The Pleasance's Cabaret Bar hosts the Edinburgh Folk Club's weekly sessions for 11 months in every 12; the exception is August, when the venue becomes subsumed by the Fringe.

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...

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.

Self-consciously squeezed in among a row of shops, this former church retains a distinctly spiritual vibe, right down to the pews on the ground floor. The venue attracts...

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...