🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept Zeena Wright-Al Tai is a multimedia artist and maker working across prop fabrication and textiles. Her practice blends mixed media to create fantastical environments and narrative scenes that explore themes of surrealism, solitude, folklore, and neo-colonialism.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory San Zhang is a Chinese interdisciplinary artist born in Spain and living in Scotland. Existing between mythologies, languages, and cultural ghosts, they build a world inhabited by hybrid beings such as aliens, mutants and queer deities.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Ruaridh Litster-Campbell is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Working in paint, sculpture and metalwork, he examines the process of self documentation, how we storify events and the act of repeated recollections.

Rosie Hodgson Smith uses contemporary techniques to present speculative futures. Functioning as screens and palimpsests of the digital image age, her illusionary paintings are layered with internet archaeology utilising suggestions of image, infrastructure and user interfaces.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept Niamh Finnigan creates sculptures and “3D” paintings from materials such as cardboard, clay and discarded items. These scrap materials are assembled into crude, deliberately garish sculptures then disguised with traditional mediums such as oil pastel and paint.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept Martha Williams' work is an experimental merging of traditional craft, construction techniques and contemporary sculptural practice. It explores how objects can become uncanny subversions of themselves, containing the potential for playful narrative & performance.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Maria McStay is an artist and sculptor from Northern Ireland, based in Edinburgh. Her practice uses ceramics, sound and site-specific materials to create installations inviting reflective engagement with the environment.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Liz McNeill applies repeated cycles of painting and modulated layering to generate large scale painting and prints. Her current work examines the concept of moral injury, a topic of increasing global concern.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Through her sculptural practice, Argentinian artist and practice-based researcher Irene Aldazabal experiments with organic materials and seeks to stay close to living organisms such as fungi or plants, attempting to learn from and with them.

Queer, neurodivergent sculptor and textile artist Holly Booth conjures installations where fabric mutates into flesh, into architecture, into threat. Catch this stunning work at The Paper Factory 25-28 Sept as part of our Visual Art Showcase in collaboration with Visual Arts Scotland.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Fae Ross mythologises the body, embracing it as a site of transformation and transgression. She creates dark, feminised landscapes which vitalise their inhabitants / performers. More info: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Textile artist Fae Rogers works with themes of the body and the bed in soft sculptural forms. Fae repurposes fabrics and uses sewing techniques to create interactive artworks that encourage audience participation.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Glasgow-based sculptor Esther Stone graduated with a 1st class degree from Glasgow School of Art, where she gained a love of large scale, steel sculptures. Interactive works and workshops are a constant focus of her practice.

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Eilidh Appletree’s practice is rooted in activism. Through the process of mould making and casting, her sculptural works are reminiscent of the everyday. More info: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-showcase-at-the-paper-factory-25-28-september

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Dora Zoi’s practice attunes to the rhythms, resistances, and poetics of forces such as gravity, space, time, and kinship across species. More info: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-showcase-at-the-paper-factory-25-28-september #HiddenDoor

🎨 Visual Art Showcase 🗓️ 25-28 Sept 🏭 The Paper Factory Claire Marion Black’s practice intersects ritual, film, sculpture and photography to create immersive installations that blend dream-like fictions of the subconscious with the body and landscape. Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...

38 artists have been selected by Hidden Door and Visual Arts Scotland to feature in a stunning new exhibition at The Paper Factory from 25-28 Sept. The creatives will transform the building with work that defies the limits of traditional galleries. Details: hiddendoorarts.org/visual-art-s...

