Looking for bars with live music in Edinburgh? Head to Finnegan’s Wake for live music every Sunday to Thursday from 9:30pm to 12:30am, plus two live music sessions every Friday and Saturday from 6pm to 9pm and 10pm to 1am. Located on Victoria Street, less than 5 minutes walk from Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, we’re an Irish bar with live music at the heart of Edinburgh’s nightlife.
LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN EDINBURGH
Our live music covers a little bit of everything. Expect classic pub singalongs, modern pop, classic rock, folk ballads, country favourites and plenty of traditional Irish songs, with the occasional fiddle player adding an extra bit of Celtic flavour. So when you simply want to enjoy great live music with a drink, Finnegan’s Wake is the pub with live music in Edinburgh that has something for everyone.
Our live music pub is the perfect place to make an evening of it, whether you’re meeting friends for drinks, planning a night out in Edinburgh or searching for things to do in Edinburgh at night.
🎤 SUNDAY - THURSDAY: Live music, 9:30pm - 12:30am
🎤 EVERY WEDNESDAY: Bandeoke, 9:30pm - 12:30am
🎤 FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Live music, 6pm - 9pm and 10pm - 1am
Fancy yourself a bit of a rock star? Every Wednesday, Finnegan’s Wake turns into your stage with our live band karaoke night, Bandeoke. It’s a karaoke pub like no other - pick your karaoke classic and take to the mic while a live band plays your favourite song. It’s karaoke with a proper band, a little louder, a lot more fun and one of the best ways to spend a Wednesday night out in Edinburgh.
With live music every night, Finnegan’s Wake is one of the go-to bars with live music in Edinburgh for a night out filled with great tunes, great drinks and plenty of atmosphere. We’re less than 10 minutes from Waverly Station and Princes Street, making us an easy stop before or after exploring the city.
So whether you’re searching for live music tonight in Edinburgh, an Irish bar with live music or a lively place to spend your night out in Edinburgh, come and join us at Finnegan’s Wake.
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Finally found the time to pop in for an evening on our last night in Edinburgh, great live music from both acts and a very friendly atmosphere. Had a brilliant evening!!!
In for the rugby, absolutely tremendous atmosphere, and the live music after was great. Definitely recommend for sport and the music.
Amazing atmosphere - would recommend for all uni students for a great night out with great live music
Great pub, good selection of drinks and live music all night!! The place gets so busy during Fringe, there’s nothing like it!!
10/10 vibes. Good service cheap drinks for students amazing live music, lovely baby guiness. Lovley accents
One of the best Irish pubs in Edinburgh! Great vibes and live music on most nights :)) definitely worth a visit if around Edinburgh’s old town 🍺 🇮🇪
Travelled to Scotland from Sweden and got recommended this pub by a couple Scottish people. We accidentally hit the date for St Patrick’s day as well, so an Irish bar seemed like a must! Queuing to get in was so worth it. Great live music, nice happy…
Great atmosphere, music and service. Good smelling restrooms. Bartenders friendly and serve up drinks quickly. I’d drink to that!
Brilliant live music, fairly priced drinks for Edinburgh. Stuart on the door is very friendly and always up for a good chat, other female bouncer with pink hair is very aggressive and rude, seemed to be kicking people out for no reason. Other than th…
Went with my pal last week, had a fantastic evening - Mia at the bar was fabulous and friendly. They also have amazing student discounts. Overall highly recommend this place - amazing service and fab music!
Had a great night here. Great live music and Stuart the doorman and Meg the manager were both really helpful and lovely. 10/10 recommend
Fantastic live music- Irish/ Scottish traditional songs mixed with acoustic covers. Really good atmosphere on a Sunday eve post Rugby.
My fried and I were in this nice pub in the first weekend of Fringe Festival. There was some band playing live traditional music and it was really busy for a reason. We tried there for the first time lager called Innis & Guun and it was amazing! Defi…
Awesome pub, great atmosphere. Had brilliant live music aswell, drink prices were reasonable and everyone was so friendly
Went in here as it usually has a good atmosphere. We were not disappointed considering it was a Wed night. there was a live band on and whist the music was good the signer did not match this.
