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MusicIt might be the beginning of the week, but that’s not a good enough reason to stay indoors. Tonight, Henry’s Jazz Cellar presents What’s New, a fund-raiser in aid of the Fiona Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops. Some of the best up-and- comi
ng singers in Scotland will be performing with the Tom Finlay Trio backing them.
• Henry’s Jazz Cellar, 8 Morrison Street, 8:30pm, tickets £6.
MusicThe Usher Hall is the venue for Renee Fleming Opera Gala tonight.
Patrick Summers will be conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, who will be accompanying the acclaimed Grammy Award- winning American soprano Renee Fleming, who featured on the Lord of the Rings soundtrack
• Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 7:30pm, tickets £15 to £41.50
ComedyWatching a comedian just starting out on a career as a stand-up can be an exhilarating experience.
It can deliver buckets of schadenfreude as the victim fails to elicit a single laugh - or can be like discovering the next Bill Hicks .
Tonight at The Stand, Red Raw will give such virgin comedians the chance to try out their material on an open, but not necessarily forgiving, audience.
Headlining the evening will be surrealist John Oliver, while Gerry McDade is compere.
• The Stand, 5 York Place. 8:30pm, tickets £1.
