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).

West Port Oracle @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Free Fringe (75)

Formerly the Cowshed, the West Port Oracle is a Cowgate bar with live music, DJ sets, pub quiz/game show, and comedy.

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.

Kick Ass Bar @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Free Fringe (89)

Bar attached to the Kick Ass Hostel (formerly Budget Backpackers), at the bottom of Candlemaker Row. 

Pilgrim @PBH, Pubs (100)

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

Finnegan's Wake @PBH, Live Music, Pubs, Free Fringe (101)

Borrowing the title of James Joyce's impenetrable novel, this is an Irish pub for large crowds and live music.

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

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

Home Bar @Laughing Horse, Pubs, Free Fringe (106)

Formerly called the Cuckoo's Nest but renovated and rebranded as "Home" (after the street that it is on), when restau

Apex Grassmarket Hotel @Hotels, Accommodation, Conference, Free Fringe (108)

Modern 4-star hotel in bustling Grassmarket area of Edinburgh's Old Town.

Hoots Comedy Club @Comedy Club, Theatres, Free Fringe (110)

Purpose built comedy, drag and cabaret venue in Lothian Rd/Tollcross area, near the Cameo Cinema, The Kings Theatre,

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.

Little Plaza @PBH, Restaurants, Free Fringe (159)

Cafe catering to babies and toddlers and their parents based at the top of Leith Walk.

The Globe Bar @PBH, Pubs (161)

Centrally located backpacker and sports bar down in the Cowgate

The Keller @PBH, Pubs, Free Fringe (165)

Loungey, upmarket tap bar with soft seats, low ceiling and hardwood floors, down a back street in the New Town/Brough

Kafe Kweer @PBH, Restaurants, Free Fringe (167)

Quiet cafe located near the Leamington Lift Bridge on the Union Canal and