City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Live music


Find Edinburgh venues by type (e.g. Cinemas).

Photo Edinburgh Venuesort icon Venue Description Venue type
Artspace Community theatre and arts venue in Craigmillar. Live Music
Balado Park Disused airfield up in Fife which is best known, since 1997, as the scene of annual music festival T in the Park.  Getting there Live Music
Big Red Door
Big Red Door The Big Red Door is an old Victorian warehouse situated in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle on Lady Lawson Street. Live Music
Cabaret Voltaire entrance at night
Cabaret Voltaire Cabaret Voltaire is one of Edinburgh’s subterranean club and rock venues. An intimate cave-space with its low-ceilings and booths, it is situated in the underground caverns of the Cowgate. Live Music
Canongate Kirk
Canongate Kirk Built in 1688, this beautifully light and spacious Kirk serves both Holyrood Palace and Edinburgh Castle. Live Music
Captain's Bar Nightly live acoustic folk music in a cozy setting. Live Music
City of Edinburgh Music School Council-run, specialist music school attached to Broughton High School offering classical teaching as well as rock, jazz and traditional Scottish music. Live Music
Cramond Island Cramond Island has been used as an informal venue for 'Punx Picnics' for many years but with the addition of a stage built by the organisers of the European City of Punk has now become a fully fledged Live Music
Crichton Collegiate Church A-listed medieval Church set in the Midlothian countryside about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south of Edinburgh. Live Music
Edinburgh Corn Exchange All-purpose venue with a standing capacity of up to 2800 from live rock concerts to trade shows. Live Music
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Theatre The site of the current Edinburgh Festival Theatre was extended to create the largest stage of any presenting house in Britain at the time, reopening in June 1994. Live Music
The Playhouse, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Playhouse Major venue, situated at the top of Leith Walk, that hosts many big-name and West End touring shows, be it dance, musical, rock, or Edinburgh International Festival. Live Music
Electric Circus Central, multi-purpose live music and club venue alongside Waverley Station in Edinburgh's Old Town. Live Music
Forest Fringe
Forest Cafe Situated in an old building (former Edinburgh Congressional Church) on several floors, in the Edinburgh University area, the co-operatively run Forest Cafe established itself as a hub for Edinburgh Live Music
Henry's Cellar Bar Live Music
HMV Picture House
HMV Picture House A 1,500 capacity live venue with a balcony bar that can carry up to 350 people in older, refurb'd building. While the venue in its previous incarnations has always been a magnet for teens on the... Live Music
Lauriston Hall The century old Lauriston Hall in Edinburgh's West Port is a large city centre community space which hosts among other things popular ceilidh dances. Live Music
Leith Dockers Club Established in 1956, Leith Dockers Club is still largely run by dockers, but regularly hires out its premises for functions and events. Live Music
Leith Folk Club Leith Folk Club holds regular gigs each month. Live Music
Luna Edinburgh Central Edinburgh club, right opposite the Omni Complex and Jongleurs at the top of Leith Walk. Live Music