Edinburgh Mela Festival Information
Festival Map
Tickets in advance: from Tuesday 29th June
Adults only £2, children Under-12 FREE
Click here to buy Day Pass Wristbands online
In Person: Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill Edinburgh EH1 2NE
By Phone: 0131 473 2000
On Site: at Leith Links between the following times
- Friday 6th August, 2.00pm -9.30pm
- Saturday 7th August, 11.00am-8.30pm
- Sunday 8th August, 11.00-8.30pm
Information
Arriving: The site entrance is situated on the corner of Duke Street and East Hermitage Place. Please note this is the only entrance to the festival site.
Facilities: The festival site is fully equipped with toilets, including accessible toilets, baby changing/breastfeeding facilities.
Information: There is an information point on site where you can access programme details or ask for assistance if you have a query. This also acts as a ‘Meeting Point’ for lost persons. There are also staff, stewards and volunteers throughout the site to help you.
Seating: The Big Top contains a number of seats and there are a limited number of tables and chairs or benches around the rest of the site.
First Aid: There is a medical facility and staff on site. Litter: Please help to keep the site clean by using the litter and recycling facilities provided.
Accessibility and Assistance: The site is fully accessible, although it must be noted that the festival is an outdoor event on a largely grass surface. Accessible toilets are available these are clearly labelled on the map above. Assistance is available for disabled patrons at the box office and the site entrance.
Disabled Parking: A limited number of parking spaces are available on site for disabled visitors and are marked on the site map. These are accessed from John’s Place. All vehicles
parked here must display a Blue Badge Permit.
Parking: The Edinburgh Mela Festival is not able to provide a parking facility. Parking in the surrounding area is very limited and will be strictly controlled by parking and traffic control
measures, including vehicle uplift for illegally parked vehicles. Due to this, and to make the festival as environmentally friendly as possible, we strongly advise that you use public
transport to travel to the Festival. If you need to travel by car for part of your journey please consider the use of one of Edinburgh’s many Park and Ride facilities.
For more information please click here.
Public Transport
Lothian Buses: A large number of services operate to Leith Links. Numbers 12, 21, 25, 34
& 35 directly to the festival site itself while services 7, 10, 14, 16, 22 & 45 stop nearby
at Leith Walk.
For bus times information please click here.Train: Edinburgh Waverley is the nearest train station to the festival site, located
just a 30 minute walk away.
For train times and information please click here.
