Meats & Beats is coming back for its second year next month. It is moving to a bigger venue at Summerhall where there will be an Outdoor Street Food Courtyard for cooked food.
Outside you will be able to take a rest from strutting your stuff on the dance floor and refuel on the meat dishes on offer.
Meats & Beats Festival is best described as a ‘carnivore’s playground’ set to a soundtrack of all the cheesiest, ‘hands in the air’ tunes from the last five decades.
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The music changes decade each hour, starting with the pop classics of the 70s, working through the disco anthems of the 80s, dance tunes of the 90s and teen pop bands of the noughties, climaxing in 2018.
You can look forward to feasting on sizzling steaks, jerk chicken, slow cooked BBQ brisket, pulled pork brioche buns, meat-loaded nachos, chicken wings and meat-packed burritos (to mention a few). Confirmed collaborations include Bonnie Burrito, Meat Stack, Rost, Fat Boy, Shanty Town and Tasty Buns Bakery.
There will also be pop-up bars from Stewart Brewing, Edinburgh Beer Factory and cocktail geniuses ‘Old Poison’ serving craft beers, cocktails, wines and prosecco.
For competitive eaters, there’s a hotdog-eating competition to enter, or take a trip down memory lane with retro playground games in the courtyard.
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for a lip-smacking, lip-syncing, tummy and shape busting night out to remember!
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