Also on the bill tonight, award-winning writer, theatre-maker and performance poet RJ Hunter writes with urgency yet empathy, known for her blistering performances. The live performances start at 5pm and go through to 10pm - the perfect way to spend your Sunday evening 😎🍺🎶

Kicking off tonight's Bellfield Brewery #TaproomSessions at 5pm, multi award-winning musician, comedian, and poet @joshcakemusic.bsky.social brings distinct rhythms and hilarious observations with a captivating and unique performance style. Tickets: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

This Sunday at the #TaproomSessions - 5 live acts from 5pm 🎸🎤 Edinburgh synth pop trio Thundermoon create a gender-bending synth sound with spacey harmonies and retro riffs. "Well-crafted layers of synths reminiscent of an upbeat 80s classic" - Music Mag www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

This Sunday, get your fix of dark, experimental pop with Doom Scroller, bringing the trio's unique and captivating blend of sounds to the Bellfield Taproom. "Bold, dynamic and packed with ideas - it all really works rather beautifully together" - The Skinny 5 live acts from 5-10pm 🎸🎤

This Sunday, our second @bellfieldbrewery.bsky.social Taproom Session welcomes award-winning singer/songwriter Mike McKenzie @mikemckenzieonline.bsky.social. His laid back, inclusive shows have proved a smash with audiences around the UK and beyond. Tickets: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

We loved last night's Taproom Sessions - huge thanks to the performers, everyone who helped out, everyone who came down and of course @bellfieldbrewery.bsky.social for hosting us ❤️ We're back this Sunday with 5 more acts: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde... Photos by James Duncan

TONIGHT from 5pm 👀🍺🎤 We kick off today's Taproom Session at Bellfield Brewery with acclaimed spoken word poet Katie Ailes, whose work explores themes of identity, migration and compassion through a fiercely feminist lens. Live performances until 10pm Tix: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

This weekend, Laura McGarrigle AKA Gaze Is Ghost brings "gorgeous songs that linger on in the mind"... "elegant yet complex compositions and tender yet pointed vocals glide through valleys of melody and percussion". Tickets for Sunday's Taproom Session: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

Joining our packed line-up this Sunday... "one of the finest spoken word and live poetry performers around” 🎤 Iona Lee is a prominent member of Scotland’s live poetry scene, performing on TV and radio as well as venues and festivals all over Europe. www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

Musician and poet Blair Coron's quiet and intimate music blends modern classical, storytelling and traditional melodies, with themes of nature, people, time and place. Catch him at the first of our two special nights at Bellfield Brewery for the Taproom Sessions - Sunday 17 Aug

The captivating Esther Swift plays the Bellfield Taproom Sessions on Sunday 17 August - the first of two nights curated by Hidden Door celebrating and showcasing local talent. “celestial harp playing” - BBC R4 ​“mesmerising and heavenly” - jazzwise Tickets: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde...

Open Call for Emerging and Early Career Artists! We’re looking for ambitious early-career artists for a large-scale group exhibition this September at The Paper Factory in Edinburgh, in partnership with Visual Arts Scotland. Apply by Monday, 28 July. hiddendoorarts.org/artist-devel...

Open Call for Emerging and Early Career Artists! We’re looking for ambitious early-career artists for a large-scale group exhibition this September at The Paper Factory in Edinburgh, in partnership with Visual Arts Scotland Apply by 28 July. Click here: hiddendoorarts.org/artist-devel...

Join us this August as we curate two special nights at the Bellfield Taproom Sessions, supporting local artists. 📆 17th & 24th August w/ Esther Swift, Blair Coron, Gaze is Ghost, Mike McKenzie, Doom Scroller, Thundermoon, Iona Lee, Katie Ailes, Josh Cake & RJ Hunter @bellfieldbrewery.bsky.social

Are you making bold, physical work that doesn’t fit in traditional gallery spaces? We're seeking ambitious early-career artists for a large-scale group exhibition at The Paper Factory this September in partnership with Visual Arts Scotland 🎨 Apply by 28 July: hiddendoorarts.org/artist-devel...

Hidden Door x Mark Making Workshop 📅 Thursday 24 July, 6–8:30pm 📍The Paper Factory, Edinburgh We’re excited to launch our July artist development event! Explore creative mark-making in this free, hands-on session led by curator Jill Martin Boualaxai. 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/hidden-doo...

