A vibrant show of contemporary & traditional ceramics by the 6 resident makers that covers an imaginative spectrum of concepts and working methods. What makes this ceramics exhibition special for many of our visitors is to find that it’s held in a working pottery. You are most welcome to come “backstage” and enjoy meeting whoever is currently at work.   You can find out more about the many ways there are of working with clay, or maybe you are an established potter who loves talking shop with fellow ceramicists.

Non-exhibition pieces are also available for sale.

So come along and discover all that this show has to offer!

Adam Pottery, 6-27 Aug, Mon-Sat, 10.30am-5pm

‘Four Stars… serious musical ability is juxtaposed with wit’ (Herald, Scotland). BBC regular Ron Davis' SymphRONica won international praise for their dazzling jazz/groove/classical sound, mesmerized crowds at the Pan Am Games, and wowed Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and 2017. This year SymphRONica is back for ten shows, including three at the wonderful Stockbridge Church. With Ron on piano are great Canadian talents Kevin Barrett (guitar) and Aline Homzy (violin), and some of Scotland's finest jazz musicians, including Seonaid Aitken (violin), Emma Smith (bass), Alyn Cosker (drums) plus other superb solo artists – THIS is the music you’ve been waiting for!

When: 17:00-18:15 on the 3rd, 4th and, 17th August 

Where: Stockbridge Church

Tickets: £15 instead of £30

Click here for more info

Get 2for1 tickets here

Visit Foodies Festival at Inverleith Park, 3-5 August and see Masterchef Champion 2018 Kenny Tutt creating his winning recipes in his very first live cookery demonstration in Edinburgh, joined by Six by Nico chef Nico Simeone and other award winning Scottish chefs. This year, Foodies Festival will celebrate live music into the night on the newly launched music stage,  with headliners Toploader, The Hoosiers, The Oasis Experience and top tribute bands. Feast on street food, enjoy pop up bars, artisan producers and an expanded kidzone and have a great day out with friends. 

Where:  Inverleith Park

WIN VIP tickets and general admission tickets to foodies here

Tickets:  £5 – £38

Or why wait to see if you are a lucky winner & get 30% OFF tickets here

Now in its eleventh year, Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe brings you, once again, the best in Scottish writing. Every Thursday new and unpublished works of literary art stand alongside established novelists, with any and all genres free to be expressed – from Scots poetry to cutting-edge drama, from folk music to contemporary fiction, and all that is found in between.
 

Meet our very own Lucy Lloyd, hear about what influenced her to write the book, Russian Doll, on the 9th August at Blackwell's Writers. 

Click here to see the full line up over the festival

Where: Blackwell's Bookshop Edinburgh

When: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd August

Free, but tickets must be ordered here

The 6th Edinburgh Festival of Cycling #EdFoC2018 will run from 7-24 June 2018

The purpose of the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling (EdFoC) is to celebrate all aspects of cycling in and around the City of Edinburgh, including travel, leisure, adventure, transport, sport, personal development. Recognising cycling’s importance for encouraging social inclusion and economic development reducing ill health and pollution and for making places. EdFoC aims to challenge people’s perception of what cycling is and to put Edinburgh on the map as an international cycling destination.

This years programme of events has a wide range of exciting events.  They look forward to you joining them!

4 pairs of tickets to WIN

Click here for tickets & more info

In 2014 Martin Duffy launched the Juniper Festival - Scotland's first gin festival, at Summerhall in Edinburgh. This year marks the 5th year as Scotland's Best Gin Fest and a staple in the gin lover's calendar.  This year’s festival will introduce the Distillers Room, bringing together over 20 top gin distillers from around the world into one room. With music, entertainment, Scottish street food, craft stalls and gin cocktails galore –there’s no better place to enjoy a G&T this summer!

Includes a G&T on arrival

Exclusive 2for1 Tickets, PLUS 4 pairs to WIN

Click here for tickets & more info

• 1 June, 5.30pm – 10pm
• 2 June 12pm – 4.30pm, 5.30pm – 10pm
• 3 June 12pm - 4.30pm

Womankind Beauty are honoured to present this with their co-host venue, Edinburgh Corn Exchange to celebrate their 15th year in business and raise money for two charities very close to their hearts, Maggies Centres and Simba. 

We are very grateful that Stockbridge Local have agreed to sponsor our event and will be there to capture the night. 

