May News

Tuesday 4th May 2021

Out of the Blue have thrown the big blue front doors wide open, and we are welcoming customers back to the Drill Hall cafe, which is serving delicious food and drink in the airy and beautiful historic drill hall. The Times recently reviewed the Drill Hall cafe as ‘The beating heart of Leith’ and one of the 5 best cafes in Scotland. We look forward to the time when we can re-launch a programme of events including the monthly Flea Market. Until then…

WE ARE OPEN Monday to Friday: 10am – 4pm. We have lots of space to make for a physically distanced, comfortable and sociable experience.

The Out of the Blue public spaces can once more be booked for use by small numbers of people as outlined on our website Book a Space page. 

Our lovely creative spaces are available to enable people to meet, teach, learn, rehearse, record, and plan within the current restrictions. We can help you get back to appropriately socially distanced activity. To view our spaces online and decide which space is right for your meeting or creative activity, visit our Book a Space page and make your enquiry.

Thank you for your support.

The Out of the Blue team 

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