A Night of Music in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust with some of Scotland’s finest up and coming talent. Performers include Lewis Webster, Caitlyn Vanbeck, Dionne Hickey, Jamie Lee Morley, Saskia, Shinade Demarco and Jade Burke, with DJ support from New Level Entertainment, + raffle, games and disco. 7pm, The Baron Suite, Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road. Tickets cost £5 and can be obtained by calling 07969 366283
Balerno Branch Railway Weekend: Colinton Local History Society, Colinton Village Events and The Water of Leith Conservation Trust host a model railway exhibition of Colinton Station and the surrounding area (including the adjacent Scott’s Porage Oats mill), created by enthusiast Alistair Dickson, along with other displays of maps and photographs of the Balerno Branch Line. During the heyday of the Caledonian Railway’s Balerno Branch up to 21 passenger trains ran daily, carrying over 250,000 passengers a year. The line closed in 1943. Alistair will give a talk about the creation of the model at 11.30am today, and there will be a guided Railway Ramble at 1pm (see below for details). 10am-4pm, Water of Leith Conservation Trust Visitor Centre, 24 Lanark Road. The exhibition is free to visit, but donations would be much appreciated.
Railway Ramble: join this special guided walk to discover the route of the old railway from Colinton to Slateford. Meet at 1pm in the car park under Gillespie Bridge in Colinton, off Bridge Road. £4/£2 (members). Booking is essential. The walk will end at the Water of Leith Conservation Trust Visitor Centre, where you can see the Balerno Branch Line exhibition. For more information or to book, please call Helen Brown on 0131 455 7467 or email admin@waterofleith.org.uk.
Filmhouse Junior: films for a younger audience. This week: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG). 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small.
Storytelling: Macastory’s Jacobites, Fights and a Prince in Tights! Macastory are off to Jacobite times, sharpening their claymores and marching south with Bonny Prince Charlie! Come along, join up with the Jacobite army and hear tales of daring adventure, brave battles and incredible escapes. Meet the clansmen who fought for the Prince and listen as they tell their stories…you’ll even have a chance to take part in a Highland charge! Lots of songs too. For ages 7+. 2pm, 2.45pm or 3.30pm (30 minute sessions), Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street. Free and unticketed. Supported by the Friends of NGS.
The Big Screen Movie Day: this month family favourite The Goonies (12A). Free popcorn! 2pm, Boda’s Bar, 229 Leith Walk.
Science Sunday: come and enjoy an afternoon of demos, activities and mini-challenges as part of British Science Week. 12 noon-4pm, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street. Free, drop-in.
Edinburgh Printmakers’ Clearance Sale: amazing pieces of art grouped by price and starting at just £10. This one-off fundraising event allows you to pick up rare and unusual fine art prints at a fraction of their original price. 11am-4pm (unless sold out earlier), Edinburgh Printmakers, Union Street.
LGBT: Me & T Monthly. A supportive space for people who have friends, family or partners who are transgender or exploring their gender – an opportunity to meet other people who may have similar experiences, questions or concerns. 2-4pm, LGBT Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. For more information email me.and.t.edinburgh@gmail.com.
Resonate 2015 Jazz & Rock Night: rock ‘n’ roll the night away with the Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra (ESJO) and the Edinburgh Schools Rock Ensemble (ESRE). ESJO is celebrating its 25th birthday; ESRE may be younger, but it is just as entertaining! 7pm, The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street. Tickets cost £8/£4 and can be purchased from the Box office in person, online here or by calling 0131 668 2019. Transaction fees apply to online and telephone bookings. Resonate is a collaboration between The Queen’s Hall and the City of Edinburgh Council’s Children and Families Arts & Creative Learning Service, taking place at The Queen’s Hall 9-30th March 2015. It is made possible by support from the Inches Carr Trust.
St Giles’ At Six: Edinburgh Napier University Chamber Choir ‘Evening‘. Elgar: My love dwelt in a northern land, Brahms: In stiller nacht, Coleridge Taylor: The Evening Star, Sullivan: The long day closes, Robin McLeish: Three Songs (first performance) and Ivo Antognini: There is another sky. 6pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free: retiring collection.
