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Visiting Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Your theatre visit in one place: weather, arrival, access, food, travel and what’s on.

Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT

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This guide covers the Festival Theatre. Capital Theatres also operates the King’s Theatre and Studio Theatre at different addresses; check your ticket.

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Today in Edinburgh

Monday 9 November · GMT

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What to bring today

Bring a warm coat and an extra layer for the journey home.

Frontrow suggestions based on the forecast from 23:00 to 23:00. Check dress and bag arrangements with the venue.

Local times in Edinburgh (GMT). Forecast issued 8 Nov, 23:18. Weather is checked once daily. Conditions may change. Weather sources and licence.

Trains, bikes & the last part of your journey

Arriving by bike

Plan a cycling route ↗

Mapped facilities may have access restrictions or have changed. Bring a lock and check signs on arrival.

Distances are approximate straight-line measurements, not walking distances or journey times.

Transport sources and dates

OpenStreetMap: 2026-10-31 · NaPTAN: 2026-08-29.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Frontrow calculates nearby matches; completeness and physical access are not guaranteed.

Other sources and distance methods

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Tide times for a waterfront visit

Nearby tidal station: LEITH (4.1 km from the venue, straight-line).

Today’s high and low tides at LEITH ↗

Opens official ADMIRALTY EasyTide predictions. Select the correct station for the waterfront you intend to visit and check its GMT/BST setting; tide times apply to that station. Station link checked 22 September 2026.

Restaurants and cafés near Festival Theatre Edinburgh

8 nearby

Approx. straight-line distances · Check opening hours and menus.

Pubs, bars and clubs near Festival Theatre Edinburgh

6 nearby

Approx. straight-line distances · Check entry, food service and opening hours.

Getting to Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Railway stations, trams & bus stops

  • Edinburgh Rail StationRail station · South Entrance · 548 metresMap ↗
  • Haymarket Rail StationRail station · Entrance 2 · 2.0 kilometresMap ↗
  • Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams)Metro / tram stop · 944 metresMap ↗
  • St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams)Metro / tram stop · 963 metresMap ↗
  • Surgeons' HallBus stop · before · 64 metresMap ↗
  • PotterrowBus stop · SE-bound · 81 metresMap ↗
  • Chambers StreetBus stop · W-bound · 148 metresMap ↗

Approx. straight-line distances · Sources and dates

Check with the venue

Official visitor information ↗

Confirm entrances, parking, step-free routes and access arrangements with the venue. Local business listings do not provide these details.

Train departures and disruption ↗

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Upcoming at Festival Theatre Edinburgh

From the venue programme

This guide covers the Festival Theatre. Capital Theatres also operates the King’s Theatre and Studio Theatre at different addresses; check your ticket.

  1. tour

    Heritage tour

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

  2. dance

    Stories: The Tap Dance Sensation

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

  3. Live event

    Heritage Talk

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

  4. Live event

    Turandot - Scottish Opera

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

  5. Live event

    an Accident / a Life

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

  6. tour

    King's Theatre backstage tour

    Festival Theatre Edinburgh

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    Nearby stationEdinburgh Rail Station · 548 metres

Source Participating venue box offices (Spektrix public listings API). This venue source was last successfully read 7 Nov 2026, 03:15 UK. Dates and prices can change after we read them — confirm with the venue.

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Sources and dates

Weather and solar calculations: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0. Forecast data · Sunrise and sunset data. Frontrow selects local-day forecasts, rounds temperatures, converts wind to mph and derives clothing suggestions. Weather represents the surrounding area, not conditions inside the theatre.

Address: official venue website ↗ · 22 Sept 2026. Transport: DfT NaPTAN ↗, active stops in the 29 Aug 2026 snapshot.

Distances are approximate straight-line measurements from the postcode centre; walking routes may be longer. Food and drink listings are within one mile, nearest first, in the source categories Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen and Pub/bar/nightclub.

Food-business identities and inspection results come from Food Standards Agency open data ↗. Most records use the 24 August 2026 snapshot; individual records show when newer information was available. Older address snapshots are dated separately. Check the linked official record for changes.

Food-hygiene ratings describe the inspection on the stated date. They are not reviews, food-quality scores or evidence that a business is currently open. Frontrow has not verified menus, deals or opening hours.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗. Frontrow selects nearby records and calculates distances. Postcode location data ↗.

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