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HMV Picture House
WEST END
31 Lothian Road
}0131 221 2280; www.edinburgh-picturehouse.co.uk
A beautiful place to watch things get messy, the HMV Picture House sees the likes of Imogen Heap and Less Than Jake, plu…
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Ghillie Dhu
WEST END
2-4 Rutland Pl.
}0131 222 9930; ghillie-dhu.co.uk
A heavily-touristed bar in what used to be a church building, the room upstairs (with an organ, high columned ceilings a…
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The Bedlam Theatre
OLD TOWN
116 Bristol Pl.
}0131 225 9893; www.bedlamtheatre.co.uk
The oldest student-run theater in Great Britain, the Bedlam (named after a nearby mental institution) is full of fun and…
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The Cameo
WEST END
38 Home St.
}0871 902 5723; www.picturehouses.co.uk
Scotland’s second oldest cinema and one of the last to show independent, foreign, and cult flicks, the Cameo is a great …
The Bongo Club
CANONGATE
37 Holyrood Road
}0131 558 8844; www.thebongoclub.co.uk
Half club, half live music venue, half arts space...wait, how many halves is that? Bongo does it all, throwing raging pa…
The Jazz Bar
OLD TOWN
1A Chambers St.
}0131 220 4298; www.thejazzbar.co.uk
This is a perfect venue to hear blues, hip-hop, funk, and all that jazz. The Jazz Bar hosts not one, but three shows mos…
Edinburgh Playhouse
OLD TOWN
18-22 Greenside Pl.
}0844 847 1660; www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk
Originally built to be a cinema, which it remained for 40 years, the Edinburgh Playhouse underwent a massive renovation …
Usher Hall
WEST END
Usher Hall, Lothian Rd.
}0131 228 1155; www.usherhall.co.uk
The massive, white and royal-red concert hall has seen everyone from eElla Fitzgerald to Beck. Book online or visit thei…
Festival Theatre
OLD TOWN
13-29 Nicholson St.
}0131 529 6000; www.eft.co.uk
Holding shows throughout the year, the Festival Theatre really gets going around festival season in August. With 1927 se…