{"id":17429,"date":"2016-12-01T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:17:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:17:20","slug":"a-cracking-monday-night-in-edinburgh-at-the-black-bull-oz-bar-royal-oak-and-the-jazz-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-cracking-monday-night-in-edinburgh-at-the-black-bull-oz-bar-royal-oak-and-the-jazz-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh at the Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-01.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0didn&#8217;t really expect to find too much happening on a November Monday night in Edinburgh, but the city proved us\u00a0wrong and delivered\u00a0a blooming marvellous night out. Booze was drunk, bands were listened to\u00a0and new friends were made.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-02.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first stop was the Black Bull on Grassmarket, where Graeme \u00a0E Pearson was banging out Scottish tunes with gusto and panache.<\/p>\n<p>A natural entertainer, he quickly united the smallish crowd into an all-singing and all-shouting party gang, with the Proclaimers going down particularly well. He was very entertaining indeed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-03.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-04.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-05.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next stop was the Oz Bar, a short walk up the hill at 33 Candlemaker Row, EH1. We\u00a0loved this bar.<\/p>\n<p>Lively and with super friendly customers and staff, it was a great place to knock back a few shots and chew the fat with locals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-06.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-07.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was actually a lot more friendly than he looked!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-08.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spider bog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-09.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An entirely different sort of bar awaited us next, as a 5 min walk away was the folkie Royal Oak in Infirmary Street.<\/p>\n<p>People sat round listening to acoustic music or just joined in. It was lovely.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-10.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-11.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Singing around the table.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-12.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-15.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-13.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-14.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-16.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final destination was The Jazz Bar on Chambers Street where entrance was a mere\u00a0\u00a31 and the band were still playing at 2.30am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/monday-night-edinburgh-17.jpg\" alt=\"A cracking Monday night in Edinburgh: Black Bull, Oz Bar, Royal Oak and the Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0didn&#8217;t really expect to find too much happening on a November Monday night in Edinburgh, but the city proved us\u00a0wrong and delivered\u00a0a blooming marvellous night out. 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