The Edinburgh Reporter Competitions

This year’s competition which takes place this Wednesday has some 25 or so entries – fairly well up on last year’s competition when there was a mere 18 hopefuls.  Well done everyone who has entered and best of luck on the night!There's a jury vote (see below) and an audience vote. The prizes are, in time-honoured reverse order ......

A total of 24 events are featured during the tenth Balerno Music Festival from 27 September to 15 October.Local performers will be on stage as well as an impressive line up of professional musicians renowned throughout Scotland and beyond.Margaret Logan, one of the officials, said the festival offers a wide selection of musical events including classical, jazz, folk and...

This is a flash competition! We have three pairs of tickets for Truckfest at the Royal Highland Centre Ingliston on offer. Enter below - but be quick as the competition ends today 1 August 2014 at 5.00pm.Organisers promise that Truckfest Scotland event is even Bigger and Better than before.With a brand new website and ticketing system Truckfest Scotland is...

Musselburgh Racecourse have an exciting prize up for our readers to win. Enter now - the closing date is 1 February 2022 at 5pm.This is a chance to win two VIP experiences in the award winning Epperston Restaurant at Musselburgh on the second day of the bet365 Scottish Festival Trials on Sunday 6 February 2022.The winners will receive:VIP entry into...

Cupcakes are to be given a makeover worthy of Sherlock Holmes this Halloween, as Cuckoo’s Bakery unveils a range of cakes, designed to terror and delight its customers. Inspired by the super sleuth created by Scotland’s very own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Dundas Street bakery and tea room has unveiled a range of ghoulish cupcakes, each of which has...

Snap up 2 FREE tickets to The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating ShowKeen to update your kitchen?Thinking of extending your home?Dreaming of building your own home? Then make sure you don’t miss The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 19 - 20 October 2019.Snap up two free tickets – saving you...

Last week, Stenhouse Primary School enjoyed a fun-filled day of art as the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools arrived in Edinburgh. Primary six students at the Edinburgh school got involved in the creative sessions led by the National Galleries of Scotland education team. The workshop focused on charcoal and inks using techniques including collage, frottage, brushed chalk and wet-on-wet...

 An Edinburgh artist has been shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, the UK’s leading competition for British contemporary representational painting and drawing.Robbie Bushe from Oxgangs for his oil on canvas Would All Remaining Passengers is one of 83 artists to have been shortlisted for the prize out of a record 1,144 entrants.The eventual winners will be on 5 March...

Wester Hailes' Canal View Primary School has been voted the Jet2holiday's Edinburgh Region Winner for the Ultimate School Trip in conjunction with WST Travel.Lucky pupils will be heading off on an amazing school trip to So Katmandu Park and Resort in Majorca.The class will leave on Friday 20 April with a VIP send off from Edinburgh Airport and enjoy an afternoon...

The lovely people at Specsavers have again given us four tickets for an Edinburgh Rugby match this Friday 28 April 2017 at Myreside.You will be able to go with three friends to the Edinburgh Rugby v Dragons match on 28 April 2017 at 19:35pm at Myreside.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 28 April 2017 at 12 noon http://preview.tinyurl.com/gquju7rSpecsavers has stores across Edinburgh...

Peter Andre is celebrating a quarter of a century in music and is bringing his 25 day tour to Edinburgh in February next year.#celebrating25yearsHis first breakthrough came in Australia with Gimme Little Sign which got to number 3 in the charts and since then he has enjoyed a quarter of a century of success as an entertainer. He has been...

Mother's Day is right around the corner, and  Edinburgh has many wonderful ways to celebrate.  The Edinburgh Reporter  has some suggestions to help you brighten up your mum's special day of the year!TREAT YOUR MUM TO AFTERNOON TEAMother's Day Chocolate Afternoon Tea at The ScotsmanTimes: 2pm - 4pm | Price: £16.95  | 10 March 2013Served in the elegant Drawing...

Based on the Oscar winning musical film and hugely successful TV series, FAME – THE MUSICAL is back – and it’s gonna live forever! Brought bang up to date this exciting new production will take you on a hi-octane roller coaster ride through dizzy heights and crashing lows as a group of star-struck wannabes embark on their quest for the...

Have we got a great competition for you. Enter today to win one of two pairs of tickets for Northern Ballet's 1984 at the Festival Theatre at the end of the month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RovzA%20NTVo8oAs one man risks everything to fall in love, join Northern Ballet in Edinburgh for the Scotland Première of Jonathan Watkins’ critically acclaimed 1984.Northern Ballet is bringing this cult-classic...

Four fiddles: one beautiful sound! TWO tickets to be won for Monday 14 August 2017 7.30pm at The Queen's Hall.COMPETITION ENDS ON MONDAY 14 AUGUST AT 11AM.Herald Angel Award Winners for outstanding performance across all the Edinburgh Festivals, Nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, RANT is the meeting of four of Scotland’s finest fiddle players, two from Shetland and two from...

