Equipment and backline available at this venue. We verify and update this section regularly.
PA system
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
2 vocal mics
In-house engineer
About The Black Cat
The Black Cat is a grassroots music venue in Edinburgh, Edinburgh. PA system and vocal mics are provided; bring your own instruments and amps.
The Black Cat books Folk, Traditional, Celtic acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Edinburgh venue directory.
The Black Cat is a highly regarded traditional Scottish bar on Rose Street in central Edinburgh, celebrated for an extensive 250-plus malt-whisky selection, Scottish craft beer and knowledgeable, characterful staff. It's a small, single-roomed, selectively lit room furnished with an eclectic mix of tables, stools and half-barrels — and a genuine home of live trad music, with Scottish folk sessions from 9.30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 4pm on Sundays, plus a Tuesday quiz. An intimate, atmospheric grassroots venue that gives Edinburgh's folk and traditional players a regular acoustic stage several nights a week.
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168 Rose St, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH2 4BA
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