Edinburgh · Cowgate
Sneaky Pete's
A hundred capacity room in the Cowgate that books above its size every single night
Seven nights a week of live music and club nights in a room the size of a flat
A hundred people fit in Sneaky Pete's and it programmes something every night of the week, which over the years has meant a lot of bands playing their only Scottish show of a tour in front of a hundred people. In August it runs as a fringe venue during the day and a club at night, which is a punishing schedule for a room with one door.
It is the smallest venue in this guide and one of the most consistently good, because the booking is done by people who go to gigs.
The detail
Good to know
- Capacity
- About 100
- Programme
- Seven nights a week
- August
- Fringe venue by day, club by night
- Location
- Cowgate, under the South Bridge
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