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INFORMATION Where are we?
Innerleithen is a small town on the River Tweed about 30 miles south of Edinburgh in the Scottish Borders. You can find us on a map at www.multimap.com. What's on?
The 8th Innerleithen Music Festival. Find out more about the artists who are playing and the festival programme by browsing this site. How to get here?
Buses: Firstbus service 62 runs between Edinburgh and Galashiels via Peebles, Innerleithen & Walkerburn - 1/2 hourly during the day, Mon-Sat, hourly evenings & Sundays. Click here for timetable. As of July 2009, the last buses from Innerleithen to Walkerburn and Galashiels are conveniently late - 22:39,23:39 & 00:39 Mon-Sat and 20:54,22:54 and 23:54 Sunday. Last bus Innerleithen to Peebles and Edinburgh is 21:56 Mon-Sat and 20:36 Sunday, though there's a later bus to Peebles only at 23:56 Mon-Sat. Please confirm these timings on Traveline, 0871 200 22 33, or go to their website. Taxis: Innerleithen - Caerlee Cabs 01896 831333, 911 Taxis 01896 833911, Yellow Cab Co 01896 833003; Peebles - Border Cabs 01721 721212, Tweed Taxis 01721 722222, Campbells Private Hire 01721 720664, Standard Taxis 01721 721098, Peeblesshire Taxis 0781 703 8239.Where to stay?
Have a look at the accommodation page on this site. Festival Office
The Festival Office will be open during the festival as follows: Memorial Hall, InnerleithenOpen 2pm on the Friday and at 10:30am on Saturday and Sunday. Information during festival - 0774 068 1879 Festival Club + Sessions
The Festival Club is located in the Union Club on the High Street. Come and have a look, a drink, a tune and a song! Everyone welcome. Sessions in local pubs and beer gardens to enjoy. Workshops
Places are limited, so please book in advance - see the Tickets page. Eating & Drinking Links to all the hotels on the accommodation page. Breakfast Club in the Mason's, Chapel Street, 8 a.m. - noon, hot food, reasonably priced. Corner House Hotel, High Street, meals all weekend, accommodation. St Ronans Hotel ?Top Pub?, High Street, BBQ in Beer Garden Sat/Sun, accommodation. Traquair Arms Hotel, Traquair Road, food all weekend, beer garden, accommodation. Tweedside Hotel, High Street, food all weekend, accommodation. Union Club/Festival Club, Peebles Road, snacks all weekend, back function room reserved for festival activities. Whistle Stop CafeGreat new cafe in Innerleithen, open from 8am. George Hotel, Walkerburn, food and accommodation. Musicians welcome at all the pubs. Pubs & Clubs are licensed to 1am at latest on Friday & Saturday and midnight on Sunday. Festival Background
The seed for the Innerleithen Music Festival was sown when Both Sides of the Tweed came to the town in 2001 and 2002. The town's own festival grew from that and has been nurtured by luminaries of the music scene such as Dougie MacLean, Ally Bain & Phil Cunningham, Karen Matheson, Kris Drever, Tannahill Weavers, Martin Carthy, Martin Simpson, The Battlefield Band, Old Blind Dogs, Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Incredible String Band, Jez Lowe and Andy M Stewart in past years. Contact
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