Womankind would be grateful to have as many clients, friends and family there and any donations or prizes would be greatly appreciated. 

Womankind have had a very traumatic 18 months in the salon with the loss of one of Patrycja’s (one of Womankind's team) husband to cancer leaving her to start life as a family of 3 with 2 young children. She has spoken so highly of Maggies and how supportive they are. They don’t just help the people with cancer but anyone who is affected by it. 

Tragically, an other member of staff, Tegan, lost her baby girl, Lottie, late on in pregnancy. Simba has been there all the way for Tegan and her husband and helped to provide special memories. Simba also fund rooms in the hospital for parents to spend time with their little angels. 

Womankind promise this is going to be a great night with live entertainment from Jools Holland’s Jam House resident band “The Black Beez”. These guys know how to party and are the chosen after party entertainment for the European Rugby Champions Cup final. 

Instapic Photo Booths will be joining us to have some fun. 

Radio's ‘Big Al’ will be hosting the event and presenting the charity auction with some amazing prizes in our grand raffle. 

Womankind hope to see you there. 

Tickets

Includes Drink on Arrival, Street Food Platters for every table

£25 or £200 for table of 10 - Limited Numbers - available here

Where:  Edinburgh Corn Exchange

When :  11 May, 7.30pm - Late

Donate

On 21 April Chetty & Das have their Maui Jim Day, with 2018 Sunglasses Collection, Zeal 2018 Sunglasses Collection and a preview of the new Maui Jim Optical range (which can be made into higher prescriptions).

On the 24 April they will have Ray Ban, Serengeti, Bolle, Cebe with reps from each brand with the full collection that they carry, so you can see the full collection. 

Chetty & Das will be offering a 20% discount on each sunglasses order during their events.

Preview, 6-8pm, 12 April

An exciting contemporary, playful abstract theme with line shape and colour being the key ingredients.

3 artists;

1. Alan Lennon
2. Stephen Holmes
3. Alan Martin

will showcase their very individual approaches. 

Come along, view some wonderful affordable art and enjoy a glass of fizz!

Exhibition, 12-6pm, Mon-Sat, 12-30 April

Lennon-Art Gallery

YOUR MISSION IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT

Westwoods challenge you to take part in the Let’s Move for a Better World Campaign at Westwoods, 12-31 March.  They challenge you to attend the fitness suite 3 days in a row and help take part in their gym challenge. 

You must pledge to donate your physical activity performed in their facility to help a social cause, obesity and sedentary lifestyles.  They want your MOVES.  To give everyone the same chance and opportunity, irrespective of age, sex and level of physical fitness, the brand Technogym has created the MOVE, a new way to measure physical activity that bonds the whole community.  Their state of the art machines allow you to take part in the challenge in our club. They are donating all our MOVES to help fight obesity around the world and we want you to help! 

For more information and to book your 3 days, click here to book your gym sessions.

Prizes to be won on a daily basis.

To find out more about the challenge click here 

NB: this is a gym based challenge ONLY and does not include the swimming pool.  

Young Engineers offers educational LEGO & KNEX clubs for children aged 4 to 11. Classes run on Thursday afternoon and evenings at Stockbridge Parish Church until 22 March at 3.35pm and 6.15pm.   Times and prices as per Young Engineers website.

Classes are also available across Edinburgh, West Lothian and Fife and run 7 days a week. Sessions are designed by professional engineers and focus on engaging children in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). Each week we introduce a technical concept and build a different model to help our understanding. Holiday camps will run at Easter and Summer to provide more in-depth sessions.

Still to get your Christmas tree? 

There is no need to leave Stockbridge. Local, Robbie Carse will sort you out with a gorgeous Fraser or Noble Fir from Royal Deeside to accommodate what ever space you are looking to fill.

• Net Wrapping
• Log Bases (optional)
• FREE Delivery

Mon-Sun 9.30am-8.30pm

Behind the Raeburn Hotel

07562 194 695

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Lennon-Art Gallery continues it's exciting themed exhibitions with ‘Visible Layers’ - an exhibition of collage. 5 carefully selected artists explore the endless possibilities of the medium. Original art and affordable prints - unique gifts. 

