OOTB are putting the brakes on in order to take time off for a festive break.
We will return on Saturday 11th January at 8pm.
To keep OOTB on it’s toes over the holidays, we shall be practising how to rumba in 7/4 time at 210bpm for 4 hour long marathon sessions in absolute silence. Next year we’ll be ready for anything anyone may throw at us.
Live long and train hard.
OOTB 😀
OOTB is now on Festival break and will not be hosting any shows throughout August.
See you after the Festival, OOTB 😀
OOTB is taking a break throughout August to make way for this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
There will be no OOTB events during this time.
We return on Saturday 13th September at 8pm.
See you then then…
OOTB.
Out 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:
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! 🌞
Out of the Bedroom, Edinburgh’s longest running open mic night, will be taking over the mini trailer stage at The Meadows Festival in central Edinburgh on Saturday 4th June! It is a FREE event and all are welcome.
Original music only, you will have to be ready to sign up to play at three specific slots:
There will be a PA with one house guitar and two microphones. The full rules are listed on the Meadows Festival website – https://meadowsfestival.co.uk/OOTB/.
We hope to see you there, in the sunshine. 🌞
Out of the Bedroom, Edinburgh’s longest running open mic night, will be taking over the mini trailer stage at The Meadows Festival in central Edinburgh on Saturday 3rd June! It is a FREE event and all are welcome.
Original music only, the live music will run from 11.45 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
You will have to be ready to sign up to play at three specific slots:
There will be a PA with a house guitar, a house keyboard, four microphones and four DI boxes. The full rules are listed on the Meadows Festival website – https://meadowsfestival.co.uk/open-mic/.
We hope to see you there, in the sunshine. 🌞
Out 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 1st June! It is a free event and all are welcome.
It is a free event and all are welcome. It will be our third year running the open mic and we hope to get the quality of weather, crowd and performers that we have had in the last two years.
Original music only, the live music will run from 11.45 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
You will have to be ready to sign up to play at one of the three specific signing-up slots:
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/open-mic/.
We hope to see you there. Bring the sunshine, if you can! 🌞
Another week’s gone past! Hope you’re all recovering from the Festival by now. Just got a few events to tell you about this week, firstly it’s the Regent Showcase tonight, it’s in the Regent Bar, which is at the top of Abbeymount and the end of Regent Road. Starts at 8:30pm and it’s free to get in. The musical selection often has a considerable overlap with Out of the Bedroom, it’s always been a good night in my experience, go along, you’ll like it. 🙂
I’m always telling you about the McEwan’s Ale House open mic on Fridays at 9pm, and The Listening Room at the Blue Blazer on Sunday starting at 8pm, and i’m mentioning them again because i still keep hearing from people how good these nights are (though i’ve been too darn busy to go along for a while myself, hope to rectify that soon!), so yeah, go to those, if you can, they’re great fun.
Next thing to mention to you is a gig at the Voodoo Rooms Ballroom on Monday 20th September, featuring Hannah O’Reilly, Neoviolet, Caro Bridges, Dan Gillan and Cal Roberts, and it’s £5/4 to get in (which is a bargain for five acts of this calibre. What can you buy for a fiver these days? Seriously…)
Wheels (slowly) turn behind the scenes as we breathe life into the old OOTB horse yet again, more news on that as it happens, in the meantime, relive the good old days on our YouTube channel! Say hello if you see me at one of those gigs i just mentioned too. 🙂
Calum Carlyle
Out of the Bedroom
Happy New Year! Out of the Bedroom number 808 is on Thursday 8th January, 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: over-18s only.
Out of the Bedroom will be celebrating its quarter century in 2026. Yes – it will be 25 years in November when OOTB officially started at The Waverley Bar in St. Mary’s Street. Watch out for some special events to mark the 25th birthday over the year.
Out of the Bedroom 807, the Christmas show, was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 11th December. The performers who played (sorry we couldn’t fit in everyone) were: Geoff Winde, Sans Terre (debut), Overton & McCann, Ally Duncan, Pixie Moonshine, Mike Wheeler, Flame of Fervour (debut), Rufus Beckett, Elsie MacDonald, Zuzanna Gabriela, Ross Neilzen, Ian Sclater, Nick Rowell, Tom Hunt, Startled Bee, Robbie Raidan, Steve Anderson, Jotham. Steve Anderson hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 😊
Out of the Bedroom number 807 is on Thursday 11th December, 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: over-18s only.
This is the OOTB Christmas special open mic and the no-cover rule is relaxed. You can play one Christmas cover (maximum), preferably one from an obscure local artist but you can choose any Christmas song you fancy. It’s okay not to play a Christmas song, or even an anti-Christmas song, too!
Out of the Bedroom 806 was held at The Safari Lounge on Thursday 27th November. The performers were: Tom Hunt, Steve Anderson, David Winlo, Skogesiboy, Poppy Holloway (debut), Elsie MacDonald, Mike Ross, Ross Neilzen, Stu Gray, Maia Sofia, Charlie Neale, Foolish Dog of the South, Jotham. Elsie MacDonald hosted and James Igoe was on sound desk.
See you at The Safari Lounge on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂
