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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…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Edinburgh Renaissance Band’s Viol Rackett Show 2026 is by Edinburgh Renaissance Band, listed under Music in the Fringe programme. It plays at St Cecilia's Hall, 50 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG, 23 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 0+. Tickets are £10.