Art Maker – March. Join the Art Maker Club and make your own masterpieces with artists Tessa Asquith-Lamb and Louise Fraser. For ages 4-12 years. 2-4pm (drop-in), Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Free and unticketed. Supported by the Friends of NGS.
Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts: Family Workshops. Come along and try screen printing, pottery and enamelling at Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts, who have been delivering successful adult workshops for the last 2 years with over 600 happy participants. 10am-12 noon or 1-3pm, Abbeymount Techbase, 2 Easter Road. £5 for one adult + one child, £3 for any additional family members, big or small. Please note that children must be supervised by an adult at all times when in the building. Bookings can be made online here. Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts is an unfunded not-for-profit organisation run by makers for the benefit of professionals and the community.
Filmhouse Junior: A Town Called Panic (PG). A brilliantly inventive stop motion animation. Cowboy and Indian plan to buy a birthday present for their friend Horse, but accidentally destroy his house: a series of wacky adventures ensues. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small, and can be purchased online here or by calling the Filmhouse Box Office on 0131 228 2688.
Bejing Red Poppy Ladies: Mulan. China’s top female percussion band has performed more than 2,500 shows in over 30 countries: in 2008 the group choreographed the drum sequence at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. The story of Mulan is one of the most well-known in China and the character is one of the most famous heroines in Chinese legend. The Red Poppy group tells this moving story through a combination of Chinese drumming, classical Chinese music, kongfu and dance. 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street. Tickets cost £10/£8/£5 and can be booked online here, by calling the box office on 0131 668 2019 or in person. A transaction fee applies to online and phone bookings.
Sofidelity: singer/songwriter club in Sofi’s back room. 6-8pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson St.
Leddra Chapman: the singer-songwriter released her first album Telling Tales in 2009, acclaimed by The Independent as ‘pitch-perfect acoustic pop’. 7pm, Sneaky Pete’s, Cowgate. Strictly for over-18s: no refunds will be given for tickets bought for under-18s. Tickets cost £8/£7 and can be booked online here (transaction fee applies).
St Giles’ At Six: Organ Recital by Brigitte Harris. Music by JS Bath, Brahms and Liszt. 6pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free: retiring collection.
