Time for a Thread on the Festival side of the Festival City.
Not to take anything away from Potential1's great thread, top marks bud!
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-48068-...pid1063334
This thread will focus mostly on the Fesival side only,
What better time to write about it than during August, the time of the biggest comedy/music/arts/books festival in the world. This year running from 3rd till 31st August.
Over 3,000 events spread over the city, anything and everything you could possibly imagine. Comedy, Music Concerts, Cabaret, Musicals, Theatre, Arts, Kids Shows, Military Tatoo, Events, Exhibitions, Circus and even Opera(if that floats your boat!).
https://www.edfringe.com/
Top comedy acts from around the world, music concerts, street theatre/alternative theatre acts, impromptu happenings.
http://www.eif.co.uk/
More of the arts stuff, International Military Tattoo, Fireworks spectaculars off the Castle each night with a bigger one every Saturday and a huge one on the final night.
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
A who's who of international authors, including one of my personal favourites I hear mentioned on the Forum frequently, Irvine Welsh. Maybe even a chance of Roosh making an appearance in the coming years!
https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/
Source here for more detailed list of daily events.
Now for the main course.....
Apart from the beauty of the festival extravaganza the real Edinburgh action comes alive with the introduction of over 250,000 extra inhabitants during the 4 week period.
These consist of a considerably large number of international 6,7,8 & 9's and dare I say it the occasional 10!! Giving you the best opportunity in western Europe, if not the World, to claim as many different flags in the one destination at the one time.
Don't get me wrong, we still have our own local ladies along with the permanent immigrants from the usual suspects, Aussies, Kiwis, Spanish, EE's, FSU, US and (whispering this) Canada!! But this actually improves things as the permanent residents seem to up their game to compete with the influx of competition.
The 2 square miles from the main street, Prince's Street, is where most of the action takes place. This area, which is easily walkable, is where you'll find George Street, Rose Street, The West End, The Grassmarket, The Southside, Stockbridge, Broughton and Leith Walk. During the Festival every nook & crany of these areas is commandeered for a show, a club etc. Although you can still go to most of the surrounding areas and see events taking place.
It really is a 24 hour schedule with shows starting early morning and others running into the wee small hours. Pubs & Clubs are full every night and have 5am licenses, then you have some Pubs opening there doors at 6am which can contribute to the Scottish feat of actually drinking yourself sober!!
Again, agree with Potential on the venues he mentioned, although some have changed names 2 or 3 times since I was his age! Other places he never quoted in George Street are the two JD Weatherspoons, Standing Order/Alexander Graham Bell, these are main chain Super-pubs offering more realistic priced food and drink, jam packed every weekend but also every night during the Festival. No music in these venue's, so when you walk in the door your met with the buzz of conversation, both good venue's for swooping due to shear number of opportunities and the fact that you can actually be heard! Another good place on George Street for the Ballers is Tiger Lilly's, high end venue, Champagne Central, suit up and strutt your stuff!
The street's running parallel with George Street are Rose Street & Thistle Steet, these also have a fair amount of quality bars & restaurants so are both worth a wander. Rose Street used to have 69 bars along it's length and the old challenge was to have a half pint or a shot in each one. Happy days!! Thistle Steet has less bars but they are probably a bit more upmarket, a few of them sell a varied selection of Champagne by the glass.
Heading down Frederick Street from George Street (about a mile) will bring you into Stockbridge, one of the most desirable areas of central Edinburgh, again full of Festival venues but also a selection of a dozen bars running into Raeburn Place, most with high end tottie, but special mention must go to The Raeburn Hotel, newly refurbished, but keeping up the tradition of attracting the hottest of the Stockbridge locals & not so locals.
The Southside is comedy central where The Pleasance is situated, the biggest comedy venue,(tho not the only one), with the highest number of shows by established comedians with a smattering of new up and coming acts. The venue consists of several separate rooms with shows on. It also has a large courtyard outside which converts into an open air bar during the Festival, another excellent venue for gaming.
