Edinburgh · small venue · Verified open
Edinburgh rock bar with food and drinks.
About 70 standing, house PA. Rock, Metal, Alternative.
Nearby venuesUpdated 12 November 2026
At a glance, The Black Rose Tavern in Edinburgh is summed up below. It books rock, metal and alternative acts. There is an in-house PA.
capacity
| Live music | Varies |
| TodayClosed | 11:00–01:00Opens in 3h 08m 51s |
| Backline | PA provided |
| Books | Rock · Metal · Alternative |
4 photos show the inside of The Black Rose Tavern, from the stage to the bar. It books rock, metal and alternative acts. Tap any photo to open it at full size.
Before you book The Black Rose Tavern, here are its size, live nights, genres and website. It books rock, metal and alternative acts. Members can vote to bring this venue onto GigXchange.
| Capacity | about 70 standing |
| Live nights | Contact venue |
| Curfew | – |
| Sound limiter | – |
| Genres | RockMetalAlternative |
| Website | blackrosetavern.com |
| Status | Verified open |
| Last checked | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Checked against | Venue website |
The Black Rose Tavern is at 49 Rose St, Edinburgh, EH2 2NH. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 118 rooms in our Edinburgh venue directory.
Edinburgh EH2 2NH
The nearest station is Princes Street (tram stop), about 5 minutes' walk away.
The Black Rose Tavern for artists: The Black Rose Tavern has not joined GigXchange yet, so acts vote here to bring it on - to hire the venue for a private event, choose Private hire.
| Booking email and phone | Locked |
| Fee range per act | Locked |
| How far ahead to book | Locked |
| Payment terms | Locked |
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The Black Rose Tavern publishes its opening times for 7 of the 7 days. These are the venue's own opening hours, not the gig start times.
| Mon | 11:00–01:00 |
| Tue | 11:00–01:00 |
| Wed | 11:00–01:00 |
| Thu | 11:00–01:00 |
| FriToday | 11:00–01:00 |
| Sat | 11:00–01:00 |
| Sun | 11:00–01:00 |
The Black Rose Tavern has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The list below shows the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about. Played here and the kit was different? Tell us and we will update it.
| PA system | Provided |
| Drum kit | TBC |
| Guitar amp | TBC |
| Bass amp | TBC |
| Keys / keyboard | TBC |
| Vocal mics | TBC |
| In-house engineer | TBC |
This is the background on The Black Rose Tavern, from the venue and its listings. It books rock, metal and alternative acts. The notes below sum up what the venue and its listings say.
The Black Rose Tavern is a grassroots music venue in Edinburgh with a standing capacity of about 70. It books Rock, Metal, Alternative.
Listing notesThe Black Rose Tavern is Edinburgh's dedicated rock bar and live gig venue, a wood-panelled room on Rose Street in the New Town decked out with dark furniture, wrought-iron chandeliers and vinyl records. Live rock, metal and alternative music vibrates here late into the night, and the venue runs open-mic nights and karaoke alongside its gigs, drawing a goth, metal and alternative crowd. There's real ale, a global pub-food menu from soup to spicy veggie and chicken plates, a big screen, jukebox and fruit machines, and outside seating. A small but committed grassroots stage — capacity around 70 — for Edinburgh's heavier and alternative acts, minutes from Princes Street Gardens and Waverley station.
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The regular night at The Black Rose Tavern on GigXchange is its open mic. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first.
Open mic, every Tuesday - 21:00 · Free entry. More nights out in the wider Edinburgh gig directory.
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The Black Rose Tavern
Edinburgh rock bar with food and drinks. Capacity about 70.
- c. 70
- Capacity
- Varies
- Live music
- 11:00
- Open today
- PA
- Backline
- Rock
- Books
- Verified
- Directory status
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The Black Rose Tavern — Quick Facts
The Black Rose Tavern capacity: about 70 standing. Edinburgh rock bar with food and drinks. Here are the key facts on The Black Rose Tavern at a glance.

