Comedy

#1 All-Time Best Comedy Champion: War of the Flags

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Who are the funniest comedians? The Americans? The English... eh... probably the Scottish, but maybe it's the Arabs? Or the Asians? Canadians? No, it's your Irish cousin... or is it your Indian dad? Can't forget about the Jews! The time to wonder has run out! Comics from every nation, culture and background will go head-to-head and answer the age old question: who are the funniest people? Records won't lie and there will be one champion. Join us with your country's colors, paint your face, show us your nips and let's get ready to rumble!...

Comedy

#1 Ethnic Comedy Breakfast

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-17 at 10:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 11:30 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An Ethnic journey through Papadums, Scams, Hindu Gods and the secret to happiness. Aditya is the Host of the SBS Show - Comedy Karma "sure to leave you feeling positive inside" Chortle "Master of toying with the fourth wall" ★★★★★ ArtsHub “Comedy so spicy that your cheeks will be in constant pain” ★★★★ Fringefeed “Will have you laughing out of shock!” ★★★★ The Advertiser After receiving rave reviews for his first two solo shows, Aditya Gautam is touring his third and most honest solo show, in which he expl...

Comedy

#1 Worst Comedian in Edinburgh

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Join Peter as he searches for the worst comedian in Edinburgh. Comedians from around the world take the stage, but the rules are upside-down. The audience boos if someone’s too funny, cheers if it’s going badly, and votes to decide who survives — all chasing the shameful glory of being crowned Edinburgh’s worst comedian. No one is trying to be bad, but someone still has to lose. By the end, one act will claim the title: #1 Worst Comedian. Host: Peter Bazely Nominee: Best Newcomer 2024 ‘Tired’ / ‘Inspired’ / ‘Bailey-esque’ – Chortle ‘Like a low-energy Stewart Lee’ – ReviewsHub...

Comedy

#BorderlandsComedy

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-30 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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#BorderlandsComedy is a sharp Irish stand-up compilation featuring the best uncompromising comedians, hosted by two border comedians — Monaghan Horse dealer Justin Cassidy(BBC Northern Ireland, Electic Picnic) and Armagh Undertaker Bunny Martinez(Support for David McSavage and Serena Terry). Expect dark, deadpan comedy, authenticity and honest material from both sides of the border. If you enjoy intelligent, uncompromising comedy, come and see what happens ...

Comedy

(Some Guy Called) DAVE Joke of the Fringe Showcase

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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It’s the comedy event of the year — the ultimate showcase for every comedian chasing the coveted Joke of the Fringe title, the trophy, and the £500 cash prize. Each show brings together a handpicked lineup of the Fringe’s sharpest comedic talent, all delivering their absolute best stand-up — including the very jokes they hope will secure them victory at the main event. Expect big laughs, bold punchlines, and fierce competition as performers battle it out for glory. One stage. One trophy. Endless laughs. COMPETITORS SHOWCASES: AUGUST 6-24 TOP 10 ANNOUNCEMENT TO PRESS: AUGUST 25 WINNE...

Comedy

0 BC: Before Crisis

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 20:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Everything's expensive and everybody's broke. Is this a rhyme, or is this a joke? Come join Liam Jackson for an extended set from one of Edinburgh's most exciting new comedians! Liam Jackson brings a hilarious show to this year's Fringe, documenting his precarious experiences in the increasingly dire world of work and being broke in cost-of-living crisis times. Expect biting observations from unemployment to Scottish culture, and personal anecdotes on travel and relationships that are in equal parts sincere and hysterical! Liam regularly performs stand-up around Scotland. ‘Jokes, ...

Comedy

0% Moisture - A Dry Comedy Show

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room

AUG 9-13, 16-20, 23-27 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

0% Moisture is a compilation show featuring the best dry comedians at the fringe, hosted by Justin Cassidy and Dan Stephens. Expect awkward silences, obscure observations and understated comedy that rewards those who listen closely. From two comedians who prefer tension and timing over punchlines, the show delivers quiet, sharp humour that creeps up on you. If you enjoy slow-burn, deadpan comedy, this is for you....

Comedy

0% Shame: A Late Night Comedy Show at Lunchtime

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A dark and dirty comedy show at lunchtime for people who like their comedy obscene but their evenings free. Perfect for current and reformed hedonists and anyone who wants their depravity served before sunset so they can make even worse decisions later. Come laugh with three professional headliners and reach moral decay before 5pm. ...

