Out of the Bedroom is now on its summer holidays! We’ll be back in the The Safari Lounge on Thursday 4th September with OOTB 800! We hope you have a happy rest of summer and are able to enjoy the festivals and sunshine. 🌞
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Posted 05/08/2025 By adminOOTB 799 – Thursday 24th July – The Safari Lounge
Posted 19/07/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 799 is on Thursday 24th July, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
Thursday 24th July will be the last OOTB for six weeks. We will be back at Safari Lounge on Thursday 4th September with a special night – Out of the Bedroom 800! This will be a “mega mic”. More information to follow…
Out of the Bedroom 798 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 10th July. The performers were: Overton & McCann, Julius Veasey, Tim Coulson (Your New Machine), Thin As Memories, Jim Bryce, Ross Neilzen, Rufus Beckett, Erica Grande, James Igoe. Jim Bryce hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
OOTB 798 – Thursday 10th July – The Safari Lounge
Posted 06/07/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 798 is on Thursday 10th July, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
Note that this week, for one week only, we will be in the back room upstairs, not in our usual basement room.
Out of the Bedroom 797 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 26th June. The performers were: Zoë Moonshine, Mike Wheeler, Ross Neilzen, Ian Sclater, Stu Gray, Marie-Anne Marten, Zane Havens, Eph Lennon, James Igoe. Ross Neilzen hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
OOTB 797 – Thursday 26th June – The Safari Lounge
Posted 22/06/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 797 is on Thursday 26th June, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
This is the second of our back-to-back midsummer OOTBs after last Thursday’s busy and enjoyable evening.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
OOTB 796 – Thursday 19th June – The Safari Lounge
Posted 15/06/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 796 is on Thursday 19th June, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
Out of the Bedroom – Thursday 19th and 26th June
Posted 09/06/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom will not be on this Thursday, 12th June, due to a prior booking at Safari Lounge. We will instead be running on Thursdays 19th and 26th June, either side of Midsummer.
We hope to see you at Safari Lounge then. 🙂
OOTB 795 – Thursday 29th May – The Safari Lounge
Posted 19/05/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 795 is on Thursday 29th May, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
The all-day Out of the Bedroom open mic stage will be taking place at the Meadows Festival on Saturday 7th June. Check the Meadows Festival / Edinburgh College GLOW open mic stage and Out of the Bedroom websites for further details.
Out of the Bedroom 794 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 15th May. The performers were: Mia Suhaimi (debut), Charlie Neale, Mike Wheeler, Chris Grant (debut), Hanson Muir, Startled Bee, Elsie MacDonald, Stu Gray, James Igoe, Scott Renton. Scott Renton hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
OOTB at The Meadows Festival – Saturday 7th June
Posted 19/05/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom, Edinburgh’s longest running open mic night, will be taking over the open mic stage at The Meadows Festival in central Edinburgh on Saturday 7th June 2025! OOTB will be running the open mic on the Edinburgh College GLOW stage on The Meadows on the Melville Drive side.
It is a free event and all are welcome. We hope to get the quality of weather, friendly crowd and excellent performers that we have had in previous years at The Meadows Festival.
Original music only, the live music will run from 11.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
You will have to be ready to sign up to play at one of the three specific signing-up slots:
- 11.00 – 11.25 a.m. (Part 1)
- 1.00 – 1.25 p.m. (Part 2)
- 3.00 – 3.25 p.m. (Part 3)
There will be a PA with a house guitar, a house keyboard, four microphones and four DI boxes.
The information and rules for the day are listed on the Meadows Festival website – https://meadowsfestival.co.uk/glow-stage/.
We hope to see you there. Bring the sunshine, if you can! 🌞
OOTB 794 – Thursday 15th May – The Safari Lounge
Posted 10/05/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 794 is on Thursday 15th May, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
The all-day Out of the Bedroom open mic stage will be taking place at the Meadows Festival on Saturday 7th June. Check the Meadows Festival and Out of the Bedroom websites for further details.
Out of the Bedroom 793 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 1st May. The performers were: Majk Stokes, Folke Wiemann, Erica Grande, Ally Duncan, Startled Bee, Andrew Ferguson as SIASA, Zoë Moskal. Majk Stokes hosted and Startled Bee was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
OOTB 793 – Thursday 1st May – The Safari Lounge
Posted 24/04/2025 By adminOut of the Bedroom number 793 is on Thursday 1st May, downstairs in The Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh EH7 5SN. Edinburgh’s longest running open mic is on from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for a slot is from 7.30 p.m.
All are welcome! There will be a PA, house guitar and house keyboard available. Please feel free to come along and share your original songs and stories with some of Edinburgh’s friendliest musos and music fans!
Out of the Bedroom 792 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 17th April. The performers were: Tragically Travis, Colin Whitelaw, Pixie Moonshine, Scarlett Sorcery, Erica Grande, Stu Gray (debut), Elsie MacDonald, Dean Frost (debut), James Igoe. James Igoe hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