3 Best Nightlife in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Scotland

This basement music venue delivers exactly what the name promises: jazz, in all its many weird and wonderful forms. Blues, funk, acoustic, electric—there's something new to discover every night of the week. There's usually a small cover charge (cash only), but this all goes to musicians, not the venue.

With a piano in the corner, this cozy, friendly pub presents excellent live blues and folk music most nights—usually with no cover charge.

This atmospheric North Bridge bar, with its main entrance on Niddry Street (as it's in the bridge), presents rock, blues, and folk music every night of the week, with as many as six or seven acts on Saturday nights.