Republic Day in Edinburgh

Last year, Republic Edinburgh held an action packed Republic Day, conducting playful dinosaur-themed outreach and finishing the day with an excellent stunt outside the palace of Holyroodhouse!

Since Republic Day last year, the Edinburgh Republic group has gone from strength to strength holding two protests in response to visit from the royals to Scotland, conducting numerous outreach events, and planning and organising further action.

With support for the monarchy falling rapidly in Scotland and the republican movement growing, we know the monarchy is in trouble.

In 2025, alongside Republic Day events in London and Cardiff, Republic Edinburgh will be returning for one of their biggest events of the year, holding a large rally with an exciting programme of speakers on May 10th in collaboration with

The rally will take place on Calton Hill from 2-4pm.

Maggie Chapman is a North East MSP with the Scottish Green Party. She is a fierce human rights campaigner, beginning her political career in anti-war campaigning and now acting as the Equalities, Human Rights and Social Justice Spokesperson for the Scottish Greens. A staunch advocate for participative democracy, she truly believes a fairer, kinder Scottish Republic is possible. In her spare time Maggie plays the violin, fiddle and accordion, and enjoys walking and cycling throughout Scotland.

Lesley Riddoch is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster, journalist, author, cyclist, land reform campaigner & lover of all things Nordic. She is one of Scotland’s best-known commentators, with programmes on B

BC2, Channel 4, Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland, and has won two Sony speech broadcaster awards. Lesley was Assistant Editor of the Scotsman and edited the paper when it became the Scotswoman on International Women’s Day 1995, was part of the start-up team for the Sunday Herald and has written weekly columns for the National since its inception in 2014.

Patrick Harvie is Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens and has been an MSP for Glasgow since 2003. A prominent campaigner for Scottish Independence, he has led campaigns on a range of topics and issues, from asylum, civil liberties and sexual health to influencing major changes with income tax reform.

You will also hear from Alex Staniforth, Ross Mckenzie, Emma Roddick, Peter McColl, Malini Chakrabati, Jemma Campbell, George Gunn and more performers and musicians - more info to follow soon!

Rue Cooper is a singer and songwriter based in Edinburgh. Classic gospel melodic influences are evident in Rue’s style as an emerging vocalist bringing a reimagined, unique take on Soul, Pop, and R’n’b to Edinburgh and beyond.

See you there!

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