Christmas Card - Seaforth Pipe and Drums at the Edinburgh Tattoo posing on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. Inside: To George Clapshew from Doug Anderson and Directors of the Seaforth Association. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands, and display teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The event takes place annually throughout August as part of the wider Edinburgh Festival (a collective name for many independent festivals and events held in Edinburgh during August).