What to do this weekend: 28-29 May

ALL WEEKEND

Hidden Door Festival

Hidden Door is back at King's Stables Road for 9 days and nights starting from 27 May. Learn more about what's on and when on their website. Expect music, art, theatre, cinema, spoken word, poetry, bars and street food - see you there!

28TH MAY, SATURDAY

Dinner at Jupiter

Of course we don't mean the planet, but the amazing outdoor art museum: Jupiter Artland. The five course dinner is served at the Proposal Room Cafe by everyone's beloved Cafe Milk - e-mail jupiter@cafemilk.co.uk for prices and availability and find the Facebook event here.

May Flea Market

The Out of the Blue Drill Hall will host this month's flea market with over 45 stalls between 10am-3pm. Entry is free, sign up for the Facebook event here.

29TH MAY, SUNDAY

Old Town Street Food Festival

It's bank holiday Sunday which means The Three Sisters of the old town are holding their popular street food fest with live music and your favourite street food vendors.

Have a good weekend!

What to do this weekend: 21-22 May

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Dr Neil's Garden

Discover this magical secret garden by Duddingston village, easily reachable by a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre. It's one of our favourite gardens with nice memories attached to it - when my parents were visiting the 'burgh I took them there and my Dad being a gardener ended up helping the local gardener! Totally worth the visit, also refreshments and plant sales between 2-5pm.

FestivALE

Expect beer, spirits, live musicu and streetfood at Summerhall. Join their Facebook event.

21ST MAY, SATURDAY

Studio Ghibli

Cameo is showing Grave of the fireflies by Hayao Miyazaki at 11am in English. If you are after the English subtitled Japanese speaking version, you need to wait until Tuesday 25th. Highly recommended if you loved other Ghibli films such as Our neighbour Totoro, Kiki's delivery service and Spirited away.

22ND MAY, SUNDAY

Affordable vintage fair

Huge vintage fair at the Assembly Rooms, featuring fashion, accessories, menswear, homeware and much more! Join their Facebook event.

Have a good weekend!

What to do this weekend: 14-15 May

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'Flower gazing'

The cherry blossoms are finally in full bloom at the Meadows, they look so pretty and we can't get enough of them. Good job we're not allergic!

Book some jazz

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival tickets are finally available to book online (as of 9th May). We love the idea of the European Jazz Summit, bringing you musicians from France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Holland.

14TH MAY, SATURDAY

Waverley Arches

Have you visited recently the Waverley Arches? There are quite a few new places which have recently opened there and worth checking out! From Tempoteabar's refreshing bubble teas to salads from Gannet & Guga and doughnuts from Baba Budan your lunch is sorted!

15TH MAY, SUNDAY

Southside SEDA walk

We've been lucky to attend last weekend's SEDA Colonies to waterfront walk at Edinburgh's northside - we had a wonderful time walking in the sunshine, chatting to fellow arch-geeks and visiting hidden architectural gems. We highly recommend their southside walk happening this weekend, starting at 2pm from The Last Drop of Grassmarket. If you cannot attend, you can still download their maps and do a self-guided tour later.

Have a nice weekend!

What to do this weekend: 7-8 May

ALL WEEKEND

Architectural Films

Source: The Edinburgh Enthusiast (C)

How about historic architectural films at the City Chambers Quad? Both Saturday and Sunday screenings feature St Peter's Seminary in Cardross which we were lucky to visit during the highly popular Hinterland event. Learn more about the screenings and book your tickets here. Note that the event is outdoors so dress up warm!

7TH MAY, SATURDAY

Hanami

Source: The Edinburgh Enthusiast (C)

Hanami is Japanese for 'flower gazing' and luckily you don't have to travel as far as Japan to look at some pretty cherry blossoms. A couple of weeks ago we featured the beautiful blooming Yoshino cherry tree at the Botanics and now we recommend a Japanese style picnic at Starbank Park. Sign up for the Facebook event organised by the Friends of Starbank Park here.

8TH MAY, SUNDAY

SEDA Colonies Walk

The SEDA (Scottish Ecological Design Association) walking tour of Edinburgh's northside is part of the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design in Scotland. You can still get tickets via Eventbrite. The walk starts at 2pm from the McDonald Road Library.

Have a good weekend!