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Largo Arts Week cancelled

Organisers of Largo Arts Week have announced the cancellation of this year’s event due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The inaugural festival was staged last July in the Fife coastal village and hailed as a major success, attracting more than 2,500 visitors and 36 artists.

Organisers had held off making a final decision on this year’s festival following the lockdown in March but, after consulting the community, have now reluctantly decided to cancel the week-long festival.

Largo Arts Week chair Dougi McMillan said: “As lockdown proceeded, we realised that there were many challenges to the event going ahead this summer during the Covid 19 situation.

“The most important point around the event is the safety of the community and their continued engagement and support for the arts week.

“We decided to conduct our own survey of artists and the community and, after receiving more than 160 responses, there was a clear view that reluctantly we should cancel this year’s event.

“I’d like to thank everyone for taking time to give us their views and we will now start planning to reinstate Largo Arts Week in the summer of 2021. Of course, we are all disappointed, but the safety of the community must come first and I am sure everyone will look forward to next year’s event.”

The inaugural Largo Arts Week featured a stellar line-up of acts, with highlights including sell-out performances from comedian Phil Jupitus and world-renowned sculptor David Mach, 36 artists exhibiting their work in 38 venues across the village and a hugely popular programme of creative workshops, family events and painting competitions.

Dougi McMillan added: “The inaugural Largo Arts Week had a fantastic reception and we will be back in 2021.”

Edinburgh Gang Show cancelled

EDINBURGH GANG SHOW 2020

We have made the very difficult decision to cancel the Edinburgh Gang Show 2020, due to be performed at the King’s Theatre in November, because of ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns.

This will be the first time in 60 years that the Gang Show has not been performed in an Edinburgh theatre, but our priority is the safety of our young people and adult volunteers.

The Gang may not be able to meet in person, but we are planning to present a virtual performance in November which will showcase the talent of our young people from South East Scotland Scouts and Girlguiding Edinburgh and bring the unique Gang Show spirit alive and online.

Please follow our social media channels for more details.

Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to 2021 when the Gang will once again be back at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh to make more memories.

Edinburgh Gang Show Management Team

Learn to Play Days Cancelled

Following the government’s announcements and the ongoing daily developments in regard to Coronavirus, the decision has been made to postpone the nationwide Learn to Play Day events that were planned for the weekend of 28th/29th March 2020.

Paul McManus, CEO of Music for All, the organisers of Learn to Play Day, said: “The safety of all event organisers and participants is of the utmost importance to us. This is a very current and fast-changing situation with the risks to people’s health likely to escalate alongside growing public concern.

“We understand that this decision comes as a disappointment, but ultimately, we all want the same thing – the health and safety of our communities. We will of course keep everyone updated as time progresses but, for now, we’d like to thank you and our partners for your understanding and patience during this difficult period.

“Despite the cancellation of Learn to Play, we do still encourage all musicians to keep playing for their own self-enjoyment and the physical and mental benefits of making music.”

Edinburgh Science Festival cancelled

Following close monitoring of the ever-changing situation regarding the global spread of COVID-19 and having held discussions with key partners, Edinburgh Science is sorry to announce the decision to cancel this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival, scheduled for 4-19 April.

With the Festival less than three weeks away from opening and a programme of over 270 events, this has been a complex process for the organisation to manage, but the health and wellbeing of the visitors, participants and staff remains Edinburgh Science’s number one priority.

The Festival’s key venue partners, the National Museum of Scotland, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and City Are Centre managed by Museums and Galleries Edinburgh on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council have all announced their closures today until further notice.

All customers will be refunded immediately. Should anyone experience a delay they are advised to contact boxoffice@scifest.co.uk.

The board and directors of Edinburgh Science would like to pay tribute to the hard work of the Festival’s core team in developing this programme and to the much wider network of dedicated and creative people they rely on for the successful delivery of all projects.

Festival and Creative Director Amanda Tyndall said: “Now more than ever it is imperative that the public have access to robust, evidence-based science, delivered in a manner that is accessible to them.

“The Science Festival remains committed to that goal and to working with our wonderful partners across the science sector to help connect people with the latest science in these unsettling and challenging times.

“We are exploring how we might do more online and whether any elements of the Festival might potentially be run later in the year and will keep you informed as plans develop. For now, we would like to thank our funders, sponsors, partners, participants and audiences for their loyalty, support and understanding in these unprecedented times.’’

Into the Blue, large-scale outdoor photography exhibition showcasing the beauty, biodiversity and fragility of Scottish coasts and seas, will go ahead as planned. It opens today on Portobello Promenade (Wednesday, 18 March).

This exhibition is curated by Emily Raemaekers from the Science Festival with support from Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 2020. It’s a free, family-friendly and drop-in activity, open every day until 27 April.

Through a series of arresting images, Into the Blue invites its audiences to consider the human impact on and responsibility for water, one of the most precious resources on Earth, and ask how we can live in harmony with our watery, blue planet?

Granton Community Day cancelled due to dates clash

Community event rescheduled for Spring next year

On behalf of Granton Parish Church we are getting in touch with an update on the Community Day planned for Saturday 7th September. 

We have taken the decision to postpone the event until Spring 2020. Two other similar events have been planned by other community groups and rather than run a competing event where we invite different community groups to choose which one to support we chose to push ours back to the Spring.

This will allow the wider community to concentrate its resources and offer a better experience to those attending the other two events. They are a Community BBQ at the Old Kirk and Muirhouse Parish Church and a Community Day at Wardie Bowling Club.

We encourage you to throw your support behind them!

We know that you had not been able to attend on 7th September anyway, and we hope that we can find a date in the spring of next year that will be more suitable. We will be back in touch in a few weeks with a save the date for the Spring.

On behalf of all in the church we thank you for your commitment to making a stronger community here in Granton.

Norman Smith

Tonight’s West Pilton youth discussion goes ahead as planned

Tonight’s West Pilton West Granton Community Council meeting is going ahead, West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre have confirmed.

It was feared that the discussion on youth issues would have to be cancelled due to staff sickness but janitorial cover has been found and the meeting will go ahead as planned.

The meeting starts at 7pm – all welcome.