Preview

• 6-8pm, 7 Dec - be the first to view this fantastic exhibition

Exhibition

• 8 Dec-5 Jan

More about Lennon-Art

Edinburgh's new contemporary figurative art gallery, Lennon-Art, continues its programme of exciting invited artists with a joint exhibition with Derby based, Michael Cook and Alan Lennon 'Common Ground'. Both artists create a world that is immersed with a quiet spiritual symbolism. 

Preview

• 6-9pm, 16 Nov - be the first to view this fantastic exhibition with a glass of fizz

Exhibition

• 17 Nov - 3 Dec

More about Lennon-Art

Tommy Fitchet will be launching his Solo Exhibition, 'Moodscapes' at his gallery, Saorsa Art Gallery, 2 Nov and the exhibition will be up until 12 Nov. 

Some of this exhibition will be on display in Artisan Roast, Stockbridge. 

Preview             6-8pm, 9 Nov

Exhibition         9 Nov - 17 Dec

Edinburgh Art Fair (16-19 Nov)

Saorsa Art Gallery will also be exhibiting at the Edinburgh Art Fair. Exhibiting artists include, Fiona Thompson, Jim Sutherland, Harriet Selka and Tommy Fitchet.

Seafood Week

6 - 13 October 2017

Calling all seafood fans, be part of the nation’s biggest seafood celebration SEAFOOD WEEK 2017.

Previous partners include household names to independents across the U.K. and this year’s event is sure to be even bigger and better than ever

Winners

Thank you to everyone for entering and voting in our competition. We were overwhelmed by all your creative entries. Congratulations to all our winners:

• Cathy McNaught (£50 Franco's voucher)
• Julie Reilly Mackay (£50 Hectors voucher)
• David Clark (£50 Armstrong's voucher)
• Davy Fulton (£50 Stockbridge Restaurant voucher)
• Jamie Miller (£50 Taisteal voucher)

To redeem, please email info@stockbridgelocal.co.uk by midday 10 Nov.

See all entries below.

Pun Entries

1. Waiter- How did you find your fish madam?  Me - It was hiding behind a chip! Sarah Downs
2. I’ve been herring that Stockbridge Local is the best plaice to be! Susan Lowes
3. This Facebook page has reeled me in!  Susan Lowes
4.  I need more time to mullet over!!  Tiffany Ronaldson
5.  Carp-e diem! If there's a batter, more turbot-charged, brill-iant competition just now, let minnow. For-tuna-lately, I seem to have come to the right plaice! (Okay, okay, you've probably haddock enough...)  Cathy George
6.  Holy shrimp! This scampi happening! That wasn't too bad I thought, though I cod do better Helen Denise Lee
7.  I'm sure salmon on here will find my fish pun very sofishticated!!  If you can think of a better one let minnow!!   Sarah Derby
8.  I’ll be breaming ear to ear when I clam my prize from this plaice!  Kathryn MacKinnon Cook
9. Whale whale whale... what do we have here?  Noelie Charlita
10.  If you can think of anything better than fish let me minnow so keep clam & mullet over.  Shirley Burnett
11.  You're Krilling me here.  Mary Marshall
12. I could tell you about fish but I'm afraid I'll clam up. Eleanor Rennie
13. My wife left me for a fisherman. I was gutted 'cos she was a good catch. Her name was Annette!  Davy Fulton
14. Hope all these fishpuns dont make you pull a mussel.  Shannen Gray
15. These fish puns are KRACKEN me up.  Cheryl Gray
16. I would add one but don't want to start a war. I'm a pacifisht! Dario Valente
17. Salmon bream me my fish!  Katherine Chapman
18.  I can't think of any good fish puns, if anyone can let minnow.  Nicola Martin
19.  It's not my plaice to say but I codn't help myself - this all seems a bit fishy.  Lynsay Hunter
20. You need some background music....can i suggest some tunas by.... Walter Trout,Julian Bream and Charlie Musselwhite..  Mhairi Chambers
21. These fish puns are Kraken me up. Susan Samson
22. Oh for cods sake, not another fish pun .  Kerry Lothian
23. Sometimes I feel as if I’m just reinventing the whale.  Kerry Lothian
24.  Have you got a good fish pun or do you need some more time to mullet over?  Kerry Lothian
25. reeled today, cod tomorra,  Margaret Samson
26. A fisherman's tale is always as long as yer arm! Margaret Samsom
27. These fish puns are kraken me up.  Lesley Carnochan
28.  Bit of a red herring if you ask me!  Carole Mitchell Paton
29. whale obviously this page is glubbin fintastic.  Laura Meg Miller
30.  Let minnow when you pick a winner.  LeeAnne Gray
31.  Eel be seeing you.  Anne Campbell
32. Don't worry, you can always join Plenty of Fish.  Yvonne K Graham
33. Stockbridge Local - the sole of the community. Trout of this world.  Jamie Millar
34. I would like to submit a fish pun but salmon beat me to it!  Stuart McMillan
35. Two parrots are sitting on a perch.  One turns to the other and asks “Can you smell fish?” David Clark
36. Dolphinately shoald be a whale of a time with lobsta fintastic prizes! Hilary Grieve
37. No fin is better than Stockbridge, it’s the plaice to be - come sea for yourself! Louise Killough
38. I’m sending this just for the ‘Halibut’, but my pun skills are ‘ofFISHally’ ‘Bleak’, I may have to ‘Mullet’ over some more..  Lois Rhodes