Comedy

00s Throwback Party

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 16:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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WELCOME TO Y2K. We have flip-phones! Fad diets! And (briefly) the Twin Towers! The Rock has all his hair. So does Britney. Join BBC comedy writer and award nominated comedian June Tuesday as we go on a multimedia trip to the 00s. That girl was a teenage, weird, trans, emo, Sk8r Boi. Big hair, dumb ideas. So let’s all say we’ve been to the year 2000. So much has changed. Some people think it’s the greatest decade in the world. This is a tribute. “oodles of chaotic energy” - Chortle “chaos and hilarity” - One4Review “hilarious and spot on” - FringeReview ...

Comedy

1 British, 1 Immigrant *Continental Breakfast

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Rise and shine with BBC New Comedy Award Shortlisted Ridwan Hussain and Cock-a-doodle-doo with Donatas Staneika (Time Outs Too 8 Up and Coming Comics) in this morning show of stand-up comedy from 2 heavy weights of comedy. If there's anything they like more than comedy, it's breakfast! 1 British: British born Bangladeshi comedian Ridwan Hussain known for his sharp, self-deprecating style and expertly crafted punchlines. Chortle described his delivery as “teasing… that misdirects before amusing and surprising punchlines”, calling him “a strong contender” at the Dutch Barn Spirit of Comedy...

Cabaret

1 Dazzling Cabaret

Cabaret

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Step into a world of glitter, glamour, and irresistible allure with the city’s most talked-about burlesque and cabaret sensation. Selling out every season since 2017, this award-winning show is a dazzling celebration of sensuality, satire, and showmanship that will leave hearts racing and audiences cheering for more. Behind the velvet curtain lies a night of pure enchantment—where feathers shimmer, champagne sparkles, and every performance tells a story of confidence, humor, and desire. From sultry striptease to electrifying dance, from live jazz singers to outrageous comedy, 1 dazzling cabar...

Comedy

1 Funny Fecker: Havin' the Craic with Wes Dalton

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ireland's cheekiest comic, Wes Dalton, brings a sharp, high-energy hour of stand-up packed with stories, quick-fire crowd work and off-the-cuff moments that make every show unique. A seasoned performer with over a decade on the circuit, Wes is known for sell-out Fringe runs and international appearances across the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia. Expect big laughs, warmth, mischief and plenty of craic as he turns everyday life, relationships and cultural clashes into comedy gold. No two shows are the same – just one funny fecker having the craic with you. Whether you're a returning Funny ...

Comedy

10 Things They Hate About Me

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Games Room

AUG 6-30 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Shinanne Higgins is back with "10 Things They Hate About ME". When it comes to relationships, Shinanne is ALL about the D...disappointment! Shinanne is a single, 40 year old "lady" on a journey of reflection. Her eggs are hanging on like contestants on Gladiators, even her cultural references are old! She grew up in 90's Ireland in a world of romance novels and rom coms, but her relationships include the guy who "thought a vulva was a type of car" and the one who "couldn't get her a birthday present... because he had a hole in his shoe". Her "type" has been alcoholics with Mommy issues that ...

Comedy

100 Million Fish in the Aquarium

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A show about OCD and other funny things. Like how my dog died. 'Shannon Brooke is one to keep an eye on' (One4Review.co.uk). After a very successful 2025 debut show “A Horseless Rodeo”, Shannon Brooke is back and she still is NOT talking about horses! “Tonally, she walks a tightrope — absurd, honest, dark, heartfelt — and never loses her balance”. - One4review “A working dichotomy between sunniness and edge” - Edinburgh Laughter Bulletin ...

Comedy

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 15:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Following on from a sell-out run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, 100% Badgers returns to the Edinburgh Festival. This is a stand-up comedy show about how the worlds of humans and badgers collide. Matt takes us on his journey from a passing interest in badgers, to an obsession that led to him standing in a field looking at a caged, frightened badger caught up in the controversy of the bovine TB debate. We’ll learn about the European badger and its dachshund nemesis, the presidential American badger, the world-famous internet sensation that is the honey badger and many more. “His storytelling is ...

Comedy

100% Dry

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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100% Dry – A solo hour of raw, dry Irish stand-up from Justin Cassidy: deadpan delivery, obscure jokes, irreverent truths, and long awkward silences that build real tension before they land. Subtle, dark humour that rewards anyone who listens closely. From a rural Monaghan farm to full-time comedy: 4+ years, 500+ gigs across Ireland/Europe. Seen at Electric Picnic 2024, finalist in Show Me The Funny (2024 & 2026), sold-out play 'Showpony' at Dublin's Scene & Heard 2025, BBC Northern Ireland pilot How’s She Cutting, Barcelona Fringe premiere Nov 2025, and Medellín, Madrid runs. Regular with Ga...