Less than a half mile west from The Pleasance you'll find Potterrow and George Square, another two open air comedy/entertainment venues, bigger than The Pleasance area wise, and consisting of a huge upside down inflatable cow called the Udderbelly, they are also surrounded by various other separate tents including the world famous Spiegeltent, large outdoor bars and food areas. The Edinburgh University students union also falls within this area. Again, all in all, game city.
The east end of Prince's Street leads you down to Leith Walk & Broughton Street. Broughton Street has around a dozen bars and forks down to the left from the roundabout outside the Omni Centre & Playhouse Theatre. Leith Walk continues straight down and probably has more than 20 bars throughout it's length, some changing to keep up with the times, and others that have never changed since the day they were opened, Trainspotting-esque even!! One word of warning, the strip downhill after The Playhouse Theatre is Edinburgh's Blue Oyster Club equivalent and runs till the next junction at London Road. Be Warned!!
The Old Town mainly consists of Grassmarket, Cowgate and Royal Mile areas. The Grassmarket teems during the Festival, the outside area is transformed into an open air European cafe scene with ample opportunity to use your day game skills over and over and over again. Head east from the Grassmarket, immediately uphill takes you up to the High Street via Victoria Street which used to have a nice Latino Bar in it but think that may have moved to just off George Street. The High Steet is the middle part of The Royal Mile and qualifies as the street theatre capital of the Festival. Here you see literally hundreds of street performers, buskers and mini shows of fringe performers showcasing their gigs to 1,000's of onlookers. Straight out The Grassmarket to the east you'll find The Cowgate, again full of Fesival venues and bars, one of which is Brewdog, until recently the brewers of the strongest beer in the world, here you can sample their goods on draught, well worth a visit.
The list really goes on and on, through the Historical side of the City to the Castle, Holyrood Palace, Museum's, Art Galleries, Botanical Gardens, Prince's Street Gardens, Casino's, 4/5* Hotel Bars.......Game opportunity's abound, and all condensed into an easily walkable area.
Accommodation can be problematic, but not impossible. Expect to pay double the usual rates and your sure to find good quality central logistics. The last week is probably the best week as things have settled into a routine around the City.
Map of the main area
http://www.dickins.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...nburgh.gif
Any questions, Feel free to ask.
Not to take anything away from Potential1's great thread, top marks bud!
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-48068-...pid1063334
This thread will focus mostly on the Fesival side only,
What better time to write about it than during August, the time of the biggest comedy/music/arts/books festival in the world. This year running from 3rd till 31st August.
Over 3,000 events spread over the city, anything and everything you could possibly imagine. Comedy, Music Concerts, Cabaret, Musicals, Theatre, Arts, Kids Shows, Military Tatoo, Events, Exhibitions, Circus and even Opera(if that floats your boat!).
https://www.edfringe.com/
Top comedy acts from around the world, music concerts, street theatre/alternative theatre acts, impromptu happenings.
http://www.eif.co.uk/
More of the arts stuff, International Military Tattoo, Fireworks spectaculars off the Castle each night with a bigger one every Saturday and a huge one on the final night.
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
A who's who of international authors, including one of my personal favourites I hear mentioned on the Forum frequently, Irvine Welsh. Maybe even a chance of Roosh making an appearance in the coming years!
https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/
Source here for more detailed list of daily events.
Now for the main course.....
Apart from the beauty of the festival extravaganza the real Edinburgh action comes alive with the introduction of over 250,000 extra inhabitants during the 4 week period.
These consist of a considerably large number of international 6,7,8 & 9's and dare I say it the occasional 10!! Giving you the best opportunity in western Europe, if not the World, to claim as many different flags in the one destination at the one time.
Don't get me wrong, we still have our own local ladies along with the permanent immigrants from the usual suspects, Aussies, Kiwis, Spanish, EE's, FSU, US and (whispering this) Canada!! But this actually improves things as the permanent residents seem to up their game to compete with the influx of competition.
The 2 square miles from the main street, Prince's Street, is where most of the action takes place. This area, which is easily walkable, is where you'll find George Street, Rose Street, The West End, The Grassmarket, The Southside, Stockbridge, Broughton and Leith Walk. During the Festival every nook & crany of these areas is commandeered for a show, a club etc. Although you can still go to most of the surrounding areas and see events taking place.
