Fri 8th, Sat 9th, Sun 10th May 2009
Leith Links, Edinburgh
10:00am - 5:30pm

ADMISSION FREE

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THIS IS THE 2008 WEBSITE: THE WEBSITE FOR 2009 WILL BE LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2009

Parents Like Us (PLU) is the UK's biggest festival for parents with children aged 0-5 years and is organised by ordinary parents, all of whom give their time voluntarily. Ours is a place where you can relax with your children knowing that they are in a safe and secure environment and surrounded by only good things, most of which are free or ridiculously low-priced. Entrance to the fenced-off arena is free too, so there's absolutely no excuse for not coming along for a meander with offspring on tow. Grab yourself a coffee, make yourself comfortable in our covered seating area and lose yourself in the live music whilst you browse the free programme and consider how many of the dozens of activities on offer you might fit in to the short time you've allowed. For those of us with young children there's no other festival or family day like it. And that's a fact.

If you were one of the 19,000 festival visitors in 2008, THANK YOU!

Next year is a special 5th anniversary celebration - don't miss it! Contact us to be mailed a brochure as soon as it becomes available in April.

To navigate the website click on any of the icons on either side of the page, or the menu items at the top

THEY GAVE US THEIR TIME AND TALENT FOR FREE.....
THANK YOU MUSICIANS
Banana Row Events, Marnie Boyd, Ali Downer, Edinburgh Samba Band, Feis Dhun Eidean, Caroline Gilmour, Little Beard, Ros, Stewart MacLennan, Spangleshifters, Sunshine on Leith Pipes and Samba Band, THANK YOU BAKERS & SOUP MAKERS Antonia Delaney, Clare Downer, Caroline Gibb, Janet Innes, Kate Marks, Sandra Kemp, Hiyam O'Donnell, Robyn McDonald, Gill Robertson, Tina and Alec Sutherland, Angela Tay THANK YOU Edinburgh Council Mobile Library, MacDonald Road FIre Brigade, Lothian & Borders Police, Mounted Section (Horses), WoodCraft (Powerpod), Gorgie City Farm, St Andrews Ambulance Service, Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World, Sradagan, and a further 48 organisations who did demos and Hands On activities in exchange for free leaflet advertising.
Some of the messages we received about this year's festival:

"...we had an amazing, wonderful, happy, fun, safe time! All the shows were fabulous... food was fantastic... rides were lovely... baby facilities super and everyone was friendly." Maire

"...I think what you are doing is fantastic - had a brilliant day on Saturday with my son and his friends." Nicki

"...we had a brilliant time as usual, it seems to go from strength to strength - and great weather this year too!" Ron

"Just wanted to say thanks to all for a great festival. We came on two days and our daughter loved it - much thanks for all your hard work in putting it together." Sarah

"...my two aged 4 and 5 had a ball - their favourites were the swingboats, face painting and chocolate covered fruit" Caroline (CeilidhKids)

"What a brilliant 3 days! I saw my 10yr old for approximately 10 minutes all day as she sped from one great activity to another" Rachel (Usborne)

"The atmosphere was amazing and the Sales Pitch was brilliantly organised! It was a fab event." Karla (Best Buddies)

"May I congratulate you on a superb event... I came along with my 3yr old and thoroughly enjoyed all the shows and activities." Camille

Sensory of Sound



Sensory of Sound
Mr Boom
Nina and the Neurons
Scotty & Lulu
Next Goal
Next Goal's The Winner
How The Giraffe
Tall Stories
Tricky Ricky
Tricky Ricky

Butterfly World
Butterfly World

Roam around the site using the menu bar at the top or any of the icons at the side – we update the site regularly as the festival approaches, so do keep in touch! Email us at
info at parentslikeus dot co dot uk or telephone 0131 553 2152.

Click here to view a selection of photos from previous festivals