1 June Happy Birthday Typewronger Books 4a Haddington Place EH7 7AE
2 Hidden Door Weekender ends today with Cigarettes After Sex at Leith Theatre EH6 4AE
Family Funday at St Bride’s Centre with games and craft making. Make your own Carnival headband.
3 Honeyblood at Summerhall Glasgow based grunge rock Ticket £13.75
4 Neither Wolf Nor Dog Film by Scottish director Steven Lewis Simpson Screening with Director Q&A at Dominion Cinema 18 Newbattle Terrace EH10 4RT
Yoga Tuesdays at St Bride’s Community Centre and the Linten Adie Community Choir meet for rehearsals Or you can try your hand at Egyptian Belly Dancing
5 Scottish Opera The Magic Flute produced by Sir Thomas Allen Festival Theatre EH8 9FT Tickets from £47.50 Until 15 June 2019
6 Edinburgh International Book Festival programme will be launched today
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling EDFOC begins until 16 June HSBC Breeze ride for women Russell Road zigzags to Stockbridge
7 Art in Healthcare exhibition until 16 June at the Botanics
RSPB Fun weekend starts at Secret Herb Garden 32a Pentland Road EH10 7EA
8 Leith Festival A week of community events with music, theatre, dance and tours.
Americana in Leith, Leith Depot 138-140 Leith Walk. FREE
The Spice Girls BT Murrayfield Stadium Tickets from £56 upwards
The Moonwalk takes place tonight
9 Edinburgh Academy Choir and Choral Society Usher Hall
EDFOC SPOKES Family cycle and picnic from 11.00am on Middle Meadow Walk cycling along the Innocent Railway track
10 University of Edinburgh Undergraduate Open Day – all departments will be open
11 EDFOC SPOKES Bike Breakfast at City Chambers 7.45am
An Evening with The Church – Starfish 30th anniversary La Belle Angele 11 Hastie’s Close EH1 1HJ Ticket £25.25
12 Graeme Easton’s playlist with Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan Live podcast show where Graeme talks to sporting personalities and find what music they listen to. Audience can ask questions!
13 Phoenix Community Choir Summer Concert at Leith theatre
Café Voices Storytelling Centre Relaxed session oral storytelling and poetry Ticket £4.50
14 Film Fest in the CIty begins at 4.30pm with Groundhog Day. Films free all weekend.
At the Palace of Holyroodhouse A Royal Wedding : The Duke and Duchess of Sussex opens. Display of wedding outfits Tickets from £15
EDFOC SPOKES Public meeting Edinburgh Connecting our City Transforming our Places with Daisy Narayanan Deputy Director of Sustrans
Fringe Preview Assembly Roxy EH8 9SU Stephen Buchanan and Andy Field Ticket £5
15 Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Summer Fling Usher Hall EH1 2EA
Funny Women Awards Beehive Inn 18 Grassmarket
Edinburgh Whisky Festival Assembly Rooms EH2 2LR Masterclasses and tasting Tickets from £20
16 Dads Rock Family takeover at Tynecastle for the sixth year in a row the dads charity will run an event with music, baby massage, yoga and stadium tours
Sunday Classics The Planets : An HD Odyssey with the RSNO
At the Botanics – Communities Growing Health. Drop in cooking, art and gardening event
EDFOC Leith Links to Portobello Family Ride Begins at 10.00am at Crops in Pots Community Croft 57 Queen Charlotte Street EH6 &EY 5 mile round trip Take a picnic.
Toy Story 4 at 3.00pm at Festival Theatre -part of Edinburgh International Film Festival EIFF
17 At The Stand Red Raw at 7.00pm Open mic night when you can see up to ten new acts. This is where everyone starts!
18 Shane Koyczan Teviot Bristo Square EH 8 9AJ Canadian spoken word artist Ticket £20
19 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin King’s Theatre EH Tickets from £25.75
Edinburgh International Film Festival begins today until 30 June 2019
20 Royal Highland Show until 23 June at the Royal Highland Centre Ingliston.
21 Southern Exposure 2 day festival at Summerhall with Pictish Trail, Piroshka, Be Charlotte and others
22 Conversations with Nick Cave Usher Hall
23 Storytime with Morag Hood Waterstones Kinnaird Park FREE
New Town walking tour starting at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 2.00pm Tickets £12
24 Songbirds and Troubadours Usher Hall EH1FREE
25 Chapter and Verse Opium 71 Cowgate London based Alt rock quartet Ticket £7.70
26 Wild and Majestic : Romantic Visions of Scotland opens at National Museum of Scotland Tickets £10
27 At the National Library of Scotland at 2.00pm Golf’s first celebrity superstar was young Tom Morris, son of the legendary golf pioneer, Tom Morris. In this talk, Florida-based journalist and avid golfer Stephen Proctor presents a stirring and evocative history of Tommy’s life.
28 EIFF presents Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Sketches of Spain at 7.30pm at Queen’s Hall
29 Ride the Night Women v Cancer night ride. Cycle 100k, through the city at night to support charity. Start is at Queen Margaret University. Circular route around Edinburgh landmarks.
30 Great Scottish Walk and Run Festival The 10K walk travels through Cramond Village, River Almond Walkway, Dalmeny Estate, Lauriston Castle and along the Silverknowes foreshore.
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