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Weekend blues and folk
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:00
Weekend blues and folk at Biddy Mulligans.
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Scheduled Scheduled Friday Spotify Jam
The Rusty Seagull · Portobello
19:00
Join a shared Spotify playlist session at The Rusty Seagull.
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Scheduled Billy Walton Band
Bannerman's Bar · Cowgate / Old Town
19:30From £22.50
Billy Walton Band live at Bannerman’s Bar.
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Scheduled Friday & Saturday Live Music
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
19:30
Live music at The Golf Tavern.
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Scheduled Weekend Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Weekend Irish Hours at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
Malones · Haymarket / West End
20:00
Live musicians at Malones Edinburgh. Bookings and walk-ins welcome.
No booking required.
Confirmed by Malones Edinburgh. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music with Graeme Mearns
The Shoogly Peg · New Town / Rose Street
20:00
Live music featuring local musician Graeme Mearns.
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Scheduled The Thunder Dom
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
The Thunder Dom at Ensign Ewart.
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Scheduled Friday live music
The Waiting Room · Morningside
21:30
Friday live music at The Waiting Room.
Confirmed by The Waiting Room. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday live music
The Bailie · Stockbridge
22:00
Friday live music at The Bailie.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled Weekend house duo
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
22:00
Weekend house duo at Biddy Mulligans.
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Scheduled FLY
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
FLY at Cabaret Voltaire.
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Scheduled Pitt Mini Mart
The Pitt · Granton
11:00Free
Pitt Mini Mart at The Pitt.
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Scheduled Weekend blues and folk
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:00
Weekend blues and folk at Biddy Mulligans.
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Scheduled Leithienda presents Todd Terry
The Pitt · Granton
18:00
Leithienda presents Todd Terry at The Pitt. Todd Terry at The Pitt Venue. 18+ only. Ticket details to be confirmed; please check the official link.
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Scheduled Nico G
The Rusty Seagull · Portobello
18:00
Nico G at The Rusty Seagull. Admission and booking details to be confirmed; please check with the venue.
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Scheduled Friday & Saturday Live Music
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
19:30
Live music at The Golf Tavern.
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Scheduled Weekend Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Weekend Irish Hours at Biddy Mulligans.
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Scheduled Live Music
Malones · Haymarket / West End
20:00
Live musicians at Malones Edinburgh. Bookings and walk-ins welcome.
No booking required.
Confirmed by Malones Edinburgh. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music with Graeme Mearns
The Shoogly Peg · New Town / Rose Street
20:00
Live music featuring local musician Graeme Mearns.
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Scheduled Bear Scots
Regent Bar · Abbeyhill
21:00
Bear Scots at Regent Bar.
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Scheduled Courtyard DJs
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Saturday courtyard DJs from 21:00, following the 19:00–21:00 live music.
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Scheduled Main Bar DJs
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Saturday DJs in the Main Bar at The Three Sisters from 21:00.
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Scheduled The Gorms
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
The Gorms at Ensign Ewart.
Confirmed by Ensign Ewart. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekend house duo
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
22:00
Weekend house duo at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Mirror Dance 9th Birthday: Make A Dance
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
23:00
The Mirror Dance 9th Birthday: Make A Dance at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Pitt Mini Mart
The Pitt · Granton
11:00Free
Pitt Mini Mart at The Pitt.
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Scheduled Edinburgh Balboa Brunch: Swing & Blues Dancing
Leith Depot · Leith
12:00Free
Edinburgh Balboa Brunch: Swing & Blues Dancing at Leith Depot.
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Scheduled Tenement Jazz Band for Kids & Disco
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
14:00£8 child; £9 adult; babies under6months free
Tenement Jazz Band for Kids & Disco at The Jazz Bar. Interactive early-jazz show for younger audiences.
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Scheduled The Sunday Session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
14:00
The Sunday Session at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Sounds at João's
João’s Place · St James Quarter
16:00
Sounds at João's at João’s Place.
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Scheduled NFL RedZone
Inn on the Mile · Royal Mile / Old Town
18:00Free
Official 2026 regular-season programme: NFL RedZone every Sunday from 18:00 through 3 January.
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Scheduled NFL RedZone Sundays
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
18:00
NFL RedZone live sport screening.
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Scheduled Shades of Dave Pell Octet
Whighams Wine Cellars · West End / New Town
19:00
Eight-piece band recreates the Dave Pell Octet sound.
Confirmed by Whighams Wine Cellars. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Sunday Live Music
Henry Hall's Carriers Quarters · Leith
19:00
Live music in the back room at Carriers Quarters.
Confirmed by Henry Hall's Carriers Quarters. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:00
The Irish Hours at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Sunday Quiz with Goose
The Antiquary · Stockbridge
19:00Free entry
The Sunday Quiz with Goose at The Antiquary.
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Scheduled Fangslinger
Bannerman's Bar · Cowgate / Old Town
19:30From £14.50
Fangslinger live at Bannerman’s Bar.
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Scheduled Sunday Goose's quiz
The Spylaw · Colinton
19:30
Sunday Goose's quiz at The Spylaw.
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Scheduled Sunday pub quiz
The Waiting Room · Morningside
19:30
The Waiting Room's weekly Sunday pub quiz with quizmaster John.
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Scheduled Open-Mic Night: Darren McElvar
The Auld Hundred · New Town / Rose Street
21:00
Open-Mic Night with Darren McElvar at The Auld Hundred.
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Scheduled Sandy Brechin
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Sandy Brechin at Ensign Ewart.
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Scheduled Sunday Sing-Along
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Sunday Sing-Along at Biddy Mulligans.
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Scheduled Live Music
Malones · Haymarket / West End
21:30
Live musicians at Malones Edinburgh. Bookings and walk-ins welcome.
No booking required.
Confirmed by Malones Edinburgh. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Postal: JI_2001 b2b Wrisk
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
23:00
Postal: JI_2001 b2b Wrisk at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Black-Eyed Oaps Monday live music
The Ferry Tap · South Queensferry
15:00
Black-Eyed Oaps Monday live music at The Ferry Tap.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Weekday folk session at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Monday whisky society
The Ferry Tap · South Queensferry
18:00
Monday whisky society at The Ferry Tap.
No booking required.
Confirmed by The Ferry Tap. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Goose’s Pub Quiz
Malones · Haymarket / West End
19:00Free entry
Free Goose’s quiz at Malones near Haymarket.
No booking required.
Confirmed by Malones. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Solo Mondays: Damian Casey-Boyce
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Solo Mondays: Damian Casey-Boyce at Cold Town House.
Confirmed by Cold Town House. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Monday Pub Quiz
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
20:00
Monday pub quiz.
Confirmed by The Golf Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Monday quiz night
The Jolly Judge · Old Town
20:30
Monday quiz night at The Jolly Judge.
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Scheduled Live Music: Darren McElvar
The Auld Hundred · New Town / Rose Street
21:00
Live Music with Darren McElvar at The Auld Hundred.
Confirmed by The Auld Hundred. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Norm and Co.
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Norm and Co. at Ensign Ewart.
Confirmed by Ensign Ewart. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Weekday acoustic sessions at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Seinnidh Sinn: Gaelic Song Circle Session
Leith Depot · Leith
17:00Free
Seinnidh Sinn: Gaelic Song Circle Session at Leith Depot. Every Tuesday, 17:00–18:00; free entry.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Weekday folk session at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Halloween Themed Quiz
Thirty Knots · South Queensferry
19:00
Themed quiz from 19:00; call 0131 370 0088 to book.
Confirmed by Thirty Knots. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Soul Society Jam
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
19:00Members free; otherwise£2/£6 until20:00
Soul Society Jam at The Jazz Bar. Edinburgh University Soul Society open jam. All attendees in the venue after 20:30 must be 18+ and bring ID.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Babylon (1980) + Live Performance by Rue Cooper & Michael Fallemann
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:15£10 subject to booking fee
Babylon (1980) + Live Performance by Rue Cooper & Michael Fallemann at The Voodoo Rooms Ballroom.
