Hidden Door comes out of hiding
The secret location for the 10th birthday party for Hidden Door Festival has been revealed. It is in the city centre and it will be a lot different from their usual “fixer uppers”.
Scotland is off to New York
Representatives from the UK and Scottish Governments are off to New York to promote Scotland to the US and to take part in the 26th New York City Tartan Day Parade on Saturday.
Angus Robertson the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture is visiting Washington DC before heading for the Big Apple. Read more about his visit here.
Minister John Lamont is already in New York and will attend a number of events including the parade on Saturday when the Grand Marshal will be actor Dougray Scott.
The Minister, who is attending his second Tartan Day, will be accompanied by a troupe from The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, two pipers, four dancers and a fiddle player.
Last night the UK Government hosted a reception at the Diageo New York HQ along with representatives from the Tattoo and Edinburgh Festival Fringe who spoke to the gathered guests.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that their Keep it Fringe fund will be extended for two years using £1 million of the capital which they received from the UK Government last year to establish a new Fringe Hub. The capital will be diverted into a project to offer bursaries of £2,500 to 180 applicants this year and a further 180 next year. This will help to pay for the costs involved in staging a show at the Fringe.
Scran and a Song in Newhaven
Out of the Blue Fleamarket
The pitches for the fleamarket on 27 April go on sale on Saturday 6 April at 10am. £30 a pitch and £5 for a table.
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