Dates

We sing on Weds evenings in the small hall at Portobello Baptist Church, 189 Portobello High Street, EH15 1EA (enter through the side passage to the right of the main church door) and sessions will run from 7.30 – 9.15PM with a break for tea and coffee (please bring £1 cash for a donation for tea/coffee/biscuit!). Please note there is a pilates class in the hall directly before choir, so we have access to the hall from 7.20PM when they finish.

We invite new members to come for a free trial taster session to see if you like it. Feel free just to turn up and you will be warmly welcomed!

Dates for 2026

WINTER TERM
1st block: Jan 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, Feb 4th, 11th (6 sessions – £48/30)
No session 18th Feb
2nd block: Feb 25th, Mar 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, Apr 1st (6 sessions – £48/30)

We ask you to pay for a block of sessions if you can. If you are unable to do this you can pay per session – £8/5. We also invite those who can afford it to pay an enhanced rate of £10 per session, whereby you help subsidise a place at choir for someone on a low income.

Midwinter Songs on Porty Beach Sun 21st Dec 2025

19.30 – 20.30 Portobello Beach at the foot of Marlborough Street. Come and gather around the fire and learn some songs for the winter solstice. All welcome – no singing experience needed. Free – donations to Medical Aid for Palestinians welcome. Please donate directly so you can add Gift Aid. Dress warmly and please bring wood for the fire if you are able.

Dates for 2025

AUTUMN/WINTER TERM
1st block: Sept 10th, 17th, 24th, Oct 1st, 8th (5 sessions – £40/25)
No session Oct 15th
2nd block: Oct 22nd, 29th, Nov 5th, 12th, 19th (5 sessions – £40/25)
3rd block: Nov 26th, Dec 3rd, 10th, 17th (4 sessions – £32/20)

Donkeyfield Community Orchard Wassail: January 18th 2025 2.00 -4.00PM

Come and join us in singing some hearty songs to the trees to thank them for the fruit they gave us last year and to encourage fruitfulness this year.
Please bring:

• a hat (for one of the songs)
• pots and pans to bang and make some noise
• toast to hang on the trees
• an Ivy crown (just a loop of Ivy to wear on your head) if you have access to any Ivy. There will be some available on the day.

Please print a songsheet if you can – there will also be some available at the event: Wassail Songsheet2025

AUTUM/WINTER TERM
1st block: Sept 10th, 17th, 24th, Oct 1st, 8th (5 sessions – £40/25)
No session Oct 15th
2nd block: Oct 22nd, 29th, Nov 5th, 12th, 19th (5 sessions – £40/25)
3rd block: Nov 26th, Dec 3rd, 10th, 4th, 17th (4 sessions – £32/20)

Dates for 2024

AUTUM/WINTER TERM
1st block: Sept 11th, 18th, 25th, Oct 2nd (4 sessions – £32/20)
No session Oct 9th
2nd block: Oct 16th, 23rd, 30th, Nov 6th, 13th (5 sessions – £40/25)
3rd block: Nov 2oth, 27th, Dec 4th, 11th, 18th (5 sessions – £40/25)

Sea Songs

Weds 14th August 2024 7.30 – 9.15PM on Portobello Beach at the foot of Marlborough Street

Portobello Community Choir invite you to come and learn some harmony songs to celebrate the sea, and plants and animals that live along Edinburgh’s Shoreline with the sound of the waves as a backdrop. Bring a folding chair if you think you might need one, some wood for the fire if you have any, warm clothes, water to lubricate your voice and your swimmers for after if you wish! I will bring mine. All welcome – all songs are taught by ear – no previous experience needed.

We are not charging for the workshop but will be collecting donations for Surfers Against Sewage – please bring cash, and we will post details of how to donate online.

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SPRING/SUMMER TERM
1st block: April 17th , 24th, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd (6 sessions – £48/30)
2nd block: May 29th, June 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th (5 sessions – £40/25)