Dunard Centre

dunard centre

Opening up the city

The Dunard Centre makes the most of its city centre location,  allowing visitors to approach from St Andrew Square, Elder Street and Register Place.

The concert hall will operate as a year-round cultural destination, with multipurpose rooms, bars and a café creating drop-in opportunities outside of set performances.

Whether you’re coming for a talk, a snack, a tour or a show, visitors can arrive by foot, pedal, bus, tram, and train. These excellent public transport links will make it an easy venue to reach for visitors outside the South East Scotland region, with many international music lovers also expected to make the journey to check out Edinburgh’s latest cultural hub.
 
In total it’s  projected that the Dunard Centre’s ambitious artistic programme will attract 200,000 concert goers every year, with crowds attending performances by the resident Scottish Chamber Orchestra, world-renowned Edinburgh International Festival and a diverse range of other ensembles and performers, from established icons to emerging talent.
 
Meanwhile high-energy community partnerships will encourage locals from Edinburgh and throughout the region to experience the stunning space for themselves, with a particular emphasis on creating welcoming opportunities for under-represented audience groups.
 

A musical centre of excellence needs a great location, a world class design and a fantastic programme, but it also needs to be campaign-ready. This will be a venue that seeks to move people who already know that live music is for them, and that also goes out of its way to convince those who aren’t so sure. Because when we say the Dunard Centre is for everyone, we mean it.

That’s why accessibility is such an central part of the venue’s masterplan: from the three minute commute from transport hubs to the box office, to a three-phased campaign to build awareness, anticipation and action in future audiences. We aren’t just about creating brilliant live performances, we want to create a lively new circulation point for the city: and that work starts now.

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