The West End Coorie is the new ‘festival of Edinburgh’s West End’ bringing together residents, businesses and visitors to ‘coorie in’ together as Christmas approaches. The very first West End Coorie week will happen from Monday 21 – Sunday 27 November 2022. Local businesses are making special offers, and residents (and visitors wanting to be honorary Westenders) will wear special identifying stickers to recognise and meet each other. Over fifty businesses have signed up! And there will be 15 events too, including indoor and outdoor concerts and get-togethers.
Full details of how to get involved, all the special offers and events are at https://edinburgh-westend.co.uk/west-end-coorie/.
The event has been started by the Edinburgh West End Facebook group with its 2300 members who live in the area, with the support of local business owners Michael Apter (Paper Tiger, Stafford St) and Anna Lagerqvist-Christopherson (The Green Room, William St).
There will also be events during the week, including a special outdoor visit by Portobello favourites the Shunpike Social Club streetband on Saturday 26 November, as well as at West End regular spots including Whigham’s Jazz Club, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, the Fox & Faun and more.
Coorie organiser (and West End Facebook group admin) Mark McKergow says “There are more and more residents moving into the West End every month. We want to help them maker lasting connections with the fantastic range of businesses here, and with each other, during the Coorie.”
The Coorie includes both the shopping areas around William Street and Stafford Street to the east and also West Maitland Street and Haymarket Terrace to the west. We hope to build the Coorie into an annual event.
