Friday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today

Durufle Requiem: conducted by Rupert Forbes, Director of Music, and accompanied on the organ by Sheila Chisholm. The Requiem (Op 9) was commissioned by the Vichy regime in 1941; Durufle completed it in 1947, dedicating it to his father. It is written for SATB choir with mezzo-soprano soloists. 7.30pm, St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lutton Place.

Meet the Brewer: Broughton Ales offer free tasters of Dark ‘N’ Cloudy Oatmeal Espresso Stout, Dark Hunter, Proper IPA, Merlin’s Ale and 6.2 IPA. 7pm, Sofi’s Bar, Henderson Street. Free.

Scott Methven: Child’s Play – A Retrospective Playtime. A new collection of work by Scott Methven, who works predominantly in Indian ink, oil pastel and ceramic paint to create multi-layered, exploratory and often surreal works.  Launch 7.30pm tonight with bubbly and nibbles, then usual opening hours, Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk. Ends 30th April 2015.

Four Corners: good time soul music for dancing and the perfect start to your weekend –  ‘a rapturous blend of soulful dancefloor music, new and old, from right across the map’. Deep funk, jazzy breaks, afro-latin and dub reggae with DJs Simon Hodge, Astrojazz and Johnny Cashback. 11pm-3am, The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate. £3 before midnight, £5 after. The Bongo Club is a nightclub, live venue and all-round artistic hub owned by local arts charity Out of the Blue ‘putting the sounds of the underground and imaginative aspirations before the mighty dollar’.

Edinburgh College of Art Friday Lecture Series: AND Publishing. Eva Weinmayr is a London-based artist with a long-standing engagement with independent publishing. She is a founder member of AND, an independent publishing platform exploring the creative and social possibilities of print-on-demand technology and new modes of distribution. Eva has exhibited internationally, and since 2010 has run The Piracy Project, an international exhibition and publishing project, with Andrea Francke. 11.30am-1pm, Lecture Theatre 22, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place