Confirmed by The Voodoo Rooms. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Solo Tuesday: Jamie Nimmo
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
20:00
Solo Tuesday: Jamie Nimmo at Cold Town House.
Confirmed by Cold Town House. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Tuesday pub quiz
The Golden Rule · Polwarth
20:30Free to join
Tuesday pub quiz at The Golden Rule.
Confirmed by The Golden Rule. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Tuesday quiz night
The Bailie · Stockbridge
20:30
Tuesday quiz night at The Bailie.
No booking required.
Confirmed by The Bailie. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Archie Macfarlane
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Archie Macfarlane at Ensign Ewart.
Confirmed by Ensign Ewart. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Great Jazz Jam Session
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
21:00£6/£8 on the door; free to play
The Great Jazz Jam Session at The Jazz Bar. Open-stage jazz jam backed by the house trio. All attendees in the venue after 20:30 must be 18+ and bring ID.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Weekday acoustic sessions at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Midnight Bass
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
Midnight Bass at Cabaret Voltaire.
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Scheduled RARE Club: Pretty Girl (DJ)
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
23:00
RARE Club: Pretty Girl (DJ) at Sneaky Pete’s.
Confirmed by Sneaky Pete’s. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Coffee & Kids Club
Thirty Knots · South Queensferry
09:00
Every Wednesday Coffee & Kids Club 09:00–12:00; no booking needed. Sarah, Happy Baby Expert leads 7 October.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra: Open Rehearsal
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
16:30Free
A free open rehearsal by Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra at The Jazz Bar.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Weekday folk session at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Electric Blues with Jed Potts
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
18:15Free
Electric Blues with Jed Potts at The Jazz Bar. Solo electric blues teatime session.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Davey's Smartphone Quiz
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
20:00
Weekly smartphone quiz with Davey, fun and prizes.
Confirmed by Cold Town House. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Shore Trad Sessions
Nobles by Bellfield · Leith / The Shore
20:00Free entry
Hosted by Frank and Lewis McLaughlin; free entry.
Confirmed by Nobles by Bellfield. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Bob Dylan & Neil Young on Piano
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
20:30£12 advance or on the door
Bob Dylan & Neil Young on Piano at The Jazz Bar. Mike Kearney piano trio reimagines Dylan and Young favourites. All attendees in the venue after 20:30 must be 18+ and bring ID.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Rachel and Dom
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Rachel and Dom at Ensign Ewart.
Confirmed by Ensign Ewart. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Weekday acoustic sessions at Biddy Mulligans.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Ayla and the Astralnauts
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
23:00Free
Ayla and the Astralnauts at The Jazz Bar. Funk and soul led by Ayla Ersoy. All attendees in the venue after 20:30 must be 18+ and bring ID.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Buckley Curates: Buckley B2B Dyslecta B2B harpriya (All Night Long)
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
23:00
Buckley Curates: Buckley B2B Dyslecta B2B harpriya (All Night Long) at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled WIRED
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
WIRED at Cabaret Voltaire.
Confirmed by Cabaret Voltaire. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Dice Pitt
The Pitt · Granton
16:00Free
The Dice Pitt at The Pitt. Board games every Thursday from 16:00 to close; all welcome.
Confirmed by The Pitt. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Monday–Thursday folk session 17:30–19:30.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled John Hunt’s Blues and Swing Evening
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
18:15Free
John Hunt’s Blues and Swing Evening at The Jazz Bar. Acoustic/electric blues by singer-guitarist John Hunt.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Thursday live music
Old Chain Pier · Newhaven
19:00
Thursday live music at Old Chain Pier. Under 14s are welcome only until 20:00 under the venue licence; check eligibility with the venue before visiting.
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Scheduled Dow & Honeyman
Leith Depot · Leith
19:30£10 plus booking fee
Dow & Honeyman at Leith Depot.
Confirmed by Leith Depot. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Quiz Night with Gregor
Nobles by Bellfield · Leith / The Shore
19:30
Quiz Night with Gregor at Nobles by Bellfield.
Confirmed by Nobles by Bellfield. View source. Checked .
Sold out Very Santana
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:30Venue: £30 + booking fee; ticket page: £24.93 incl. fee. Sold out.
Very Santana at The Voodoo Rooms. The official artist tour listing marks this event sold out.
Confirmed by The Voodoo Rooms. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Pub Quiz
The Black Bull · Grassmarket / Old Town
20:00
Thursday quiz from 20:00. Booking strongly recommended.
Confirmed by The Black Bull official website. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Thursday folk session
DOUGAL'S · Portobello
20:00
Thursday folk session at DOUGAL'S. The official programme explicitly identifies Dougal’s Thursday 20:00–22:00 folk session.
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Scheduled Soul Society Charity Fundraiser
The Jazz Bar · Old Town
20:30
Soul Society Charity Fundraiser at The Jazz Bar. Edinburgh University Soul Society raises funds for a good cause. Ticket details to be confirmed; please check with the venue. All attendees in the venue after 20:30 must be 18+ and bring ID.
Confirmed by The Jazz Bar. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Famous Folk Session
The Antiquary · Stockbridge
20:30Free entry
The Famous Folk Session at The Antiquary.
Confirmed by The Antiquary. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Karaoke
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Official weekly rundown: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday karaoke from 21:00.
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Scheduled The Three Sisters x Wolfie's Whisky
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00Free
Hot Property headline set, guest support and Wolfie’s cocktails in the beer garden.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Turkey Smokers
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Thursday The Turkey Smokers 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Turntable Thursday: DJs
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Thursday DJ programme at The Three Sisters from 21:00.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Monday–Thursday acoustic sessions 21:00–midnight.
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Scheduled Rantum Scantum
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
21:30Free entry
Rantum Scantum live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Thursday Pub Quiz with Goose
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
21:30Free
Goose’s Quiz every Thursday 21:30–00:30, free with prizes.
Confirmed by The Golf Tavern events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The bad boy music quiz
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
22:00
The bad boy music quiz at Cabaret Voltaire.
Confirmed by Cabaret Voltaire events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Dopamates
The Pitt · Granton
11:00Free
The Dopamates at The Pitt. Body-doubling work session; all welcome.
Confirmed by The Pitt. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekend blues and folk
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:00
Friday and Saturday blues and folk 17:00–19:00.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday Spotify Jam
The Rusty Seagull · Portobello
19:00
Friday Spotify Jam at The Rusty Seagull. Join the venue’s Spotify jam and play favourite tunes.
Confirmed by The Rusty Seagull. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Blackmore's Blood
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:30Official venue: £20 (subject to booking fee); linked ticket outlet: from £22.30
Blackmore's Blood at The Voodoo Rooms (Ballroom). Strictly over-18s.
Confirmed by The Voodoo Rooms. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Fractions
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:30Official venue: £12.50 (subject to booking fee); linked ticket outlet: £14.25
Fractions at The Voodoo Rooms (Speakeasy). Strictly over-18s.
Confirmed by The Voodoo Rooms. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday & Saturday Live Music
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
19:30
Live music Friday and Saturday from 19:30 until late.
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Scheduled Weekend Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Friday and Saturday Irish Hours 19:30–21:30.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday live music
Old Chain Pier · Newhaven
20:00
Friday live music at Old Chain Pier. Under 14s are welcome only until 20:00 under the venue licence; check eligibility with the venue before visiting.
Confirmed by Old Chain Pier. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music with Graeme Mearns
The Shoogly Peg · New Town / Rose Street
20:00
Friday and Saturday live music with Graeme Mearns from 20:00.
Confirmed by The Shoogly Peg events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Out of Here Sister
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
20:00
Friday Out of Here Sister from 20:00.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday Night DJ: DJ NP
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Friday Night DJ: DJ NP at Cold Town House.
Confirmed by Cold Town House. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music at The Beehive!
The Beehive Inn · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00Free entry
Friday/Saturday live music with local artists, free entry.
Confirmed by The Beehive Inn events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Thunder Dom
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Friday The Thunder Dom 21:00–23:30.
Confirmed by Ensign Ewart events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday live music
The Waiting Room · Morningside
21:30
Friday live music at The Waiting Room.
