Beltane Fire Festival
Night-time celebration of Summer's return: drumming, fire, Green Man, May Queen, semi-naked pagan revival. Bad place to drop a contact lens. Good opportunity to meet the friendly and welcoming people of Calton Hill. Tickets: £8 on 30 April, £6 in advance from The Hub, Ripping Records, Forest Cafe. Booking fee 50p. Waterloo Place gates open at 7.30pm.
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Venue
Calton Hill (entry by Waterloo Place)
Into the circus at Out of the Blue
A free Circus skills event for children, to raise money and awareness for Edinburgh Direct Aid. (See 'Breaking news', 6.4.10). Strangebird Zirkus will star.
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Venue
Out of the Blue, 36 Dalmeny Street.
Broughton Primary School Parent Council meeting
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Venue
Staff room, Broughton Primary School
Spring Fair
Gifts, jewellery, home baking, tea, coffee and huge quantities of soup.
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Venue
Broughton St Mary's Parish Church, Bellevue Crescent
General Election hustings
Edinburgh Stop the War and Scotland Against Criminalising Communities are jointly organising a hustings.
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Venue
Annandale Street Mosque, Annandale Street
Travels through Iran
Dr Hasan Beg will talk on 'Travels through Iran: Travel-log of a Scottish Traveller'. The event is free and refreshments wil be available afterwards.
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Venue
McDonald Rd Library, McDonald Rd
Pre-planning application public presentation
Early plans on display for a mixed residential and commercial development at 130 McDonald Rd. Architects Hackland + Dore will explain the proposal. New Town and Broughton Community Council monthly meeting will follow.
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Venue
Broughton St Mary's Parish Church (Garden Room), Bellevue Crescent