Bee Asha Singh 

Cramond Island would be my pick, for the excitement of it. I’ve got great memories of being six and people running to beat the tide there. Those that get stuck on the island after the tide’s risen have to stay for the whole event. 

Bee Asha Singh is an award-winning rapper and poet, and the founder of the Spit It Out charity, which runs Aye Festival, Thursday 16-Sunday 26 June. 

Mark Cousins

I'd love to see films projected on the outside white walls of the beautiful, modernist Craigsbank Church in Corstorphine.  I love the building. Inside, in the dark, composer Linda Buckley would play her music and Elizabeth Fraser would sing. 

Mark Cousins is a filmmaker and artist; his installation Like A Huge Scotland is at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh, in November. 

Tommy Sheppard

Think it'd be good to take over Portobello Town Hall if they could get a temporary license. Be quite good too if the Queen  could be persuaded to hand over Holyrood Palace for a week.

Tommy Sheppard is the founder of The Stand and MP for Edinburgh East.

Neil Pennycook 

The building I would most like to see revived is the old Odeon/New Victorian cinema on South Clerk Street, a beautiful space that has lain dormant for a couple of decades. It's a building that has a rich history of live music and visual art, as well as unique architecture, and deserves to be given a second life. Failing that, literally any/all Wetherspoons should be reclaimed, by force if necessary.

Neil Pennycook is the lead singer and songwriter for Meursault, who'll perform at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on Saturday 2 July.

Louise Anna McCraw

Hidden Door has always reinvested a lot in Edinburgh's beautiful relics, a personal favourite being the revival of the Leith Theatre. It holds so many memories for my family who originally lived in Leith and Newhaven for over a century. My dream venue would be something like Granton Railway Station.

Louise Anna McCraw is a singer-songwriter also known as Goodnight Louisa; her album Human Danger is out now. 

Iona Zajac

It would have to be the old Odeon on South Clerk Street. What a beautiful building filled with a history of legends such as Black Sabbath, Lou Reed, Sparks, Thin Lizzy, Roxy Music. And so sad in its desolation. I'm a complete scaredy cat so there are lots of cool buildings I'd be delighted to see made scaredy-cat friendly: the nuclear bunker at Barnton Quarry, Scotland Street Tunnel etc. 

Iona Zajac is a poet, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter; her debut EP Find Her In The Grass is out now. 

Nick Barley

The subtly stunning Central Hall in Tolcross is just crying out to be used more often. I love that this 750-seater venue exists in the heart of the city, sitting modestly in plain sight, with its outside belying the grandeur and superb acoustics of the interior. It's so good that we've made it our 2022 'main theatre' venue for the Edinburg International Book Festival. Perhaps this often-overlooked venue could also host Hidden Door gigs in the future. 

Nick Barley is Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a Booker Prize Foundation trustee and former Editor of The List. 

Hidden Door takes place at the Old Royal High School, Thursday 9-Saturday 18 June.