It’s in the Bag: rhymes, drama, creative games and puppets from this award-winning company, with lots of well-loved Scottish songs throughout! There will be four shows today: Down on the Farm, a fun session for little ones aged 0-2 years, as they join Sam and Rosie and head off for Granny and Granddad’s farm in the Outer Hebrides, at 10am and 2.15pm, and Knights and Princesses, a rollercoaster of an adventure for children aged 3-6 years around the Magic Kingdom, where Snake Boy has kidnapped Princess Rosie, and only Bug Boy and his sidekick Bert can save her, at 11.15am and 1pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street. Tickets cost £6 per child, accompanying adult free, and may be booked in person, by calling the Box Office on 0131 556 9579 or online here (transaction fee applies to phone and online bookings). Please remember to request a free adult ticket when you purchase your child’s ticket.
Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh: 2010-2015. Ivan Bernal Palli works with litho prints made from photographic negatives: here he will show a collection of images of trees found on Corstorphine Hill, which he visited regularly over a five year period, exploring how the seasons, weather and different light conditions alter a familiar landscape and turn it into a new reality. 11am-5pm, Coburg House Studios, 15 Coburg Street. Ends 11th July 2015.
Muster #2:Â an open, free and informal event for artists and creative people to meet and explore ideas. if you have an idea for something creative you’d like to try out, or want to find people you like working with, bring a script, a piece of music or anything you’d like to develop – come and work on your project in a spacious place for free! 10.30am-4.30pm, Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road. Email Helene at cloeteh@ericliddell.org with your ideas, or send a message via the event’s Facebook page here.
Portrait Gallery Thematic Tours: Painted Warriors – Four Centuries of Military Heroes. Susanna Kerr, former Senior Curator, Portrait Gallery, will lead a tour round the gallery, exploring the history of Scotland’s soldiers. 2-2.45pm or 3-3.45pm, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street. Free and unticketed.
Lunchtime Concert: New Horizons Band, London, Ontario. 12.15pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Free.
Zoo Arts Extra –  Animation Workshops: four days of stop motion animation techniques – make your own film! Come with family or friends – or by yourself; book for all or just part of the project, which continues on Monday 6th, Wednesday 8th and Friday 10th July. For children aged 9 years or over and adults. 10am-4pm, North EdinburghArts, Pennywell Court, Muirhouse. £1/50p per session for Good Neighbour Card Holders and £5/£3 for everyone else, snacks/lunch provided. For more information and to book please call 0131 315 2151 or pick up a flyer at NEA.
The Big LGBT Music Jam: a creative and supportive space for making music. Play, sing your own song, or just be an appreciative listener; all music tastes welcome, no need to book, just turn up. Bring your own instruments, some percussion available. 1-4pm, LGBT Health and Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street. For more information please contact biglgbtmusicjamedinburgh@gmail.com.
Beyond the Horizon: a new exhibition, including work by Alan Richmond, Lynn Hanley and Martin Laurance. 10am-5om Thursday to Saturday, 12 noon-5pm Sundays,(closed Monday-Wednesday), The Velvet Easel, 298 Portobello High Street. Ends 27th September 2015.
Inchcolm New Music Ensemble. A concert of Scottish Celtic plainchant and new vibrant music from Scottish-based composers; plainchant from the Inchcolm Antiphoner, written over one thousand years ago by the monks of Inchcolm, will intersperse recent compositions. Inchcolm New Music Ensemble is the new music group of Heriot-Watt University, directed by Steve King. 7.30pm, St Giles’ Cathedral, High Street. Admission £6 on the door.
Vegas! The award-winning retro club night, featuring cocktails and cool, showgirls and swing, roulette and romance – with DJs Frankie Sumatra, Bugsy Seagull, Sam Jose and Nuno Endo, 
plus Nikki Nevada & The Vegas Showgirls and The Fabulous Scott Brothers. For over 18s only. 8.30pm, The Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street. Tickets cost £7 on the door (sta) or £6 (transaction fee applies) in advance from various outlets or online here.
Luss Highland Games & Gathering of the Clan Colquhoun. Your second chance to get out of Edinburgh this weekend is something that’s been held annually (with a short break in wartime) since 1875. The Luss Games offer all the traditional events: heavyweight, races of all kinds – including cycle races and a ‘kilted dash’ – tug-o-war, tossing the caber, throwing the hammer, Highland dancing and of course, plenty of bagpipes, all in a romantic setting on the banks of the River Luss. There will also be children’s activities, trade stalls and lots of refreshments on sale. 10.45am onwards, Luss Village, Loch Lomond, Argyll & Bute. Tickets cost £6/£3, family ticket £14, car parking £2. Full travel directions can be found on the event’s website here. If you would like to enter any of the open events, click here for information.
