Edinburgh – Royal Military Tattoo, big parade of military bands of bagpipes and drums

Spectacle of Royal Military Tattoo of Edinburgh

If you reckon to do a trip to Edinburgh in August, coinciding with the celebration of the International Festival, be able to be interested to assist to, undoubtedly, the most spectacular and popular event that takes place during these cultural acts that have given so many reputation to the capital of Scotland.

It is a question of Royal Military Tattoo of Edinburgh, a big military parade, which it concentrates to more than one ten military bands of bagpipes and drums of diverse countries of the world, which parade in the big esplanada placed opposite to the principal entry of the Castle of Edinburgh.

Military Tattoo of Edinburgh takes as basic the tradition of the British armies with his bands of drums and bagpipes that were taking part in the battles along with the rest of the troops.

Although the first big parade of military bands in Edinburgh was celebrated in 1949 by Princes Street, already in 1950 it took place in the current stage along with the Castle. In this big esplanada there is mounted an impressive structure of provisional bleachers that at present allows at every parade of Military Tattoo of Edinburgh almost 9.000 persons to be present, overcoming 200.000 assistants every year.

The big spectacle of Royal Military Tattoo of Edinburgh at present is celebrated during August or, from Monday until Friday, when the evening comes, at 21 a.m., and every Saturday, the two meetings, at 19:30 and at 22:30.

If you have interest to assist to this spectacular parade of military bands, you have to buy the earnings with many advance, since they become exhausted with many advance. And do not worry for the possibility of rain, since till now any performance has been suspended for this motive.

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