 Cameron McNeil would like to invite you to his restaurant at 1a Alva Street EH2 4PH. It is brand new, and his first venture in Scotland, although he has a lot of experience behind him, working with Robin Hutson of Hotel du Vin and Angela Hartnett at Lime Wood in the south of England.The restaurant has been open for a matter...

The Scottish actor who has made it to Broadway, winning a Tony along the way among many awards, and who wowed us during the 2016 Festival with his show at The Hub, is also a good writer. Alan Cumming's autobiography Not My Father's Son is a moving account of his family relationships which were turned upside down after a phone call from his...

Here is a fun competition for readers and their children under the age of 16 to enter.What do you have to do to enter?Boil up some eggs and decorate them. Then send us a photo of the egg (preferably with the creator in the photo) and we will publish a selection of photos in our April newspaper. Send...

Words : Nigel Duncan Photo Editor : John Preece Three Scottish photographers have been short-listed in the world’s largest photography competition.Over 227,000 images were received from 183 countries and the winners in the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards will be confirmed in the next few weeks.Craig Easton was shortlisted in the Portraiture category of the Professional competition.Jimmy Reid was shortlisted for...

One Square is the new(ish) go to bar for the discerning gin drinker. They now have their own gin made a short distance away at Summerhall Distillery. The spirit has 15 botanicals in it especially chosen and now distilled to order by Pickerings Gin. The bottle is screen printed just around the corner from the distillery, and this gin has all the hallmarks of the...

Bring in the New Year with an exciting day of top quality jump racing featuring one of the most historic athletic events in the world, The New Year Sprint. Featuring the Hogmaneigh Hurdle - this promises to be an exciting day of jump racing. Then continue your celebrations at this traditional highlight with a seasonal flavour - warm up with...

Specsavers have once more kindly given us four tickets for the Edinburgh Rugby match tomorrow, Friday 3 March 2017, at Myreside.You can take three friends with you so look out your thermals and enter now!Edinburgh Rugby take on Ospreys on Friday 3 March 2017 at 19.35pm.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 3 March 2017 at 12...

The lovely people at Specsavers have again given us four tickets for our latest competition.The tickets are for the Edinburgh Rugby v Zebre match on 28 October 2016 at 19:35pm at BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer a simple question here by 26 October 2016 at 12 noon http://bit.ly/2e0GiBTSpecsavers has stores across Edinburgh...

We’ve teamed up with Specsavers stores across Edinburgh to give one book loving family the chance to win a selection of books from the Specsavers Bestseller Awards.The Specsavers Bestseller Awards, in collaboration with Nielsen Book, celebrates the UK’s bestselling books each year. The prize package includes something for all the family with fiction from Ben Elton and Jessie Burton, and...

WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE NEXT LOVE YOUR BUSINESS NETWORKING CLUB AT BLACK IVYIf you haven’t heard about the business ‘networking’ club at Black Ivy in Bruntsfield, ‘Love Your Business’, featuring guest speakers, workshops, great networking opportunities and table tennis, then organiser, Michelle Brown, would really like you to try one of their sessions this week - for free!You can...

Musselburgh Racecourse has saddled up with The Edinburgh Reporter to give us a pair of tickets worth £50 to give away for the Good Friday race meeting. Enter below by 10 March 2016 at 12 noon.On Friday 25 March 2016 the doors will open at 11:30am offering you lots of time to take in the surroundings and have something...

Bananarama are the ultimate female 80s group and now we have the chance for you to win one of three pairs of tickets to their concert at Edinburgh Castle on 20 July 2018. This will be their first ever outdoor gig.Earlier this year, the girl group that defined the decade announced they were back to their original, record-breaking line...

The lovely people at Specsavers have again given us four tickets for an Edinburgh Rugby match this Friday at Murrayfield.You will be able to go with three friends to the Edinburgh Rugby v Munster match on 3 February 2017 at 19:35pm at BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 2 February 2017 at 12 noon http://preview.tinyurl.com/gquju7rSpecsavers...

This competition has ended on 26 March 2014.The Royal Yacht Britannia is a fabulous attraction for Edinburgh to have in its midst.  Berthed next to Ocean Terminal in Leith, it is open to tourists and locals most of the year, closing only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.A ticket for Britannia ranges from £7.75 for children to £12.75...

 Prepare to be scared if you are lucky enough to win one of three pairs of tickets for the screening of Friday the 13th on Thursday evening 30 October 2014 which The Edinburgh Reporter has to give away.To celebrate Halloween in ghoulish style, The Scotsman Hotel is putting on a very special film screening in their state-of-the-art Screening Room which they...