Festival Café Bar

A place for culinary and cultural delights.

Come and enjoy a range of performances in the impressive setting of the Garden Lobby. Usually the hub of parliamentary business, it will be transformed into a venue like no other.

Enjoy a delectable selection of Scottish produce with an international twist together with a range of hot and cold drinks available in the Festival Café Bar.

Saturday 15 August – Free events

Cileas McMaster is an 18 year old singer who has already wowed the likes of Twin Atlantic with her gorgeous vocals.

Yew is a young singer-songwriter who beguiled audiences at the Holyrood Rocks launch event in May.

Mini Jackers raise the roof with their vibrant hip-hop and house dance routines.

Rally & Broad have been described as “a beacon of brilliance on the live lit scene.” Expect performance, poetry and music.

The Sikh Sanjog Dancers bring their inimitable brand of fired-up Bollywood Funk to Holyrood for one day only.

The Blueswater bring the sounds of old-school Chicago rhythm and blues to the Festival Café Bar.

Sunday 16 August - Free events

Folksville - enjoy an afternoon of music hosted by Prairie Rose & The Wildwoods and a bill of the best acoustic singers and players currently performing in Scotland including The Bowhill Players.