The Palestinian Circus, a circus troupe who train and live in Gaza’s West Bank, are performing their show A Step and a Half at Underbelly Circus Hub on the Meadows throughout Edinburgh Fringe 2026.
From Gaza to Edinburgh in A Step and a Half!
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Kids eat free this summer at Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard
As families across Edinburgh search for ways to keep children entertained during the school summer holidays, Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard is launching a “Kids Eat Free” offer from 6 July to 6 August, creating the perfect family friendly day out at the Edinburgh Meadows.
Perched on the edge of one of the city’s most loved green spaces, within the historic Old Royal Infirmary, now The Edinburgh Futures Institute, Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard is perfectly placed for a family day out. Enjoy an afternoon in the park, a visit to the nearby playground, or simply some time outdoors before sitting down for a relaxed meal together.
More than just a restaurant, Canopy Kitchen & Courtyard has become a creative community hub, where guests are greeted by a bright family friendly atmosphere, and fresh menu of locally sourced classics. While the menu changes to make the most of fresh seasonal ingredients, children can expect familiar favourites such as cream of tomato soup, fluffy pancakes served with fresh strawberries or grilled pork sausages with mashed potatoes, peas and gravy.
Open to both locals and visitors, the month-long offer is designed to make family dining a little more affordable during the school holidays, while giving families another reason to enjoy time together outdoors this summer.
Available 6 July – 6 August. One complimentary children’s meal available with every adult main course purchased. Offer valid for children aged 12 and under. Subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
To find out more or book a table, please visit: https://www.canopyedi.com/
Inspiring hope & climate action through this year’s Edinburgh Climate Festival: Intertwined
The Edinburgh Climate Festival has delivered another successful year, welcoming approximately 7,000 visitors and supported by 55 volunteers.
This year’s edition continued its core mission of inspiring collective climate action across Edinburgh through a dynamic programme of live music, performances, talks, workshops, and interactive art installations, featuring more than 48 organisations working across the climate and sustainability sector.
The theme Intertwined explored the deep and inseparable connections between people, communities, and the natural environment, highlighting how climate, wellbeing, biodiversity, and social systems are fundamentally linked.
The programme encouraged reflection on shared responsibility and the importance of collaboration in building a more resilient and sustainable future. The festival also expanded its offering this year, introducing additional workshops and new art installations by local artists, alongside ongoing efforts to improve accessibility through sensory packs, visual guides, and pre-event support resources.
Sustainability remained at the heart of the festival’s delivery, with initiatives including a pedal-powered stage that generated renewable energy through audience participation, strengthened waste reduction measures such as prize based incentives for attendees bringing reusable containers, food waste composting, and the continued use of recycled and repurposed materials across the event.
The festival team also celebrated a successful trial using a selection of reusable returnable cups with Reposit’s borrow cup scheme, finding a 85% return of all reusable cups given out, fully relying on participant’s trust, with no deposit enforced. Additionally, a set fee was in place for all single use packaging purchases.
Organisers extend their gratitude to the National Lottery Community Fund, the headline climate sponsor, the University of Edinburgh, Caledonian Horticulture, Networking Key Services as well Out of the Blueprint for sustainably printing the festival’s promotional materials.
The team also share their sincere appreciation for all volunteers and attendees, for their continued support in helping shape a more sustainable and inclusive festival.
Edinburgh Climate Festival programme revealed
And our programme is LIVE! 
We are excited to share with you this year’s free performances, workshops, talks and activities – including our wonderful art installations (and of course our many fabulous stalls during the day)!
We are really looking forward to seeing you all there, keep an eye out for further info and easy read versions being released soon! 
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Edinburgh Climate Festival
SATURDAY 27th JUNE at THE MEADOWS 12 – 7pm
Join us Saturday, June 27th for this year’s climate festival at the Edinburgh Meadows from 12 – 7pm Come along to enjoy one of our many free performances, workshops, talks and art installations as well as the festival’s stalls and vibrant atmosphere!
You can find out more at edinburghclimatefestival.com
Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, supported by The University of Edinburgh and in partnership with Caledonian Horticulture
Intertwined, we thrive: Edinburgh Climate Festival
SATURDAY 27 JUNE from 12 – 7pm
We are delighted to invite you to join us on Saturday, June 27th for this year’s climate festival at the Edinburgh Meadows from 12 – 7pm
Following last year’s theme of Root & Rise, we are left with the question: what makes a forest truly strong, resilient, and nourished? The answer lies beneath our feet, in mycelium.
Mycelium is an underground root-like network of entangled threads of fungi. It creates vast connections between plants and trees serving as a shared resource for nutrients, supporting growth as well as being a magnificent communication highway, sending signals and protecting one another.
Our 2026 theme embodies this ethos – supporting connection between ourselves, those around us and nature, expanding from local action to global solidarity.
A reminder that fundamentally, we are all nature. Facing climate challenges alone can feel overwhelming. But when we recognise how deeply intertwined we are, we also recognise our shared strength. Through collective action we can exchange ideas, re-energise, and cultivate meaningful change.
Whether you’re beginning your sustainability journey or deeply rooted in climate work, join us to build a hopeful and connected community – forming our own vibrant, intertwined network. Intertwined, we are stronger. Intertwined, we thrive.
Find out more about the day and how to get involved on our website:
Off the Wall: Art breaks free across Edinburgh!
National Galleries of Scotland surprised hillwalkers, tram travellers and tourists by taking replicas of popular art works out into Edinburgh yesterday.
Passers-by could discover art typically found in the National, Portrait and Modern galleries popping up at sites such as Salisbury Crags, Newhaven, The Meadows, Murrayfield and Leith.
The art works including The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, Edinburgh (from Salisbury Crags) by William Crozier, Doddie Weir by Gerard M Burns, Encounter by Remedios Varo, Callum by John Emms and Mary Queen of Scots are always free to visit at the National Galleries of Scotland’s three Edinburgh sites.
PAMIS welcomes four new public Changing Places Toilet registrations across Edinburgh
Great news for Edinburgh – 4 new Changing Places toilet registrations at:
South Queensferry: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3730
The Meadows: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3733
Inverleith Park: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3732
Leith Links: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3734
Well done @edinburgh_council!
STOP the Far Right in Edinburgh
FRIDAY 1st AUGUST at 6pm in THE MEADOWS
As Edinburgh opens its doors to welcome visitors from around the world on the 1st day of its Festival, organisers of the racist GB National Strike have threatened more racist hatred when they return to Edinburgh on August 1st.
Join us to say racist & fascists are not welcome!
TODAY: Join Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network at Edinburgh Climate Festival
ROOT & RISE: THE MEADOWS 12 – 7pm
Come join us TODAY – Saturday, 28th June – at the Edinburgh Meadows, where we will be hosting a stall and a Climate Listening Circle for the Edinburgh Climate Festival!
Come along to find out more about our work, Greenlight funding and everything we have planned for the summer ahead!
We are looking forward to seeing you all there!