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SONGS FOR CHANGE
presents

a week of music, poetry and theatre surrounding the G8 summit and the Make Poverty History march

Below is a list of many of the diverse cultural events taking place in Edinburgh during this momentous week. Venue details are listed at the end.

Music Political Theatre Poetry & Writing Film

Music

Thursday 30th June

Out Front World Music Night (including Caper – music with a Balkan influence - & Orkestra del Sol), The Roxy Art House, 9pm, £3 (free entry with your theatre ticket from earlier performance on the same evening – see theatre section)

Friday 1st July

Out Front World Music Night (The Den Collective: Mosca, Gol, Steve Kettley, & more), The Roxy Art House, 9pm, £3 (free entry with your theatre ticket from earlier performance on the same evening – see theatre section)

Fairtrade Gathering: World Music Concert featuring music from Candido Fabre y su banda, Zuba, Poor Old Ben, The Ruffness and Orkestra del Sol, & fairtrade talks from coffee producers and Bianca Jagger, Usher Hall, 6-11.30pm, £15/12.50, www.newconsumer.org/shop

Art for Poverty: 2 Stages of Live Music with big acts including Hobotalk, Karine Polwart, The Set Up, & Roddy Hart), The Left Bank, 1pm-3am, £10 (or £25 for a three-day pass)

Cabar8 presents Rob Newman, General Skiptastic, G8 slam poetry, Julie Dawid, & MC Tickle and Hustle, The Bongo Club, 9pm-3am, £tbc, www.sead.org.uk

Celebration: An Evening of World Music featuring Ben Okafor, Ghandawi (Ghana), folk band Alting and Scots Asian fusion from Ronak Baaja, St George’s West, 7.30pm, £10


Saturday 2nd July

Bands night featuring Private Jackson, Deadenstereo, Two Minutes Hate, Dystopia & Grace Emily’s, The Canon's Gait Pub, 7.30pm, £4

NO2ID Music Night featuring Thee Comrades, Staccato Set, X-Vectors, Final Brass Rabbi, Pre, Wounded Knee, The Bongo Club, 7pm, £5/4, www.no2id-scotland.net

Art for Poverty: 2 Stages of Live Music with big acts including Hobotalk, Karine Polwart, The Set Up, & Roddy Hart), The Left Bank, 1pm-3am, £10 (or £25 for a three-day pass)

Mercy Corps Scotland G8 Benefit Gig, The Roxy Art House, 9pm, £7/5

G8Crasher featuring 17 DJs and live acts across 3 floors, Teviot Row House, 9-5am, £5

G8 Alternatives presents Grassroots Music For A Better World featuring Attila The Stockbroker, Maggie Holland, Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson, Alistair Hulett, Phamie Gow, Clova, David Rovics, Queens Hall, 7pm, £10/5

Reson8: Bands & DJ Night (Ballboy, Sluts of Trust, We Rock Like Girls Don’t, Uncle John & Whitelock, Degrassi, DJ Craig Jamieson, DJ Bobusan), Potterow, 8pm-3am, £5

Celebration: An Evening of World Music featuring The Bassa Beat Collective, Bhundu Boy, Friends from Zimbabwe, Ghandawi, and Alting. St George’s West, 7.30pm, £10

Xplicit featuring DJs including ENO, the General and Skye, B-raw, and Richie Meldrum, The Honeycomb, 10.30pm-3am, £5

Hunger For Justice: Martin John Nicholls heads a musical evening evoking the struggles of the Ghanaian people, St Andrew’s & St George’s, 7pm, Free


Sunday 3rd July

Art for Poverty: 2 Stages of Live Music with big acts including Hobotalk, Karine Polwart, The Set Up, & Roddy Hart), The Left Bank, 1pm-3am, £10 (or £25 for a three-day pass)

Make Poverty History DJs Night featuring DJ sets from Idlewild, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Teenage Fanclub and others, Cabaret Voltaire, 9pm-3am, £5 minimum donation

Live Free or Die presented by the Scottish Hobo Society with guest star Mystery Juice, The Bongo Club, 3pm-3am, £3/free

Oxfam Music Launch Party with guest appearances by John MacLean from the Beta Band, and Resident DJ Beefy, Front Room @ Berlin, 8pm-late, Free (donations welcome)


Monday 4th July

Poetry Night: performances and readings from a stellar cast of Edinburgh's best writers, poets and storytellers including Ash Dickinson, Gavin Inglis, Steve Porter & songs from David Ferrard and Tommy Mackay, The Royal Oak, 7.30pm, £3, (only 30 seats!!!)

Palestinian Poetry Evening with Najwan Darwish (Jerusalem), Salim Al Nafar (Gaza), Somaya Al Susi (Gaza), Ghazi Hussein (Palestinian refugee, Edinburgh), Jim Aitken (Edinburgh), Scottish Poetry Library, 7pm, £5/3 (limited places: reserve at reception@spl.org.uk)


Tuesday 5th July

Foakies, Edinburgh's best songwriters and bands present a night of acoustic music (Jim, Jamie & Fiona of Flowers For Algernon, The Sidekicks, Jock’s Auld Jaekit, David Ferrard, Mark Barnett, & Tom Clelland,), The Canon’s Gait Pub, 7pm, £3

Giant Tank Music Night featuring Incite, Axiomatic Integration, Gradcom, Usurper vs. Found, The Subway, 7.30pm, £3, www.gianttank.com


Wednesday 6th July

Bands & DJ Night, with The Rezillos, Aberfeldy, Saint Judes Infirmary, Peanut, the 55's plus DJs from The Egg and Hobo, Bongo Club, 8pm-3am, Free. Donations Welcome

Edinburgh Sound Collective, The Left Bank, 9pm, £4

Live8: The Long Walk To Justice with too many celebrities to mention!!!, Murrayfield Stadium

Thursday 7th July

Bands & DJ Night, with The Magnificents, The Aphrodisiacs plus DJs from Headspin Messenger, Satyr and more TBC., Bongo Club, 9pm-3am, Free. Donations Welcome


Venue Details

The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 0131 558 7604

Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Clair Street, 0131 220 6176

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicholson Street, 0131 529 6000, www.eft.co.uk

The Canon's Gait Pub, 232 Canongate, 0131 556 4481

The Left Bank, Guthrie Street, 0131 225 8675

Potterow, Bristo Square,

Queens Hall, Clerk Street, 0131 668 2019, www.thequeenshall.net

The Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 0871 750 0077, www.roxyarthouse.com

Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, 0131 557 2976, www.royal-oak-folk.com

Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crighton's Close, Canongate, 0131 557 2876, www.spl.org.uk

The Subway, 69 Cowgate, 0131 225 6766, www.subwayclubs.co.uk

Teviot Row House, 13 Bristo Square

Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 0131 228 1155, www.usherhall.co.uk

Berlin, 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 0131 467 7215

Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 0131 228 2688

The Honeycomb, 15-17 Niddry Street, 0131 530 5540

Playfair Library, Edinburgh University Old College, South Bridge

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, 0131 248 4848

St Andrew’s & St George’s, 13 George Street

St George’s West, 58 Shandwick Place, 0131 225 7001




If you are holding an event or know of an event you'd like publicised here, click the link below to send an email:
songsforchange@hotmail.com

For a list of marches, workshops and special events visit:
www.g8alternatives.org.uk