A History of 70 Years | The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The most iconic Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival happening every year in the month of August. With its fairytale setting, the majestic esplanade of Edinburgh Castle and the impeccable Massed Pipes and Drums, as well as a dazzling array of international participants, it gridlocks the fundamental themes of the capital’s Festival time into one striking display. Event Fans who want to join this iconic fiesta can buy Edinburgh Military Tattoo Tickets from our most trusted and reliable online platform.

With a live the audience of over 200,000 every year and 100 million people estimated to watch the event on television, there’s no denying that this is a slick operation. At the helm of this organization is Major General Euan Loudon, who has been chief executive and producer of the Tattoo since 2007 but has roots that have been entwined with the cultural event for much longer.

I seem to have been enchanted and entangled with this wonderful institution all my life,’ he says. ‘My first memories of it are going with my grandparents as a wee boy in the late 1950s and being thrilled with the James Bond car doing J-turns on the esplanade or dog display teams from the Royal Air Force.

2009 marks the Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s 60th session, which fortuitously coincides with Scotland’s year of Homecoming, a tourism initiative designed to mark the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birthday, which the administration expectations will appeal the Scottish diaspora back to explore its roots.

Several acts have been incorporated into the Tattoo’s usual programmed in celebration of these sole festivities, including performances from student soloists at Glasgow’s Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and an original dance interpretation of Burns’ 'Tam O’Shanter', widely considered to be one of his finest poems.

Taste of the Tattoo events will also be held at Linlithgow Palace, Dumfries House, Jedburgh and Glasgow later this year, the first time the event has left the EH1 postcode in Scotland.

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