Craigmillar Now

Craigmillar Now Craigmillar Now is an arts and heritage centre and home to the Craigmillar archives But Craigmillar Now is far from a static museum.

Welcome to Craigmillar Now, a community-led arts and heritage organisation rooted in the heart of Craigmillar. Based in a beautifully-restored 19th-century former church beside Fort Kinnaird Retail Park (58 Newcraighall Road, Edinburgh), we’ve transformed the space into a vibrant cultural centre for the Greater Craigmillar community. At our core is a public archive, the home of the Craigmillar Arc

hives, preserving decades of local history, photographs, and stories, including the legacy of the former Craigmillar Festival Society. We run a year-round programme of creative and community-focused activities: exhibitions, workshops, artist residencies, events, and volunteer opportunities , open to all ages and backgrounds. Whether you want to explore the area’s heritage, try your hand at photography or visual arts, get involved as a volunteer, or simply join in events and community gatherings, Craigmillar Now is for you. We believe in building something locally owned, inclusive and meaningful, a place where the community’s past and present come together to inspire creativity, connection, and pride in Craigmillar.

Party at the Art Centre tomorrow night!We have a few free tickets available for community members so send us a message i...
20/08/2026

Party at the Art Centre tomorrow night!
We have a few free tickets available for community members so send us a message if you’d like to come along either PM or [email protected]

Level Up
Friday 21st August, 6pm - 11pm at Craigmillar Now Arts Centre
Tickets available on the door or online (prices £5-£25 or contact us for free tickets).

Level Up is a social gathering celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra George through music, movement, food, and collective joy. Inspired by George’s community-rooted philosophy, “Stop making assumptions about people / Start from the level people are based”, the evening creates space for connection, togetherness, release, and highlights why being in spaces with good vibes levels you up.

DJ LINE UP:

CC TIME: CC invites you to experience a musical journey rooted in reflection and soul. Her style blends the hopeless romanticism of 70s–90s R&B and Soul with the nostalgia of a 2010s college fantasy and the vibrant disco-infused R&B of the 2020s. Her sets are filled with an endless giddiness that makes you feel like dancing in the street or squealing in your bedroom waiting for that phone call. In the words of DJ legend Gemma Cairney, she is a selector.

LUCKYBABE: Born of Guyanese and Irish roots in the Scottish Highlands, LuckyBabe is a DJ whose sets blend deep feeling with high-impact energy. A resident of PonyBoy and Kin.x, and co-founder of gullygully, and Serve!, she brings together boldness, emotion, and sonic precision on every dance floor. Classically trained on the recorder, her musicality runs through every mix.

RIA: Ria is an Edinburgh based DJ and multi-hyphenate artist, from South London. A resident of Femmergy, she is known for her mixes that feature groovy riddims, heavy on percussion, catchy basslines and a fun remix selection. Weaving in some Baile Funk, Afro House and an old school R&B or Hip Hop edit or two expect lots of energy and lots of heat!

SIMBA: Simba is an Edinburgh-based DJ and creative multi-hyphenate playing for the qu**rs, the chronically online and the aunties who know every word to My Neck My Back. Glossy nostalgia, p***y poppin’, main character fuel. Runway or dancefloor, you decide. Known to serve a look with a soundtrack to match, Simba spins sounds for the body, the brains and the bad bi***es.

Event Info

→ This event is at Craigmillar Now, which has step-free access.

→ This is a Bring Your Own Booze event.

→ No glass bottles allowed into this venue. Please bring cans or have drinks in plastic bottles.

→ Vegan food will be available at the start of the evening.

→ This event will include loud music. Ear defenders and ear plugs will be available for anyone who needs them.

It’s the final day to see Lee McCormack’s exhibition ‘A Magic Lantern’ at Craigmillar Now. We’re open 12-4pm Lee’s perso...
20/08/2026

It’s the final day to see Lee McCormack’s exhibition ‘A Magic Lantern’ at Craigmillar Now. We’re open 12-4pm

Lee’s personal, joyful images capture pioneering art and community projects across Scotland between the late 1970s to the early 2000s, including work by the Film Workshop Trust, Environmental Resource Centre and the Magic Lantern Van.

📸 1-3 Pilton Gala Day, 1979
4 Children Speak Out, 1977

We enjoyed three fascinating presentations this afternoon about kiln stilts, sea glass and oysters; all objects found by...
17/08/2026

We enjoyed three fascinating presentations this afternoon about kiln stilts, sea glass and oysters; all objects found by archive volunteers on a recent beach combing trip to Morrison’s Haven. Thank you to Niamh, Gabe and Laura for sharing your seaside discoveries and research with us 💓

Level UpFriday 21st August, 6pm - 11pm at Craigmillar Now Arts Centre Tickets available on the door or online (prices £5...
17/08/2026

Level Up
Friday 21st August, 6pm - 11pm at Craigmillar Now Arts Centre
Tickets available on the door or online (prices £5-£25 or contact us for free tickets).

Level Up is a social gathering celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra George through music, movement, food, and collective joy. Inspired by George’s community-rooted philosophy, “Stop making assumptions about people / Start from the level people are based”, the evening creates space for connection, togetherness, release, and highlights why being in spaces with good vibes levels you up.

DJs: CC Time, Luckybabe, RIA, Simba

Event Info

→ This event is at Craigmillar Now, which has step-free access.

→ This is a Bring Your Own Booze event.

→ No glass bottles allowed into this venue. Please bring cans or have drinks in plastic bottles.

→ Vegan food will be available at the start of the evening.

→ This event will include loud music. Ear defenders and ear plugs will be available for anyone who needs them.

