2026 Events
Ticketed Events
Some events are paid tickets, but all have a sliding scale.
Some events are free but with limited space so please book to avoid disappointment.
Running throughout the weekend
There are some events which will run from Friday to Sunday - make sure to check them out.
The story of Porty Pride - exhibition and archive
Hidden Objects - Find and Keep!
Still To Come….
Shinty
Venue: Joppa Quarry Park
Organiser: Tayforth Camanachd
Price:
Age: 18+
Event Description
Come and have a go at Scotlands oldest national sport.
It is a full contact, stick and ball team sport. We will provide sticks and helmets and will show you the basic skills.
Anyone is welcome to join, bring shinpads and football boots if you have them.
This will be on grass.
We'll go over the basic skills of the game through relaxed drills before a fun, friendly game. While shinty is a contact sport, we always move at your pace and comfort levels in taster sessions.
No changing facilities available.
About the Organisers
Tayforth Camanachd is Edinburgh's local shinty team. Our focus is on providing community sport with the opportunity for growth and competition.
Our mixed training allows everyone to train together, and our men's team regularly field as a mixed team.
We compete in tournament days in mixed teams which provide an opportunity for social competition, as well as running regular free taster sessions which are a commitment free way to enjoy the sport in a smaller group.
Tayforth currently fields two teams - one in the Women's South League and one in the Men's South 2 League.
Football
A relaxed session of gentle warm ups, drills and fun game
Venue: Porty Pits aka Power League Portobello
Organiser: Porty Queer Football Community
Price: Free non ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
FREE give it a go football session to celebrate Porty Pride!
Never played before? Haven't played for ages? Want a fun way to exercise and meet friendly peeps?
If you identify as LGBTQIA and are over 18, join us.
A relaxed session of gentle warm ups, drills and fun games. Come for a wee bit or the whole thing.
See if you like it... And if you do, join our weekly games!
Warning: it is highly addictive. No metal studs please, only moulded studs or trainers.
Changing facilities and toilets are available.
About the Organisers
Porty Queer Football Community (PQFC) started in 2023, they play in Porty, all queers welcome, no experience needed. Connect with them @portyqueerfootballcommunity
Accessibility
Walking Football
Low impact, non-contact football
Venue: Porty Pits aka Power League Portobello
Organiser:
Price: Free non- ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Taster sessions brought to you by experienced coach Blu.
All are welcome to come and try for some fun, fitness and no experience needed.
This is a low impact, non contact sport.
No metal studs please, only moulded studs or trainers.
Changing facilities and toilets are available.
About the Organisers
Vinnette (aka Blu) is the Coach for the Steppers Over 40s at the Women of Colour Football Club, based in North London. The club has been successfully running for the past five years, creating opportunities for women to stay active, connected, and confident through football.
Blu’s coaching style focuses on building an inclusive, warm, and friendly environment where every player feels welcome, supported, and valued regardless of their experience or ability level. She is passionate about encouraging participation, teamwork, confidence-building, and enjoyment of the game
Over the years, Blu has coached women of all abilities and has successfully led her team in friendly matches, local tournaments, and national competitions.
Blu’s leadership and supportive approach have helped create a strong community where women can enjoy football, improve their wellbeing, and build lasting friendships.
Family Games
A first time fun session for parents/guardians and kids
Venue: The Beach near Bath Street
Organiser: Porty Pride
Price: Free non-ticketed
Age: All Ages
Event Description
Bring your grown ups along to help you join in at SPorty Pride
Pre walking crawl/shuffle, egg and spoon, three legged and sack races
Challenge your skills with the marble run, lasso your grown-ups in the gay granny pants game!
Come and join in the fun.
About the Organisers
Porty Pride Organising Committee members
Sailing
20 minute taster trips
Venue: Beach near Bath St
Organiser: Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club
Price: Free non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Depending on the wind and weather, Portobello Sailing Club are offering 20-minute taster trips in Wayfarer dinghies (2-3 participants per boat)
Leaving from the beach in front of the club (beside the Beach House Cafe).
