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Antiquary
A dark, downstairs den of traditional beersmanship, with bare wooden floorboards and dark wood tables and chairs, the long-established Antiquary has lively open folk-music sessions on Thursday nights at , when all-comers are welcome to perform.
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Eighty Queen Street
The clubbish Cellar Bar at Eighty Queen Street, with its stone floor, polished mahogany bar and wicker chairs and sofas, provides a traditional setting for live jazz three times a week. There's a jam and open-mic session on Wednesday (from ), a resident band on Saturday afternoons ( to ), and guest bands on Saturday nights ( to midnight).
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Human Be-In
A stylish café-bar with a choice of tables, comfy booths or chill-out sofas (plus outdoor tables in summer), the Be-In is a popular hang-out for local students (Edinburgh University is across the road). It has live jazz on Sunday nights, and DJs playing on Friday and Saturday nights from .
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Jam House
The brainchild of rhythm'n'blues pianist and TV personality Jools Holland, the Jam House is set in a former BBC TV studio and offers a combination of fine dining and live jazz and blues performances. Admission is for over-21s only, and there's a smart-casual dress code.
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Jazz Bar
This atmospheric cellar bar, with its polished parquet floors, bare stone walls, candle-lit tables and stylish steel-framed chairs, is owned and operated by jazz musicians. There's live music every night from to , and on Saturdays from .
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Liquid Room
Set in a subterranean vault deep beneath Victoria St, the Liquid Room is a superb live music and club venue with a thundering sound system. There are regular club nights Wednesday to Saturday - the long-running Evol (Friday from ) is an Edinburgh institution catering to the indie-kid crowd. Regularly voted as Scotland's top club night out.
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Malt Shovel
A traditional-looking pub, with dark wood and subdued tartanry, the Malt Shovel offers a good range of real ales and more than 100 malt whiskies, and is famed for its regular Tuesday night jazz and Thursday night folk-music sessions.
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Opium
This traditionally grungy venue in the tunnel-like trench of central Cowgate houses the dark and stylish Opium, the city's top rock club. Friday and Saturday nights are a thrash-fest of alternative rock and indie, while the popular Apocalypse on Wednesdays is a mix of goth, punk and metal.
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Queen's Hall
The Queen's Hall is home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but it also hosts jazz concerts, tribute bands and a whole range of other events.
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Royal Mile Tavern
An elegant, traditional Edinburgh bar lined with polished wood, brass and mirrors, the Royal Mile serves real ale, good wines and fine food - moules marinières and crusty bread is a lunch-time speciality. Live music Thursday and Friday nights.
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Royal Oak
The ever-popular Royal Oak rivals Sandy Bell's as Edinburgh's most popular folk venue, with music every night in both the public bar and lounge. Admission to the tiny downstairs lounge is free but by ticket only, so get there early if you want to be sure of a place. Sunday night gigs ( ), organised by the Wee Folk Club, cost around £3 .
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Sandy Bell's
This unassuming, wood-panelled pub has been a stalwart of the traditional music scene in Edinburgh since The Corrs were in nappies. There's folk music almost every evening at , and at and on Sunday.
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Whistle Binkie's
This crowded cellar bar just off the Royal Mile has live music, including rock, blues and folk, every night of the week. Open mic night on Monday and breaking bands on Tuesday are showcases for new talent - check the website for what's on when.
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White Hart Inn
A brass plaque outside this pub proclaims: 'In the White Hart Inn Robert Burns stayed during his last visit to Edinburgh, 1791.' Claiming to be the city's oldest pub in continuous use (since 1516), it also hosted William Wordsworth in 1803. Not surprisingly, it's a traditional, cosy, low-raftered place with folk/acoustic music sessions seven nights a week.
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