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Pollok Family Day

Pollok Family Day

31 Jul 2008

Whether it’s Clydesdale horses or crafts, martial arts or music that the kids are after, Pollok Family Day will satisfy the whole family’s needs this weekend, and all for free. Wander the stalls and displays dotted throughout the woods and gardens of…

Barry and Stuart

Barry and Stuart

31 Jul 2008

You may have seen these guys on the telly upsetting everyone from Christians to their female fans when they unleashed the plagues, walked on water, turned staffs into serpents and generally did lots of stuff that it’s in the Bible. Concocting more…

Capoeira Knights

Capoeira Knights

31 Jul 2008

This lively lot are the real deal – 16 athletic performers straight from the streets, or favelas, of Brazil. Capoeira is termed ‘a fight disguised as a dance’ in their native land, and helps to channel energies into more creative endeavours. Featuring…

Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike

31 Jul 2008

She was only 12 years old when she claimed the BBC Young Musician of the Year title. A Proms debut followed just three years later and she is also the first classical artist to win, in January of this year, the South Bank Show Breakthrough Artist Award.

Ratatat

Ratatat

31 Jul 2008

Specialising in the art of bleeps and blips Ratatat are an electronic duo (Mike Stroud and Evan Mast) hailing from New York City harnessing synths and other machinery for a funky take on electro. Having toured with the likes of Bjork, Daft Punk and CSS…

Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee

31 Jul 2008

He may be a mere 40 years of age, but there’s no question that Mr Lee is now one of the comics that all those young bucks look up to as a godfather of British stand-up. Proving thathe truly is an honourable man of art, Stewie is turning his back on the…

Club Noir

Club Noir to takeover Edinburgh International Conference Centre

31 Jul 2008

Following its huge success last year, Club Noir is set to bring some risqué decadence to the Edinburgh Fringe for one of the biggest burlesque nights the city has ever seen. Usually based in Glasgow, CN is giving the capital a taste of what it has to…

Selfish Cunt

Sick Note

31 Jul 2008

The weekly indie/electro night surpasses itself for its first date in August with a live set from none other than arch trouble makers Selfish Cunt (pictured). With a name like that you know you’re not in for an easy ride, so expect a confrontational mix…

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

31 Jul 2008

While Edinburgh dances to a Festival beat for much of August, Glasgow’s Bard in the Botanics continues its annual programme with a visually stunning promenade production of one of Shakespeare’s richest comedies. Grab a picnic (or a brolly) and enjoy an…

Chad McCail

Chad McCail

31 Jul 2008

The well-revered Scottish artist has created a series of new screenprints exclusively for Edinburgh Printmakers. McCail’s deceptively bold, cartoonish graphics mask the social critique at the centre of the work, which focuses on subjects like education…

Rosalind Lawless: Contained

Rosalind Lawless: Contained

31 Jul 2008

Last chance to catch the Scottish artist’s most recent series of works on paper, which continue her fascination with architecture and the spaces that buildings inhabit. These new prints overlay blocks of colour, texture and materials: charcoals…

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