Edinburgh International Festival opening event
The details of the Edinburgh International Festival opening night event have been released. The multi-art form spectacle will take place in the grounds of George Heriot’s School on Lauriston Place. The event is sponsored by The Macallan and created by Pinwheel.
Songworks Concert
General Election Hustings 2024
There will be an election hustings at breakfast time on 19 June (yes that is tomorrow) in the Kimpton Charlotte Square. The event will be hosted by We Do Scotland. Tickets here are £28 for non-members which includes breakfast.
These are the hustings we know of – (one is on tonight) – if you know of any others then please let us know
| We Do Scotland | 19 June 2024 8.30am to 9.30am | Kimpton Hotel Charlotte Square |
| Spurtle hustings Edinburgh North and Leith | 24 June 2024 7.30pm to 9.30pm | Broughton St Mary’s Church Bellevue Crescent |
| Hustings on Mental Health | 18 June 2024 at 5.00pm | Augustine United Church George IV Bridge |
| Hustings Edinburgh South | 20 June at 7.30pm | Greenbank Parish Church |
| Hustings | 25 June 2pm to 3.30pm | Southside Community Centre Nicolson Street |
St Mark’s Portobello
A private donor has gifted £1 million to National Churches Trust to help preserve churches and other buildings for the future. With the £100,000 grant St Mark’s in Portobello hope to increase their revenue back to pre-pandemic levels when they have carried out repairs to the interior of the building.
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