Shop Local! #85 - W/E 4/4/2025

Not the only fun in town...

Edinburgh’s weekend starts here…

Thursday - Screening of Inspiration - A Film About Hamish Henderson / An Introduction to Early German Expressionist Cinema + The Cabinet of Dr Caligari / Click Clack presents Nama Kuma + Steve’s Lockdown Classics 2 + Doom Ear Fiver

Friday - In Pursuit of Justice: Lockerbie - with David Harrower / Craigmillar Art Park Event / Camila Ospina Gaitan - Unconquered Natures Tropicalism / The Onion Cellar presents The Cords + Autocamper / La Beat Soul Club / Ian Prowse

Saturday - Studio Sale / Andrew J. Brookes - TOLL - Five Years On / Edinburgh Record and CD Fair / The Soul Collective Photography Exhibition / Under the Wires presents The Beatpack + Screamin’ Kick / Diaz Brazil Quartet

Sunday - Peace Garden Cross-Cultural Event with The Sudanese Nile School + The Gathering Quartet / Configurations 2 with Mirra Kannan presents Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditations + Raiments + Go Went Gong with Curious Seed

Monday - Sam Newbould Quintet

Thursday - Pop Mutations present Index for Working Music + Special Guests

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Edinburgh’s weekend starts here…

Thursday 3.4

Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton’s Close. 6.30pm. Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-of-inspiration-a-film-about-hamish-henderson-tickets-1261391669439

Screening of ‘Inspiration’ - A Film About Hamish Henderson

"Inspiration" explores the complex life of Hamish Henderson, from war hero to folk song, through the eyes of artist Charles Nasmyth

Edinburgh Cine and Video Society Club Rooms, Fettes Row. 7.30pm.

An Introduction to Early German Expressionist Cinema + The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Special evening exploring the fascinating world of German Expressionist Cinema, with an introduction to its history, style, and influence on filmmaking. Plus, screening of 1920 silent classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, renowned for its striking visuals, twisted narrative, and lasting impact on horror and psychological thrillers.

Bannerman’s, Cowgate. 7.30pm. Pay at the door.

Click Clack presents

Nama Kuma + Steve’s Lockdown Classics 2 + Doom Ear Fiver

The first CLICK CLACK of 2025 sees Dave Conway's latest ensemble DOOM EAR FIVER open proceedings, followed swiftly by some of Steve Kettley’s Covid-era solo pieces, STEVE'S LOCKDOWN CLASSICS 2. Last but not least, NAMA KUMA features two of PYGMY TWYLYTE, Ben Tyson & Hebe James. It's just over a year since their very first gig, also at Click Clack, which was amazing!

Friday 4.4

Edinburgh Futures Institute, Lauriston Place. 11am-12.30pm. Tickets - https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/in-pursuit-of-justice-lockerbie/

In Pursuit of Justice: Lockerbie - with David Harrower

A conversation with playwright David Harrower about creativity and the role of drama in the pursuit of justice. In collaboration with IASH.

Acclaimed playwright David Harrower is the writer of Sky Atlantic’s 2025 series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, starring Colin Firth, and based on The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph. This event explores the use of drama in campaigning for justice, placing Lockerbie: A Search for Truth in a lineage of consciousness-raising TV from Cathy Come Home in 1966 to Mr Bates vs The Post Office in 2024.

Park next to Castlebrae Football Pitches. 1-4pm.

Craigmillar Art Park Event

Come celebrate the creation of public art by local children and young people!

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Hawthornvale. Opening Event 4.4 - 6-8pm. 5.4 - 17.6. Viewed from the street - 7am-7pm.

Camila Ospina Gaitán - Unconquered Natures Tropicalism

Opening event of Camila Ospina Gaitán’s new Hawthornvale Commission, Unconquered Natures, Tropicalism.

Hawthornvale Space is conceived as an ongoing programme of temporary public artworks to reache a broad audience, providing members of the public with an unexpected encounter with contemporary art.

Leith Depot, Leith Walk. 7.30pm. Tickets - https://www.eventim.co.uk/event/the-cords-autocamper-leith-depot-19887922/

The Onion Cellar presents

The Cords + Autocamper

The Cords are sisters Eva and Grace Tedeschi, who have rapidly garnered attention with their distinctive jangle-pop sound, reminiscent of the classic C86 era.

Autocamper: Discerning guitar music for the à la mode dandy. Not anorak, not lucky, not twee, just pop.

Argyle and Cellar Bar, Argyle Place. 6pm-midnight. £7 on the door.

La Beat Soul Club

La Beat is a Soul club night run by three vinyl collectors playing all genres of Soul. Get down…

Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. 7.30pm. Tickets - https://www.thevoodoorooms.com/events/ian-prowse-and-amsterdam-the-voodoo-rooms-the-ballroom-04-04-2025

Ian Prowse

Merseyside hero Ian Prowse is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, frontman of Amsterdam and previously the frontman of Pele. Raised on protest songs and influenced by the Celtic sounds that make Liverpool so unique, Ian’s 30-year song writing career has seen his epic, ‘Does This Train Stop on Merseyside?’ move John Peel to tears and be covered by Christy Moore. Prowse himself has covered Edinburgh’s The Lost Soul Band’s own classic, You Can’t Win Them All Mum.

Saturday 5.4

Unit 3, Albion Business Centre, Albion Road. 10am-5pm.

Studio Sale

Independent artists and makers come together to showcase their wares in an open studio environment. You couldn’t shop more local…

The Paper Factory, Turnhouse Road. 5.4 - 6.4. 10am-5pm. Free. Artist’s talk, 5.4 - 1pm. Free but ticketed - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/toll-five-years-on-artist-talk-tickets-1260511737539

Andrew J. Brookes - TOLL - Five Years On

TOLL is an artwork and performance film by Andrew J Brooks consisting of 145,652 individual 4cm-tall marks – one for each registered death in the UK in the first year of the pandemic. The resulting work spans six rolls of paper, each 10 meters long and 1.5 meters wide, using over a litre of black ink.

Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place. 11am-3.30pm. Free Entry.

Edinburgh Record and CD Fair

Restocked and ready for a great fair, with lots of Vinyl, CDs, and merchandise to browse, buy, sell, or exchange. Collectables and bargains galore. A chance to find those records you've been looking for and discover some new sounds.

Whitespace, East Crosscauseway. Opening Night 5.4 - 6-9pm. Open daily 6.4 - 10.4 - 11am-4pm. Free.

The Soul Collective Photography Exhibition

The Soul Collective photography exhibiition starts this weekend! All welcome to come along!

Leith Depot, Leith Walk. 7pm. Tickets - https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-beatpack/leith-depot/3349923

Under the Wires presents

The Beatpack + Screamin’ Kick

The Beatpack are the UK's prime purveyors of brutal 60's garage R'n'B, proto psych and freakbeat, long time associates of Edinburgh's ain garage / beat / psych scene and friends of Under The Wires.

Local heroes Screamin’ Kick are similarly influenced by 60's Garage Punk and Dirty Rock'n'Roll, with a pedigree that pulls together former members of The Thanes, The No-Things, The Liberty Takers and Opium Kitchen.

Home Bar, Home Street. 8-10pm. Suggested donation £7.

Diaz Brazil Quartet