Shop Local #97 - W/E 27.6.2025
Not the only fun in town...
Edinburgh’s weekend starts here…
Thursday - Rebel Presses / Blue Diode Press Launch / Betty Boo - Boomania 35 / The River Annick / Dr Salad + Nama Kuma
Friday - Filmhouse Reopening / Hexagon 5 / The Micro Band / The Brian Jonestown Massacre plus Scorpio Leisure / Northern Soul Oldies Night / Gustavo Andrade & the Brasukas
Saturday - Girls Rock School Summer Showcase 2025 / Box Energy / Funky Fresh Flavours
Sunday - Carl Marah - Roll the Dice single tour
Thursday - New York Pig Funkers
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Thursday 26.6
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Modern Two, Belford Road. Until 4.1.26. Daily 10am-5pm. https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/rebel-presses
Rebel Presses - Resistance in Print During the Second World War
This fascinating display shines a light on the courageous groups who created and distributed newspapers, pamphlets and booklets during World War Two. By exhibiting the material they produced, it shows the important contributions they made to countering oppression.
Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton’s Close. 6.30pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blue-diode-poetry-launches-tickets-1410327520579
Blue Diode Press Launch with
James Appleby + Sophie Cooke + David Kinloch + Medha Singh
An evening with Blue Diode Publications…
James Appleby is the editor of Interpret, a new magazine of international writing.
Sophie Cooke writes novels, short stories, and poetry: her poems have previously appeared as film-poems and in magazines and anthologies.
David Kinloch is the author of six collections of poetry, the latest being Greengown: New and Selected Poems.
Medha Singh is a poet from Delhi, based in Edinburgh. Her poems have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.
Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. 7pm. Tickets -
Betty Boo - Boomania 35
Hip Hop pioneer and 90's icon Betty Boo returns after 35 years to reclaim her place as pop star and Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper. Expect to hear Hey DJ - I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing," "Doin' The Do", "Where Are You Baby?" and other songs from her albums, Boomania and GRRR! It’s Betty Boo. plus songs from her second coming including Boomerang."
Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. 8.30pm. Tickets - https://www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/
The River Annick
Brand new quintet featuring Allan Wylie (trumpet), Graeme Wilson (tenor sax), Alan Benzie (piano & keyboards), Timmy Allan (bass) and Stuart Brown (drums). Their original material channels the restless dynamic and swirl of the late 60s Miles quintet, with effusive interaction across tight angular melodies and lush dreamscapes.
Paradise Palms, Lothian Street. From 10pm. Free.
Dr Salad + Nama Kuma
Nama Kuma bring neo- beats to study to. Funky rhythms and solos abound.
Dr Salad proudly display a PHD in sultry crooning and big fat chooning.
Friday 27.6
Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Various films and times. https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/cinema-paradiso
The long awaited reopening of Filmhouse features a cinematic phantasmagoria, now across four screens.
Whitespace Gallery, East Crosscauseway. 27.6 - 3.7. 10am-6pm
Hexagon 5
Vivian French + Kate Leiper + David Ingrey + Papercut Punk +
Cordula Marks Venters + Kirsty Venters Marks
The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. 5.30pm. Tickets - https://www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/
The Micro Band
The Micro Band are launching their next single with a sumptuous and stripped back performance. Expect lush harmonies, intricate instrumentation and alot of heart. With support from Rue Marie.
Corn Exchange, New Market Road. 7pm. Tickets - https://www.edinburghcornexchange.co.uk/all-events/the-brian-jonestown-massacre-tickets-ae1139301
The Brian Jonestown Massacre plus Scorpio Leisure
Anton Newcombe’s maverick sonic auteurs return, with Edinburgh’s own Scorpio Leisure opening the show.
Gilmerton Miners Club, Newtoft Street. 7pm-12.30am. £5 on the door.
Northern Soul Oldies Night
The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street. 11.30pm. Tickets - https://www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/
Bodego Latina presents Latin Season #2
Gustavo Andrade & the Brasukas
Second gig in summer Latin Season features huge 11 piece outfit led by Gustavo Andrade from Sao Paolo performing the full spectrum of Brazilian music to bring the sunshine of Rio to town.
Saturday 28.6
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place. 7pm. Tickets - https://wegottickets.com/event/662509
Girls Rock School Summer Showcase 2025
Full-throttle musical riot action from our brand new graduate bands from Girls Rock School Edinburgh!
APRIL CUNLIFFE + CARO KEMP + GRSE ALL STARS Ft IWONA + STEPWIFE + EEL PIT + PREVIOUSLY I.O.T.A + ELSIE MacDONALD
Leith Depot, Leith Walk. 8pm-1am. Free Entry.
Box Energy - Velocity Funk
Velocity Funk was meant to play Box Energy last year, but the moment asked him to wait. Now, the call has returned. A last-minute invitation, a long-awaited homecoming offering a set shaped by stillness, fire, and the rhythms that move us
beneath the surface of sound.
If you're near, come. Not just to dance, but to remember.
The Dog House, Clerk Street. 8.30pm-1am
Funky Fresh Flavas
Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae… The Works
Sunday 29.6
Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. 7pm. Tickets - https://www.thevoodoorooms.com/events/carl-marah-the-voodoo-rooms-the-ballroom-29-06-2025
Carl Marah - Roll the Dice single tour
Carl Marah has long been a driving force in the Edinburgh music scene, co-fronting psychedelic pop outfit Logan’s Close. Now he is stepping out into the solo spotlight, showcasing his wealth of original material, each song a flickering film reel of images conjured in the mind’s eye.
Thursday 3.7
Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. 8pm. Tickets - https://www.thevoodoorooms.com/events/new-york-pig-funkers-the-voodoo-rooms-the-ballroom-03-07-2025
New York Pig Funkers DJ Fred Deakin
Forty years after they first formed, Edinburgh’s premiere punk-funk outfit are back for a one-off reunion gig. Be quick or you’ll miss them!
Playing Hothouse, Organ, Tomato Grosso and all their other hits: support from DJ Fred Deakin who was their regular DJ back in the day and who will be spinning tunes for your dancing pleasure both before and after the Pig Funkers play their 45 minute set.