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Fest TimelineUpdated: 29 Mar 2026

Today

24 Oct

General admission tickets on sale (January edition)

31 Jan

January edition (Edition 1) takes place

LIVE NOW

18 Apr

April edition (Edition 2) takes place

14 Jan

Lineup announced (January edition)

20 Feb

Lineup announced (April edition)

18 Apr

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Key Info

Cowgate Block Party is an all-day, multi-venue festival focused on emerging and new artists, spread across three grassroots venues on Edinburgh's Cowgate: Sneaky Pete's, Legends and The Bongo Club. It operates as a single-wristband crawl through the…

Website

sneakypetes.co.uk

Genres

indiealternativenew waveemerging artists

Date

18 April, 2026

Location

Edinburgh

Size

Tiny · <5k

Established

2026, Running 0 years

Vibe

It's this festival's first year running, so let's see!

Setting

city centre

Scale

intimate

Hours

lazy afternoons

Crowd

music nerds

Dress code

come as you are

Accessibility

train-friendly

LineupUpdated: 30 Mar 2026

Bikini Body

Doss

Dream Nails

Whissker

Eyre Llew

Post Coal Prom Queen

Lucky Iris

Saint Sappho

LuxJury

Gossip Queens

Elliana Craig

Aldous

Filmstar

Fourth Daughter

Alex ApollineBathing SuitsEllis DGirl GroupGurry WurryInsider TradingNo Bad News In HeavenQuiet YearsSarah/ShaunVona VellaMatt White and the EmulsionsOther People's LeisureSilverwingkillerSister MaddsTeethin

Full lineup

TicketsUpdated: 29 Mar 2026

General Admission2nd edition, 18 April 2026. Also available via See Tickets and Ents24. The January 2026 edition sold out.

£24

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Recent NewsUpdated: 29 Mar 2026

lineup

April edition lineup announced after January sell-out

sneakypetes.co.uk·1 month ago

tickets

January edition sells out; second date confirmed for April

sneakypetes.co.uk·1 month ago

dates

Festival confirmed as quarterly fixture with July and October dates planned

theskinny.co.uk·2 months ago