New on The Noise of Art… Hidden Door 2025 - Voices from the Factory Floor In which I get my hands dirty for once… @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

Our artist development event in August, with Creative Edinburgh, will look at fundraising for creative projects This free workshop will offer advice on how to make your application stand out to funders. 
📅 5 August 2025, 10am-12pm Click here for more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraisin...

★★★★ Hidden Door Festival @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social 2025 - As art and machinery align in former paper factory, this proves the transformative #Edinburgh event's most site-specific festival yet, says Miranda Heggie theartsdesk.com/new-music/hi...

Tonight at 9:15pm is your last chance to catch SPECTRAL, a stunning aerial and dance spectacle fusing lasers, choreography and light ❤️ Powered by #Funktioncreep, our Dance Stage sponsor and a peerless visual production team renowned for their immersive laser shows. #HiddenDoor2025

Great day at @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social in #Edinburgh yesterday last day today Production Line of Dreams were outstanding on 10pm tonight

At the intersection of craft beer and contemporary art, Hidden Door and Festival sponsor Bellfield Brewery are proving just how good a creative collaboration can taste. Click here to learn more: hiddendoorarts.org/future-relic... 
#BellfieldXHiddenDoor #FestivalBeer #CraftMeetsCulture

🚨 FINAL DAY at Hidden Door 2025 🚨 Your last chance to explore the Paper Factory and all the secrets within... Today is free and open for all ages until 6pm. After 6pm we’re ticketed and over 18s only. Line-up and tickets: www.citizenticket.com/events/hidde... #HiddenDoor2025

Lovely evening spent in @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social this evening

Hidden Door Arts Festival at The Paper Factory was utterly brilliant. Each year, they bring to life abandoned industrial places with music, spoken word poetry, dance, street art, light displays, digital & sculptural art installations. This year was superb ✨️🔥👏💛 @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social #Edinburgh

Some pics from yesterday at #HiddenDoor2025 Can't believe it's the penultimate night already! If you haven't explored The Paper Factory yet, why not spend your Sunday afternoon here ahead of our closing party. Catch it before it's gone! 🏭 👀 📸 Chris Scott, Dan Mosley, Karen Patel

From gluten-free innovation to cultural collaboration, Festival sponsor Bellfield’s ‘For the Free’ ethos continues to redefine what inclusive brewing can look (and taste) like. Click here to find out more: hiddendoorarts.org/future-relic... 
#ForTheFree #VeganBeer #IndependentBrewery

TONIGHT at Hidden Door 2025 in Edinburgh Only 2 nights left of this year's festival. A packed line-up of music + DJs alongside stunning visual art and pop-up performances, all nestled within a huge factory transformed for the arts. FINAL release of tickets for tonight: hiddendoorarts.org/tickets/

🎛️ Warehouse meets waves! Ishmael Ensemble land at Hidden Door 2025 with experimental, electronic-infused jazz. Expect fog, synths, and soundscapes. 🗓️ Hear them tomorrow - Sunday 15 June 🎟️ hiddendoorarts.org/tickets #IshmaelEnsemble #Jazztronica #HiddenDoor2025

After 3 days of sunshine, the inevitable rain clouds have rolled in ☔️ The majority of our festival is indoors, but please dress for the weather. Today's packed line-up is the perfect remedy to a rainy day, kicking off right now: hiddendoorarts.org/whats-on/ #HiddenDoor2025

Congratulations to @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social on pulling off their most impressive festival to date. World class art, music, dance and performance in an abandoned paper factory on the edge of Edinburgh. 👏🏻 You have to see this space to believe it…

Samwooddoowmas is a musical project by Sam Wood that defies easy categorisation, blending ambient, techno, and field recordings of experimental sounds. Experience it all in-person on Saturday 14 June at Hidden Door. Tickets on sale now - www.hiddendoorarts.org/tickets

Tucked into Edinburgh’s Abbeyhill, Festival sponsor Bellfield Brewery’s taproom has become a local favourite — combining small-batch beer, rotating street food, and creative community vibes. Click here to find out more: hiddendoorarts.org/future-relic... 
#BellfieldTaproom #EdinburghEats