The Queens Hall has been used for concerts since 1979, thankfully surviving despite a few closure scares.
The Queens Hall 20th April 2009. S.S.©2009.
- 1980 14th June Billy Boy Arnold, featuring Tony McPhee, Tommy Tucker, & Split Ruitt
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/billyboyadvert80.jpg)
- 1982 13th June Laurie Anderson
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/laurequeens82.jpg)
- 1983 30th June The Residents
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/residentsqueens83.jpg)
- 1983 2nd March Bill Nelson, with Richard Jobson, The Yorkshire Actors, & Fiat Lux
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Nelson83Queens.jpg)
- 1983 4th November Steve Hackett
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/stevejohnhackettqueenshall41183.jpg)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/stevejohnhackettqueenshall411832.jpg)
- 1983 20th December Aztec Camera
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/aztecqueens831.jpg)
- 1984 20th February Thomas Dolby
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dolbyqueens84.jpg)
- 1984 27th August Jack Bruce & Friends
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jackbrucequeens84.jpg)
- 1984 30th August John Martyn
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/johnmartynqueens87.jpg)
- 1985 13th March The Associates
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AssociatesQueens85.jpg)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AssociatesQueensHall85bootleg.jpg)
- 1985 18th August The Liverpool Poets
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/liverpoolpoetsqueens85.jpg)
- 1985 19th August Illinois Jacquet Quartet
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/roundmidnight8519.jpg)
- 1985 23rd August The 29th Street Saxophone Quartet
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/roundmidnightqueens8523.jpg)
- 1985 28th August Billy Bragg, support band The Housemartins
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bragghousmartinsqueens85.jpg)
- 1985 27th September Bud Shank
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shankqueens85.jpg)
- 1985 21st October Prefab Sprout (moved from Coasters).
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/prefabmovedtoqueenshall85.jpg)
- 1985 8th November Gil Scott-Heron
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/scottheronplay85.jpg)
- 1985 15th November Ralph Towner, & John Abercrombie
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/townerqueens85.jpg)
- 1985 29th November The Terje Rypdal Trio
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rypdalqueens85.jpg)
- 1985 6th December Buddy Tate, & Al Grey
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tatequeens85.jpg)
- 1985 13th December Dizzy Reece, Gordon Cruickshank, & The Kenny Fraser Trio
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/reecequeens85.jpg)
- 1986 17th January Roy Williams, Brian Keddie, Bobbie Wishart, & Jimmy Hastings
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/williamsqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 24th January Sheila Jordan, Harvie Swartz, & Martin Taylor
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jordanqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 7th February Arguelles, Bates, & The Clark Tracey Quartet
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/arguellesqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 14th March Carol Kidd, Frank Pantrini, & The Sandy Taylor Trio
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/kiddqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 21st March Waso
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wasoqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 8th May Steeleye Span
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/steelqueens86.jpg)
- 1986 16th May Buddy De Franco with the Martin Taylor Quartet
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/defrancoqueens86.jpg)
- 1987 2nd May Julian Cope, support bands The Faith Brothers & Crazyhead
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/copequeens87.jpg)
- 1987 14th May The Christians, The Faith Brothers, & Crazyhead
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/christiansqueens87.jpg)
- 1987 26th June Moving Hearts
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/movingqueens87.jpg)
- 1987 9th August Gil Scott-Heron
- 1987 29th August The Bhundu Boys
- 1987 19th September John Martyn
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/johnmartynqueens87.jpg)
- 1988 18th February The Woodentops
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/woodenqueens88.jpg)
- 1988 29th August Ted Hawkins
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tedqueens88.jpg)
- 1988 28th September Transvision Vamp
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/transqueens88.jpg)
- 1988 2nd November The Wedding Present
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weddingqueens88.jpg)
- 1989 17th March Chick Corea/Gary Burton
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chickqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 30th April The Pixies, support band The Wolfgang Press
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pixiesqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 17th May Paul Haig
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/haigqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 26th June The Throwing Muses
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/throwingqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 13th September Big Audio Dynamite
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/badqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 24th October Dogs D’Amour
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dogsqueens89.jpg)
- 1989 1st December John Mc Laughan Trio
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mclaughanqueens89.jpg)
- 1990 17th May Wire
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wirequeens90.jpg)
- 1990 10th October Test Department
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/testdptqueens90.jpg)
- 1991 20th May The Wedding Present, support band Buffalo Tom
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/weddingqueens91.jpg)
- 1992 4th May Bill Hicks
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hicksqueens92.jpg)
- 1992 27th May The Frankie Miller Band
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/millerqueens92.jpg)
- 1992 18th September Throwing Muses
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/throwingqueens92.jpg)
- 1992 27th September Babes In Toyland, Jacob’s Mouse, & Polvo
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/babesqueens92.jpg)
- 1993 5th May Midge Ure
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/midgequeens93.jpg)
- 1993 10th May Loudon Wainwright III
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/loudenqueens.jpg)
- 1993 4th June Maria McKee
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mckeequeens93.jpg)
- 1993 30th June The Very Big Carla Bley Band
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/carlableyqueens93.jpg)
- 1993 23rd October Horse
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/horsequeens93.jpg)
- 1993 11th November The Silencers
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SilencersQueensHall.jpg)
- 1993 28th November Dream Theatre
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dreamqueens93.jpg)
- 1994 12th February Suede (last gig with Bernard Butler)
- 1994 31st March Kristin Hersh
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Kristinqueens94.jpeg)
- 1994 4th May Candy Dulfer
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dulferqueens94.jpg)
- 1994 17th May Blur, & Sleeper
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/blurqueens94.jpg)
- 1994 5th September Paradise Lost
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Paradisequeens94.jpeg)
- 1995 8th June The Boo Radleys
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/booqueens95.jpg)
- 1995 20th June Jeff Buckley
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/buckleyqueens95.jpg)
- 1995 24th October Edwyn Collins
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/edwynqueens95.jpg)
- 1995 7th November Buffalo Tom
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/buffaloqueens95.jpg)
- 1996 13th April The Wildhearts
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wildqueens96.jpg)
- 1996 14th August Eddi Reader
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/readerqueens96.jpg)
- 1997 2nd November Ivor Cutler
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cutlerqueens97.jpg)
- 1998 14th August Spiritualized & Steve Martland
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/spiritqueens98.jpg)
- 1998 16th August Ken Kesey & Ken Babbs
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/kenkeseyqueens98.jpg)
- 1998 21st August Nick Cave & The Dirty Three
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cavequeens98.jpg)
- 1999 27th-30th August Marc Almond
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/marcqueens1.jpg)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/marcqueens2.jpg)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/marcqueens3.jpg)
- 1999 31st August Pulp
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pulpqueens99.jpg)
- 2000 8th August Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bainqueens2000.jpg)
- 2000 19th November Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) acoustic tour
- 2000 8th December Wire, support band Snow Patrol (note this gig is promoted by Edinburgh record shop Avalanche)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/da76_1.jpg)
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wiresnowqueens.jpg)
- 2001 4th July David Byrne
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ByrneQueens2001.jpg)
- 2006 25th November J Spaceman
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jspacequeens06.jpg)
- 2008 21st April Edwyn Collins
![](http://edinburghgigarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/collinsqueens2008.jpg)