SAMH Redhall Walled Garden Easter Extravaganza; a fun-filled afternoon in the beautiful garden, with an Easter quiz and trail, children’s activities, cream teas and plants for sale. 12 noon-4pm, Redhall Walled Garden, 97 Lanark Rd. Entry by donation. Redhall Walled Garden is a Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) service dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all.
Filmhouse Junior: screenings for a younger audience – this week Shaun the Sheep: The Movie (U). When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. 11am, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small.
Scotland’s Open Gardens: 61 Fountainhall Road. Large walled town garden in which trees and shrubs form an architectural backdrop to a wide variety of flowering plants. Several alpine beds, and three ponds, with and without fish, which have attracted a lively population of frogs. 2-5pm, 61 Fountainhall Road, EH9 2LH. Admission £4, of which 40% goes to Froglife (a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles) and the net remaining to Scottish Gardens charities. Also open at same times on Sunday 12th April and various dates throughout the summer: see SG’s website for details.
Art Maker – April: join the art maker club and make your own masterpieces with artists Tessa Asquith-Lamb and Louise Fraser. For ages 4-12. 2-4pm (drop-in), Scottish National Gallery, The Mound. Free: no booking required. Supported by the Friends of NGS.
Easter at the Castle: have fun in an idyllic setting and try a host of crafts and woodland trails – enjoy Easter cake and lots of other treats, and watch out for lost bunnies! For families: please note that children cannot be booked onto this session alone, they must be accompanied by at least one paying adult. 10am-1pm, Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South. £5 per person: bookings must be made via the Usher Hall Box Office, either in person, by calling 0131 228 1155 or online here.
Time Warp: DJ Lexo presents Time Warp-Party Non-Stop, an eclectic mash-up of music and film, DJ Lexo (ex Scottish Student DJ Champion) has been DJ-ing in clubs since the age of 17, and now brings his new live video show to Edinburgh. Music videos from diverse genres (hip hop, rock and dance) are mashed up and the sampled origins of today’s popular music are explored, brought together and re-edited live. Film and TV show samples are thrown into the mix with the best of their soundtracks, along with the music that inspired them. This is an audio-visual performance on two giant screens and may contain explicit content. 11pm-3am, The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate. Tickets cost £5 on the door. 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 International Science Festival: SciMart. A farmers’ market with a scientific twist, bringing together over thirty food producers (including Chillilicious, Dunbar Bakery, Build Rwanda, Kelvin Valley Honey, Ninja Buns and Rock Rose Gin), researchers and chefs to reveal the science behind some of our foodstuffs. There will be a full programme of talks and treats (click here for details), with demonstrations from award-winning Edinburgh chef Paul Wedgewood and a mini-restaurant of food surprises for younger visitors. 11am-4pm, Summerhall, 1 Summerhall. Tickets cost £5 (under 12s free) and may be purchased online here or by calling the Festival Box Office on 0844 557 2686.
Faberge Family Fun Day at the Palace of Holyroodhouse: visit the Palace on Easter Sunday and find out about all things Faberge! Including a Faberge Egg Hunt, Make and Take Faberge (make your own Faberge egg in the Palace Family Room), Facepainting, Hands On Faberge (handle some replica Faberge eggs), Storytelling, Family Activity Trails and a Family Audio Tour. All activities are included in the admission price. 9.30am-6pm (last admission 4.30pm), Palace of Holyroodhouse, Canongate, Royal Mile. There are various tickets available; see website for full details. Tickets purchased direct from the Palace may be converted into One Year Passes, enabling you to make return visits free of charge (see website for conditions).
Nitekirk: a creative, drop-in experience of church. ‘A place of welcome, a space for stillness, a pause on your journey, an open door’. Come and go as you wish, join in activities, songs and quiet conversation, or just sit in silence. This month’s theme is Surprise. 6-8pm, Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place. This month Nitekirk is piloting the practice of holding two gatherings per month: the second will be on Friday 17th April.
St Giles’ At Six: an organ recital. Peter Backhouse plays Widor Symphonie VI. 6pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free: retiring collection.
