Taylor Swift concert in town June 7,8,9, 2024 Hotels already booked.

This is a good reminder for any of the other European tour stops as well. Thanks for sharing. Will you be going to the concert also? She puts on on amazing show.

I will not be going to the concert. My daughter is having a wedding celebration in England and my friend is a guest. She had planned to go to Scotland after the wedding and then realized Taylor Swift would be in town. I know many cities that cope quite well with concerts (such as London) but Edinburgh is smaller and has less hotel availability, so hotel pricing for what is still available is very expensive.

She’ll be in Paris May 9-12.
I’ll copy you Margaret and post this info in the France forum. Thanks!

Sheez, add to the 2024 planning tasks .... "check Taylor Swift concert schedule before confirming itinerary. "

Taylor's June dates at Murrayfield were one of the events that factored into my decision to plan next year's visit for mid-May instead of early June. I also aimed to steer clear of major holidays, school breaks, festivals, etc.

ETA: It's a good idea to check not only Taylor's tour schedule but also the schedule for Murrayfield before committing to your dates. This past May both Bruce Springsteen and Harry Styles played there, with similar effects on hotel availability.

CW, not a far-fetched idea! I just checked the schedule for all year and will barely miss Edinburgh dates (thank goodness) - and fortunately not going anywhere else on her schedule next year. But easily could have been planning.

Thanks, Margaret!

Wow, it never even occurred to me to check that. Luckily she doesn't begin her tour in England until I'm gone next year. Thank you, Margaret for the heads up!

Here's the link if anyone wants to check: https://www.taylorswift.com/tour

Susan, good idea - I just posted something on General Europe, too, referencing this post.

Thank you! Just one more reason for my 2024 spring trip to England & Edinburgh to be wrapped up and over by May 1.

Not only does this affect hotel bookings, but these kinds of crowds fill up every restaurant in town for every meal. We are familiar with this because she--and many other big name artists--play in Nashville quite often.

I always do a search of "what's happening in wherever" before I lock in travel dates--holidays, concerts, festivals, etc can have a huge impact on prices and crowding.

Some of the other stops may not be affected as much (Paris, London) but Edinburgh is not that huge a city, The stadium where the concert will be can hold over 10% of Edinburgh's population, she will fill it, 3 times, on consecutive nights. This means not only a crowd, but an overlapping crowd. Those three concerts will equal about 10% of Edinburgh's annual tourism numbers, in just one weekend.

The answer may be to stay in Glasgow and commute across to Edinburgh, each day. Unless everyone else has also had that idea.

Murrayfield is the home of Scottish rugby and organises capacity events most weeks over the course of the year, so Edinburgh and Murrayfield are used the crowds that come with an event like this. The location of Murrayfield will mean the trams will be busier around the concerts, as they are before and after home matches at Murrayfield, for instance this last weekend, against one of the World Cup favourites France (25-21 home victory). You will pass Murrayfield if you have travelled by tram from the airport into the city and vice versa.

So it is not something the city and stadium cannot cope with. But these things will cause more hotel bookings so looking further afield for accomodation is probably a good idea.

I guess that the rugby causes less issues on accommodation as a bigger proportion of the crowd will be based in Scotland and most of those won't need somewhere to stay overnight. It seems the Taylor Swift crowds are coming from all over the place.

It seems the Taylor Swift crowds are coming from all over the place.

Yes, that has been a characteristic of her concerts all over the US. Tickets are so hard to get that people will take any they can find. I fully expect there will be a number of Londoners going to Edinburgh to see the concert even though she is doing shows in London three different times during the tour, for a total of 9 shows. Would not be surprised if a few American fans are traveling to Europe to catch a show. What they were paying for aftermarket tickets in the US would allow you to fly first class to Europe and stay a week to see a show...if you could get tickets direct.

Well, good for her whilst she can get the fans in.

I went to one of the Seattle shows (a friend had an extra face-value ticket) and I can confirm that it was a fabulous concert. She sang for over 3 hours and everything from the stage to the outfits went beyond expectations. It didn’t hurt that it was a beautiful Seattle summer night and that I could see the water and the skyline from my seat.

I know a few people who have tickets for the European shows, so I’d imagine that a lot of people will be traveling from the U.S.

A good option might be to stay in Dunfermline, which is approx 40 minutes on the train from Edinburgh and a pleasant city (and former capital of Scotland) to explore. There is a Holiday Inn Express which has rooms for those dates at £105 per night.

I'm really glad we already have our Edinburgh reservations for May 9-13, 2024 at Angel's Share. Now we need reservations for the rest of our Scotland trip.