FringeGuru's review of this venue

One of the city's few year-round live music venues, The Queen's Hall has a special place in the hearts of many who hail from Edinburgh. That status became even more apparent in 2006, when the city council briefly threatened to cut funding in favour of a new concert hall in Leith; the plan was quickly reversed in the face of a 3000-signature petition, and the wrath of artists from Deacon Blue to the Proclaimers.

Heretical though it is, we have to admit the Queen's Hall isn't all that great a venue. A converted church, it has an odd mix of seating, including some monumentally uncomfortable wooden pews: avoid at all costs the "side stalls", which contrive to not even face the stage. What's more, the upper gallery - not open for all performances - is almost entirely classed as restricted-view.

But such clinical analysis somehow misses the point. For a big venue, "the QH" has a nicely intimate feel; the acoustics are great, and it's friendly and approachable, with a sparkling style epitomised by its ostentatiously modern website. Perhaps that explains the howl of protest which greeted 2006's speedily-reversed closure plan; yes, it's flawed, said the people of Edinburgh - but we kind-of like it that way.

Whatever your view of the controversy, the Queen's Hall certainly earns its keep, featuring in no fewer than three of the Festivals' programmes. From late July to the first week of August, it's dedicated to the Jazz and Blues Festival. After that the Fringe takes over, when the QH joins the Assembly venue chain, rebranding itself the "Assembly @ Queen's Hall". As if that weren't enough, it does morning stints for the International Festival, hosting a popular series of classical music concerts at 11am.

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