Before the start of the Tattoo, people milling about. Quests trying to find their seats and performers finding where they que up. The Tattoo is an annual series of military Tattos, performed by The British Armed Forces, Common Wealth, and International military bands. It's held once a year in August with nightly shows come rain or shine.We're close to starting time here, as you see the stands filling up and darkness is falling. The show starts at 9:30.We're seated on section 2, the right side of photo. There's a small section just as the performers come out of the castle, then our section. We had excellent seats just a few rows from the bottom, so very good visibility as the bands marched passed us and performed in front of us. The show is magnificent, with cutting edge lighting, sound and military precision. See, right in front of us. The pipes.........oh how I love the pipes.
This was The US NAVY Band, or a portion of them. The tickets range in price from 42.50 to 970.00 Euro's and many seats are already sold for the next season, August of 2024. The prices vary by physically where you're located and what night you go. Our section 2 is currently listed at 88 Euro's, and was a part of our tour. This is the only video I took short enough to download. So much pageantry. Truly a wonderful evening of fabulous performances. Nearly 220,000 people attend the Tattoo annually in August at Edinburgh Castle. Everything was so moving. The evening ended in darkness at the Castle with a single bag piper atop the Castle Wall, immediately following the last band. Then lights came on so we could all make our way back to the our coaches. We walked the full royal mile and then some to get the long que of coaches awaiting all those in attendance.
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