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El Bosque (The Forest) is a non-profit social and cultural artistic event taking place on Tuesday 28th December from 3pm…

The level of support for The Forest has been absolutely awesome! The fight is not over yet. We are waiting to see what is happening with regard to the building sale and actively trying to figure out the best way to make the forest alive either in Bristo Place or another location.

Forest is having a cleaning day on Sunday 2nd January, to clean up after NY parties, do kitchen prep before re-opening the cafe on the 3rd, mop places that we don’t usually mop, etc. Come along at 12 noon and volunteer!

The Forest celebrated a decade of anarchy as an arts café and held the biggest, best Forest Fringe ever in 2010, but ends the year under threat of closure.

Harry Giles at Inky Fingers, The Forest, 14th December 2010.

Save The Forest Dance Party Fundraiser
Saturday 18th from 9pm. NOT SQUARES, LOGIKPARTY, Foxgang and FUELDIVA!

Watch these videos to get a flavour: 

Save The Forest Dance Party Fundraiser
Saturday 18th from 9pm. NOT SQUARES, LOGIKPARTY, Foxgang and FUELDIVA!

Watch these videos to get a flavour:
 

Inky Fingers Open Mic
Tuesday 14th December, 8-11pm
Andrew Ferguson & Dave Coates

Inky Fingers Open Mic
Tuesday 14th December, 8-11pm
Andrew Ferguson & Dave Coates

Winter Indoor Hoop Jam!
13th December from 6-7pm, in the Forest Hall
Bring your hoop and join our little hoop party.

Winter Indoor Hoop Jam!
13th December from 6-7pm, in the Forest Hall
Bring your hoop and join our little hoop party.

In the next of a series of guest blog posts about the campaign to save the Forest Cafe, New Orleans-based hyperlocal blogger Benjamin Morris tells how the venue’s ‘sheer gut-busting why-the-hell-can’t-it-be-done spirit’ inspired Forest Publications…

Photo of The Forest Cafe

The estimable Forest Cafe in Edinburgh – which many of you will know from Forest Fringe during the festival – is in the middle of a three-day fundraising series to try and secure its future. Do what you can to help them, because it’s a wonderful organisation, and Edinburgh would be poorer without it.

Forest volunteers host punk, Gameboy music, a ceilidh, indie-folk and an art auction…

Scottish Chip musician Edward Shallow performs at the Forest Cafe.

Click Clack Club
Thursday 16th December, 9pm to 11pm

Click Clack Club
Thursday 16th December, 9pm to 11pm