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Tattoo unveils new programme for this year’s show

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has announced the launch of this year's new show, Journeys, featuring more than 800 performers from around the world. Performed on the castle esplanade from August 2-24, the show...

Tattoo boss to step down after eight year stint

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Major General Buster Howes is to step down from his role as Chief Executive of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo this month. A Board Member since 2015, Howes took over the charitable organisation in 2020,...

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh takes the salute at the Tattoo

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On Monday evening HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was in the Royal Box at Edinburgh Castle to take the salute offered by all performers at the end of each act. He was welcomed to...

Performers arrive for the 2023 Tattoo

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The cast of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo have arrived in Edinburgh for this year’s Show, Stories, and have been given a very Scottish welcome. Performers from Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Norway, and...

Festivals call for more regular government help

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Representatives from two of the major Edinburgh festivals, and the Tattoo were invited to give evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee who are studying the topic of "Promoting Scotland Internationally". Members of the committee...

Tattoo tickets for 2023 on sale today – some at this year’s prices

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Tickets for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s 2023 Show, Stories, are officially on sale today, with the first 50,000 tickets available at 2022 prices. With just eight performances left in the 2022 run of Voices – the first Show...

Award-winning beer is just a click away at this year’s Tattoo

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo audiences are invited to order their drinks ahead of time to enjoy on the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade at this year's event. The new drinks order platform, edintattoodrinks.co.uk will allow ticket...

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo release tickets for half-price preview night

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Organisers of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo try to ensure the event can be enjoyed by all by announcing half-price Preview Night tickets which will go on sale from 10am on Thursday, 30th June...

Tattoo appoints a new board member

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Lieutenant General (Retired) Giles Hill, CB, CBE, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.  Giles replaces Robin Brims as Chair of the Military Committee and brings with him...

The Tattoo appoints production expert as it prepares for its return to the Castle...

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has appointed one of the world’s leading event production specialists to ensure that the Tattoo comes back with a bang. Harry Guthrie will act as the Tattoo’s Senior Production Consultant...

The Tattoo will be back in ’22 with a new look

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will have a new approach as it works towards its return to the Castle Esplanade in 2022. The performances will be set on the theme of Performance in a...

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins in Sydney

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo's dress rehearsal was a colourful affair. More than 1,500 international performers assemble for the first of four shows at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney as The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins down...

New projections at Holyrood marking the end of World War I a hundred years...

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Holyrood will play its part in remembering those who died in World War One by projecting their names onto the Scottish Parliament building on 11 November. This will mark the centenary of the end...

Tattoo performers entertain the Lord Provost

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Arriba! Performers from the Banda Monumental de México raised the noise level at this year's The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo by giving a one-off performance at the City Chambers on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile as guests of...

Colin McGregor opened the Tattoo with a poem – and brother Ewan came too

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Special guest and ex-RAF pilot Colin McGregor opened the show at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo last night with moving poem ‘High Flight’ – a special tribute to the late servicemen and women of...

Next generation of pipers invited to blaze the international trail with the Tattoo

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NEXT GENERATION OF PIPERS INVITED TO BLAZE THE INTERNATIONAL TRAIL Edinburgh Tattoo house band begins recruitment after first global tour Following the success of its first global tour, young pipers and drummers from across the world are being called upon to...

Tattoo and the council hand out funding to arts organisations

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Ten Edinburgh arts organisations will get a share of £50,000 this year from the partnership launched in 2017 between The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and The City of Edinburgh Council. The grants were made possible...

Tattoo recognises century of women in the armed forces

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Ahead of its final show, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo brought together a selection of military women taking part in this year's event in recognition of 100 years of women in the Armed Forces....

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – India@Edinburgh

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In an unprecedented pan-cultural celebration the exotically titled India@Edinburgh, presented by the Indian High Commission, the Ministry of Culture and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, promise  to introduce you to some of the very best...

Tattoo Brigadier welcomes original Jacobite suit to Edinburgh

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Brigadier David Allfrey, Producer and Chief Executive of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, gets a sneak peek at an original tartan suit of English Jacobite, Sir John Hynde Cotton, ahead of its installation at...

Tattoo gives away £1 million to charity

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is itself a charity but they also give away some of their income to other charities. This year the total donation is the biggest yet as they have donated...

Splash of Tartan to be next year’s Tattoo theme

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As The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo draws to a close, spectators at the final performance got a sneak peek at what’s to come for 2017 as Splash of Tartan was unveiled. Projected onto the iconic battlements of...

Fireworks at the 2013 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

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Our thanks to photographer Chris Mackenzie for this amazing shot of the fireworks from the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle from Salisbury Crags. He said that he and others had been sitting...

Historic boundary wall unearthed at Edinburgh Castle

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Excavations for the new Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo stands on the castle esplanade have unearthed remains of the historic boundary which once separated the town from the Castle. The old boundary wall was revealed by...

Tattoo gets new chief

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The Board of Trustees of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is pleased to announce that Brigadier David Allfrey MBE FRGS is to be the next Chief Executive and Producer of the world’s best known...

Homecoming Concert for The Royal Regiment of Scotland

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Featuring The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland & Pipes and Drums of The Royal Regiment of Scotland Established to assume the traditional roles of the Bands of the Scottish Infantry Regiments, the band...