More news of events taking place in St Andrew Square this summer has just been announced and tickets go on sale today.
Hard Rock Cafe Edinburgh today announced its first-ever music festival in Scotland. Hard Rock Rocks Edinburgh will be a three-day music festival in the capital, taking place at the iconic St. Andrew Square Garden from Friday 31 July – Sunday 2 August. Acts confirmed to perform across the weekend include The Voice winner Stevie McCrorie, Edinburgh’s own singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt, rockers Big Country, Brit-nominated rock band The Feeling, three piece Fatherson who stormed The British Embassy show at SXSW, as well as a collaboration performance from Starsailor’s James Walsh and Ben Montague.
The announced acts will perform to an intimate crowd in a beautiful, original 1920’s Spiegeltent. Tickets for these gigs go on sale today, so be sure not to miss out! Visit arfringe.com to book.
Hard Rock Cafe Edinburgh continues its support of new music with a second acoustic Rising Stage. Set under the Melville Monument in the Square, this stage is free for all the city’s music fans to come down and enjoy a packed bill of emerging breakthrough acts. The line-up for the Rising Stage will be announced soon.
There will be some fantastic food and drink offerings at Hard Rock Rocks Edinburgh with the Hard Rock food truck on site across the weekend serving up the cafe’s tasty menu. The infamous Hard Rock Rock Shop will also be making a pop-up appearance selling Hard Rock merchandise and an exclusive Hard Rock Rocks Edinburgh rubber duck!
Music is the heartland of Hard Rock and Hard Rock Cafe Edinburgh is proud to be presenting its debut Hard Rock Rocks Edinburgh festival.
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