Participants will need to sign a disclaimer form
Wear warm outdoor clothing and be prepared to roll-up trousers etc. or wear wellies to climb into the boat from the water's edge.
Buoyancy aids will be provided and a safety boat will be monitoring.
About the Organisers
Portobello’s community sea sports club - PKSC is a friendly and active club on the shores of the Firth of Forth, a few miles from the centre of Edinburgh and in the heart of the thriving community of Portobello. Based at on the Promenade at the bottom of Bath Street, members – with appropriate qualifications and experience – can use our sailing dinghies, kayaks and St Ayles rowing skiffs.
Accessibility
Scottish Country Dancing
Demonstration and taster of Scottish Country Dancing
Venue: Bellfield
Organiser: Gay Gordons
Price: Free - non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Join Gay Gordons Edinburgh for a brief demonstration of Scottish Country Dancing.
Followed by an opportunity to join in for a dance!
About the Organisers
Gay Gordons Edinburgh started in September 2009 to offer Scottish Country Dancing to the LGBTQIA+ community and their friends.
We offer a warm welcome to everyone. Our only requirement is that if you come to one of our classes or ceilidhs, you should be happy to dance with everyone.
We aim to be totally inclusive, to welcome others and have fun through dancing. We offer a warm welcome to everyone.
Our only requirement is that if you come to one of our classes or ceilidhs, you should be happy to dance with everyone. We aim to be totally inclusive, to welcome others and have fun through dancing
Basketball
Drop in for a taster session
Venue: Porty High School
Organiser: LGBT Basketball Edinburgh
Price: Free Non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Never dribbled a ball? Rusty? Just want mates to shoot some
hoops with?
Drop in for a taster session and say hi! We are a friendly queer bunch playing casual games.
Wear indoor, non-marking footwear
About the Organisers
LGBT Basketball Group is a friendly and informal weekly group for LGBTQI beginners and regular players alike. We welcome the entire diversity of the LGBTQI community and any supporters they wish to bring.
You must be 16+ to come along.
@lgbtbasketballedinburgh
https://leapsports.org/LGBTbasketballEdinburgh
Accessibility
Fencing
Venue: Bellfield
Organiser: Dunedin Fencing Club
Price: Free - non ticketed
Age: For all ages from 10 years +
Event Description
We will be using plastic fencing equipment, which is very safe, but it can be uncomfortable to be hit on bare skin so you may wish to wear a long sleeved top. We would advise wearing sports shoes with a reasonable level of cushioning and lower body wear that you can comfortably make a full lunge in.
We will be bringing some para fencing equipment and we encourage wheelchair users to come try out and find out more about chair fencing.
About the Organisers
We're a community fencing club We believe fencing is there to support your health and wellbeing, and our classes and club culture are set up to achieve those goals. LGBTQ+ folk love fencing; we're proud to have a strong LGBTQ+ community in our club.
We focus on working with groups that face barriers to accessing sport including para athletes and we created the Pride Fencing Group
We have a zero tolerance stance on discriminatory behaviour and language.
With support from British and Scottish Fencing, we're now also able to offer Olympic standard equipment for para fencing at our sessions at Southside Community Centre.
https://dunedinfencingclub.square.site
Accessibility
We will be bringing some para fencing equipment and we encourage wheelchair users to come try out and find out more about chair fencing.
Climbing
Half price climbing session
Venue: The Climbing Hangar
Organiser: The Climbing Hangar
Price: £9 pay on door
Age: 18+
Event Description
Come along and have a go at climbing, all level of difficulties are available.
Climbing shoe hire is included in the price
All genders and levels of experience welcome
About the Organisers
The Climbing Hangar is a Porty based bouldering wall with a diverse and inclusive membership. With a relaxed atmosphere and experts available to guide you, we give you a fun place to work out your body and mind. We have a monthly social session for adults who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community & friends to meet new people, share experience & climb together.
