7:30pm

Bizet's opera about the downfall of Don José who is seduced by the seductress gypsy, Carmen.

Cafe Ceilidh

15 March, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 2-4pm

Relaxed daytime traditional music session hosted by traditional music group Linten Adie.

Brian O'Headhra and Fiona Mackenzie

29 March, Leith Folk Club, 7:30pm

Highland-based folk singers in concert.

Mick West Band

15 March, Leith Folk Club, 7:30pm

Scots singer West is joined by a crew of multi-instrumentalist for this trad show featuring pipes, whistles and bodhran.

Northern Ballet: 1984

31 March, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 7:30pm

Northern Ballet take on Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 in a piece of dance that updates the novel for dance fans.

Lectures, Sports and Local Festivals

International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace

Through 20 March, Various venues and times

This international festival draws together people from a wide range of spiritual backgrounds, cultures, traditions and communities to celebrate peace and mutual understanding via spiritual, educational, artistic and cultural events.

Edinburgh's Festival of Ireland

9-13 March, Various Venues and times

A little bit of Ireland descends upon Edinburgh in the run-up to St Patrick's Day. Edinburgh's Festival of Ireland is a multi-arts, family-friendly celebration of the Emerald Isle, with storytelling, music, dance, talks, comedy and food & drink events.