Boston Bar is a the new name for Bar Soba, a venue we ran as a Fringe venue in 2022. This venue had been fully refurbished and is now an Irish-American themed music bar, with Free Festival shows located in the same basement area as we did before.
It located close next door to our Hanover Tap venue, on Hanover Street and is close to all other central new town venues.
Nearby is the Assembly Rooms, our venues in the new town and the Mound/princes Gardens outdoor spaces. The bar and area is a busy part of Edinburgh and in the hub of Fringe activity in the New Town around the Assembly Rooms.
Performance Space: Basement Bar
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Stage: 2.5m (wide) by 1m (deep) stage, raised to 10cm. There is no back stage area.
- Seating: Capacity 50 people, fully seated.
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Lighting: 2xPar Can to flood light stage.
- Sound: 4 Channel Mixer, cables for MP3 player, with 2 Mics, Cables and Mic
stands. Performers own sound equipment can be added easily
- AV: There
is a screen located to the left of the stage on the wall.
- Storage: There is a very small area for equipment at the venues
cellar for props
and equipment, shared with other groups.
- Bar: There is no bar in the room, the room is accessible via a corridor and staircase from the main bar area.
- Access: The are steps to the performance space.
Photo of Boston Bar Basement
For Fringe shows rows of seating will be placed in the central area instead of the high table to give seated capacity of 50 people