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Top Picks
Rainy Day Picks This Weekend
11–12 July Near Fettes
Not every listing gets a golden ticket
We check the usual frankly silly number of local websites, then look for events that feel rainy-day friendly: cinemas, theatres, talks, workshops, galleries, concerts, cosy venues, and anything less likely to involve standing in a muddy field making brave weather noises.
Happening Saturday 11 July to Sunday 12 July.
Picked for Fettes, not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.
Our 5 picks near Fettes
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2Fused Glass Suncatcher Class
at This is nook
Saturday 11th July - 10am Create your very own sun catcher with Dizzy Glass. Full Details and Book Here
6.1 milesSat 11 Jul
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3Ukulele Pt. 3: Jazz up Your Ukulele
at The Stables
We're currently in the 'third wave' of the ukulele, but the last time just about everyone had one was in the 1920s and 1930s - the ‘Jazz Age’. In this course we'll go from basic 3 or 4 chord pop songs and start to explore ‘Jazz Age’ style playing, with the emphasis on making it swing and having fun. Many of those songs from the 1920s and 30s are just great fun songs (they were the pop songs of 100 years ago!) and just like modern songs they have patterns that keep popping up in other songs. Learn a few and you can play hundreds of jazz songs. We'll look at fancy sounding jazz chords, ways of linking chords together, some classic intros and endings, and we'll turn our strumming into something you can dance to. Ideally you will have completed the beginners parts 1 and 2 courses, will be able to play a couple of common barre chords and have played from some simple tablature.
16.5 milesSat 11 Jul11:00£40
4Saucony London 10k
at Russian Arctic Convoy Exhibition
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49.9 milesSun 12 Jul
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