What's On Scotland 30 Jun-7 Jul: LeithLate & more

With the festivals ever closer on the horizon, these might be the last few weeks we have to enjoy the (relatively) quieter side of Edinburgh before all the fun kicks off. What better way to celebrate our intimate connection to the city, with a focus on locals, than this weekend's LeithLate - a gorgeous programme of art, performance, and exhibitions taking place 30 June-2 July across venues in the neighbourhood.

Highlights from the programme, themed around Outside the Box, include Sett Studios presents: Mystery Box exhibition, showcasing art from the studio's various practitioners, Arty Party at The Biscuit Factory with live music, drag from Alicia Tryde and Guy Liner, Femmergy DJs and food trucks, and a closing evening of poetry with the likes of Eleanor Morton and Alycia Pirmohamed. Find full details here and get stuck in.

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SAFAR Film Festival
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. 1-8 Jul
The largest festival in the UK dedicated to Arab cinema travels across the country with a stellar programme of films. Screening in Glasgow are Algerian historical drama The Last Queen, Moroccan thriller The Damned Don’t Cry, and Palestinian drama Alam.

bdrmm
Mono, Glasgow. 5 Jul, 9pm
Mere days after the release of their second album I Don’t Know, indie boy band sweethearts bdrmm head to Scotland from Hull, playing Glasgow's Mono as part of their headline tour. Expect shoegaze-y style melodies and introspective lyricism. Image: Katherine Cantwell.

Garden Centre
Sneaky Pete's. Edinburgh. 3 Jul, 7pm
Formed by members of King of Cats, Joanna Gruesome, Porridge Radio, Towel and Keel her, Garden Centre make an experimental and erratic kind of pop music that is formed from and emerges out of the band's collective experiences and intimacies. Image: Courtesy of artist.

Pinkie Maclure: Lost Congregation
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow. Until 12 Aug
Pinkie Maclure's debut solo exhibition is an intricate and immersive piece that uses stained glass, moving image and soundscapes to imagine the gallery space as an abandoned chapel haunted by the voices of its congregation, their demons and urges towards community. Image: Alan Dimmick.

↪ Sebastian Thomas: A New Face in Hell
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh. 30 Jun-16 Sep
Edinburgh Art Festival arrives on our shores in just a few weeks but a lot of its featured shows are opening even earlier. We're especially intrigued by this exhibition by Sebastian Thomas, which explores narrative and materiality through the mythic figure of the golem.

→ INR x BEDROOM TRAXX
La Cheetah Club, Glasgow. 5 Jul, 11pm
Giants of the Glasgow night scene come together for this all-nighter collaboration. From beloved collective Bedroom Traxx comes techno king Lewis Docherty, joined by INR resident Clisham.

→ GLOSS: A Queer Nightclub Experience
Kings, Dundee. 1 Jul, 11pm
It's a big queer party over at Kings in Dundee this weekend, with techno and queer tracks from the likes of L.X.N.X., GLOSS residents @lauren._kellie and Anne Soank, and guest stars Acura Saint and punk princess Rome Mosaic.