It really is a 24 hour schedule with shows starting early morning and others running into the wee small hours. Pubs & Clubs are full every night and have 5am licenses, then you have some Pubs opening there doors at 6am which can contribute to the Scottish feat of actually drinking yourself sober!!
Again, agree with Potential on the venues he mentioned, although some have changed names 2 or 3 times since I was his age! Other places he never quoted in George Street are the two JD Weatherspoons, Standing Order/Alexander Graham Bell, these are main chain Super-pubs offering more realistic priced food and drink, jam packed every weekend but also every night during the Festival. No music in these venue's, so when you walk in the door your met with the buzz of conversation, both good venue's for swooping due to shear number of opportunities and the fact that you can actually be heard! Another good place on George Street for the Ballers is Tiger Lilly's, high end venue, Champagne Central, suit up and strutt your stuff!
The street's running parallel with George Street are Rose Street & Thistle Steet, these also have a fair amount of quality bars & restaurants so are both worth a wander. Rose Street used to have 69 bars along it's length and the old challenge was to have a half pint or a shot in each one. Happy days!! Thistle Steet has less bars but they are probably a bit more upmarket, a few of them sell a varied selection of Champagne by the glass.
Heading down Frederick Street from George Street (about a mile) will bring you into Stockbridge, one of the most desirable areas of central Edinburgh, again full of Festival venues but also a selection of a dozen bars running into Raeburn Place, most with high end tottie, but special mention must go to The Raeburn Hotel, newly refurbished, but keeping up the tradition of attracting the hottest of the Stockbridge locals & not so locals.
The Southside is comedy central where The Pleasance is situated, the biggest comedy venue,(tho not the only one), with the highest number of shows by established comedians with a smattering of new up and coming acts. The venue consists of several separate rooms with shows on. It also has a large courtyard outside which converts into an open air bar during the Festival, another excellent venue for gaming.
Less than a half mile west from The Pleasance you'll find Potterrow and George Square, another two open air comedy/entertainment venues, bigger than The Pleasance area wise, and consisting of a huge upside down inflatable cow called the Udderbelly, they are also surrounded by various other separate tents including the world famous Spiegeltent, large outdoor bars and food areas. The Edinburgh University students union also falls within this area. Again, all in all, game city.
The east end of Prince's Street leads you down to Leith Walk & Broughton Street. Broughton Street has around a dozen bars and forks down to the left from the roundabout outside the Omni Centre & Playhouse Theatre. Leith Walk continues straight down and probably has more than 20 bars throughout it's length, some changing to keep up with the times, and others that have never changed since the day they were opened, Trainspotting-esque even!! One word of warning, the strip downhill after The Playhouse Theatre is Edinburgh's Blue Oyster Club equivalent and runs till the next junction at London Road. Be Warned!!
The Old Town mainly consists of Grassmarket, Cowgate and Royal Mile areas. The Grassmarket teems during the Festival, the outside area is transformed into an open air European cafe scene with ample opportunity to use your day game skills over and over and over again. Head east from the Grassmarket, immediately uphill takes you up to the High Street via Victoria Street which used to have a nice Latino Bar in it but think that may have moved to just off George Street. The High Steet is the middle part of The Royal Mile and qualifies as the street theatre capital of the Festival. Here you see literally hundreds of street performers, buskers and mini shows of fringe performers showcasing their gigs to 1,000's of onlookers. Straight out The Grassmarket to the east you'll find The Cowgate, again full of Fesival venues and bars, one of which is Brewdog, until recently the brewers of the strongest beer in the world, here you can sample their goods on draught, well worth a visit.
The list really goes on and on, through the Historical side of the City to the Castle, Holyrood Palace, Museum's, Art Galleries, Botanical Gardens, Prince's Street Gardens, Casino's, 4/5* Hotel Bars.......Game opportunity's abound, and all condensed into an easily walkable area.
Accommodation can be problematic, but not impossible. Expect to pay double the usual rates and your sure to find good quality central logistics. The last week is probably the best week as things have settled into a routine around the City.
Map of the main area
http://www.dickins.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...nburgh.gif
Any questions, Feel free to ask.