Confirmed by The Waiting Room events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Friday live music
The Bailie · Stockbridge
22:00
Friday live music at The Bailie.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
Confirmed by The Royal Mile Tavern. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Gorms
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
The Gorms live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Weekend house duo
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
22:00
Friday and Saturday house duo 22:00–00:45.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled discotia 010: VO!D D!SCO
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
23:00
discotia 010: VO!D D!SCO at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled FLY
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
FLY club night at Cabaret Voltaire.
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Scheduled Pitt Mini Mart
The Pitt · Granton
11:00Free
Pitt Mini Mart at The Pitt. Weekend market of jewellery, ceramics, vintage, produce and more; all welcome.
Confirmed by The Pitt. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Wedding Open Day: Autumn 2026
SKYBar Edinburgh · Tollcross / Bread Street
12:00Free
Complimentary wedding open day at SKYbar; book one ticket per party.
Confirmed by SKYBar Edinburgh events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Trad Music Session
Leith Depot · Leith
13:00Free
A free afternoon trad music session at Leith Depot on Saturday 17 October, 13:00–16:00.
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Scheduled Weekend blues and folk
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:00
Friday and Saturday blues and folk 17:00–19:00.
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Scheduled Reilly Schulte
The Rusty Seagull · Portobello
18:00
Reilly Schulte at The Rusty Seagull. Admission and booking details to be confirmed; please check with the venue.
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Scheduled Courtyard Live Music
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
19:00
Saturday courtyard live music 19:00–21:00.
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Scheduled Static
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
19:00
Static at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Friday & Saturday Live Music
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
19:30
Live music Friday and Saturday from 19:30 until late.
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Scheduled Weekend Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Friday and Saturday Irish Hours 19:30–21:30.
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Scheduled Live Music with Graeme Mearns
The Shoogly Peg · New Town / Rose Street
20:00
Friday and Saturday live music with Graeme Mearns from 20:00.
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Scheduled Saturday live music
Old Chain Pier · Newhaven
20:00
Saturday live music at Old Chain Pier. Under 14s are welcome only until 20:00 under the venue licence; check eligibility with the venue before visiting.
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Scheduled Courtyard DJs
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Saturday courtyard DJs from 21:00, following the 19:00–21:00 live music.
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Scheduled Live Music at The Beehive!
The Beehive Inn · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00Free entry
Friday/Saturday live music with local artists, free entry.
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Scheduled Main Bar DJs
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Saturday DJs in the Main Bar at The Three Sisters from 21:00.
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Scheduled Saturday DJ night
Black Ivy · Bruntsfield
21:00
Saturday DJ night at Black Ivy. The official venue page states a live DJ every Saturday night from 21:00; no compulsory-booking claim inferred.
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Scheduled The Gorms
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Saturday The Gorms 21:00–23:30.
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Scheduled Rantum Scantum Live Music
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
21:30Free entry
Rantum Scantum Live Music live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled The Live Room: Live Music
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
22:00
Saturday live music in the Live Room from 22:00 until late.
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Scheduled Weekend house duo
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
22:00
Friday and Saturday house duo 22:00–00:45.
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Scheduled Pitt Mini Mart
The Pitt · Granton
11:00Free
Pitt Mini Mart at The Pitt. Weekend market of jewellery, ceramics, vintage, produce and more; all welcome.
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Scheduled Drink & Draw with Susan Mitchell
Leith Depot · Leith
14:00£11
An afternoon drawing workshop with Susan Mitchell at Leith Depot, 14:00–16:00. Please check booking arrangements with the organiser before visiting.
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Scheduled The Sunday Session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
14:00
Sunday Session 14:00–16:00 in the Wee Pub.
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Scheduled Sounds at João's
João’s Place · St James Quarter
16:00
Live acoustic sets every Sunday 16:00–19:00.
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Scheduled Trad & Folk Sundays
White Hart Inn · Grassmarket / Old Town
16:30Free entry
Every Sunday traditional music with fiddlers and guests from 16:30; Euan Johnston from 20:00. No exact session finish published.
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Scheduled Free Time: Romare DJ Set
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
18:00
Free Time: Romare DJ Set at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled NFL RedZone
Inn on the Mile · Royal Mile / Old Town
18:00Free
Official 2026 regular-season programme: NFL RedZone every Sunday from 18:00 through 3 January.
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Scheduled NFL RedZone Sundays
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
18:00
NFL RedZone Sundays from 18:00 until late.
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Scheduled Paul Paterson Trio
Whighams Wine Cellars · West End / New Town
19:00
Sunday jazz at Whighams 19:00–21:15.
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Scheduled Sunday Live Music
Henry Hall's Carriers Quarters · Leith
19:00
Sunday live music at Henry Hall’s Carriers Quarters.
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Scheduled The Irish Hours
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:00
Sunday Irish Hours 19:00–21:00.
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Scheduled The Sunday Quiz with Goose
The Antiquary · Stockbridge
19:00Free entry
The Sunday Quiz with Goose at The Antiquary.
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Scheduled Leith Kino: Pepos (1983)
Leith Depot · Leith
19:30£6
Leith Kino screens Pepos (1983) at Leith Depot on Sunday 18 October at 19:30. Ticket arrangements to be confirmed; please check with the venue.
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Scheduled Sunday Goose's quiz
The Spylaw · Colinton
19:30
Sunday Goose's quiz at The Spylaw. Maximum 7 per team; table reservation recommended to guarantee a chance to play.
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Scheduled Sunday pub quiz
The Waiting Room · Morningside
19:30
Sunday pub quiz at The Waiting Room.
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Scheduled Sunday smartphone quiz
McLarens · Bruntsfield
19:30
Sunday smartphone quiz at McLarens. Davey’s Smartphone Quiz. Maximum 6 per team; booking essential and mentionQuiz. Under 18s welcome with a responsible adult until 22:00 with food.
Booking required. Check with the pub before travelling.
Confirmed by McLarens. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Karaoke
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Official weekly rundown: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday karaoke from 21:00.
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Scheduled Open-Mic Night: Darren McElvar
The Auld Hundred · New Town / Rose Street
21:00
Open-Mic Night with Darren McElvar at The Auld Hundred.
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Scheduled Sandy Brechin
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Sunday Sandy Brechin 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Sunday Sing-Along
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Sunday Sing-Along 21:00–23:30.
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Scheduled Old Dollar Bill
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
21:30Free entry
Old Dollar Bill live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled Black-Eyed Oaps Monday live music
The Ferry Tap · South Queensferry
15:00
Monday Black-Eyed Oaps live music 15:00–18:00.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Monday–Thursday folk session 17:30–19:30.
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Scheduled Monday whisky society
The Ferry Tap · South Queensferry
18:00
Every Monday whisky society from 18:00 until late; everyone welcome, just turn up.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Felicity J Lord
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
19:00
Felicity J Lord at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Goose’s Pub Quiz
Malones · Haymarket / West End
19:00Free entry
Free Goose’s quiz at Malones near Haymarket.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Hannah Wicklund
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:30£25 (subject to booking fee)
Hannah Wicklund at The Voodoo Rooms.
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Scheduled Joe Doonan
Leith Depot · Leith
19:30£10 plus booking fee
Joe Doonan at Leith Depot.
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Scheduled Solo Mondays: Damian Casey-Boyce
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
19:30
Solo Mondays: Damian Casey-Boyce at Cold Town House.
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Scheduled Monday Pub Quiz
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
20:00
Every Monday pub quiz 20:00–22:30.
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Scheduled Monday quiz night
The Jolly Judge · Old Town
20:30
Monday quiz at 20:30 outside the busiest Fringe period.
Confirmed by The Jolly Judge official website. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Karaoke
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Official weekly rundown: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday karaoke from 21:00.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Live Music: Darren McElvar
The Auld Hundred · New Town / Rose Street
21:00
Live Music with Darren McElvar at The Auld Hundred.
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Scheduled Norm and Co.