By size, The Black Rose Tavern is the joint 45th largest of the 51 venues we list in and around Edinburgh with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Home Bar (about 70); Leith Depot Bar (about 70) and Sandy Bell's (about 70).
The Black Rose Tavern's listed capacity is about 70 standing - a small room on the scale we use for every venue. Around Edinburgh, the middle-sized room we list holds about 210 - The Black Rose Tavern is well below that. Rooms under about 150 are where most acts start out: shorter sets, a local crowd and often a door split or a modest flat fee. A room this size fills on your own following, so bring your guest list. We have not verified that figure yet - confirm it with the venue before you plan a show around it.
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Inside The Black Rose Tavern
The Black Rose Tavern has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The room holds about 70. Below: the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about and what we know about the room.
The Black Rose Tavern is a grassroots music venue in Edinburgh with a standing capacity of about 70. The Black Rose Tavern provides a PA system — check the rest with the venue.
The Black Rose Tavern books Rock, Metal, Alternative acts. This listing is part of the Edinburgh venue directory.
The Black Rose Tavern is Edinburgh's dedicated rock bar and live gig venue, a wood-panelled room on Rose Street in the New Town decked out with dark furniture, wrought-iron chandeliers and vinyl records. Live rock, metal and alternative music vibrates here late into the night, and the venue runs open-mic nights and karaoke alongside its gigs, drawing a goth, metal and alternative crowd. There's real ale, a global pub-food menu from soup to spicy veggie and chicken plates, a big screen, jukebox and fruit machines, and outside seating. A small but committed grassroots stage — capacity around 70 — for Edinburgh's heavier and alternative acts, minutes from Princes Street Gardens and Waverley station.
There are no fixed live nights listed for The Black Rose Tavern - the gigs in the rail below show when it actually runs shows. It lists rock among the genres it books. There is a PA listed - ask what else is on stage before you load in. The Black Rose Tavern hasn't joined GigXchange yet; vote to bring it on, and in the meantime keep a short EPK and a live clip ready - it is what most venues ask for first. More rooms, open mics and what they pay: getting gigs in Edinburgh.
By size, The Black Rose Tavern is the joint 45th largest of the 51 venues we list in and around Edinburgh with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Home Bar (about 70); Leith Depot Bar (about 70) and Sandy Bell's (about 70).
Find The Black Rose Tavern
The Black Rose Tavern is at 49 Rose St, Edinburgh, EH2 2NH. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 118 rooms in our Edinburgh venue directory.
The nearest station is Princes Street (tram stop), about 5 minutes' walk away. You'll find The Black Rose Tavern in Edinburgh; EH2 2NH is the postcode for sat-nav and ride apps. Check the start time before you set off, and see what else is on in Edinburgh this week, or book a Edinburgh band for a night of your own.
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The Edinburgh League
The Black Rose Tavern is #84 of 118 Edinburgh venues for live music — ranked by gigs on the calendar over the next 30 days, refreshed nightly. Only gigs in the GigXchange directory count.
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- #2 – Cabaret Voltaire 9 gigs
- #3 ▲3 Edinburgh Corn Exchange 8 gigs
- #4 ▼1 La Belle Angele 7 gigs
- #5 ▼1 PJ Molloys 7 gigs
- #6 ▼1 The Alhambra Theatre 7 gigs
- #7 NEW The Queen's Hall 7 gigs
- #8 ▲2 The Usher Hall 7 gigs
- #9 ▼1 Liquid Room Edinburgh 6 gigs
- #10 ▼3 DreadnoughtRock 4 gigs
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The Black Rose Tavern in brief. The Black Rose Tavern is a small room (under 150) in Edinburgh that books rock, metal and alternative. It also hosts an open mic (every Tuesday). Rooms nearby include The Bongo Club, The Canons' Gait and The Duchess of Kirkcaldy; the Edinburgh venue directory has the rest.
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