Penny and Matt from LMN working with Tonic Arts. Image copyright to Euan Robertson

What’s On

Find out more about our upcoming events, exhibitions, workshops and performances.

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Joint Tonic Arts and Green Health Network Event

13 May, 2025 / Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh, 5 Little France Road Edinburgh EH16 4UX

Positive Health: Green Health and Tonic Arts Network Gathering 2025

Our 2025 Network Gathering is a platform for sharing knowledge, building partnerships, and advancing positive health initiatives using creativity and nature.

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Our story exhibition, celebrating 200 years of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital

13 December, 2024 – 31 December, 2025 / Canteen, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

REH: Our Story

Celebrating 200 Years of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Step into the Mackinnon House canteen and take a journey through time! […]

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a person conducting a choir

27 January, 2025 – 20 May, 2025 / Carmondean Community Centre, Fells Rigg, Livingston EH54 8AX

NHS Choir

Back by popular demand! We are delighted to be working with Commissioned Partners, Generation Arts, to bring back our FREE […]

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Evergreen exhibition at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital

7 November, 2024 – 29 April, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Evergreen: a celebration of nature.

Immerse yourself in the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Join us for a captivating exhibition that explores the […]

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Handle with Care exhibition

7 December, 2024 – 15 May, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, Anne Ferguson Building, Western General Hospital

Handle with Care

In partnership with Edinburgh Printmakers, we are proud to present ‘Handle with Care’; an exhibition which explores the meaning and […]

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illustration by Amy Steele

20 November, 2024 – 8 April, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People/Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Storybook Way

Storybook Way is a vibrant site-specific exhibition captures the magic of picture books for all ages.

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29 November, 2024 – 24 May, 2025 / Tonic Gallery and outdoor exhibition, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Havens: Stories and Portraits from NHS Lothian

Discover the interesting and sometimes surprising places that NHS Lothian staff use as havens in their busy work lives.

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little-astronaut, red-building by Jolanta-Pakla-Plebankiewic

7 December, 2024 – 30 August, 2025 / Astley Ainslie Hospital, 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2HL

New Foto Photography Exhibition

New Foto is an exhibition that has been developed by our Tonic Arts programme in partnership with Stills: Centre for […]

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4 February, 2025 – 31 July, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, St John’s Hospital Livingston

What does art look like?

Explore the vibrant world of artistic expression from NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts Art Collection. This collection, with over 2,500 […]

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As part of the Edinburgh International Festival, the London Symphony Orchestra play at a Hospital in the Lothians. Image © to Mihaela Bodlovic

9 April, 2025 – 10 September, 2025 / Hospitals across NHS Lothian

NHS Festival Sessions

We’re thrilled to be continuing our exciting partnership with Edinburgh International Festival, bringing world class artists to perform for patients and staff across NHS Lothian.

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Our Common Humanity, © Juli Bolaños-Durman

13 September, 2023 / Garden Lobby, Scottish Parliament

NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts Showcase

NHS Lothian Charity was delighted to host an event at the Parliament, sponsored by Daniel Johnson MSP, to celebrate the […]

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LSO & Sir Simon Rattle © Mark Allan

14 August, 2023 – 16 August, 2023 / Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital

London Symphony Orchestra at NHS Lothian

Welcome to a remarkable event as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, featuring the world-famous London Symphony Orchestra performing a […]

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Artwork © Emelia Kerr-Beale as part of the Life under Lockdown project

12 April, 2020 – 12 June, 2021

Life Under Lockdown

One Pandemic. Seven Artists. Seven Generations. One Exhibition In June 2020 Tonic Arts created a  series  of micro-residencies  for  visual  […]

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1 June, 2023 – 30 August, 2023 / Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Summer Fling

The Summer Fling is a celebration of art, creativity, culture, nature and community. Celebrating the great outdoor spaces of the […]

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