Show FAQs

Our 2025 Show will take place Monday to Saturday 1-23 August 2025.

We welcome children and we do not impose an age limit. Tickets for children are charged at full price, however, children of three years and under can be admitted free of charge and without a ticket providing they remain seated on an adult’s lap. Please be aware that the Show contains some loud noises throughout the performance, including special effects, which some young children may find upsetting.

Pyrotechnic special effects, lasers, smoke/haze effects and strobe lighting will be used during the performances. Due to the nature of the live event, the precise timings will be subject to change. Further details about our 2025 Show will be released in due course.

The show content is the same at each performance during the 2025 Show. Monday to Friday the performance begins at 9:30pm and on Saturday (and Friday 22 August) there is a show at 6:15pm and 9:30pm. The early performance tends to be more popular with families and gives a great view of the performers' costumes and formations, whereas, as the sky is darker in the evenings, the projections are bolder for the 9:30pm displays.

This year, the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade will host acts from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and the United States of America.

Find out more about our The Heroes Who Made Us line-up. 

Our The Heroes Who Made Us Show will run for approximately 90 minutes from start to finish. 

Yes, hot and cold drinks will be available for purchase on site. Thanks to our Presenting Partner, Innis & Gunn, you can also save yourself time on the night by pre-ordering your refreshments. Pre-order your The Heroes Who Made Us beverages.

Please note, pre-order closes 1 hour before the performance start time on the day you are visiting.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’re taking our Show to Brisbane, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand next year. In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we will present our The Heroes Who Made Us Show in Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on 12, 13 and 14 February 2026 and Auckland’s Eden Park on 19 and 21 February 2026.  

Find out more about our Brisbane Show.  

Find out more about our Auckland Show.  

In addition to taking our event overseas, our Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Performers support a number of events abroad. Having recently returned from activity in the United States of America, they will also be supporting UK Government at the Osaka Expo in Japan in May.