Special Event

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show 2026

23 August 2026
14:00-15:00
£10

A varied selection of instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s ever-popular Viol Rackett Show presents a varied selection of instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The award-winning troupe of eleven musicians show off a large range of period instruments, including shawms, cornetti, sackbuts, nakers, viols, fiddles, crumhorns, gemshorns, bells, bagpipes, racketts and a serpent. This delightful show, fronted by musical director Murray Campbell, is suitable for all ages, and members of the audience are invited to take a closer look at the instruments at the end of the concert. Children free, but ticketed.

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