2012 Burns Supper Poster
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Parliament’s Deputy Presiding Officer Elaine Smith MSP will be our guest speaker this year.
Elaine is the first woman speaker we have had and she will explain the continuing relevance of Robert Burns life and work today.
The following office bearers were elected for the forthcoming year :
CHAIR – Allan Armstrong SECRETARY – Colin Fox TREASURER – Barry Fowler
Treasurer Barry Fowler presented the annual accounts which were agreed.
The Edinburgh People’s Festival proudly presents our 2010 ‘Alternative Burns Supper’
We celebrate the radical Robert Burns with
Campbell Martin, former Ayrshire MSP; stand up comedy from Vladimir McTavish, and music & song from singer/songwriter David Ferrard at ‘The Newsroom’, Leith Street, Edinburgh on Saturday 23rd January 2010 – 7.30pm till late.
All tickets were sold out last year so get your tickets now!
Tickets £10 (£5 unwaged)
Haggis (meat or veggie), neeps and tatties included
Buy Tickets Here
The Edinburgh People’s Festival presents ‘The Poll Tax Resistance in Edinburgh 20 Years ago’ Exhibition celebrating the achievements of anti-poll tax campaigners in Edinburgh who defied the authorities, sheriff officers and ultimately the Thatcher government through a campaign of civil disobedience and mass non- payment coordinated across Britain.
This Edinburgh People’s Festival exhibition outlines the methods working people employed in organising themselves to defy all attempts to enforce this hated unjust tax.
The exhibition is the centre piece of the 13th Edinburgh Independent and Radical Book Fair which takes place from Wed 28th October – Sun 1st November at:
Out of the Blue Arts Centre
30-38 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh
At our AGM on September 1st 2009 the following office bearers were elected for the coming year:
Chairman – Colin Fox
Vice Chairman – Jim Slaven
Secretary – Dr.
Following the huge success of last years Radical Burns Supper, the Edinburgh People’s Festival proudly presents our 2009 Burns supper like you’ve never seen one before.
The Edinburgh People’s Festival has reached yet another important milestone by becoming Scotland’s newest registered charity.
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator [OSCR] this week acknowledged that the People’s Festival meets the criteria laid down in sections 7 and 8 of the Charity and Trustees Investment [Scotland] Act 2005.
EPF 2006 Poster
Edinburgh Peoples Festival 2005
Saturday 7th August
Opening Gala Night – Jack Kane Centre Community Wing, Craigmillar, 7.30-10.30 pm
Sunday 8th August
Folk Night, ‘The Village’, 16 South Fort Street, Leith, 7.30 pm
Monday 9th August
Film Night, Newcraighall Miners’ Welfare, 7.30pm
An evening of film in tribute to legendary Scots filmmaker Bill Douglas ‘MY AIN FOLK.’
Tuesday 10th August
‘A Quiet Night In’ EPF at HMP Edinburgh (Saughton Prison)
Featuring;
Saughton Prison Chapel - Two shows 2pm and 7pm
Wednesday 11th August
‘Bart Comes to the Simpson’
The Voice of Bart Simpson Nancy Cartwright will appear at Simpsons Maternity Unit, Royal Infirmary Hospital at 12.30pm
Wednesday 11th August
‘A Flytin’ o’ Culture’
The great annual debate on making the Festival and Fringe accessible and the future for culture in Scotland (phew!)
Committee Room One, Scottish Parliament, George IV Bridge Campus, 7.30 pm
Thursday 12th August
Comedy Night, BMC Club, Westfield Road, Gorgie, 8pm
Proudly presents KILL (yourself laughing with this) BILL Vol 2 (following last years hysterics)
In assocation with The Stand Comedy Club
Friday 13th August
World Premiere: ‘Dog’s Bite: Bee’s Sting’ A play by Cecilia Grainger
Directed by Helen Marie O’Malley
Gilmerton Athletic Boxing Club
Ravenscroft Street, Gilmerton.
7.30 pm, £2
To reserve a seat call 0131 663 2836
What happens when a daughter takes a lone step into the world of boxing so that she may save her family from total destruction? Can the family unit survive? “Sometimes when yi get hit, it’s better than hittin somebody.”
Saturday 14th August
An Inch of Rock, Inch Park, 1-5 pm, FREE
Bands include
Saturday 14th August
A People’s Ceilidh to close a People’s Festival, Portobello Town Hall, 8 pm
Featuring;
Sponsored by Portobello Against the Superstore.
When the political decision was made in 1946, under Clem Attlee’s government, to inaugurate an International Festival of the Arts in an attempt to counterbalance the effects of world war weariness, the likeliest venue seemed to be not Edinburgh, but Bath.
