Leith Festival

The Scotsman has reported that a precursor to the current day festival was established 100 years before the 2007 event.

It continues with the role of fund raising with the parade and Gala day events, fun fair and stalls on Leith Links.

Over time the Gala expanded to become a community arts event being run continuously in its present form since the late eighties.

There was a Samba band and dancers, a giant sound system for Edinburgh reggae legends Messenger, and hundreds of stalls sporting everything."

The BBC reported that "Trees have been wrapped in woolly jumpers as part of a guerrilla arts project to mark the start of the Leith Festival.