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Monday Norm and Co. 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Monday–Thursday acoustic sessions 21:00–midnight.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled Seinnidh Sinn: Gaelic Song Circle Session
Leith Depot · Leith
17:00Free
Seinnidh Sinn: Gaelic Song Circle Session at Leith Depot. Every Tuesday, 17:00–18:00; free entry.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Monday–Thursday folk session 17:30–19:30.
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Scheduled Dan Parks
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
19:00£13.68 as listed by the ticket seller
Dan Parks at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Skating Polly
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
19:30£16.50 (subject to booking fee)
Skating Polly at The Voodoo Rooms.
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Scheduled Pub Quiz with Danny Paylor
Leith Depot · Leith
20:00Free
Pub quiz with Danny Paylor at Leith Depot. Free entry; teams of up to6. Children are permitted only until21:00.
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Scheduled Pub Quiz with Goose
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
20:00
Tuesday pub quiz with Goose from 20:00; booking highly recommended.
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Scheduled Tuesday pub quiz
Old Chain Pier · Newhaven
20:00£2 cash per person
Tuesday pub quiz at Old Chain Pier. Teams up to 6. Advance booking recommended; the venue sometimes has room for walk-ins.
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Scheduled Tuesday pub quiz
The Golden Rule · Polwarth
20:30Free to join
Tuesday pub quiz at The Golden Rule.
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Scheduled Tuesday quiz night
The Bailie · Stockbridge
20:30
Tuesday quiz night at The Bailie.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Archie Macfarlane
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Tuesday Archie Macfarlane 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Karaoke
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Official weekly rundown: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday karaoke from 21:00.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Monday–Thursday acoustic sessions 21:00–midnight.
Confirmed by Biddy Mulligans events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled Kevin Gore
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Kevin Gore live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled Midnight Bass
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
Midnight Bass at Cabaret Voltaire.
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Scheduled Coffee & Kids Club
Thirty Knots · South Queensferry
09:00
Weekly Coffee & Kids Club from 09:00 to 12:00. No booking needed.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Monday–Thursday folk session 17:30–19:30.
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Scheduled Jake McKelvie
Leith Depot · Leith
19:00£10 plus booking fee
Jake McKelvie at Leith Depot. £10 plus booking fee, pay on the door only. Children are permitted at the venue only until 21:00.
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Scheduled Pharos (DJ Set)
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
19:00£12.50 including listed fees (£10 face value)
Pharos (DJ Set) at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Quiz Night with Gregor
Bellfield Brewery & Taproom · Meadowbank
19:30
Quiz Night with Gregor at Bellfield Brewery & Taproom.
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Scheduled Davey's Smartphone Quiz
Cold Town House · Grassmarket / Old Town
20:00
Weekly smartphone quiz with Davey, fun and prizes.
Confirmed by Cold Town House. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Shore Trad Sessions
Nobles by Bellfield · Leith / The Shore
20:00Free entry
Hosted by Frank and Lewis McLaughlin; free entry.
Confirmed by Nobles by Bellfield. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Wednesday Quiz
The Antiquary · Stockbridge
20:00Free entry
The Wednesday Quiz at The Antiquary.
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Scheduled Rachel and Dom
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Wednesday Rachel and Dom 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Monday–Thursday acoustic sessions 21:00–midnight.
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Scheduled Old Town Sessions Live Music
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
21:30Free entry
Old Town Sessions Live Music live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled WIRED
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
23:00
Weekly student club night at Cabaret Voltaire. Ticket details to be confirmed; please check with the venue.
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Scheduled The Dice Pitt
The Pitt · Granton
16:00Free
The Dice Pitt at The Pitt. Board games every Thursday from 16:00 to close; all welcome.
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Scheduled Weekday folk session
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
17:30
Monday–Thursday folk session 17:30–19:30.
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Scheduled Free Wine Tasting: Great Grog
Bellfield Brewery & Taproom · Meadowbank
18:30Free entry
Free Wine Tasting: Great Grog at Bellfield Brewery & Taproom.
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Scheduled Other People’s Leisure I.slept.in
Sneaky Pete’s · Old Town
19:00£12.50 including listed fees (£10 face value)
Other People’s Leisure I.slept.in at Sneaky Pete’s.
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Scheduled Thursday live music
Old Chain Pier · Newhaven
19:00
Thursday live music at Old Chain Pier. Under 14s are welcome only until 20:00 under the venue licence; check eligibility with the venue before visiting.
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Scheduled Quiz Night with Gregor
Nobles by Bellfield · Leith / The Shore
19:30
Quiz Night with Gregor at Nobles by Bellfield.
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Scheduled Pub Quiz
The Black Bull · Grassmarket / Old Town
20:00
Thursday quiz from 20:00. Booking strongly recommended.
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Scheduled The Poozies
The Voodoo Rooms · West Register Street
20:00£22 (subject to booking fee)
The Poozies at The Voodoo Rooms.
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Scheduled Thursday folk session
DOUGAL'S · Portobello
20:00
Thursday folk session at DOUGAL’S, 20:00–22:00. Entry details to be confirmed; please check with the venue.
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Scheduled Edinburgh Shanty Night
The Spylaw · Colinton
20:30Free
Edinburgh Shanty Night at The Spylaw.
No booking required.
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Scheduled The Famous Folk Session
The Antiquary · Stockbridge
20:30Free entry
The Famous Folk Session at The Antiquary.
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Scheduled Karaoke
The Three Sisters · Cowgate / Old Town
21:00
Official weekly rundown: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday karaoke from 21:00.
Confirmed by The Three Sisters events. View source. Checked .
Scheduled The Turkey Smokers
Ensign Ewart · Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
21:00
Thursday The Turkey Smokers 21:00–23:00.
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Scheduled Weekday acoustic sessions
Biddy Mulligans · Grassmarket / Old Town
21:00
Monday–Thursday acoustic sessions 21:00–midnight.
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Scheduled Rantum Scantum
Whiski Bar & Restaurant · Royal Mile / Old Town
21:30Free entry
Rantum Scantum live at Whiski Bar & Restaurant.
No booking required.
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Scheduled Thursday Pub Quiz with Goose
The Golf Tavern · Bruntsfield
21:30Free
Goose’s Quiz every Thursday 21:30–00:30, free with prizes.
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Scheduled Live Music
The Royal Mile Tavern · Royal Mile / Old Town
22:00Free entry
Free nightly live music at The Royal Mile Tavern.
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Scheduled The bad boy music quiz
Cabaret Voltaire · Old Town
22:00
The bad boy music quiz at Cabaret Voltaire.
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The pilot collection
Each entry separates firm evidence from tradition and flags what remains uncertain.172 places worth your time
Royal Mile / Old Town
Albanach
Also known as The Albanach
A central Royal Mile stop for a dram, real ale and a pause between the Bridges and Canongate.
Royal Mile / Old Town
The Mitre Bar
A traditional Royal Mile pub on a site with a carefully labelled mix of history and house legend.
Royal Mile / Old Town
Inn on the Mile
Also known as Bank Hotel
A bank-branch building turned boutique hotel pub, with live music and a penny-clad bar front.
Sun at 6pm: NFL RedZone
Canongate / Royal Mile
The Canons' Gait
A two-level Canongate pub whose name points back to Holyrood’s canons and their route into Edinburgh.
Holyrood / Old Town
Holyrood 9A
Also known as The Holyrood 9A
A warm, modern Old Town bar near the foot of the Mile, with a proper late-week finish.
Grassmarket / Old Town
The Last Drop
A Grassmarket pub with an explicitly labelled gallows-era name, beneath Castle Rock.
Grassmarket / Old Town
The Beehive Inn
A listed, multi-level Grassmarket pub with a big rear garden and Castle-facing setting.
Fri at 9pm: Live Music at The Beehive!
Grassmarket / Old Town
The Fiddler's Arms
A sit-down Grassmarket pub where the weekend live music is acoustic enough for conversation.
Grassmarket / Old Town
The Black Bull
A lively Grassmarket sport stop with live music, a Thursday quiz and electric darts.
