The Canons' Gait sits at the Canongate foot of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, a few steps from Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament. The 18th-century building runs a modern upstairs lounge bar over a cellar bar that has long been the live-music room: traditional and contemporary folk plays Wednesday through Saturday. The cellar is a busy Free Fringe comedy and music venue every August, packing the room most nights of the Edinburgh Festival. Part of the Old Town Pub Co. group.
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The Canons' Gait sits at the Canongate foot of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, a few steps from Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament. The 18th-century building runs a modern upstairs lounge bar over a cellar bar that has long been the live-music room: traditional and contemporary folk plays Wednesday through Saturday. The cellar is a busy Free Fringe comedy and music venue every August, packing the room most nights of the Edinburgh Festival. Part of the Old Town Pub Co. group.
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