T-Climbing Edinburgh is a regular meet up for trans and non-binary climbers. We organise visits to bouldering gyms around Edinburgh and are open to people of all abilities. Our aim is to provide a fun and welcoming space for trans folk to climb together.
To find out more or contact us check out our instagram @tclimbingedinburgh or contact tclimbing.edinburgh@protonmail.com.
Accessibility
Step Free entrance
Accessible parking
Wheelchair accessible toilets
Gender neutral toilets
Roller Derby & Prom Skate
Roller derby demonstration & prom skate
Venue: Bellfield & Prom
Organiser: Auld Reekie Roller Derby &
Lothian Roller Derby
Price: Free - non ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Open to all genders and abilities
Roller Derby Demonstration- Come down to Bellfield and watch some roller derby action.
No skates? No problem. Have a go at some off-skates drills and play a game of sock derby!
Skate on the prom - If you have your own skates, come for a skate down the prom.
Skates won't be provided, so bring your own.
About the Organisers
Lothian Roller Derby - Founded in 2011, Lothian Roller Derby is the only roller derby league Edinburgh and the Lothians that is open to all gender identities.
https://lothianrollerderby.co.uk/aboutus/about-roller-derby
Auld Reekie Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 2008, ARRD was the first Scottish Women's Flat Track Derby Association member.
In Auld Reekie there is a place for everyone, whether on skates or off, and a role for every skillset and the club promotes equality and inclusion in roller derby.
The politics of queer archiving
Join us amongst the 'story of Porty Pride' exhibition for a discussion with OurStory Scotland on the politics of queer archiving.
Venue: Portobello Town Hall - Upper Hall
Organiser: Our Story Scotland
Cost: Free but ticketed at Outsavvy
Duration: 1 hour
What To Expect
Join us amongst the 'story of Porty Pride' exhibition for a discussion with OurStory Scotland on the politics of queer archiving. Exploring the beginnings of Porty Pride's archive to give us our context, we'll discuss why some histories get erased whilst others get recorded, why it's important to capture LGBTQ+ lives and stories, and what difference it makes to be able to see (or not see) the history of queer lives. We'll also explore the multiple, collaborative, collective nature of queer archiving - and the importance of people telling their stories in their own words.
In the second part of the event, we'll be inviting you to share and record your own queer stories of Porty and Porty Pride (whether it's your first or fifth time visiting), to add to our archive and be part of the making of queer history together.
With thanks to Scottish Council on Archives and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting this work.
Host: Our Story Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity (SCIO). They collect, archive and present the life stories and experiences of the LGBT community in Scotland. This involves oral history work with all ages, including the older generation, whose stories reveal the tremendous changes that have occurred in the situation of LGBT people during their lifetime.
Accessibility
Whilst Porty Town Hall is step-free and wheelchair accessible, unfortunately the Upper Hall is up a flight of stairs, and there is no lift. Chairs will be available in the space for those who’d like to use them.
Running
Various distances and pace.
Venue: The Prom
Organiser: Good Time Running Club, Edinburgh Frontrunners, Queer Run Porty
Tickets: Free non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Anyone welcome, turn up and take part, various distances and pace.
Beginner Friendly, no experience needed.
Meet outside the Portobello Swim Centre.
This event is open to all genders.
About the Organisers
Good Time Running Club
The foundation of Good Time is that the club is available for everyone. If you’ve never ran but want to give it a try, We’re here for you. At most runs we find ourselves having a run/walk chat with a new friend. We meet every Monday, Thursday and Sunday in the city, Mondays and Sundays in Portobello and Thursday in Leith. All of our regular runs are free and you don`t need to let us know if you are coming in advance.
https://www.goodtimerunning.co.uk
Edinburgh Frontrunners
Edinburgh Frontrunners (EFR) is a running club for members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community in Edinburgh and beyond. EFR belongs to a global network of frontrunners groups, with three located in Scotland, 14 across the UK, and branches in over 100 cities worldwide. Our club warmly welcomes members, regardless of age, gender, sex, sexuality, ethnicity, or running ability. Central to EFR is a culture of respect and a passionate commitment to reducing barriers to participation faced by marginalised groups.
https://www.edinburghfrontrunners.org
Queer Run Porty
A (très) new queer running community based in Portobello. Think: Low-key, monthly social runs, coffee, and chats and bonding at the beach and that.
