the alehouse sessions
the alehouse sessions
📅 Date: 30 November 2026
🕰️ Time: doors open 7pm
📍 Place: Assembly Rooms (EH2 2LR)
👤 Ages 14+
43% funded
Devised by Bjarte Eike and performed by Barokksolistene, The Alehouse Sessions recreate the sounds and the atmosphere of a 17th century tavern.
timings
7pm: doors open
8pm: recommended latest arrival
8.30pm: The Alehouse Sessions start
10pm: estimated finish time
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barokksolistene + bjarte eike
The Alehouse Sessions – curated and devised by Bjarte Eike – is an ever changing and evolving insight into the music of a 17th century tavern. It gives audiences a window into this tumultuous period through overtures, English sea shanties, and Scandinavian folk songs.
This diversion from the traditional concert model is what is at the heart of the Sessions. Through the medium of these well-loved tunes, a story of the period is interwoven into the music making; creating a unique environment between audience and performer. Using their own arrangement of the tunes, these ‘Alehouse Boys’ combine this unique format with humour, an unrivalled virtuosity and flare for improvisation.
assembly rooms
Built in 1787 at the centre of the newly-established New Town, the Assembly Rooms were originally solely a meeting place for social gatherings.
Funded by public subscription, the venue is now used as a multi-arts space, featuring prominently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Hogmanay celebrations.
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