Summerhall Arts

Summerhall confirms EdFringe 2025
Summerhall Arts charity announces future plans
Summerhall will be a venue at EdFringe 2025 according to Summerhall Arts, the independent charity set up in 2023 to take over the running of Summerhall’s arts and performance programme.

Summerhall: AMA are preferred
Preferred bidder for Summerhall confirmed as local house builder
Edinburgh based AMA Homes has been confirmed as the preferred bidder for the Summerhall arts complex, indicating it will become “mixed use”, while still “allocating a substantial proportion of the space for art, conference, entertainment and public space.”

Palette to take Summerhall lease
Edinburgh Palette is set to take over the building and tenant management of Summerhall, from the current entity responsible, Summerhall Management, and is negotiating a three year lease with the current owners Oesselmann Estate Limited.

New campaign to save Summerhall complex
Campaign to retain city-centre home for artists and businesses
A new group, #MadeinSummerhall, has been set up by 110 artists and businesses at under-threat Summerhall, to campaign to retain their city-centre homes, which make up 60% of of the Summerhall complex.

Summerhall reprieved as a Fringe venue
Future of whole complex not clear as sale date set.
Summerhall appears to have been reprieved as a Fringe venue for at least three years, as responsibility for running the venue element of the Summerhall complex is taken over by a new charity ahead of its sale going to a closing date of September 18, 2024.