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Gig Buddies with Thera Trust enables people with a learning disability to get out to more events and enjoy the social life they choose.

Our current local projects are: Gig Buddies Edinburgh, West Lothian, and Glasgow. We do this by paring our members to a volunteer who shares the same interests as them. Our 'Gig Buddies' then choose which events they go to each month and enjoy their shared passion together. Gig Buddies was set up in 2013 by Stay Up Late in Brighton and has since been established in Sydney, Australia and now here in Scotland.

21/08/2026

🎪Our Festival filled August continues!
👨‍🎤 Lot's of great shows this week thanks to the fantastic support of and
🪩Here's a pic taken just before a tranformative time at the

19/08/2026

🎪 We're having a great month of events thanks to the wonderful support of and
🤘What great shows have you seen at this years Festival?

18/08/2026

⭐We will be joining Stay Up Late Scotland on Monday 7th September at from 7.30pm.

⭐Come and join us to celebrate the start of Scottish Learning Disabilty Week 2026!

⭐Free entry, all welcome!

16/08/2026

🎂 This year, we're celebrating 10 years of Gig Buddies with Thera Trust.
💖Help support the next 10 years by donating at https://gigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/2026fundraiser

14/08/2026

🎪We're having a brilliant month at this years Edinburgh Festivals!
💖 Thanks to for inviting Gig Buddiesalong for a brilliant night last night!
👨‍🎤 More great times to come thanks to and

05/08/2026

🎂 Tomorrow we will be celebrating 10 years since our first Gig Buddies social! And there's no better way to celebrate than with an entire day at the Edinburgh Festivals!
🎪 We're also kicking off our 10th Edinburgh Festivals! A huge thanks to Festival Fringe and for their support over the years.
👀 Read about some of our Edinburgh Festival Fringe highlights from the past 10 years here - https://www.thera.co.uk/news/fringin-2016-26/

03/07/2026

🤘78% of Gig Buddies members have discovered new events through the project.
🎪 At the start of June we had a brilliant time exploring
💖 Thanks to Hazel and the team for their amazing offer of tickets to Gig Buddies members.
👀 Keep an eye out on our socials over the next few months for more festival festivities!

24/06/2026

🚨📣 New blog!
🎪 As we get ready for the 2026 Edinburgh Festivals, we're looking back on the past 10 years of Gig Buddies at the
👀 Read it at https://www.thera.co.uk/news/fringin-2016-26/

23/06/2026

🎉Thanks to for a fantastic fundraiser on 11th June!
👨‍🎤The event raised £308 for Gig Buddies with Thera Trust.
💖Shout out to .andquartered and x

15/06/2026

🎉 This year we're celebrating 10 years of enabling people to live better social lives and get out to more gigs.
🎂 We're having a birthday party! And you're invited!
🗓️ Friday 20th November at The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
💖👨‍🎤Our friends at the wonderful Gordon MacLeod Memorial Trust are providing the tunes, with more surprises to be announced
🎟️ Ticket available now from https://supportgigbuddiestheratrust.raiselysite.com/10thbirthdayparty

Address

Thera (Scotland) Melrose House 69a George Street
Edinburgh
EH22JG

Telephone

+447738486001

Website

https://www.thera.co.uk/about/projects/gig-buddies/

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