Follow us @queerrunporty
Self Defence
A practical physical self defence workshop based on martial arts practice.
Venue: Bellfield
Organiser: Rea Cris
Tickets: Free but spaces limited via Outsavvy
Age: Children must be accompanied by an adult
Event Description
This workshop will demonstrate some physical self defense tactics with a chance to practice them with a partner.
This workshop involves a lot of physicality therefore please attend in pairs with someone you feel safe and comfortable practicing these techniques with.
Please note that whilst training will be done gently and with utmost care for participants, you attend at your own risk and if you have any concerns or questions please get in touch beforehand.
This workshop is open to anyone (age, size, mobility, fitness or abilities).
We can adapt the exercises to suit.
What to expect
Warm up exercise
Discussion and demonstration of principles of self defense in martial arts
Techniques for getting out of physical contact (having your wrist grabbed for instance).
Techniques for avoiding physical attacks such as punching.
About the Organisers
Rea Cris is a qualified Tai Chi teacher and one of our very own trustees here at Porty Pride. Please contact Rea on: portypride@gmail.com with SELF DEFENCE in the subject line.
Accessibility
This workshop is open to anyone (age, size, mobility, fitness or abilities).
We can adapt the exercises to suit.
Step-free access
wheelchair accessible venue
Boxing
Coached taster sessions
Venue: Bellfield
Organiser: Port O'Leith Boxing Club
Price: Free - non ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
A taster session for members of the LGBTQ+ community as an introduction to the sport as boxing has many misconceptions of being a non inclusive environment.
Led by non-binary coach.
Contact with bags and pads only, all equipment will be provided.
For anyone to have a go.
Beginners and more experienced boxers welcome.
Come along and learn a new skill in safe environment.
About the Organisers
Port O’ Leith Boxing Club offers courses, classes and programmes, including our 4 week Boxing Basics Courses for total beginners where boxing skills such as effective footwork, head movement and ring craft are introduced. Being able to punch is a great skill to have – but being able to dodge a punch is even better!
Outdoor Swimming & Touch Rugby
Have a dip and a run about
Venue: Porty Beach - Groyne 4
Organiser: BlueBalls & Thebans
Tickets: Free non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Beginner Friendly, no experience needed.
Meet bottom of John Street and Groyne 4.
This event is open to all genders.
Come along for a quick dip and enjoy the benefits of cold water for your body. Warm up with a game of touch rugby on the beach.
Have a paddle, a dunk or a swim, it’s up to you! No experience needed.
Warm up after with a run around on the beach and a game of touch rugby.
Touch rugby is a fast-paced, non-contact variant of traditional rugby where tackles are replaced by simple touches. Players use their hands to touch an opponent on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball to simulate a tackle, making it highly accessible and safe for all ages, fitness levels, and mixed-gender teams
No changing facilities available.
About the Organiser
The Edinburgh Blue Balls is a weekly men's mental health and cold water dipping group located in Portobello, Edinburgh. Our group meets twice a week for a refreshing dip in the cold waters of Portobello, with a social aspect to the experience
https://edinburghblueballs.co.uk/about/
Caledonian Thebans Rugby Football Club has been thriving for over 20 years. Our team members come from all walks of life. Made up of LGBTQIA+ people and our straight allies, Thebans operate a prejudice-free policy. Allowing everyone to enjoy rugby. Scotland’s first and finest inclusive rugby club, we are now based at the Royal High Athletic Club in Edinburgh.
