The Royal Oak displays a weathered, unassuming green wooden storefront that disappears into the stone row of the Pleasance. This pub exists as a sanctuary for folk music, operating in a space that has held a license since the mid-nineteenth century. In the nineteen eighties, the bar became the headquarters for the Edinburgh folk scene when local musicians began holding nightly sessions in the back room. They kept the doors open through sheer persistence while nearby bars turned into modern clubs.
The Royal Oak
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