Please bring small change / cash, for the children’s games and stalls
Supported by the Grange Association (SC025491) and The City of Edinburgh Council
Can you help?
Give donations – Collectables; books & DVDs; plants; tombola prizes;
home-baking (please label ingredients)
Items can be left at the Library during opening hours. Please drop off home-baking at the Library on Friday afternoon (12th) or Saturday morning (13th).
Volunteer to help at the stalls or stewarding
Email: grange.fair2023@yahoo.com
Tel: Julia: 0131 447 3684
Download the helpers’ poster
See the entertainment, activities and stalls below, or:
Download the Grange Fair 2023 poster
Entertainment programme
Join us outside the library for this programme of fantastic entertainment:
Tap to see the programme below
| Time | Group | Entertainment |
|---|---|---|
| 1300 | Sciennes Primary a cappella | Primary school choir |
| 1320 | Yees Hung Ga Edinburgh | Chinese lion dancers |
| 1340 | Forth Spirit Singers | Ladies choir with repertoire of folk songs |
| 1400 | ||
| 1420 | Capoeira Edinburgh | Afro Brazilian dance/movement group |
| 1440 | Edinburgh Clarinet Choir | Edinburgh University clarinet group |
| 1500 | Jawbone Walk | Local folk group |
| 1520 | Gypsy Jazz Group | Gypsy jazz music duo |
| 1540 | GD Jam | Community jazz / Other genre music group |
| 1600 |
Lots of stalls, refreshments, fun and games, and a Tombola
Ticketed activities
Tap here to see how and where to buy your tickets below:
| Grange Fair Ticketed Activities | |
| Make Mess Matter | |
| Creating slime – a free, ticketed event at 1.30pm and 2.00pm at the rear of the library. |  |
| Cool Creatures | |
| Come and see some really cool creatures. A free, ticketed event for a small group at 3.30pm in the library. |  |
| Nila Joshi | |
| Henna designs. Come along and have a beautiful Indian design painted on your hand. Nila will be in the library. Donations welcome. |  |
| The Creation Station | |
| Nicola Lamond –
The Creation Station Edinburgh South Morningside and Marchmont. Try your hand at mask and crown making – £1.00 at the stall at the rear of the Library. |  |
| Stina Sparkles | |
| Stina Sparkles face-painter will be in the library from 1.00pm to 4.30pm. Stina is bound to be popular and you should buy your ticket from Stina in the Library – £2.00 |  |
| Tattoos and Badge Making | |
| Free, outside the Library. | |
| Pick a Straw Game | |
| Pick 3 straws to see if you can win a prize. Table on the pavement outside the library. Tickets £1.00 at the game. |  |
| Lego Building | |
| Outside 36 Foutainhall Road, opposite the Library. Donations welcome at the stall. |  |
| Games below are all on Fountainhall Road. Pay at the game or buy a strip of 5 tickets for £1.00 at the Information Point. | |
| Bouncy Castle | |
| 3 tickets a go (60p) for children up to age 9. |  |
| Splat the Rat | |
| 1 ticket a go (20p) |  |
| Hook a Duck | |
| 1 ticket a go (20p) |  |
Ticketed games and creative activities
Other activities
Tap here to see the activity below:
| Pavement Chalk Drawing |  |
| Hoola Hoops |  |
| Pétanque |  |
| Hoppers |  |
Fun and games for all the family
Food stalls
Tap here to see the food stalls below:
| Grange Fair Food Stalls | ||
| Made from fresh Scottish double cream and whole milk, S. Luca Dairy Ice Cream is renowned for its smooth, creamy texture and sophisticated taste. |   | |
| The Bratwurst is Germany’s most popular BBQ sausage and take-away treat. |   | |
| Enjoy our hybrid pizza dough, proofed for 72 hours and hand stretched, coming from a recipe developed throughout the years to give you this mouth-watering experience, entirely karma free. |   | |
| Harajuku Kitchen fuses traditional family recipes that have been passed down for 3 generations, with innovative AA rosette level flair. |   | |
| Enjoy our locally roasted artisan coffee, fair trade teas, chocolates and delicious home baked treats, we are committed to sustainability and offer many vegan / gluten free options. |   | |
Wide range of food for all tastes
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Tap here to see the mixed stalls below:
| Grange Fair Mixed Stalls | |
| Grange Association | |
| Grange Association Stall Including Membership, Information and Lost Children Join here (£10 individual; £15 household) |  |
| Save the Children Marchmont | |
| Home baking clothes rail, children’s books, bric-a-brac and “Guess the Bear’s Name”. |  |
| Scents & Sensibility | |
