Category Archives: Free events and happenings

Playday 2015 – Wednesday 29th July

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This gem of an event always seems to get swallowed up in all of the pre- festival chaos, but its well worth a visit – every year the Grassmarket gets transformed for an afternoon into a giant play space. This year activities will include :

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  • water play
  • magic potions
  • Cardboard City
  • mud kitchen
  • parachute games
  • Improbable City
  • junk drumming
  • Giant Games

This event is organised by the City of Edinburgh Council, Early Years, in partnership with volunteers and the Edinburgh Play Forum.

Playday will take place from 12:30 – 4:30pm on Wednesday 29 July 2015.

Doors Open Day – September 27th and 28th

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This weekend its Doors Open Day in Edinburgh – a fantastic opportunity to visit and explore some of those buildings/attractions you pass every day…

The full list of whats open is on the website, but some highlights I can see are Lothian Buses doors open day on Saturday 27th from 12-4pm which includes hybrid bus racing and a kidzone with a bouncy castle and face painting, the Royal Observatory, The Grove Community Garden (Sunday 28th 11-5pm) and the Re-Union Canal boats are doing trips from the Quay to Harrison park but these must be booked in advance at :www.re-union.org.uk

Enjoy !

Festival fireworks…

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With the summer festival season drawing to a close, the dramatic and spectacular closing fireworks concert is a lovely event to catch. It will be on Sunday 31st August, with the fireworks concert starting at 9pm.

This year there will be a family viewing area in Inverleith Park -family entertainment is being provided and there’s even a big screen so you can watch all the action from the Ross Theatre. The park opens at 7.00pm and entry is completely free.

Last few days…

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The last weekend of the festival is one day away, so its a great time to squeeze in a last visit or two….below are a few free activities going on over the weekend that are worth checking out !

The BBC tent are having an Art Fun Weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 4.30pm both days, activities include:

  • Your Paintings: Paint your own masterpiece. Come along and recreate a giant modern masterpiece.
  • Deadly Masks: Let the little ones discover their inner artist by making a Deadly 60 animal mask.
  • ZooLab brings wildlife out and about in the Garden

As well as these activities, they will be having a Deadly Doodle event in the blue tent which is ticketed –  CBBC’s Michelle Ackerley  will show you how to create some astounding animal art! Get up close and personal with tarantulas, snakes, lizards and cockroaches and learn how to draw them like a pro. To find the times of this event see the timetable for Saturday and Sunday

We're Going on a Bear HuntAt the Book festival they are celebrating the book ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ being 25 years old ! On Sunday 24th they will be having some bear related activities and fun in the Story box between 11.00 and 15.00 .

If you are visiting the Botanics the show A Sunday In The Park is on every day until Sunday 24th, – Albert & Friends Instant Circus troupe of highly skilled young performers (aged 11-18 years), bring to life a day in the park with the story unfolding in a delightful array of short montages. Its on at 1pm every day. 

Enjoy the weekend – especially those of you cramming in some last minute shows !!!

Music fun weekend with Rastamouse at the BBC area !!!

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Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew

This weekend its music fun weekend for young people at the BBC area and its looking like a great line-up of actvities :

Saturday 16th :

11am – 11.45am / Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew / Family Fun / 3+ / Blue Tent & Big Screen – Garden / Ticketed*

Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew, aided by their co-creator Michael De Souza, recount stories using words, rhythm and music

This event is repeated at 12.30 – 1.15pm, 2-2.45pm, 3.30-4.15pm – with tickets for these events on a first come, first served basis on the day.

10am – 4pm / Music Fun Weekend / Family Fun / Pink Tent / Drop-In

Musical fun for the whole family. Activities include:

  • Electronic Music: Get creative with computers, electronics and… fruit and vegetables. Learn how to make a pepper sound like a piano or a carrot sound like a clarinet
  • Section by Section: Build your own orchestra by completing our giant jigsaw puzzle
  • Picture Pieces: Be moved by music and express your feelings on paper
  • Anna McLuckie: The Voice contestant Anna McLuckie performs and shows why the harp is so special to her
  • Music on the Move in the Garden from trumpet and accordion duo Albaccord

Sunday’s scheldule is exactly the same as for Saturday !