The Edinburgh Corn Exchange is a live music venue in the Chesser

Chesser

Chesser is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, south of the water of Leith, Post Code area is EH14.Chesser is, mainly, a residential part of Edinburgh, situated between Longstone to the West and Slateford and Shandon to the East....

 suburb of Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It hosts gigs all year round, but is most used in August as part of The Edge Festival (formerly known as T on the Fringe), part of the annual Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...

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The building was erected in 1909 as a corn exchange

Corn exchange

A corn exchange or grain exchange was a building where farmers and merchants traded cereal grains. Such trade was common in towns and cities across Great Britain and Ireland until the 19th century, but as the trade became centralised in the 20th century many such buildings were used for other...

, and was designed by the City Superintendent of Works, James A. Williamson. It is a category B listed building. It was restored for use as a venue in 1999.

External links

• Edinburgh Corn Exchange