Thu at 8pm: Pub Quiz
Cowgate / Old Town
The Three Sisters
A large Cowgate courtyard bar that becomes a serious Free Fringe hub each August.
Tomorrow at 9pm: Courtyard DJs
Cowgate / Old Town
Bannerman's Bar
A compact Cowgate rock and whisky bar with a back-cave gig room.
Tonight at 7:30pm: Billy Walton Band
South Bridge / Old Town
Paradise Palms
A colourful late bar, supper club and small-stage venue just off the Cowgate.
Haymarket
Ryrie & Co.
Also known as Ryrie's Bar
An Edwardian Haymarket public house with teak frontage, stained glass and a remarkable documented timeline.
Haymarket / West End
Malones
Also known as Malones Edinburgh
An all-day Haymarket Irish bar for Guinness, sport screens and a regular live-music stage.
Tonight at 8pm: Live Music
Haymarket
The Haymarket
A real-ale pub at the crossroads where the old hay market met Edinburgh’s first railway station.
South College Street / Old Town
Captain's Bar
A tiny, one-star heritage pub where unamplified folk sessions set the pace.
Southside / Old Town
The Pear Tree
A large Southside beer garden and match-day bar built around two very old pear trees.
Royal Mile / Old Town
The Royal Mile Tavern
A late-running, live-music Royal Mile pub with a big whisky list at the bridge end of the street.
Tonight at 10pm: Live Music
Royal Mile / Old Town
Whiski Bar & Restaurant
Also known as Whiski Bar
An independent Royal Mile whisky bar with 300-plus malts and free live traditional music every night.
Thu at 9:30pm: Rantum Scantum
Grassmarket / Old Town
Maggie Dickson's
A modern Grassmarket pub named for the carefully labelled legend of “Half-Hangit Maggie.”
Grassmarket / Old Town
Biddy Mulligans
A high-energy Irish Grassmarket pub with live music every day and The Wee Pub next door.
Tonight at 5pm: Weekend blues and folk
Drummond Street / Old Town
Brass Monkey
Also known as Brass Monkey Drummond Street
A film-loving Drummond Street pub with daily screenings, a Monday quiz and late daily hours.
Haymarket
Platform 5
A station-facing Haymarket pub for a very early pint, tank lager and live sport before or after a train.
Southside / Old Town
Greenmantle
A current Southside rum bar and kitchen with a useful, less tourist-centre timetable.
Old Town / The Mound
Whiski Rooms
A Mound-side whisky bar, shop and tasting room with dramatic views over Princes Street.
Royal Mile & Lawnmarket
Deacon Brodies Tavern
Also known as Deacon Brodie’s Tavern
A literary-legend pub with a remarkably intact Old Town façade, where Stevenson’s Brodie connection needs a careful telling.
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Morningside
Bennets of Morningside
Also known as Wee Bennet's
The single room behind the gold lettered corner front on Maxwell Street is Morningside's Wee Bennet's: brewery mirrors, painted glass and a name shared with a celebrated Tollcross bar.
Bruntsfield
The Golf Tavern
Also known as Ye Olde Golf Tavern
Golfers kept a clubhouse in this tenement from 1852. The brewers who turned it into a pub in 1898 renamed it Ye Olde Golf Tavern and added the unproven date of 1456.
Tonight at 7:30pm: Friday & Saturday Live Music
Morningside
The Hermitage Bar
Also known as Morning Glory
A giant red sandstone block of 1889 stands where Comiston Road splits from Braid Road, and its richly carved corner holds a bar that spent part of the 2010s trading as Morning Glory.
Southside / Newington
Leslie's Bar
Also known as John Leslie
A Category B listed interior of 1899 built around a long island bar, where leaded glass snob screens and small ticket window hatches let lounge drinkers order without being seen from the public bar.
Morningside
The Merlin
Also known as The Merlin Roadhouse
Morningside's surviving roadhouse: it opened in May 1963 with a car park built for the motoring trade, which the Council later permitted to trade as an open air market on selected days.
Morningside
The Waiting Room
Trains ran under this corner from 1884 until 1962. The bar on the redeveloped station site borrows its name from the platforms, and the old lattice footbridge still crosses the line nearby.
Tonight at 9:30pm: Friday live music
Broughton
Barony Bar
John Forrester's late Victorian pub interior survives inside a bowed Broughton Street tenement, with rural-scene tiles, mirrored fireplaces and a ceiling-height oak gantry.
Newhaven
Old Chain Pier
Panoramic Forth windows and an east conservatory define this waterside bar, traced by local historian David King to a pier booking office and reshaped by extensions and rebuilding.
Thu at 7pm: Thursday live music
Corstorphine
Winstons
A small Kirk Loan pub with golf and rugby decoration, local photographs and a documented run of beer-quality awards, including wins in 2022 and 2023.
Bruntsfield
Montpeliers Bruntsfield
A Bruntsfield bar founded in 1992, with a sage-green frontage beneath a curved Victorian sandstone tenement.
Marchmont
The Argyle and Cellar Bar
A turreted Marchmont corner pub pairs a single ground-floor drinking room with a cellar used for music, comedy and spoken-word events.
Bruntsfield
McLarens
Also known as McLarens on the Corner
An 1873 former bank with a retained basement vault, banking-themed rooms and a garden, now serving as McLarens at the Morningside Road corner.
Sun at 7:30pm: Sunday smartphone quiz
Granton
The Pitt
A repurposed Granton industrial building houses a free-entry food market and bar, with indoor and outdoor seating and a separate space for ticketed events.
Tomorrow at 11am: Pitt Mini Mart
Corstorphine
The Torfin
Also known as Oak Inn
The former Oak Inn now combines a bar and brasserie with four themed bedrooms, its current name picked out in raised lettering on the sandstone frontage.
Broughton
Cask & Barrel Broughton Street
A horseshoe bar, brewery mirrors and changing cask ales occupy the curved base of a nineteenth-century Broughton Street tenement.
Newhaven
Starbank Inn
Model ships, brewery mirrors and Forth-facing windows fill a neighbourhood alehouse made from an earlier range of houses, with a conservatory behind.
Colinton
Colinton Inn
Also known as The Colly
A Bridge Road local linked to nineteenth-century spirit dealer Jane Johnston, with a wooden lounge bar and a separate downstairs room overlooking the garden.
Newhaven
Harbour Inn
Also known as Stone Pier
Two linked listed buildings shelter a Newhaven locals' bar, with sea charts overhead and a painted fishing saying connecting the frontage to harbour memory.
Colinton
The Spylaw
Also known as Spylaw Tavern; Royal Scot; Colinton Dell Railway Inn
Old Colinton Dell Railway Inn lettering survives above a bar with garden-facing conservatory windows, rotating cask ale and a broad malt whisky selection.
Sun at 7:30pm: Sunday Goose's quiz
Bruntsfield
Black Ivy
Also known as Links Hotel
Copper beer tanks, chandeliers and Rone murals bring a distinctive bar interior to former Alvanley Terrace hotel premises beside Bruntsfield Links.
Sat at 9pm: Saturday DJ night
Broughton
The Broughton
A navy-fronted dining pub with a Phoenix past: split-level rooms, live performances and a documented role in Edinburgh’s live-music debate.
Leith
Dreadnought
Also known as Halfway House
A one-room Leith cask-beer pub with picture windows, a high corniced ceiling and a Pride fundraiser that reclaims graffiti once aimed at the bar.
Duddingston
The Sheep Heid Inn
Behind the circa-1900 Classical frontage, an 1880 skittle alley and a disputed sequence of Edwardian and 1930s bar fittings complicate the 1360 tradition.
New Town
Star Bar
Also known as The Star Tavern
An intentionally hard-to-spot black-fronted New Town local, with an 1804 listed building and a much later cursed-skull legend.
Roseburn
The Roseburn Bar
An Edinburgh pub where etched glass, numbered drinking traps and a tiny jug bar still explain how a compartmented local once worked.
Abbeyhill
Regent Bar
Also known as The Regent Bar
A turquoise corner pub built around LGBT+ welcome, conversation, cask ale and unhurried company.