Accessibility
Cold Water Safety Information via Blueballs
Padel
Taster sessions for one of the countries fastest growing sports
Venue: Power League Portobello
Organiser: Edinburgh Curveballs
Tickets: Free non-ticketed
Age: 18+
Event Description
Come down and find out what padel is and meet the Curveball team.
9:30am to 10am - Welcome tea and coffee with the team
10:30am to 12pm - Games begins!
Taster sessions available with coaches for anyone to have a go at padel either for the first time or to improve.
Beginner Friendly, no experience needed.
Anyone welcome, open to all genders.
No booking required. Turn up and take part.
About the Organisers
Your local, social LGBTQ+ squash, tennis and padel group. We welcome players of any ability level - from absolute beginners to seasoned pros - for fun and friendly games, with optional socials afterwards. Edinburgh Curveballs welcomes ALL
Blether and Brew
Come along and meet other older LGBTQIA+ people for an informal blether, with a brew about issues that matter to you.
Venue: Portobello Town Hall
Organiser: Porty Pride
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hour
What To Expect
Come along and meet other older LGBTQIA+ people for an informal blether hosted by LGBT Health & Wellbeing, MacMillan and Sanctuary. This is a space to talk about issues that matter to you. The brew will be provided.
LGBT Health & Wellbeing - LGBT Health and Wellbeing is a queer‑led charity creating safer, healthier, more connected LGBTQ+ communities across Scotland. We do this by offering a range of support, services, and spaces.
Macmillan @ Edinburgh Libraries - We can offer advice on financial, emotional and practical support if you, or anyone you know has been affected by cancer.
Sanctuary Queer Arts - We create Sanctuary spaces, creative activities and inclusive events for all members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair Accessible
step-free access
wheelchair accessible
accessible and gender-neutral bathrooms
Portobello Community Choir
Come and learn some harmony songs with a focus on equality and rights for LGBTQ+ people, and to celebrate rights won.
Venue: Porty Beach at bottom of Marlborough Street
Organiser: Portobello Community Choir
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hour
What To Expect
All welcome – no singing experience needed.
Portobello Community Choir is open to anyone who likes to sing. We aim to joyfully connect with each other, the earth and the world around us through song.
Accessibility
This event will be happening on Portobello beach and you may be interested in hiring a Beach Wheelchair if relevant.
Foraging & Herbal Walk
Whether you are a complete beginner or an avid forager, come along to immerse yourself into the wild food and medicine growing all around us with Soraya from Grass Roots Remedies co-op.
Venue: Meet at Donkeyfield Community Orchard entrance opposite Brunstane Train Station
Organiser: Grass Roots Remedies Co-op
Cost: Free but booking required via Outsavvy
Duration: 2.5 hours
What To Expect
Whether you are a complete beginner or an avid forager, come along to immerse yourself into the wild food and medicine growing all around us with Soraya from GRR co-op.
We will be looking at the nutritional and medicinal benefits of our wild weeds and trees along with how to harvest them and make them into foods and remedies. We will be walking very slowly and stopping often as we visit the plants in the orchard, looking closely at them and sharing a seasonal herbal tea.
What to bring:
A brollie! Unless there are really high winds this herb walk will go ahead - please bring an umbrella to stay dry if it ends up being a rainy day
Wrap up warm - we will be moving very slowly and stopping often, bring layers so you can stay nice and snug
Appropriate footwear for dirt paths (leave those stilettos for the ball)
Any plantlore you would like to share or questions you would like to ask
About Grass Roots Remedies Co-operative: We are an Edinburgh & Glasgow based workers’ cooperative whose central philosophy is that herbal medicine is the medicine of the people and should be accessible to everyone. We offer a series of practical courses and workshops online and in-person, run the Wester Hailes Community Herbal Medicine Clinic, grow herbs in our medicine garden at the Lauriston Agroecology Farm, and produce simple resources to enable folks to practice herbalism at home.