Picture Entries

Picture Entries

1. Prawns with Tatties & Chrorizo - Becca91128
2. Spaghetti alle Vongole - Becca91128
3. Curried Seabass with Lentils - Tracey Anne
4. Shellfish - Gary
5. Salmon - Sandra Clarke
6. Fresh fish - Carline Maclean
7. Hectors Calamari - Ariel Katorza
8. Seafood at Kilted Lobster - Niall Blackie
9. Seafood at Kilted Lobster - Andrew Ross
10. Octupus with ginger lemongrass & soy - Colette Murphy
11. Seafood from EGG event - Charlene Smith
12. Lobster my fave - Cheryl Gray
13. Scottish Mussels from Mull - Claire Marriage
14. Fish, Chips & Beans - Donna Grieve
15. Armstrong's Scallops - Emma B Ettison
16. Seafood at Kilted Lobster - Arlene 'sal' Crawford
17. Fresh Fish by Dad - Julie Reilly Mackay
18. Fish and Chips by Findlay's chipper Fraserburgh - Sarah Downs
19. Lunch with EGGS Ondine - Victoria Erasmus
20. Mackerel Tartare - Ben Slater
21. Scallops and Chorizo - Carly Thomson
22. Seafood - Beya Thomson
23. Seafood Tomato Passata - Tracey Bright
24. Seafood Platter - Noelie Charlita
25. Chippy by the Sea - Cathy McNaught
26. Bass - Morag Houston
27. Posh Fish and chips plus Seafood - Rebecca Huntley

Two portions a week

Due to the large numbers of essential nutrients contained in fish and shellfish, many experts recommend that we try to eat at least two portions of seafood every week.

This recommendation has been made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), which advises the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The SACN also suggested that at least one of our weekly portions of seafood should be oil-rich, such as trout, mackerel or herring.

A Fish Dish for every day of the Week ... 

Recipe Ideas 

Click on the fish in bold for some simple mouthwatering recipes. 

1. Thank Squid it's Friday
2. Stop Being Shellfish it's Saturday
3. Monk Sunday (Monkfish)
4. Halibut it's Monday
5. For Cod's Sake it's only Tuesday
6. Happy Haddock Hump-day
7. Thursday Thirsty or Hungry Hake Day
8. Holy (Mackerel) it's Friday

 20% off Seafood

Get a fantastic 20% off Seafood dishes during Seafood Week at: 

• Armstrong's (only on the fish of the day as above, closed Sun & Mon)
• Franco's
• Hectors
• Stockbridge Restaurant (excluding Sat & Sun, closed Mon)
• Taisteal (closed Mon)

Click here to receive code to obtain your 20% off & see T&C's. 

Fish & Chippies ... 

What better to go with fish than Golden Wonder's newly launched Chippies crisps.

GOLDEN WONDER recently celebrated its 70th anniversary by introducing its new 'Chippie' range in Stockbridge where the brand launched 70 years ago.

Click here to see full story. 

Competition Time - £350 worth of prizes

We have the following to WIN:

• Armstrong's - £50 Voucher 
• Franco's - £50 worth of Vouchers
• Hectors - £50 Voucher 
• Golden Wonder - £100 worth of Chippie flavour crisps (Curry, Ready Salted & Salt & Vinegar)
• Stockbridge Restaurant - £50 Voucher 
• Taisteal - £50 Voucher (to be used at lunch-time only)