Sketchy Beats Cafe

Sketchy Beats Cafe is a not-for-profit arts cafe and event space on Great Junction Street, Leith.

About Sketchy Beats Cafe

	208 Great Junction Street, Leith EH65LW
	07902440917
	Sketchy Beats Cafe Website
	Facebook information can be found here

Listed Under Eating and Drinking - Cafes and Coffee Shops

The space is an open platform for creatives of any kind to use and share their ideas with the public.

The concept started off as an experimental life drawing event, incorporating a live musician, a dancer, a nude model and a live DJ set. This took place once a month in the basement of Yellow Bench, a Polish Bistro on Leith Walk. As this event gained popularity, we raised the money through crowdfunding to create a community space where creative events like this could happen every night.

Since the cafe opened in October 2015, members of the local community have organized all kind of events in the cafe: live hip-hop nights, art exhibitions, poetry slams, live music jams, climate change discussions, life drawing sessions, craft fairs and charity fundraiser gigs, to name a few.

The space is designed to be affordable and accessible to everyone - people who have never organized events before, musicians who have never played outside their own bedroom, artists who have never exhibited before. The cafe aims to be a space where creativity brings the community together, without money being an obstacle.

The space is available for anyone in the community to organize their own events, parties and workshops, from the early evening into the small hours. If you are interested in using the space, just message the Sketchy Beats Cafe page with your idea and a suggested date and time.

We take every opportunity to ensure the details for Sketchy Beats Cafe are accurate, if any of the above information is incorrect we would appreciate if you could take a minute to suggest an edit.

All information (whether in text or photographs) is supplied in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact.

Want to be the first to hear about what's happening in Edinburgh? Just hit 'Like' on our What's On Edinburgh Facebook page, join the What's On Scotland Facebook Group and 'Follow' on our @WhatOnEdinburgh Twitter or Instagram accounts and you're all set!

Upcoming Events at Sketchy Beats Cafe

Sorry, but we have no upcoming events for Sketchy Beats Cafe. If you know of an event taking place at Sketchy Beats Cafe or anywhere else in Edinburgh tell us about it and we'll list it on the website, for free!

More Cafes and Coffee Shops in Edinburgh

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Art and Vintage

3 Lyne Street, Edinburgh East EH7 5DN

Art and Vintage is a shop, cafe and art gallery selling original art works, crafts, good food and coffee and beautiful vintage items!

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Craigies Farm

Craigies Farm , South Queensferry EH30 9AR

Founded in 1966 and run by husband and wife team, John and Kirsteen Sinclair, Craigie’s is the ultimate foodie destination

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Veeno Edinburgh, Quartermile

11 11 Lister Square, Quartermile , Edinburgh South EH3 9GL

In the spring of 2013 something extraordinary happened. Two Italian guys in their twenties met in Manchester to find out that they shared a unique passion...

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Pumpkin Brown

16 Grassmarket , Edinburgh Old Town EH1 2JU

Edinburgh healthy eating at it's tastiest. Healthy is best, so none of our food or drinks contain refined sugar, dairy, or gluten. Come in and see!

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Sweet Paradice Desserts

45 Comiston Road, Edinburgh South EH10 6AB

Sweet Paradice Desserts are an exciting Dessert shop based in Morningside, Edinburgh.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Singapore Coffee House

5 Canonmills, Canonmills EH3 5HA

The Singapore Coffee House on Canonmills takes it inspiration from Singapores Kopitam Cafes.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Soderberg Pavilion

1 Lister Square, Edinburgh South EH3 9GL

Söderberg Pavilion is our flagship site, situated in the heart of the Quartermile, right beneath our bakery.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Leaf & Bean Cafe

12-14 Comiston Road, Edinburgh South EH10 5QE

Leaf & Bean Café is an independent family run Café, Boutique and Activity Centre in the heart of Morningside. A vibrant, friendly place for people to...

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Hemma

73 Holyrood Road , Edinburgh Old Town EH8 8AU

Hemma means AT HOME in Swedish.Hemma is a café/bar with great brunch, lunch, buffet, smörgåsbord platters, dinners and last but not least cakes.A family...

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Rouken Glen Garden Centre Linlithgow

18 Cauldcoats Holdings, Linlithgow EH49 7LY

Rouken Glen Garden Centre Linlithgow are experts when it comes to supplying high quality plants, gardening supplies, seeds and much more.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Archerfield Walled Garden

Archerfield Walled Garden Archerfield Estate, Dirleton EH39 5HQ

A fabulous Taste, Shop and Explore experience in the heart of East Lothian. We look forward to welcoming you through our doors to experience everything Archerfield Walled Garden has to offer...

Cafes and Coffee Shops