Edinburgh Music Tours

These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.

About Edinburgh Music Tours

Edinburgh's Greatest Hits - the Story of the Capital's Music

These entertaining and informative guided walking tours tell the story of the musicians who have stayed, played and made music in Edinburgh.

Join us as we tell all the tall tales from the People’s Festival Ceilidh to Roller mania and beyond. Covering folk to funk, pop to punk and past to present, our tours trace the people, venues and gigs that made Edinburgh’s music.

Brought to you by the team behind the highly successful Glasgow Music City Tours – five stars on TripAdvisor!

Tours last 90 minutes and start from William Chambers Monument outside main entrance to National Museums Scotland on Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

Tours run every Saturday until 24.11.18 at 1pm and 3pm (also 11am on 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th August).

Tickets are now £14 adults and £12 for seniors (over 65), students and children (age 5-16).

Tour guests will receive a voucher giving entry to Museum's Rip It Up exhibition for £5.

All information (whether in text or photographs) is supplied in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact. We take every opportunity to ensure the details for Edinburgh Music Tours are accurate, please contact us at hello[@]whatsonnetwork.co.uk if any of the above information is incorrect.

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