The May Events Guide
This weekend I was joined by new friend of the show Sandy McGhie from Edinburgh events website 7ahead.com to highlight what you should have in your diary this May. For full details of all listed visit http://7ahead.com
Adam Holmes and The Embers
Tuesday the 5th 7pm to 10pm
The Mash House
£: Tickets £13.20
Painting Postcards
Saturday the 9th 9.30pm to 4pm
Workshop when students will work out in the landscape using oil paint to make a variety of postcard size paintings with Leith based artist Jemma Derbyshire.
£: £55.00 for a day’s tuition
First Offence Comedy
Wednesday the 13th 8pm to 10pm
Some great circuit comedians doing some of their new material.
£: £1 - On The Door
Vintage Kilo Sale Out Of The Blue
Saturday the 16th 11am to 4pm
A collaboration between Europe’s largest vintage wholesaler and Britain’s biggest vintage fair.
£: Tickets £13.20
Eric Thomas Lunchtime Lute Recital
Monday the 18th 1pm to 1.40pm
A lute recital in Rosslyn Chapel, also a talk about the music of the period and spe- cifically to do with The Chapel.
£9 entry to The Chapel including recital
Derren Brown: Miracle
Wednesday the 20th 7.30pm to 10.10pm
At The Playhouse. The multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychologi-
cal illusion is back on tour with a brand new one-man show!
£: Tickets - £30.75 - £51.75
Birdhead
Friday the 22nd 8pm to 10pm
Voodoo Rooms
Post Punk Krautrock! Electronic synth/guitar and drums.
£: Tickets £7.25 - link on 7ahead
Boot Led Zeppelin (Tribute)
Saturday the 23rd 7pm to 11pm
Liquid Room
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s legendary shows at Earls Court in May 1975, Boot Led Zeppelin are putting on a very special show.
£: Tickets are £16.75

Towel Day
Monday the 25th 7pm to 9pm
Sofi’s Bar Leith
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans carry a towel with them, as described in Ad- ams’The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
£: Free
Ceilidh with Portobello Ceilidh Band
Saturday the 30th 7.30pm to midnight
St. Bride’s Community Centre, charity night in aid of the Scots Music Group.
£: Entry is £10 - on The Door