Create, Decorate, Celebrate and get ready to make some noise!
Join the Edinburgh Tool Library at Tribe Porty for a vibrant, hands-on workshop where you'll craft your very own pride noise makers.

Whether you're a seasoned maker or have never stepped foot in a workshop, this family-friendly activity welcomes everyone to express themselves and join in the Porty Pride celebrations.

There is a ticketed event with 4 time slots of 45 minutes

• 10:00am -10:45am

• 11:00am -11:45am

• 12:00pm-12:45pm

• 1:00pm-1:45pm

Ticket Pricing

£16.96 Standard Ticket

£15.34 Edinburgh Tool Library Member

£11.55 Concession

£0 Free Ticket

While this is a fundraising event, we want to remove financial barriers to our events, so please get in touch with daisy@edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk if you require a free or discounted ticket.

Buy tickets via Eventbrite

Alongside, there will be a free, drop-in session to make a simple bell and ribbon wand. This is suitable for all ages and no need to book

This is an indoor event.

Venue Accessibility

For detailed accessibility information about this venue, visit Euan’s Guide, the disabled access review website or contact the Edinburgh Tool Library via hello@edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk.

Portobello High School proactively engaged with Porty Pride and we are excited to share we have a photography exhibition project for a group of the young folk to take part in. They were asked to photograph what Pride in Community means to them. 

Images for this exhibition were selected from the young people’s shortlist with support from photographer Alicia Bruce of Portobello Photography School.  Alicia enjoyed seeing the range of images and projects undertaken by the students who had a clear interest in documenting Pride visibility and solidarity in our local community.

Portobello Photography School is based by Edinburgh’s seaside. We provide supportive outdoor photography workshops led by award winning professional photographer, community collaborator and experienced educator Alicia Bruce.  Our founder and tutor has twenty years of professional photography experience and is a qualified educator with over fifteen years of teaching experience. To book more courses and find the most up to date information follow @portyphoto on our social media channels and follow our Eventbrite.

http://portobellophotography.eventbrite.com

Brand new EHFM resident and Porty local, corn and music enthuiast Greengiant will be starting your Saturday with a bang! Their fully vinyl set will be serving up a tasty platter of global grooves, disco and generally banging tunes to make you move your body!

This is very much an event for the whole family to enjoy from 1 years old to 100+! So bring everyone along and get your boogie on!

This event is FREE so please join us!

This is an indoor event.

This is a sober event

The dancefloor in Portobello Town Hall is Wheelchair Accessible
Portobello Town Hall has step-free access, wheelchair accessible, accessible and gender-neutral bathrooms

Porty Pride - LGBTQIA+ sauna 95mins (Sat 7 June) with SWS Portobello 95mins

1 hour 35 minutes @ £21.00

Book a seat in our welcoming and open sauna space for LGBTQIA+ people living in and around Portobello.

This is a trans and non-binary inclusive event; all bodies and identities welcome.

Standard Ticket £21 - (£10 will be donated by SWS to LGBT Youth Scotland)

On a low income? We have a limited amount of “Pay It Forward” sessions, please request these via hello@soulwatersauna.com

Mystika Glamoor presents BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS, a theatrical cabaret show that brings to life the cult queer book “The f*ggots and their friends between revolutions”, sharing fables and wisdom on how we survive oppression through radical joy, art, and solidarity. Mystika compiles passages of the book relating to its various characters (the f*ggots, the women, the fairies, and the queens) and acts individual performances based on each of them as they try to survive and thrive under the control of the men (played by drag king extraordinaire Daddy Delight). 

This is an 18+ show

Content warning: the show tackles themes of oppression, patriarchy, and sex. It uses the reclaimed slur “f*ggot” throughout.

Please note this is a ticketed event and is restricted to 40 people.

TICKET PRICES

£15 - I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic needs and have expendable income.

£10 - I am employed and have have some expendable income.

£5 - I may stress about meeting my basic needs and have no or very limited expendable income.

Pay what you can

This is an indoor event.

Access information - please note this performance will be in the Upper Hall of the Porty Town Hall which is currently only accessible via stairs (there is no lift in Porty Town Hall).

Please contact with any questions about access.

Portobello Town Hall has accessible and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Porty Pride - LGBTQIA+ sauna 65mins (Sun 8 June) with SWS Portobello 65 mins

1 hour 5 minutes @ £14.50

Book a seat in our welcoming and open sauna space for LGBTQIA+ people living in and around Portobello.

This is a trans and non-binary inclusive event; all bodies and identities welcome.

Standard Ticket £21 - (£10 will be donated by SWS to LGBT Youth Scotland)

On a low income? We have a limited amount of “Pay It Forward” sessions, please request these via hello@soulwatersauna.com

Portobello High School proactively engaged with Porty Pride and we are excited to share we have a photography exhibition project for a group of the young folk to take part in. They were asked to photograph what Pride in Community means to them. 

Images for this exhibition were selected from the young people’s shortlist with support from photographer Alicia Bruce of Portobello Photography School.  Alicia enjoyed seeing the range of images and projects undertaken by the students who had a clear interest in documenting Pride visibility and solidarity in our local community.

Portobello Photography School is based by Edinburgh’s seaside. We provide supportive outdoor photography workshops led by award winning professional photographer, community collaborator and experienced educator Alicia Bruce.  Our founder and tutor has twenty years of professional photography experience and is a qualified educator with over fifteen years of teaching experience. To book more courses and find the most up to date information follow @portyphoto on our social media channels and follow our Eventbrite.

http://portobellophotography.eventbrite.com

The Edinburgh Samba School, are proud to have been a regular feature at Porty Pride - you can see the band play this year at the end of Saturday’s dog walk on the prom. 

On Sunday, from 12.30 to 2.30, it’s over to you to make some noise with us!