Level UpFriday 21st August, 6pm - 11pm at Craigmillar Now Arts Centre Tickets available on the door or online (prices £5...
17/08/2026

Level Up
Friday 21st August, 6pm - 11pm at Craigmillar Now Arts Centre
Tickets available on the door or online (prices £5-£25 or contact us for free tickets).

Level Up is a social gathering celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra George through music, movement, food, and collective joy. Inspired by George’s community-rooted philosophy, “Stop making assumptions about people / Start from the level people are based”, the evening creates space for connection, togetherness, release, and highlights why being in spaces with good vibes levels you up.

DJ LINE UP:

CC TIME: CC invites you to experience a musical journey rooted in reflection and soul. Her style blends the hopeless romanticism of 70s–90s R&B and Soul with the nostalgia of a 2010s college fantasy and the vibrant disco-infused R&B of the 2020s. Her sets are filled with an endless giddiness that makes you feel like dancing in the street or squealing in your bedroom waiting for that phone call. In the words of DJ legend Gemma Cairney, she is a selector.

LUCKYBABE: Born of Guyanese and Irish roots in the Scottish Highlands, LuckyBabe is a DJ whose sets blend deep feeling with high-impact energy. A resident of PonyBoy and Kin.x, and co-founder of gullygully, and Serve!, she brings together boldness, emotion, and sonic precision on every dance floor. Classically trained on the recorder, her musicality runs through every mix.

RIA: Ria is an Edinburgh based DJ and multi-hyphenate artist, from South London. A resident of Femmergy, she is known for her mixes that feature groovy riddims, heavy on percussion, catchy basslines and a fun remix selection. Weaving in some Baile Funk, Afro House and an old school R&B or Hip Hop edit or two expect lots of energy and lots of heat!

SIMBA: Simba is an Edinburgh-based DJ and creative multi-hyphenate playing for the qu**rs, the chronically online and the aunties who know every word to My Neck My Back. Glossy nostalgia, p***y poppin’, main character fuel. Runway or dancefloor, you decide. Known to serve a look with a soundtrack to match, Simba spins sounds for the body, the brains and the bad bi***es.

Event Info

→ This event is at Craigmillar Now, which has step-free access.

→ This is a Bring Your Own Booze event.

→ No glass bottles allowed into this venue. Please bring cans or have drinks in plastic bottles.

→ Vegan food will be available at the start of the evening.

→ This event will include loud music. Ear defenders and ear plugs will be available for anyone who needs them.

Join us on Friday 21st August for a party organised in partnership Edinburgh Art Festival and Christian Noelle Charles c...
12/08/2026

Join us on Friday 21st August for a party organised in partnership Edinburgh Art Festival and Christian Noelle Charles celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra George through music, movement, food and collective joy!

6-11pm Craigmillar Now
Entry is £12-£25, (link in bio) but we have a small number of free tickets available - please send us a message at [email protected]

Inspired by George’s community-rooted philosophy, “Stop making assumptions about people / Start from the level people are based”, the evening creates space for connection, togetherness, release, and highlights why being in spaces with good vibes levels you up.

DJs: CC Time, Simba, Ria, Luckybabe

It’s Party Time!!Join us on Friday 21st August for a party organised in partnership with Edinburgh Art Festival celebrat...
12/08/2026

It’s Party Time!!

Join us on Friday 21st August for a party organised in partnership with Edinburgh Art Festival celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra George through music, movement, food and collective joy!

6-11pm @ Craigmillar Now
Tickets: https://edinburghartfestival.com/event/level-up-block-party/

Entry is £12-£25, but we have a small number of free tickets available - please send us a message at [email protected]

Inspired by George’s community-rooted philosophy, “Stop making assumptions about people / Start from the level people are based”, the evening creates space for connection, togetherness, release, and highlights why being in spaces with good vibes levels you up.

DJs: CC Time, Simba, Ria, Luckybabe

Lee McCormack: A Magic Lantern Van 🌟🌟🌟🌟 in The Scotsman!“McCormack grew up in Niddrie and was introduced to photography ...
11/08/2026

Lee McCormack: A Magic Lantern Van
🌟🌟🌟🌟 in The Scotsman!

“McCormack grew up in Niddrie and was introduced to photography as a teenager through the Film Workshop Trust, sometimes crossing the city on foot to use their dark room in Stockbridge because she didn’t have money for the bus. Her photography was interwoven with her community work: as well as taking her own images, she helped community groups to take their own, creating audio-visual presentations which are available to watch on video.”

Read the full review https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/art/edinburgh-art-festival-reviews-catherine-opie-lee-mccormack-8848904

Thank you to everyone who visited Lee McCormack: A Magic Lantern today ❤️The exhibition is open again tomorrow 12-4pm
06/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who visited Lee McCormack: A Magic Lantern today ❤️

The exhibition is open again tomorrow 12-4pm

Lee McCormack’s exhibition ‘A Magic Lantern’ opens today! Five series’ of work are presented in the exhibition: Children...
06/08/2026

Lee McCormack’s exhibition ‘A Magic Lantern’ opens today!

Five series’ of work are presented in the exhibition: Children Speak Out, an innovative research project leading to the creation of a new adventure playground in Pilton; partnership work between the Film Workshop Trust and Environmental Research Centre, supporting ‘The City Child’ to visit rural landscapes just outside of Edinburgh; and joyful photographs from Pilton Gala Day. These series are shown alongside photographs of play, adventure and photographic experimentation from Lee’s personal collection. We will also be screening selection of films Lee made with the Magic Lantern Van, a tapeslide project that worked with community groups across the Lothians during the 1990s.

The exhibition is open 12-4pm today and runs until 20th August

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58 Newcraighall Road
Edinburgh
EH153HS

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm

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