Edinburgh celebration pairs LUSH bath bomb workshop with queer community event
LUSH will run a bath-bomb workshop inside Closet Brewing’s 4th-birthday Portobello takeover, giving guests a hands-on keepsake between the market and the after-party.
Closet Brewing’s fourth birthday will turn Portobello Town Hall into a daylong queer community hangout, and the most hands-on stop on the floor will be a LUSH bath-bomb workshop. The free celebration, called This Is What Community Looks Like, will mix a craft market, a pop-up bar, vegan food, and a take-home make session into one gathering that is built for families, regulars, and anyone who wants something more tactile than a standard birthday bar crawl.
The event is set for Saturday, July 18, 2026, from noon to 10 p.m. at Portobello Town Hall in Edinburgh. The market will run from 12:00 to 18:00, then the bar and after-party will carry on from 18:00 to 22:00. Forever Edinburgh says attendees will be able to browse the craft market, see Closet Brewing’s queer label artists, sample vegan food from Unity Doner and Soft Serve Cartel, and make their own bath bomb at the LUSH workshop before the evening shifts into drinks and music.
That bath-bomb station is what makes the lineup feel different from a usual market-plus-bar format. Instead of just buying something finished, guests will leave with a product they made themselves, which is the kind of low-barrier, high-reward activity that works across ages and interests. It also fits the rest of the program neatly: local queer artists, vegan food and drink, and fundraising for LGBTQ+ charities give the day a community-first shape, while the workshop adds a practical, visibly satisfying craft element to the room.
LUSH brings real bath-bomb history to the table. The company says co-founder Mo Constantine invented the first bath bomb in 1989 in her garden shed, and that the trademark was first awarded on April 27, 1990. LUSH also says it has created more than 500 bath-bomb designs and sold more than 350 million bath bombs globally, with one selling every 1.5 seconds. That makes the Edinburgh workshop more than a novelty add-on; it is a chance to see one of the category’s signature brands in the middle of a live, local celebration.
Portobello is a strong fit for that mix. Forever Edinburgh describes the seaside neighborhood as a stretch with a sandy beach, ice cream parlours, arcades, cafés, and bars, and the Town Hall event uses that setting well: craft in the afternoon, community in the middle, and a pop-up bar to close the night out.
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