We’ll introduce you to some of the rhythms of the Brazilian carnival drumming tradition, with its range of instruments, and by the end of the workshop, we’ll be playing together as a community of music makers, whether you’ve drummed before or are a first time player.

Samba and carnival percussion is a way of joyfully taking up space, and this workshop is for LGBTQIA+ community and allies, aged 16+.

There is a mix of free tickets, pay-what-you-can, and supporter tickets. All donations cover running costs, and any surplus will go back into supporting TESS’ and Porty Pride’s work.

Please note this is a ticketed event and is restricted to 30 people.

Access info:

• The workshop can be accessed from seated or standing, and instruments range from light and hand-held percussion to slightly larger drums that are worn on the body or on stands. 

• Earplugs will be provided. If it is your preference to wear over-the-head ear protection it may be best to bring your own. 

• All drums, sticks and stands/straps are provided. 

• This  is an indoor event. The space will be well ventilated and respirator masks will be available if required. Please do not attend if you have any symptoms that may be contagious or if you have tested positive for Covid 19. 

• The venue is on the ground floor, and wheelchair accessible.

• There are accessible gender-neutral toilets.

• Please contact with any questions about access.

Shunpike Social Club is a loose collective of 30-odd players bringing Cumbia, Brazilian and Cuban music alive with big band flair. Think brass, reeds & rhythm section on a big scale!

Shunpike Social Club, directed by Oi Musica's Marcus Britton, bring celebratory sounds to street festivals, while providing opportunities for players at all stages to get involved in fun, non-formal music making that is seriously joyful to witness!

Head down to Porty Prom (the bottom of John Street) to enjoy the sounds of Shunpike Social Club. We're planning to include a short parade along the prom to start the show at 1.30 from outside the Swimming Baths, and head towards the Community Garden to play the rest of the set there (parade element will be about 5 minutes).

This is an outdoor event.

Porty Pride - Trans & Non-Binary Sauna 95mins (Sun 8th June) with SWS Portobello 95mins

1 hour 35 minutes @ £21.00

This particular session is designed especially with Trans and Non-Binary folks in mind, offering a more intimate and affirming space. As with all our events, everyone is welcome — but this session centres the experiences and comfort of Trans and Non-Binary guests.

For this event, our regular changing space will be adapted to provide complete privacy, ensuring a more comfortable and respectful environment for all.

Chosen Charity for this event: LGBT Youth Scotland (£10 from 90min)

On a low income? We have a limited amount of “Pay It Forward” sessions, please request these via hello@soulwatersauna.com

Following the success of last year’s poetry night and open mic, we’re thrilled to present another evening of poetry celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.

Curated by Jess Orr, Hosted by Ross McFarlane and featuring guest spots from some of Scotland’s top talent: Harry Josephine Giles, Janette Ayachi, RJ Hunter and Drew Gill.

There will also be a chance to sign up on the night to take part in the open mic (limited slots available, arrive early to secure your spot).

The Portobello Tap will be serving non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks

This is a ticketed event

Featured Line Up

Harry Josephine Giles

Harry Josephine Giles is from Orkney and lives in Leith. Her latest book is Them! (Picador 2024). Her verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Stirling. Her show Drone debuted in the Made in Scotland Showcase at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe and toured internationally. www.harryjosephine.com

Janette Ayachi

Janette Ayachi is a Scottish-Algerian poet.  Her poetry, prose and essays have been translated into several languages in newspapers & anthologies. She’s the author of the children's book: The Mermaid, The Girl and The Gondola, illustrated by Fabio Perla, Hand Over Mouth Music, which won the Saltire Poetry Book of the Year Literary Award 2019, and Quick Fire, Slow Burning, which was shortlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards & The Laurel Prize 2024. She’s a regular on BBC arts programmes and collaborates with artists, performing at international festivals. She’s currently writing her travel memoir Lonerlust and debut sapphic romance novel Of Sweet Figs and is looking for an agent!

RJ Hunter

RJ Hunter (they/she) is an award-winning writer, theatre-maker and performance poet based in Scotland. Hunter’s debut poetry pamphlet, “Flustercuck” was released in June 2023, whilst “Stupid Sexy Poem Show”, Hunter’s first full-length solo show, has been performed to sold-out crowds across the country, met with critical acclaim, including being deemed “the future voice of the medium of spoken-word” (Corr Blimey). RJ Hunter is the 2023 Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion and the Runner-Up at the Scottish Slam Championship 2024 & 2025

Drew Gill

Drew Gill emerged onto the poetry scene in Autumn of 2023, bringing with him a storied heartbreak and a deep appreciation for all things lyrical. Immersing himself in the wonderful Scottish Spoken Word Community, he found not only the perfect place to hone his craft as he weaved worlds out of the catharsis found in writing your way out of pain, but some the greatest individuals and artists one could ever have the pleasure of knowing.

Ross McFarlane - Host

Ross McFarlane is a Glaswegian poet, performer and host of many nights – writing queer stories and small moments with the delivery of a 80’s hardcore band. He co-created and wrote on horror audio drama series Folxlore, winner of Best New Storytelling Production at the 2020 Audio Verse Awards, and his debut pamphlet, Life Goals of the Millennials: or The Commune Manifesto, was published by Burning Eye Books in 2022.

This is an indoor event.
Portobello Town Hall has step-free access, wheelchair accessible, accessible and gender-neutral bathrooms

Dyke Bar at Porty Pride 2025

Free Pub Night for lesbians, dykes, trans dykes, bi dykes, non-binary dykes, dykes of colour, elder dykes, disabled dykes, butch dykes, femme dykes, friendly dykes, lonely dykes, all dykes welcome!

This is an 18+ event

This is an indoor event.