Tomorrow at 9pm: Bear Scots
Abbeyhill
Artisan Bar
Also known as The Artisan Bar and Lounge
A listed 1871 colony building whose deep-green bar front, hanging clock, island counter and mirrors still make a proper piece of street theatre.
Abbeyhill
Herringbone Abbeyhill
Also known as The Herringbone, Abbeyhill
A garden-edge neighbourhood bar reached by steps, with timber cladding, a central bar and a modern all-day drinks and food offer.
Piershill
Porters
Also known as Porters Bar
A listed, compartmented pub with a Piershill Tavern mosaic and memories of marathon runners celebrating at the bar; temporarily closed for ceiling repairs.
Old Town
Hotel du Vin Edinburgh
Also known as Hotel du Vin & Bistro Edinburgh
A restored Bristo Place institution where surviving poorhouse fabric, a whisky snug and a dedicated Cigar Bothy sit behind the stone frontage.
Quartermile
Puffin' Rooms & La Casa del Habano
Also known as La Casa del Habano Edinburgh
Scotland's first La Casa del Habano, pairing a walk-in Cuban cigar humidor with live jazz, rare whisky and a heated Lister Square terrace.
New Town
Café Royal
Also known as Cafe Royal
Planned as a gas-fitting showroom, the 1861 building was Café Royal Hotel by 1863; its 1900-01 scheme incorporated Doulton inventor panels and, in the Oyster Bar, eight stained-glass sports windows.
Direct venue connection · Interior filming · Chariots of Fire (1981) · Officially documented
Inspired the story
Portobello
Portobello Tap
Also known as The Portobello Tap
An award-winning Cross Borders taproom with broad windows, a serious beer selection and a hidden burger garden.
New Town
The Guildford Arms
Behind red-lined stucco. Not red sandstone. A circa-1800 corner shell rebuilt in 1895-96 holds a double-height 1896 interior and an unresolved ownership story.
Ardmillan
The Caley Sample Room
Also known as The Blue Lagoon
A broad Ardmillan pub with a brewery-inspired frontage and a stronger claim to Edinburgh's jazz history than to the brewery itself.
New Town
Abbotsford Bar & Restaurant
Also known as The Abbotsford
At 3-5 Rose Street, a 1902 Henderson pub preserves a mahogany island servery beneath a compartmented Jacobean Revival ceiling.
Named tributeVenue-reported tradition+2 more
Polwarth
The Golden Rule
A red-painted Polwarth corner pub with two distinct levels: a traditional upper bar, a livelier room below, cask beer, music and a Tuesday quiz.
Tue at 8:30pm: Tuesday pub quiz
Joppa
Ormelie Tavern
Also known as The Ormelie Tavern
A Joppa tenement pub with a carved gantry, two surviving snugs and a whisky-lined bar. Its former licensee also figures in a milestone for women in Edinburgh’s licensed trade.
Tollcross
Bennets Bar
George Lyle's 1891 bar and 1906 alterations survive in gilded glass, painted tile, a rare jug bar and Edinburgh's last original four-cask gantry.
Roseburn
The Murrayfield Bar & Kitchen
Also known as The Murrayfield
A long Roseburn bar shaped by match days, with a 2021 reopening, another operator change in 2025 and further work still proposed.
Leith
Central Bar
Also known as The Central Bar
Completed before the station opened, this railway bar preserves floor-to-ceiling Minton Hollins tilework inside Leith Central’s surviving office range.
Direct venue connection · Appears as itself · T2 Trainspotting (2017) · Officially documentedDirect venue connection · Played a fictional venue · T2 Trainspotting (2017) · Officially documented
Murrayfield
The Bothy at Murrayfield Hotel
Also known as The Bothy
The hotel bar at 18 Corstorphine Road, with a beer garden, sports screens and a 2014 redesign behind its present Bothy identity.
Portobello
DOUGAL'S
Also known as Dougal's Pub
A new Irish local in an old purpose-built Portobello bar, with a deep corner room, rear beer garden, changing cask ale and traditional music.
Thu at 8pm: Thursday folk session
New Town
Oxford Bar
Behind a late-eighteenth-century New Town façade, a tiny compartmented bar preserves a late-nineteenth-century counter, a possibly late-nineteenth-century mirrored gantry and the modern literary world of Rebus.
Direct venue connection · Appears as itself · Rebus (2024) · Officially documented
Writer’s own statementAppears in fiction
Joppa
Joppa Rocks
A compact waterside seafood bar beside Joppa's pumping station, created from former public toilets and open to drinkers as well as diners.
Morningside
Canny Man's
Also known as Volunteer Arms
In Morningside, a circa-1890 Category B building contains the nationally recognised, multi-room historic interior of Canny Man's, where an old counter and gantry survive alongside early-1960s alterations.
Portobello
The Rusty Seagull
Also known as Rusty Seagull
A Winton Brewery bar inside two former shops, with a documented architectural makeover and a recent life as Vault City’s taproom. Come for the brewery’s own beer and the broad, street-facing windows.
Tonight at 7pm: Friday Spotify Jam
Old Town
Sandy Bell's
Also known as Forrest Hill Bar
In Old Town, Sandy Bell's occupies the public-house ground floor within the Category C listed 7-25 Forrest Road range, with a CAMRA two-star interior and a session tradition independently anchored by 1961.
Documented connectionInspired the story+1 more
Old Town
Tolbooth Tavern
A ground-floor pub in the category A-listed early-17th-century building beside the 1591 Canongate Tolbooth reveals two connected layers of Royal Mile history.
Direct venue connection · Part of a street set · Frankenstein (2025) · Venue-reported
Lawnmarket / Royal Mile
Ensign Ewart
At the Castle end of Lawnmarket, Ensign Ewart’s current address overlaps LB29237’s statutory title at No. 521; HES describes a ground-floor public house in the Category A-listed Milne’s Court south block, while the venue name recalls the Waterloo soldier Charles Ewart.
Tonight at 9pm: The Thunder Dom
Grassmarket / Old Town
White Hart Inn
Also known as The White Hart
A c.1740 listed Grassmarket inn whose 1516 tradition sits beside first-person traces from Robert Burns and Dorothy Wordsworth.
Sun at 4:30pm: Trad & Folk Sundays
Direct venue connection · Exterior filming · Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) · Independently corroborated
Documented connectionWriter’s own statement+1 more
West End / New Town
Whighams Wine Cellars
A Georgian cellar wine bar where the 1766 name, a 1983 opening and Sunday jazz belong to different chapters.
Sun at 7pm: Shades of Dave Pell Octet
Old Town / Advocate's Close
The Devil's Advocate
Time Out dates The Devil's Advocate to 2013; it reuses the former Edinburgh Evening News boiler house beside a close traced to the fifteenth century.
Direct venue connection · Played a fictional venue · Clique (2017) · Officially documented
West Register Street
The Voodoo Rooms
Opened in 2007, The Voodoo Rooms occupies upper Cafe Royal spaces whose documented layers include a 1923 American Bar and a modern room called The Speakeasy.
Tue at 7:15pm: Babylon (1980) + Live Performance by Rue Cooper & Michael Fallemann
Direct venue connection · Production connection · Clique (2017) · Officially documented
New Town / Queen Street
Bramble
Also known as Bramble Bar & Lounge
Opened in 2006, Bramble is an inconspicuous Queen Street basement cocktail bar at a Category B-listed address dated to circa 1785.
West End / Rutland Street
Heads & Tales
Down a discreet West End stair, Heads & Tales opened in 2014 beneath a circa-1835 Category A block and once framed two working Edinburgh Gin stills.
New Town / Queen Street
Panda & Sons
A barbershop disguise hides a 2013 cocktail bar inside a 1790-92 Category A property. Its Panda family and Prohibition tale are knowingly fictional.
Leith
The King's Wark
A working Shore bar at the historic site of James I’s royal storehouse and armoury complex, begun in 1434.
Leith
Teuchters Landing
A former Leith to Aberdeen steamboat-ferry waiting room with whisky, waterside character and a specialist-listed covered terrace for cigar smokers.
