Top Picks
Good local plans needn't cost the earth. This page keeps an eye on the stronger free events nearby, so you can skip the faff and get straight to the promising stuff.
10 picks around Thornton (Fife), from 10 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.
We don't just scoop up anything with a £0 next to it. These picks still need to be nearby, useful, and properly explained, because 'free' is lovely but 'free and baffling' is less of a selling point.
1Free! (worth double-checking)at Pianodrome Granton warehouse
Saturday 25 July | 1pm From swing to bebop, gypsy and latin jazz. Full house are are multicultural group of great Edinburgh based Jazz musicians here to charm us on this Saturday Matinée. Pianodrome Bruntsfield free entry, donations welcome
Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.
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Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.
at St Andrews Castle Visitor Centre
Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.
5Free! (worth double-checking)at Lighthouse Bookshop - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop
Come along to the next installment of Edinburgh's premier storytelling open mic night! Please note the new start/run time!
6Free! (worth double-checking)at SWG3 Garden
The infamous bingo show putting a unique twist on a traditional game: a wild night of rave intervals, awkward dance offs, big money and ridiculous prizes. Bongo's Bingo is a wild shared social extravaganza and a night of pure nostalgic escapism. Whilst staying true to the original rules, Bongo's immerses you in a wild night out with the chance to win iconic prizes from giant pink unicorns and Henry Hoovers, to mobility scooters and karaoke machines. It’s immersive, inclusive and incredible. Everyone from 18 to 92 plays and parties together. There are no barriers and no limits. Quite simply, there’s nothing else like it.
7Free! (worth double-checking)at SWG3
The infamous bingo show putting a unique twist on a traditional game: a wild night of rave intervals, awkward dance offs, big money and ridiculous prizes. Bongo's Bingo is a wild shared social extravaganza and a night of pure nostalgic escapism. Whilst staying true to the original rules, Bongo's immerses you in a wild night out with the chance to win iconic prizes from giant pink unicorns and Henry Hoovers, to mobility scooters and karaoke machines. It’s immersive, inclusive and incredible. Everyone from 18 to 92 plays and parties together. There are no barriers and no limits. Quite simply, there’s nothing else like it.
8Free! (worth double-checking)at Borders Family History Society
Free exhibition, all welcome, open 10am – 4pm daily in the Hayloft Gallery, Paxton House. James Hutton’s influence on the processes leading to the formation of rocks and on the concept of geological time is described in a series of interpretation panels, which tell of his life in Edinburgh during the period of the Scottish […]
Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.
at Dryburgh Abbey, Selkirk, Scotland
Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.
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