Free Fringe Venues

The Voodoo Rooms @PBH, Live Music, Nightclubs, Restaurants (68)

Attractively refurb'ed restaurant, bar, live music, and club venue housed in a 200 year-old building above Cafe Royal (just off the East end of Princes Street).

Canons' Gait Bar @PBH, Pubs (78)

Friendly bar at the Canongate end of the Royal Mile modern upper lounge bar and cellar bar.

City Cafe @Laughing Horse (85)

Late-opening, Fifties-style American diner complete with jukebox and Americana decor.

Legends Nightclub @PBH, Nightclubs, Free Fringe (96)

Many will know it as Opium, now calling itself Legends. Plays it loud and plays it heavy.

Pilgrim @PBH, Pubs (100)

Bar just off the Cowgate with a recycled and reused ethos and local, organic craft beers on tap.

Brewdog Lothian Road @PBH, Restaurants, Free Fringe (102)

Located in the old Clydesdale Bank building on Lothian Road Festival Square

The Golf Tavern @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Conference (114)

Historic bar, established in 1456, overlooking the green expanse of Bruntsfield Li

Southsider @PBH, Pubs (148)

Traditional pub owned by Maclay Inns. Sports on tvs.

Hosts PBH free comedy during free fringe festival.

Bar 50 @Laughing Horse, Pubs (151)

Late-opening cafe/bar in a hostel, down in the Cowgate.

Brass Monkey @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Free Fringe (153)

Traditional Edinburgh pub with an easy-going student vibe.

Banshee Labyrinth @PBH, Pubs (156)

Late-night opening bar and cafe, with three bars, just off Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

Whistlebinkies @PBH, Live Music (158)

Whistlebinkies is a late-licence, live music venue.

The Globe Bar @PBH, Pubs (161)

Centrally located backpacker and sports bar down in the Cowgate

Counting House @Laughing Horse, Pubs (170)

Although it hosts dances and has a long association with stand-up comedy - the likes of Phil Kay and Fred MacAuly per

CC Blooms @PBH, Nightclubs, Pubs (171)

The long-standing gay bar and hi-NRG night club has a late licence and two bars on two floors.

BlundaGardens: Blundabus @Pay What You Want, Big Tops and Pop-up venues, Only at the Fringe (212)

The BlundaGardens is home to Bob Slayer's 45-seat double-decker BlundaBus and the 55-seat Magical SpiegelYurt, compac

Biddy Mulligans @Laughing Horse, Pubs (220)

Low ceilinged Irish bar in Grassmarket area of the Old Town.

Fingers Piano Bar @PBH, Pubs (221)

Long-established, late night, New Town bar that as the name suggests often has a chanteuse and fancy cocktails.

Revolution Bar @PBH, Nightclubs, Pubs, Restaurants, Free Fringe (224)

Late-night cocktail (especially vodka) bar set over two floors with three bars and dancing/performance space.

Kilderkin @PBH, Pubs (227)

Formerly called Jenny Ha's, Kilderkin can be found on the Canongate section of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town

The Street @PBH, Pubs (239)

The Street is a cafe and bar over two floors in the "pink triangle" with outside tables and DJs on some evenings.

WHISKI Bar & Restaurant @Pubs, Free Fringe (246)

Traditional bar on the Royal Mile with traditional Scottish music – fiddles, accordions, guitars and whistles.

The Pear Tree @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Free Fringe (257)

This popular bar near the George Square campus of Edinburgh University has one major attraction - a large beer garden

The Inn on the Mile @Laughing Horse, Hotels, Accommodation, Free Fringe (258)

"Alternative boutique and luxury", 4-star hotel on the Royal Mile, the Inn was originally built in 1923 as the Britis

Hanover Tap @Laughing Horse, Pubs (259)

Just around the corner from George Street and the Assembly Rooms, the Hanover Tap replaced what was the Gothic-themed

Southpour @Laughing Horse, Pubs (268)

A neighbourhood local, serving pub grub throughout the day, and hosting local acoustic music talent.

The Granary @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Restaurants, Conference, Free Fringe (270)

Hearty food (fish 'n' chips, burgers) in contemporary glass-fronted gastro-pub down on the waterfront in Leith.

Three Sisters Pub @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Restaurants (272)

Popular sports bar with large courtyard down in the Cowgate, off the Royal Mile.

The Liquid Room @PBH, Rock, Live Music, Nightclubs, Free Fringe (276)

Like many clubs in the area, this long-running, live music and clubbing venue is based in a deep, subterranean vault

Dropkick Murphys @Laughing Horse, Pubs (289)

Long-running Irish pub in the Old Town, with live music, sports (as the name implies especially rugby) on the screens