--- title: "Local Info | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." "og:title": "Local Info" "twitter:description": "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." "twitter:title": "Local Info" description: "We are based in Edinburgh at Assembly Roxy, run Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and tour with the best of our programme." --- # Local Info ## Welcome to Edinburgh Home of the world's largest performing arts festival, Scotland's capital city is one of the most exciting places to be in August. It bursts into life over the summer with thousands of artists from around the world performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - and over 800 artists at Assembly Festival alone! Packed with celebrations of art and culture, the city also hosts **[The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo](https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/)**, **[Edinburgh International Festival](https://www.eif.co.uk/)**, **[Edinburgh Art Festival](https://www.edinburghartfestival.com/)**, **[Edinburgh International Book Festival](https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/)** and **[Edinburgh International Film Festival](https://www.edinburghfestivalcity.com/festivals/edinburgh-international-film-festival)** each August. ### Getting Here By rail, road or air, there are many travel options for visiting Edinburgh. For more details about routes, and to book tickets, please see: [![Edinburgh Airport](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2Fc29b8641-6b38-4773-82c4-b7aaeb652bea?width=500%26height=300%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100)

Edinburgh Airport

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Scotrail

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Avanti West Coast

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Citylink

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FlixBus

](https://www.flixbus.co.uk/coach/edinburgh) ### Getting around Edinburgh Once you've arrived, you'll want to get going and begin exploring everything the city has to offer! Our venues are conveniently dotted around the city centre, most within a 20 minute walk of each other. Transport links within Edinburgh are well-connected and reliable so no matter where you are staying, each venue isn't too far away. [**Lothian Buses**](https://www.lothianbuses.com/) provide reliable routes across the city and beyond, with buses stopping near each of our venue hubs. Alternatively, [**Edinburgh Trams**](https://edinburghtrams.com/) run from the Airport all the way to Leith via Princes Street providing fast links to the city's transport hub. If you're looking for a taxi, [**City Cabs**](https://www.citycabs.co.uk/) and [**Uber**](https://www.uber.com/gb/en/) are always on hand to help you whizz around the city. You can also find taxi ranks around the city - **[view the map here](https://cityofedinburgh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=b8713e8f3f0e4fb488f7e5905f9b8a85)**. Edinburgh has extensive cycle lane routes around the city, and recently gained 24hr e-bike rentals with [**Voi**](https://www.voi.com/city/edinburgh) (16+ only). ### Luggage Storage Our Fringe venues are unable to admit large bags and have no left luggage facilities on site. However, you can find luggage lockers at Edinburgh Waverley Station, Haymarket Station and Edinburgh Bus Station. ### **Follow Us** ### **Sign up to our newsletter** ## **THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS, SPONSORS AND PARTNERS** [![The City of Edinburgh Council](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d379ddbf-66cc-4bb3-909e-c524a9e673ac?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The City of Edinburgh Council website](https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/) [![The Church of Scotland](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/49185c32-3f2d-4eda-ae62-d01a3e04c659?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The Church of Scotland website](https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/) [![Essential Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/bbd576d2-3705-41b9-94af-7dfe6f96b6b2?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Essential Edinburgh website](https://www.essentialedinburgh.co.uk/) [![The University of Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/56257592-6b16-4180-9c7c-562de7a6cc0e?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The University of Edinburgh website](https://www.ed.ac.uk/) [![Inchs](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/fb42cf05-8f22-4aea-8e08-24e008e57457?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Inchs website](https://www.inchscider.co.uk/) [![encore](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d961c754-dd20-40c1-b476-5369a4076745?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit encore website](https://www.encore-emea.com/) [![Deltalive](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/1ca2a489-690b-4b55-b16a-cd6d2e539d7c?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Deltalive website](https://deltalive.net/) [![Robe](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/b21f6feb-a965-4482-b78a-4466a153d45b?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Robe website](https://www.robe.cz/) [![Matthew Clark](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/1a437a3c-6fa6-4078-a071-17d0e0b860d0?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Matthew Clark website](https://www.matthewclark.co.uk/) [![The List](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/86335248-6c14-4676-bcb8-291543a4c604?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit The List website](https://list.co.uk/) [![Capital Radio](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/71f29d18-debc-4592-8ae7-0aa4f5163117?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Capital Radio website](https://www.capitalfm.com/) ![Forth 1](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/dc387b7e-8339-4d99-b9be-b1a256439563?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png) [![Deputy](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/7e02ca85-c474-41c6-bd00-beb95ab98ece?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Deputy website](https://www.deputy.com/gb) [![Lothian](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/c55784eb-57f5-464e-8f82-ad0e480d3b30?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Lothian website](https://www.lothianbuses.com/) [![Edinburgh International Film Festival](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/bf554013-50b4-4eb8-91df-aeaa7ef890ac?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Edinburgh International Film Festival website](https://www.edfilmfest.org/) [![Street Assist Edinburgh](https://assemblyfestival.pazaz.studio/assets/d64fb877-77c5-4c98-bd42-15db5069750c?width=400&height=200&fit=inside&format=png)Visit Street Assist Edinburgh website](https://www.streetassist.co.uk/)