Accessibility
Donkeyfield Community Orchard entrance opposite Brunstane train station. If you haven't been to this beautiful tucked away spot it can be found 30 minutes walk from Portobello Town Hall or a quick 10 minutes on the train from Edinburgh Waverly.
Donkeyfield Community Orchard has unsurfaced paths, some of which are sloping. The walk will involve a lot of standing and we will share a herbal tea with the option of sitting on a bench or the floor. If you have any questions about the location or route don't hesitate to get in touch with Soraya at soraya@grassrootsremedies.co.uk
Queer Yoga Edinburgh
Join us at Porty Pride for some yoga on the beach! These classes are for LGBTQ+ people who would like to practice yoga with their community, moving and breathing mindfully whilst connected to the sounds of the sea.
Venue: Porty Beach across from 10 John Street Edinburgh EH15 2EE
Organiser: Queer Yoga Edinburgh
Cost: £6.66 to £13.70 via Eventbrite
Duration: 1 hour
What To Expect
Open to all levels of experience. We will have around a 60 minute movement and meditation practice, which will follow a slow vinyasa style. We encourage choice in your practice, you are welcome exactly as you are.
This practice will be led by yoga instructor Megan (she/they) and supported by Oli (he/him).
We will meet at the beach at the end of John Street 5-10 minutes before 10.30am and find a spot to practice together. If you are running late please let us know by texting Oli (07889275982). We expect group size to be around 10-18 people.
What to bring
Please bring your own yoga mat or towel to practice on. We suggest you wear something comfy you can freely move in (joggers, shorts, tshirts etc) and layers might be useful! You might also want to bring a water bottle.
Accessibility
To join this practice, you should be able to get yourself up and down from the floor unaided, otherwise we suggest bringing a chair or something for support. Practice will take place on the sand.
Porty Pride Story Time with Ashley Douglas
Ashley Douglas will be reading from her book The Lass and the Quine, which is the first original LGBT+ inclusive children’s book published in the Scots language.
Venue: Portobello Bookshop
Organiser: Portobello Bookshop
Cost: Free without book or £8 with book - book here
Duration: 30 minutes
What To Expect
Portobello Bookshop is delighted to be welcoming author Ashley Douglas to the bookshop for a story time session in partnership with Porty Pride. She will be reading from her book The Lass and the Quine, which is the first original LGBT+ inclusive children’s book published in the Scots language.
You can sign up to attend and collect a copy of The Lass and the Quine when you attend the event, and there's a free option available as well. Ashley will be signing and dedicating copies of the book on the day.
Please note that the story is aimed at children aged 5-8 but children of all ages are welcome to attend this Story Time event. They must be accompanied by a parent/guardian throughout the event.
Book & Story Time £8.99
In-person event access for a child accompanied by parent/guardian, along with a copy of The Lass and The Quine
Free Story Time £0.00
In-person event access for a child accompanied by parent/guardian - Limited to 1 per person- Free access is limited, so please consider leaving for those who can't afford other options
About the book:
An illustrated storybook for children of primary school age based on the poem The Lass and The Quine by Ashley Douglas. It is a new Scots fairy tale that challenges those you know in a clever and enjoyable way.
The story concerns ‘a lass and a quine whae are awfie different in ivery wey, but whae faw heid ower heels in luve – meetin a wheen animals o the forest alang the wey!’ It has a timeless feel, but what makes it so special is that the love story is one between a girl and a princess, not a girl and a prince.
Ashley Douglas is a Scottish historian and translator. Ashley is the author of the essay My Sapphic City, which was published as part of the anthology who will be remembered here (Historic Environment Scotland, 2025). She is also the author of The Lass and The Quine (2025), the first ever original LGBT inclusive children's book in the Scots language.
Accessibility
Via Ramp - 1:10 ratio, 300g loading capacity
Fully automated front doors.