| Solid soap and shampoo handmade with ingredients that are biodegradable. Packaging is simple and limited and can be recycled or washed and reused. |  |
| Bambu | |
| Range of ethical, sustainable and plastic free products with minimal packaging sourced locally where possible. Supporting independent and local makers and businesses. Raffle to raise money for Social Bite, Keep Scotland Beautiful or Health in Mind with the profit raised donated to the charity voted by the public. |  |
| Plain Hookey | |
| Crochet and knitting. |  |
| Whitehouse & Grange Bowling Club | |
| Promoting membership for the 2023 season. |  |
| St Catherine’s Argyle &Marchmont St Giles Churches | |
| Bric a brac and home baking |   |
| Newington Nursery | |
| Promoting the nursery to prospective families. Information about volunteering opportunities including becoming a Trustee. Small raffle to raise some funds for the Nursery. |  |
| Girl Guiding, Edinburgh | |
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| St Columba’s Hospice | |
| Products from the St Columba’s shop. |  |
| Cyrenians | |
| Plants, flowers, herb pots, honey, chili jam, salad bags. |  |
| The Edinburgh Pottery Studio | |
| Handmade pottery thrown, hand built or sculpted. EPS also offers support and an affordable space for pottery enthusiasts to learn the skills and join our membership to develop, show and sell their work. |  |
| Made in Morningside | |
| Hand-made craft items for sale created by members of the Morningside Library Craft Club, which meets every Wednesday evening (new members always welcome). Meet the makers and pick up a unique gift with prices to suit all pockets. |  |
| Newington Library Knitting Group | |
| Come along to its table in the library and see what this knitting group gets up to at 6.00pm on a Wednesday evening in Newington Library. It is always looking for fresh faces! |  |
| XS Silver Designs | |
| Ethically sourced, handmade, bespoke sterling silver jewellery, inspired by ancient mythology, exemplified by harnessing the nature of ice, fire and lapidary : molten silver over ice, dictates the natural sculptural formation of the silver. |  |
| Police Scotland | |
| Community Police Officers and crime prevention guidance. |  |
| St Andrew’s Ambulance | |
| First Aid |  |
Mixed stalls
Support local groups and small businesses
Tap here for details of how to donate funds:
There are substantial fixed costs to putting on the Grange Fair. The Council licences alone cost £1,200. Any amount you can donate will help towards these costs and ensure we can donate any profits to local causes.
Donate by SMS text (£1 – £20):
Text GRANGE 2 to
Text GRANGE 5 to
Text GRANGE 10 to
Text GRANGE 20 to
Texts cost one standard rate message plus your donation. Our text donations service provider retains a 5% fee. You will be invited to confirm that your donation is eligible for Gift Aid which will increase the amount receivable by us.
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or
Make a donation by cheque or bank transfer
Make clear in the “Comments” box that your donation is to be applied to the Grange Fair.
Donate funds
Help us to support the Grange Fair and its costs for equipment, road permits, insurance etc.
Tap here for details of how to donate items for sale or to volunteer:
Donate goods
Please donate items for sale on the stalls:
- Collectables
- Books & DVDs
- Plants
- Tombola prizes
- Home-baking
(Please label ingredients if possible)
Items can be left at the library during opening hours.
Please drop off home-baking at the library on Friday (12th) or Saturday (13th) morning.
Volunteer to help
If you can help with setting up the stalls and activities, or with marshalling, please:
Email: grange.fair2023@yahoo.com
Phone Julia:
0131 447 3684
07870 307224
Donate goods, or volunteer to help
Offer items for the stalls, or to help with setting up, marshalling or publicity
Thanks
Thanks to Newington Library staff, the local schools, the Tombola prize donors, and all the volunteers who have made this event possible.
Tap to see the Tombola prize donors below:
Tombola prize donors – Thank you!
The Old Bell
Brass Monkey
Pataka
Kate’s Cafe Causewayside
City Farm Shop
Cafe Tehran
Gordon Wilson Hairdressing
Meadowlark Yoga
Baxter’s Barbers
Marchmont Hardware
Grange Road Post Office
Tesco Causewayside
Doodles
Lorraine Graham Flowers
Eddies Seafood
Amarelo Cafe
Earl Grange Café
Mathieson’s the Butcher
Edinburgh People’s Theatre
Red Box Cafe
Bicycle Works
Leaf & Bean
Cafe Toast
The Edge Hairdresser
The Earl of Marchmont
You can view photos from previous Grange Fairs here.