Don't miss your chance to see The Royal Edinburgh Tattoo August 1 to August 23, 2025, at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade. Tours with special departures sell out fast!
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Travel to Scotland in August 2025 and celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2025! The milestone show, The Heroes Who Made Us, will run from 1 – 23 August 2025. Limited tickets available on select departures.
As always, we take care of all the details for you. We've secured tickets for this sell-out event and perfectly planned your Scotland accommodations and transport to the show. So you don't need to scour websites, book a hotel at peak prices, find good tickets, or try to figure out whether you can take pictures or videos, bring backpacks, what the seating is like, or what the recommended dress code is. Your On-the-Road Team is with you all the way, helping to make your Tattoo experience perfectly seamless.
Don't miss your chance to see The Royal Edinburgh Tattoo August 1 to August 23, 2025, at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade. Tours with special departures sell out fast!
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo attracts visitors worldwide to the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland. Each year's Tattoo is a 'global gathering' - showcasing the talents of musicians and performers from every corner of the globe. The World Heritage Edinburgh Castle castle sets a dramatic backdrop for The Tattoo, where visitors gather on the castle grounds to see the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade come alive with the sounds and colors of the talented cast.
To mark the 75th anniversary of the show, the 2025 theme is "The Heroes Who Made Us." Performances will showcase highlights from the past seven decades, blending military displays, live music, and advanced visual effects to honor the individuals who have significantly influenced the Tattoo's legacy.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a yearly performance in Scotland that attracts visitors worldwide to the heart of Edinburgh. The Tattoo is an iconic Edinburgh institution, with music, dance, precision display, and the poignant refrain of the Lone Piper each night against the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh Castle.
Each year's Tattoo is a 'global gathering' - showcasing the talents of musicians and performers from every corner of the world. Plus, with changing yearly themes, each Tattoo differs from the previous one. Past themes include concepts such as Scotland’s homecoming, creativity, and nature.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo runs every year in August. The 2025 show will take place August 1 to August 23, 2025, at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade.
The Edinburgh Tattoo first took place in 1950. It was inspired by a simple show called Something About a Soldier, performed in 1949 at the Ross Bandstand. The first of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo production included eight items and attracted an audience of 100,000 over its 20 performances. Since then, the Tattoo has grown in strength, incorporating a wider variety of international military bands and musicians each year.
An iconic silhouette from the top of Edinburgh Castle, the Lone Piper is a key part of the performance marking a poignant moment of reflection and signifying the night's end. When the finale begins and the lights dim, cast your eyes skywards to the Castle Ramparts and listen for the drone of the pipes.
Performers from over 48 countries now take part in the Tattoo.
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