Clearance to access the staff toilet - 700mm wide
Sound
PA system
Hearing loop system
If you wish to attend an event and require BSL interpretation, please give us a few weeks notice and we’ll do our best to arrange an interpreter
Euan’s Guide Disabled Access Reviews
The story of Porty Pride - exhibition and archive
Exhibition to tell the many stories of Porty Pride, and to record Porty’s queer stories for the future
Venue: Portobello Town Hall - Upper Hall
Organiser: Kathryn Welch for Porty Pride
Cost: Free
What To Expect
2026 marks Porty Pride’s fifth anniversary. It feels like a good time to begin to capture our archive - to celebrate what’s been achieved, to tell the many stories of Porty Pride, and to record Porty’s queer stories for the future.
This exhibition marks the beginning of our process of building that archive.
Drop in to our exhibition to revisit the stories of Porty Pride over the past 5 years - to learn, reminisce, share stories and look back.
Alongside the ‘formal’ history of Porty Pride, we want to include as many community stories as we can. Whether you’ve marched in the dog walk, partied at the ball, organised an event or waved a flag on the beach, we’d love to capture your memories of Porty Pride. We’ll have space and prompts for you to add your own stories to our exhibition, and to be captured forever as part of the story of Porty Pride.
Together, we hope to lay the groundwork now for a growing, evolving, collaborative collection of what Porty Pride is, and what it means to many of us.
With thanks to Scottish Council on Archives and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting this work.
Accessibility
Whilst Porty Town Hall is step-free and wheelchair accessible, unfortunately the Upper Hall is up a flight of stairs, and there is no lift.
Chairs will be available in the space for those who’d like to use them.
Hidden Objects
Hidden objects made from Scottish rocks, yours to find and keep
Venue: All around Portobello
Organiser: Stuart, a member of Glasgow Lapidary Club
Cost: Free
What To Expect
I am Stuart and a member of Glasgow Lapidary Club.
I enjoy making jewellery from Scottish rocks such as Lewisian Gneiss, Jasper and Highland Marble. I never sell my work but, instead, I like to give it away to family, friends, race marshalls, charities and, of course, at Porty Pride. This year I will be 'hiding' about 30 to 40 items around the town.
My daughter and her wife have made Portobello their home and my wife and I get great joy taking our two young grandsons to the beach and swings.
There is a wonderful community spirit in Portobello and so I hope you find one of my 'hidden' pieces and it gives you a smile.
Objects will be “hidden” around Portobello for people to find. If you find an object, it is yours to keep!
Pride Labyrinth
Come together to help make the Pride Labyrinth. It's a 32 foot wide labyrinth communally built with rocks.
Venue: Porty Beach bottom of Kings Road
Organiser: Porty Labyrinth
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hour
What To Expect
Come together to help make the Pride Labyrinth.
It's a 32 foot wide labyrinth communally built with rocks. The path leads you over and back, over and back, into the middle, then retrace your steps to leave, with the purpose of bringing you into balance!
We’ll be meeting on the beach at the bottom of Kings Road and if you have any ikea-type bags to fill with rocks and drag to the labyrinth, this would be handy to bring along.
Accessibility
Family-friendly event with physical requirements of collecting, transporting and placing rocks on the beach
Queeras! An Evening of Cocktails and Queer History
Join Greg, an amateur cocktail enthusiast, for an evening of cocktail making and queer history.
Venue: Rising Tide Cafe
Organiser: Greg Flett
Cost: £25 via Outsavvy
Duration: 2 hours
What To Expect
Join Greg, an amateur cocktail enthusiast, for an evening of cocktail making and queer history.
You’ll be guided to make three cocktails appropriate to the era and, while you sip, you’ll hear all about an important figure from queer history.
3 cocktails are included with the ticket price. Soft drinks are available to purchase.
Essential: Please bring your own cocktail shaker (or large jar, if you don't have one to hand)
If possible, please bring an electric scale or measure for 25/50ml.
18+ ID may be required
Accessibility
Unfortunately the venue is not accessible