Leith
Henry Hall's Carriers Quarters
Also known as Carriers Quarters
A one-star historic pub interior in an early-19th-century Bernard Street tenement, with a documented wine-and-spirit trade by 1890.
Sun at 7pm: Sunday Live Music
Leith
Malt & Hops
A Shore public house with a qualified 1747 lineage, housed in a 1912 Category B former warehouse behind a modern timber pub front.
Leith
The Ship on the Shore
A waterfront seafood and champagne bar at the site of the Old Ship Tavern, later described as opening as a tavern and coffee house in 1834.
Leith
Nauticus Bar
A contemporary Leith cocktail bar, opened in 2018 in the former Parlour at an address documented as a public house in 1905.
Dalry
Athletic Arms
Also known as The Diggers
Opened in 1897 between two cemeteries, the Athletic Arms earned its Diggers nickname and still preserves a nationally important, if altered, traditional pub interior.
New Town
The Cumberland Bar
A neighbourhood bar in a grand 1801-04 New Town tenement, with an elegant traditional interior principally recreated around 1990 and refreshed again in 2024.
Old Town
The Jolly Judge
Hidden below James Court, this independent basement bar pairs a low-ceilinged Old Town setting with a documented social connection to Edinburgh’s legal profession.
Mon at 8:30pm: Monday quiz night
New Town
Kay’s Bar
A tiny New Town neighbourhood pub created in 1975 from Kay’s Wine Shop, still carrying merchant-era details and an award-winning real-ale reputation.
Tollcross
Cloisters Bar
A 1995 neighbourhood-pub conversion inside an 1878 Gothic parsonage, combining genuine ecclesiastical architecture with a modern cask-and-whisky identity.
Tollcross
The Hanging Bat
A three-level craft-beer bar with its own small Alpha Project brewery, operating under Northern Monk ownership since June 2025.
Old Town
Salt Horse
An independent Old Town craft-beer bar and bottle shop, opened in 2016 and built around fourteen draught lines and a deep packaged-beer range.
Leith
Newbarns Brewery & Taproom
A Leith brewery founded by experienced brewers in 2019-20, with its adjacent Jane Street taproom open since October 2022.
Leith
Campervan Brewery Taproom
Campervan’s Leith taproom pours beer at the brewery itself, in an expanded Jane Street space reopened in June 2024.
Leith
Moonwake Taproom
A mezzanine taproom above a working Leith brewery, opened in September 2021 and named for moonlight reflected on water.
Meadowbank
Bellfield Brewery & Taproom
Bellfield’s brewery, taproom and beer garden share one Meadowbank site, opened in 2019 by a brewery established five years earlier.
Wed at 7:30pm: Quiz Night with Gregor
Haymarket
The Wee Vault
Vault City’s tiny Haymarket tasting room and bottle shop, open since November 2021 with a custom 24-tap wall.
Easter Road
Old Eastway Tap
Cross Borders Brewing’s second pub, opened in November 2021 and named for the former Eastway cinema at the top of Easter Road.
Old Town
The Jazz Bar
Bill Kyle’s basement jazz institution, founded in 2005 and rescued in 2024 as a community-interest company with live music every day.
Sun at 2pm: Tenement Jazz Band for Kids & Disco
Old Town
Whistle Binkies
A small South Bridge doorway opens into deep vaults where live bands play seven nights a week, in a venue established around 1988.
Old Town
Sneaky Pete’s
A 100-capacity Cowgate venue whose tiny scale supports live shows and club nights every night of the week.
Tomorrow at 11pm: The Mirror Dance 9th Birthday: Make A Dance
Old Town
Cabaret Voltaire
A two-level Blair Street venue where an upstairs bar leads down to vaulted live, arts and electronic-club spaces.
Tonight at 11pm: FLY
Direct venue connection · Appears as itself · Clique (2017) · Officially documented
Old Town
La Belle Angele
A celebrated 1990s music venue destroyed in the 2002 Cowgate fire, then rebuilt and returned to Hastie’s Close twelve years later.
Leith
Leith Depot
An independent Leith bar and grassroots venue saved from demolition in 2019, then expanded into a larger accessible events space in 2023.
Sun at 12pm: Edinburgh Balboa Brunch: Swing & Blues Dancing
Old Town
The Banshee Labyrinth
An underground alternative venue of bars, music, karaoke and cinema rooms. Where the haunted reputation is lively house folklore, not verified history.
New Town
The Conan Doyle
A literary pub named not for a resident drinker but for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born nearby at Picardy Place in 1859.
Named tribute
Old Town
The Waverley Bar
A Walker-family Old Town pub since the 1920s, layered with Fringe ephemera and still home to Edinburgh’s Guid Crack storytelling club.
Old Town
The World’s End
A Royal Mile pub named for the old city boundary, carrying both historic wall associations and a grave modern crime history that demands restraint.
Direct venue connection · Exterior filming · Outcast (2010) · Officially documented
Old Town
The Doric
A layered traditional bar below an upstairs restaurant, whose claim to eighteenth-century operation remains a pub claim rather than a verified chronology.
Old Town
The Bow Bar
A masterful one-room Scottish alehouse recreation: the premises became a pub in the 1960s and the present Bow Bar dates from 1987.
Tollcross
The Blue Blazer
An 1864 listed corner building containing an 1889 floor mosaic, old brewery glass and Aitken founts renovated in 2025. Each a different historical layer.
Old Town
The Royal Oak
A compact traditional bar at the heart of Edinburgh folk music, with frequent informal sessions and a modern folk identity traced to 1978.
South Queensferry
The Ferry Tap
Also known as Forth Bridge Hotel
A working High Street local in the former Forth Bridge Hotel: seventeenth-century date stones, an 1890s rebuild, cask ale, whisky and live music.
Mon at 3pm: Black-Eyed Oaps Monday live music
South Queensferry
The Staghead Hotel
Also known as The Stag
An independent High Street hotel bar whose firm fabric date is 1712, with later additions and live music keeping it rooted in neighbourhood life.
South Queensferry
Orocco Pier
Also known as Queensferry Arms Hotel
A late-seventeenth-century former hotel reworked as Orocco Pier in 2003, then layered with Antico, Samphire and Fuchsia.
South Queensferry
The Hawes Inn
Also known as Newhalls Inn
A later-seventeenth-century inn by Hawes Pier with stagecoach history, a precise place in Kidnapped and an easily misread 1638 stone.
South Queensferry
The Railbridge
Also known as Railbridge Bistro
A modern two-floor bar-bistro built around Forth views, with a tiny train crossing a model bridge between its floors.
South Queensferry
Thirty Knots
Also known as The Three Bridges
A 2022 waterfront pub in a listed early-nineteenth-century villa, where the 1992 licensed conversion is a separate layer.
Tue at 7pm: Halloween Themed Quiz
South Queensferry
Scotts
A 2018 marina bar-restaurant built into an old boating shed, using its steel skeleton and upper floor to frame all three bridges.
South Queensferry
Queen’s Crossing Brewers Fayre
Also known as Queen’s Crossing
A family pub-restaurant beside Premier Inn that is open in 2026, even as Whitbread plans a future exit from the Brewers Fayre brand.
New Town / Rose Street
Roxy Lanes
Also known as Roxy Lanes Edinburgh, Rose Street
A contemporary basement games bar where bowling, shuffleboard, karaoke and pool sit alongside cocktails, draught beer and food.
New Town / Rose Street
Manahatta
A contemporary New York-inspired cocktail bar at the eastern end of the full Rose Street run. Late, lively and deliberately modern.
New Town / Rose Street
Milnes Bar
Also known as Milne’s Bar / Milnes of Rose Street
Rose Street’s literary landmark: a corner pub where the Scottish Renaissance poets, artists and their arguments found a home.
Documented connectionInspired the story+1 more
New Town / Rose Street
Robertson’s 37 Bar
Also known as Robertson’s
A compact malt-and-cask bar built around a richly carved 1898 gantry. One of Rose Street’s real heritage survivors.
