Hidden Door is taking over the biggest venue to date. Running from Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 June, the festival will feature five full nights of music, visual art, dance, spoken word and everything in between.
An arts organisation which aims to open up forgotten urban spaces as a platform for new and emerging artists, musicians, poets, theatre and film-makers, Hidden Door has been held in several disused spaces and venues around Edinburgh since its establishment in 2014, all of which have revealed hidden or forgotten parts of the city. Previous locations include an abandoned underground vault, a hidden courtyard and an old theatre.
Filling the space with music, film, art, dance and poetry, this diverse festival is a celebration of all artistic pursuits. Contemporary artists rub shoulders with some of the UK’s best alternative performers and musicians – meaning you’ll find something fascinating around every corner.
Responding to the vast complex of forgotten warehouses, factory floors, offices and outbuildings, this year’s Hidden Door festival programme is built around the theme of ‘Building as a Myth’, with every rusted pipe, defunct machine and weathered surface becoming part of an artistic reclamation.
This year’s programme will feature artists from visual arts, dance, poetry and spoken word, music as well as different fields of artists working together on shared projects. Guests will be able to delve deep into the many rooms, corridors, nooks and crannies of the vast building to explore these various collaborative artworks for themselves.
Taking place at The Paper Factory, this 15.5-acre site was occupied by the former Saica paper and cardboard manufacturing facility on the western edge of Edinburgh. The site features a mix of warehouses, factory floors, offices and outhouses. The Paper Factory is well served by a variety of public transport links, with frequent bus, tram and train services all stopping nearby.
For more information and to see their full programme, visit Hidden Door Festival.
