Free events

The Olympic medal-winning triathletes will discuss their success and sign copies of their joint autobiography, Swim, Bike, Run.

Edinburgh's festival season kicks off with the Meadows Festival, which offers the best local bands, dance groups, quirky performers and workshops amidst lots of family-friendly activities.

House courtesy of Green Velvet, I-F, Jerome Hill, Rubin and noyeahno.

Multimedia installation which creates a domestic space from a sequence of interacting, moving photographic images.

Dawn O'Porter signs copies of her new book, Paper Aeroplanes.

The Bad Boy Pub Quiz: an evening of fun and frolics, musical statues, pass the pineapple, and the chance to win 'hunners' of money. Loads of great prizes to be won, and plenty of crap ones too!

Help celebrate Scotland's history and the arrival of Marshall's new book, which commemorates the 1450 years (to the month, no less) it's been since Columba first arrived on Iona.

Make a wee silver trinket box and decorate it with embossed silver and coloured stones.

Shambush! attempt to set a world record and we need YOU! Dress like Kate in a red dress and join us on the South Downs to re-enact the classic Wuthering Heights video and find your inner Bush! Everyone welcome. For the love of Bush, join us! A family friendly event (i.e. suitable for all ages).

Contemporary mosaics by artists and designers including Jane Baker, Lorraine Cave, Alison Chisholm, Sarah Corns, Jacky Cox, Sylvie Foisel, Elisabeth Foucher, Jenni Foxworthy and Alex Glendinning.

The four-piece band based in London plays indie-punk.

Art historian and museum curator Julia Weston-Davis will discuss the collections and art work houses in the famous London museum.

A solo exhibition featuring works by the Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian artist, exploring the history of the Christian Palestinian community who reside in Israel. The show features a multi-channel video piece and photographic series, known by the title of the show.

Contemporary hyper-realistic oil paintings created by the Nuneaton-born artist. The works are bittersweet touching on themes of nationhood, iconography and celebrity culture.

Free weekly pub quiz with 'Bingo Break Time' and roll-over cash jackpot, hosted by Just Gordon.

DJ Matt spins pop and dance, with host Lady Lloyd, and karaoke.

An exhibition of treasures from Tenri Central Library in Japan, which holds an extraordinary collection of rare books, including manuscripts and documents, about 1,830,000, roughly two-thirds of which are Japanese, Korean and Chinese books, and one-third Western, including Arabic and African books.

The seven-piece band performs ska, punk and reggae covers.

Long-running weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material, hosted by Gerry Lyons.

Portraits from the century of Scotland's great transformation, 1750–1850, including Nasmyth's deliberately and stylishly unfinished picture of Robert Burns, Danloux's all-action portrait of Admiral Duncan keeping a cool head in the middle of a sea battle, Raeburn's picture of Walter Scott as king of the hill, before…