The Gala Day was established in 1980 by a number of local volunteers and representatives from various locally based projects, groups and community organisations meeting on a regular basis, with the aim of providing the local community area with an annual Festival Week to be staged in June of each year. The programme would consist of a mixture of entertainment, drama productions, theatre shows, sport, competitions, displays, exhibitions; inter primary school competitions and inter-pub events. This ensured that the Festival was providing a varied programme, which was suitable for local people of all ages and backgrounds. The Festival Week itself would commence with a Street Parade and a Gala Day in the local park.

In May 1987 additional funding was secured from the local authority, initially for a one-year period, to employ a part-time Festival Co-ordinator with the remit to expanding the Festival to an all-year-round organisation by staging regular events either on a weekly, monthly or perhaps annual basis, raising additional income to fund the Festival Week. This enabled the Festival to become one of the best known and recognised community festivals throughout the City of Edinburgh.

The Festival continued to operate as a week-long event until 2000 when it was reduced to a one-day event forming the Gorgie Dalry Gala Day, which continued to provide an action-packed programme of events and attractions for the whole family to enjoy. The Gala Day also provides an excellent platform for local organisations and community groups to participate on the day and advertise their individual programmes to a captive audience.

The GD's Gorgie Dalry Gala Day 2009 Podcast

For further information contact
Jim Young - Gala Day Co-ordinator
Telephone: 0131 337 3252/ 0776 558 6744
E-mail Via The Contact Form

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