New Town / Rose Street
The Black Rose Tavern
Rose Street’s rock-and-roll counterpoint: a gig space, food bar and late-night reset between the traditional pubs.
New Town / Rose Street
Rose Street Brewery
A dark-panelled, cask-led Nicholson’s pub in New Town fabric. Now a former brewpub rather than a working microbrewery.
New Town / Rose Street
Veeno
An Italian wine bar and restaurant bringing Sicilian bottles, tastings and sharing food into the complete Rose Street run.
New Town / Rose Street
Taco Libre Bar
A food-led Mexican bar for cocktails and Mexican beer. The modern, colourful middle of the complete Rose Street run.
New Town / Rose Street
The Auld Hundred
Also known as Auld Hundred
A warm, food-led Rose Street pub pairing cask beer and whisky with Scottish dishes and regular live music.
Sun at 9pm: Open-Mic Night: Darren McElvar
New Town / Rose Street
Element
A contemporary Scottish bar and restaurant with cocktails, craft beer and live music. Rose Street’s easygoing food-led middle.
New Town / Rose Street
The Shoogly Peg
Also known as Shoogly Peg
A compact, playful Rose Street bar for cocktails, local beer, whisky, board games and regular live music.
Tonight at 8pm: Live Music with Graeme Mearns
New Town / Rose Street
The Kenilworth
Also known as Kenilworth Bar
A Category A-listed Victorian drinking room: carved mahogany, Minton tiles, stained glass and a monumental Drybrough’s mirror.
Named tribute
New Town / Rose Street
Dirty Dick’s
Also known as Dirty Dicks
A deliberately cluttered, candlelit late-night pub for whisky, cask beer and atmosphere. Where the strongest stories are best labelled folklore.
New Town / Rose Street
Fierce Beer Edinburgh
Also known as Fierce Bar Edinburgh
Twenty changing taps and a Scottish craft-beer point of view: the modern brewing counterweight to Rose Street’s older pubs.
New Town / Rose Street
The Black Cat
Also known as Filthy McNasties
An independent one-room pub for small-brewery cask ale, serious Scottish whisky and regular folk music.
New Town / Rose Street
Rose & Crown
Also known as Cat & Bagpipes
A straightforward Scottish pub and music stop for beer, whisky, food and live sets seven days a week.
New Town / Rose Street
Scotts of Rose Street
Also known as Scotts
The natural western finishing pub: a traditional Scottish bar for whisky, food, sport and the final pause of the full Rose Street run.
St James Quarter
W Deck
A seasonal open-air rooftop bar above St James Quarter, with 360-degree city views and weather-dependent sunset drinks.
St James Quarter
W Lounge
The all-weather 11th-floor bar at W Edinburgh: cocktails, snacks and landmark views, with direct access to the seasonal W Deck.
Old Town / Market Street
Nor’ Loft
A seventh-floor Champagne lounge where the Old Town edge gives way to panoramic views over the New Town skyline.
West End / Princes Street
1820 Rooftop Bar
Johnnie Walker’s rooftop bar: whisky-led cocktails, small plates and a broad view straight across to Edinburgh Castle.
Grassmarket / Old Town
Cold Town House
A three-floor Cold Town Beer venue whose rooftop terrace gives a close, theatrical view of Edinburgh Castle.
Mon at 7:30pm: Solo Mondays: Damian Casey-Boyce
Fountainbridge
Lochrin Rooftop Bar
A 12th-floor Fountainbridge cocktail bar where the terrace frames Edinburgh Castle above the city skyline.
New Town / Castle Street
Chaophraya Edinburgh
A Thai restaurant and cocktail stop with rooftop sightlines to Edinburgh Castle and the Firth of Forth.
Leith / Whisky Quay
Port of Leith Distillery Bar
The top-floor whisky bar in Leith’s vertical distillery, looking over the city and water with cocktails, food and walk-in tables.
New Town / St Andrew Square
Forth Floor Brasserie & Bar
A top-floor cocktail stop where the New Town skyline is part of the table setting.
Calton Hill
Café Calton
A hilltop coffee-and-cocktail pause with Edinburgh laid out between Arthur’s Seat and the Castle.
Old Town / East Market Street
Edinburgh Gin Roof Garden Bar
A seasonal distillery roof garden for gin cocktails and an east-facing city skyline.
Tollcross / Bread Street
SKYBar Edinburgh
A high-level terrace with Castle-facing drinks. Best treated as an event-led discovery rather than a guaranteed walk-in.
Sat at 12pm: Wedding Open Day: Autumn 2026
Princes Street / New Town
Juniper
A polished Princes Street cocktail bar with the New Town’s civic skyline in the window.
Royal Mile / Castlehill
Cannonball Restaurant & Bar
A multi-level Castlehill landmark where the best panorama is upstairs and the whisky bar is at street level.
Inverleith / Royal Botanic Garden
Garden View Deck & Bar
A seasonal deck above the Botanics: botanical cocktails, champagne and a living-garden panorama.
Old Town / New Street
BrewDog DogHouse Edinburgh
A public craft-beer terrace above New Street: firepits, thirty-plus taps and Old Town rooftops.
Calton Hill / Greenside
Roof Garden at The Glasshouse
Havana cigars and whisky in a two-acre roof garden behind the surviving Gothic facade of Lady Glenorchy's nineteenth-century church.
St James Quarter
João’s Place
An 11th-floor apartment-speakeasy of Brazilian-inspired cocktails, music and high-city atmosphere.
Sun at 4pm: Sounds at João's
Southside / Newington
Cask & Barrel Southside
Also known as Cask and Barrel (Southside)
A dark-green Southside ale house whose real frontage became Good Omens’ fictional Resurrectionist.
Direct venue connection · Played a fictional venue · Good Omens (2023) · Independently corroborated
Leith / The Shore
Nobles by Bellfield
Also known as Nobles; Nobles Bar
An ornate Victorian Leith bar, newly run by Bellfield and officially mapped into Sunshine on Leith.
Wed at 8pm: The Shore Trad Sessions
Direct venue connection · Production connection · Sunshine on Leith (2013) · Officially documented
Musselburgh / Fisherrow
Volunteer Arms (Staggs)
Also known as Staggs
A nationally important Victorian pub interior that doubled for two fictional Dept. Q bars.
Direct venue connection · Played a fictional venue · Dept. Q (2025) · Independently corroborated
Stockbridge
The Bailie
Also known as The Bailie Bar
A basement Stockbridge local with an island bar, open fire, cask ale, Tuesday quiz and Friday music beneath a broad iron arch.
Tonight at 10pm: Friday live music
Stockbridge
St Vincent Bar
Also known as The Vinnie
A flower-framed basement bar at Circus Lane, with stained glass, a wooden gantry, cask ale and a notably compact traditional room.
Stockbridge
The Stockbridge Tap
Also known as Bert’s Bar
A blue-fronted corner alehouse with six changing casks, lost-brewery mirrors and the 2025 CAMRA Edinburgh Pub of the Year title.
Stockbridge
The Antiquary
A low-ceilinged basement bar named for Walter Scott’s novel, with timber, stained glass, folk music and two venue-reported screen appearances.
Sun at 7pm: The Sunday Quiz with Goose
Direct venue connection · Reported connection · Festival (2005) · Venue-reportedDirect venue connection · Reported connection · Book of Blood (2009) · Venue-reported
Named tribute
Stockbridge
Hectors
A green-painted corner pub with a narrow front room, larger rear space, cask beer and a 2024 refurbishment that kept the established layout.
Named tribute
Stockbridge
St Bernard’s Bar
A tiny, weathered bar packed with antiques, careful woodwork, four changing casks and an upstairs overflow room reached from a tightly managed main bar.
Stockbridge
The Raeburn
Also known as Raeburn House
A bar and dining room inside a symmetrical 1832 Georgian house, with iron balconies, twin lanterns, a garden room and outdoor terraces.
Stockbridge
The Last Word Saloon
Also known as The Last Word
A discreet basement cocktail bar founded in 2012, with a black door, open fire, reclaimed fittings and more than one hundred whiskies.