Creative
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@_sly_dig
Sauna
SLY DIG’S SWEATBOX
I am a Sauna host and events promoter.
“I don’t know whose idea it was to throw a rave in a sauna next to the sea, but it was unhinged and I loved it.”
Events
live event/festival promotion and curation
NOT WAITING: club nights for experimental and electronic music.
- Sauna Theatre
People’s Leisure Club
Hot and Bothy
East Lothian Council
Sketchy Beats
Kelburn Garden Party
Leith FAB Cricket Club
249 Nights
- NOT WAITING, People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh
- SLY DIG’S SYNTH BOX, Kelburn Garden Party
- Pridesoc Queer Night, People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh
- Queer parties with 249 Nights: burn(s)yer bridges Burns Night, and a party at Leith FAB Cricket Club
- FLINTA open decks, with Sketchy Beats
Outreach
SLY DIGITAL music education
As SLY DIGITAL I run community music and DJ workshops with a focus on electronic music. These are for a range of groups, ages and levels.
Higher education
higher education/lecturing
PhD in Creative Music Practice.
I tutored and lectured in interactive music and coding, music technology and production, and sonic art between 2016 and 2024. I still do occasional associate lecturing.
- Kingston University
- Goldsmiths University
- University of the Creative Arts
- Edinburgh College of Art
Events in 2026
| Date | Event | Where | Strand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May | Northlink, late DJ set | niamos, Manchester | Live & DJ |
| 21 May | NOT WAITING, live | People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh | Events |
| 6 Jun | Live set | The Pub, Lancaster | Live & DJ |
| 3 Jul | SLY DIG’S SYNTH BOX | The Plaisance, Kelburn Garden Party | Live & DJ Events |
| 23 Jul | Live the Dream album launch | People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh | Live & DJ |
| 22 Aug | Cabaret Arts Club | Sauna Theatre | Sauna |
| 23 Aug | Morning Sauna Rave | Sauna Theatre | Sauna |
| 1 Oct | NOT WAITING with Accident Machine, Speculum Bunny and DMG | People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh | Events |
| 9 Oct | DJ workshop, Recovery Festival | Dunbar | Education |
| 10 Oct | Forest Rave | Live & DJ | |
| 27 Oct | DJ workshop for young people | Sketchy Beats | Education |
| 31 Oct | Kekri x Samhain x Soundscape Aufguss | with Glasgow Community Sauna | Sauna |
| 1 Nov | Pridesoc Queer Night with Claz402 | People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh | Live & DJ |
| 20 Nov | 249 Nights Queer Party | Leith FAB Cricket Club, Edinburgh | Live & DJ Events |