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Some of the amazing creations at the fourth and final instalment of Stranger Strings.

4 sold out workshops, 40+ musical instruments and 4 joyfully noisy performances!!

Thanks so much to @pianodrome for making me part of the fantastic Make It Yourself festival and to all the super creative participants who made so many beautifully strange instruments! I learned a lot in these four workshops. Thank you!

@intothemusicscotland taken in St Oswald's Hall by @gowentgong

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Some of the incredible creations at day 3 of Stranger Strings as part of Make It Yourself festival at @pianodrome! Looking forward to the final workshop today. I feel so lucky to be part of this and share a creative space with all the wonderful people!!

@intothemusicscotland taken in St Oswald's Hall by @gowentgong

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Day two of Stranger Strings at the Make It Yourself Festival in @pianodrome! So many beautifully strange instruments and so much creativity by all the participants! Looking forward to day 3 today (it’s sold out, but there should be a few more places available tomorrow 18th Oct)

@intothemusicscotland taken in St Oswald's Hall by @gowentgong

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It’s day 2 of our Make it Yourself Festival and we’ve another packed day of workshops, concerts and opportunities to make.

Swipe for today’s programme and check out the link in our bio for all ticket details ➡️

#edinburghmusic #whatsonedinburgh #edinburghevents #festival #livemusic

Ornament Action - Free Drop in workshop
FREE

A hands on creative workshop for all ages!

Gadget Dissections
10.30am - 12.30pm
£8 / £5

We’re surrounded by gadgets! Armed with a screwdriver and accompanied by experienced tinkerers and makers, take apart these curious machines then create a fascinating artwork as you lay out every single piece in a framed momento for your wall.

For everyone aged 12+

Making Faces Workshop
11am - 1pm
£8 / £5

Join theatre maker Ben Kay to explore character creation. Make your own piano part character and go for a jolly wander through the world of Pianodrome.

Homeland - A Duet of Notes & Colour
Wendy Leung & Pina Pui
FREE

Harry Bongo
From 3.30pm
FREE

Composer and multimedia artist will be creating live ambient soundscapes throughout the afternoon.

Stranger Strings Workshop
2pm - 5pm
SOLD OUT

Join Stranger Strings, a hands on musical instrument making workshop.

Joyful Urkestra
2.30pm - 3.30pm
£8 / £5

An inclusive music making session that uses improvisation, storytelling and humour to encourage children to explore their own imagination and the joy of making music together for fun.

Hegedu
7.30pm - 9.30pm
£15 / £12

Exciting chamber folk triple violin project by multi instrumentalist Chris Lyon’s and featuring some of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. by @gowentgong

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Stranger Strings day one at Make It Yourself festival in @pianodrome!!!

Thanks to everyone who took part and made all these wonderful instruments and beautifully weird music!

Looking forward to more magic ✨

@intothemusicscotland taken in St Oswald's Hall by @gowentgong

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Just announced… 😱

Our final show of 2026. Friday 13th November at Leith Depot with live performances from:

@middle_class_guilt
@we_are_blaw
@gowentgong

And DJ sets after from:

@brianpokora
@nikkiguild_dj

All for £10 😮‍💨. Tickets haunting your dreams in the bio.

Wipe the tapes 🍄

x taken in Leith Depot by @gowentgong

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Looking forward to taking part in Make It Yourself festival at the Pianodrome this coming week! There will be four music instrument making workshops in which everyone will have a chance to make a zither-like instrument and amplify it at the end of the workshop for an improvised group performance. No experience needed!

2-5pm on 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th of October

Here is the bootleg poster of the event, some materials from old pianos collected from Pianodrome at Granton, and me being responsible and wearing full PPE.

More information and full festival programme at the @pianodrome website. taken in St Oswald's Hall by @gowentgong

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Ethereal Chaos………. 15th of October. Get your tickets in link in bio 🌷

We interviewed Go went Gong and Aidan Lochrin and asked what plans they have for the performance? by @gowentgong

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Ethereal Chaos. 🐓Tickets link in bio.

Reona is a metal percussionist, noisician /performance artist based in Japan. We are hosting her in Scotland part of her UK tour.

We asked Edinburgh based musicians, DIY instrument maker GO Went Gong & Aidan Lochrin to improvise with Reona.

We are excited to listen how two different vibes will collide…

Come listen with us 💋 by @gowentgong

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We are ssso excited to bring two inventive artists together to improvise for a special evening of ethereal chaos!

15th October Thursday
🦵🏼People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh
👣Doors open at 7 pm

Tickets in link in bio 🦋

REONA

Reona is a Tokyo-based artist that uses tap dance to create energetic soundscapes. Reona transforms movement and her presence to sound with tap shoes, the moving body, a wooden board, metal sheets, other tools that feel urban or daily. Central belt Scotland this is the chance to catch Reona on her UK tour! She is an improviser, choreographer, designer, composer and more.

@reona_tapdance_metalperc

GO WENT GONG

Giorgos Bouras (go went gong) uses his own homemade stringed instruments, clarinet, unsynchronised loops, video, cassette tapes and lo-tech gadgetry to create kaleidoscopic musical environments that blur the boundaries of performer and audience. The sound of go went gong feels both intense and soothing, like being swaddled in a warm blanket of sound.
gowentgong.bandcamp.com
@gowentgong

w/ support from Aidan Lochrin @aidanscoolinsta on the double bass!

w/ support from @goksugundzalp and Hayriye Selenay Tektunalı @selenayaneles doing their performance art magic

🌛gorgeous poster by Ester Zunino🌛@bluedividedbyblue taken in People's Leisure Club by @gowentgong

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Many thanks to @musictoeaseyourdisease for playing Max Sketch No.4 in their fantastic @nts_radio show today!!! And thanks to Alex at @algernon.drone for sending me the beautiful cassette and for all the work he put into it 🤩

💙❤️ by @gowentgong

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Really happy to have Max Sketch No.5 from my latest release by @algernon.drone played on @nts_radio show Fractal Meat On A Spongy Bone!!! Many thanks to Graham Dunning 🤩 by @gowentgong

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