It's back Fake Fringe Sat 17th August 2023 12-7 free live performance event with Think Circus, Active Inquiry theatre company and the Skababs. All welcome, drop in - please spread the word. Leith walk policebox Croall Place Edinburgh EH7 4LT Standing room only Please dinnae dance on the cycle path and take your rubbish away with you.
Free music, circus, magic, storytelling, poetry
#rockupsingalongdanceaway
Supported by TramstoNewhaven
12 noon THE ENERGISER!
Come and try local PT Tracy Griffen’s legendary ‘Energiser’ session - it’s easy, fun and suitable for all levels of fitness (no coordination required).
From her Balfour Street fitness studio to the Moonwalk, Tracy gets people moving... and feeling good.
Pop by if you'd like a chat and meet Coco the fitness pug
Tracy Griffen
Personal Trainer and Author
3 Balfour Street, EH6 5BY
1230 THINK CIRCUS
1300 LOU HOLLAND & PERNINA JACOBS - POETRY
Lou Holland is a Scottish writer based in Glasgow. She studied film at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama and in 2022 graduated with an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. Her work has previously featured in Skirting Around, Wingless Dreamer, From Glasgow to Saturn and All Becomes Art pt.2. Lou lives with her ever-patient husband Anthony and their two budgies Booster and Blue. Lou's work focuses on mental health, navigating life in your late 30s and random thoughts.
Socials
@WordslingerL - twitter
@Lou_writes_stuff - IG
Pernina Jacobs is a queer Jewish writer based in Edinburgh. Their work is based around ideas of queerness and community, finding such things in the intersections of identity, nature, and small moments of connection. They have performed their poetry at events and festivals across Britan. Pernina can be found browsing in bookshops, at the beach, or at any good open mic nights in Edinburgh.
1400 GD JAM Edinburgh community music group supported by Edinburgh Jazz & Blues festival
1500 WICKED PITCH CHOIR Mash ups & cover versions to get you singing along
https://www.facebook.com/wickedpitchchoir
1600 LOOSEVALVE - MUSIC aka Rikki’s Music Leith Walk
1630 M M Lewis - writer & storyteller
Mark Lewis is an Edinburgh-based Storyteller, originally from Wales. He tells darkly comic fairy tales and science fiction stories. He was a runner up in the 2022 Leith vs the World Story Slam, and has been a featured performer at Lost in Leith, the Scottish Poetry Library, and Poetry and Pints at Sketchy Beats. He has a story in the upcoming Edinburgh Literary Salon anthology, and his poetry Zine Flyku is available from Typewronger and Argonaut Books.
For more information, follow @mmlewiswriter on Instagram and Facebook.
MMLewis@protonmail.com
1700 I AM PLUTO - MUSIC Singer Songwriter Craig Finnie
1730 TIM LACATA MAGIC http://www.timlicatamagic.com/
1800 THE SKABABS ska covers to get you skanking https://www.facebook.com/THESKABABS
Supported by TraamstoNewhaven (wherever that is)