A truly Scottish Exhibition | the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

EDINBURGH Military tattoo, as we approach the castle, we feel the electricity in the air. The walls loom above us, atop a storm-swept crag. The scene would have been dark and gothic in the penny dreadful rather than a pure architectural sense but for the surreal green light washing over these medieval stones. Event Fans who want to join this iconic fiesta can buy Edinburgh Tattoo Tickets from our most consistent and unfailing online platform.

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Today the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo accommodates an audience of 8,800 every night on its stands, meaning over 200,000 guests would watch the event in the course of one month.

Make that more than 1,200 of them. The pipers and drummers make up most of this not-so-motley crew, at over 250 performers.

The headline act, appropriately named the Massed Pipes and Drums, create a veritable wall of sound. We can’t help but wonder how hundreds of musicians could play in unison and in perfect pitch, no less.

We are in awe of the re-enactment of the Viking invasions of the islands centuries before. Smoke and battle and the trilling tempo maintained throughout by the Hjaltibonhoga Shetland Fiddlers. It’s like the very best action movie trailer, albeit performed live before our very eyes.

Then again, they’ve had practice with these splendid pageants. The very first military tattoo took place in Edinburgh almost 70 years ago. Performed at the Ross Bandstand, Princes Street Gardens, in 1949, it was simply called “Something about a Soldier”.

The guests hail from many of the nations of the world, and so do some of the performers, from France to Japan. Right now the castle wall is lit by a kaleidoscope of rainbow colors; it’s the Indian Naval Band’s turn.

It ends, naturally, with a bang. Fireworks bursting into flames in the sky over the castle. A moment of silence from the audience. The only sound the crackle of the light and smoke show above our heads, allowing us the minutes till the last fireworks fizzles out to contemplate the evening we’ve shared.

Departing as we arrived, this stream of humans as slow as before, a turgid sea. Yet we are chattering as excitedly as before. Oh, the spectacle we have seen! Oh, the pipers and oh the marching band!

The light and dancing and fireworks! The beat of the drums, the rhythm of tapping feet and bodies in flight, the tattoo of the night in our ears and in our hearts.

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