This brick-lined basement space makes the most of the enthusiastic local support for innovative new music, providing the shot in the arm that the city's music circuit has...

This quiet upstairs room in an even quieter bar was a major venue during the 1960s folk revival. These days, it hosts Folk 'n' Friends (www.singingsession.com), a loose-knit...

The Forest provides an antidote to the creeping commercialism of other venues. Housed in a converted church, it contains an art gallery, a non-profit café and a club-cum-music...

One of the victims of the massive Old Town fire of 2002 was the Bridge Jazz Bar on Cowgate. Proprietor Bill Kyle turned to the local jazz scene and asked for its help backing a...

Assembly Direct (www.jazzmusic.co.uk), the promoters behind the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival, left their previous haunt at Henry's Cellar Bar to set up an altogether...

On a busy night, the Liquid Room is as claustrophobic as a riot in a prison cell. Happily, the lack of cat-swinging capacity doesn't prevent it from being a great gig venue:...

This nifty little basement space is now the home of Out of the Bedroom (www.outofthebedroom.co.uk), a regular weekly event bringing together aspiring local singer/songwriters.

On selected days during term time, wander in and enjoy a free lunchtime concert from students at the University of Edinburgh's music faculty, or established performers such as...

Fall through the doors of this tiny, two-floor pub and you're virtually guaranteed to be regaled with a flurry of fiddles, squeezeboxes and guitars. There are nightly folk...

Like the Royal Oak, this is a folkies' hangout: there's an open session every night from around 9pm. You can get the gist of the place from the bust of poet Hamish Henderson...

Edinburgh's primary live music pub, Whistlebinkies takes in rock and pop acts along with resident singer-songwriters. Monday is open-mic night and Tuesdays are for...