Comedy

100% F***ED UP and Far from Home Comedy SHOWCASE

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-22 at 00:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Whitness some of the worlds edgiest, no-holds-barred jokes in a late-night showcase. Acts from all over the world, but comedy bred from Western Australia,They don’t care about redbacks, drop bears or HR, some are even saying these comedians are the deadliest creatures Australia has to offer. Hosted by award winning young comedian Lachy Skinner. Lachy Skinner has also been described as "a Grubby Looser"- Chortle. This show will be featuring the roughest and toughest acts from the land down under and around the world. Sell out shows in Perth Fringe 2026 ...

Comedy

100% Full Blown Redacted

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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“Redacted” might as well have been the word of 2025/26. With the Epstein files censored and the world in chaos, it seems some very bad actors would rather stay hidden. Enter festival favourite Mark O’Keeffe with his brand-new solo show. 2025 proved to be a particularly dramatic Edinburgh Fringe for Mark. His sellout show Diddy Party was cancelled after just ten days, thanks to an online TikTok mob who hated the poster,but never actually saw the show. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Mark is back to set the record straight and let the people know who’s really been redacted. Alot of ...

Comedy

100% Funny Feckers

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The craic is back for a sixth sell-out year! 100% Funny Feckers is a Fringe favourite Irish stand-up showcase bringing together top comedians from Ireland and beyond. Hosted by international Irish comic Wes Dalton, this fast-paced hour delivers razor-sharp stand-up, fearless crowd work and a buzzing festival atmosphere. With a reputation for packed rooms, big laughs and unforgettable energy, it's the perfect way to fuel your Fringe day. Whether you're a long-time fan or discovering us for the first time, come once and you'll understand why audiences keep coming back year after year. F...

Comedy

100% Funny Feckers

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 15:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The craic is back for a sixth sell-out year! 100% Funny Feckers is a Fringe favourite Irish stand-up showcase bringing together top comedians from Ireland and beyond. Hosted by international Irish comic Wes Dalton, this fast-paced hour delivers razor-sharp stand-up, fearless crowd work and a buzzing festival atmosphere. With a reputation for packed rooms, big laughs and unforgettable energy, it's the perfect way to fuel your Fringe day. Whether you're a long-time fan or discovering us for the first time, come once and you'll understand why audiences keep coming back year after year. F...

Comedy

100% Irish Beef – An Irish Crowd Work Show

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A standup comedy compilation show featuring the best Irish acts at the Fringe plus the occasional special international guest. Hosted by award winning Irish comedians, Darren Gaffney and John O'Keefe...

Comedy

100% Scouse Comedy

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 20:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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What's Happenin' Fringe, Edinburgh's two favourite Scousers are back! Join Kyle Legacy (regular at Hot Water Comedy Club, record for most gigs at Edinburgh Fringe) and Dean Coughlin (Have a Word podcast, Chortle Hotshot of 2025) for a show where you decide what the lads talk about with nothing off limits. Its 100% Scouse and a 100% funny. You'll Never Laugh Alone! Sold out Edinburgh Fringe 2025...

Comedy

101 Comedy Club

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-30 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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'Funny. Fast. Free' **** (ThreeWeeks). Each night sees four experienced acts performing. All our comedians have been hand-picked from an ethical, fair-trade farm where they've been grown in only the finest organic dog poo. All our fart jokes are sustainable due to our unique carbon offset scheme. Each time one of us blows off, a tree is planted in Dagenham, Essex. 'Original, likeable, great timing and hilarious delivery' (Dan Kington, Danny's Comedy Club). ...

Comedy

101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 13:15 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-30 at 17:45 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-winning gag-merchant and three-time Joke of the Fringe winner Masai Graham delivers over 100 naughty jokes in half an hour. Expect punchy puns, outstanding one-liners and wizardry wordplay in this 3.3 laughs-per-minute bonanza. 'Annoyingly good' (Gary Delaney)....

Comedy

101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 11:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Comedians put the world to rights in panel show, 101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians), which enjoyed a sold-out run at EdFringe 2025. Host Leslie Gold (as seen at the Comedy Store) and Producer Nick will invite different guest comedians each day to present ideas to improve the world at large - imagine the opposite of Room 101. Whether the rules are adopted is down to an audience vote each day. By the end of the Fringe we hope to have 101 of these suckers and then... well, we have plans which may or may not involve petitioning the government to adopt the best rule(s)! Basically...

Childrens

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... and Other Really Old People!

Childrens

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Coming Back to Edinburgh in 2026. The title says it all! [Evil laugh] Don't worry, I'll also teach the parents how to annoy their kids. From multi award-winning kids comedian Matty Grey. Laugh your guts out of your butthole as he brings the chaos of his mind to the Fringe. 'Matty Grey is the master of children's entertainment and he knocks it out of the park' ***** (Advertiser, Adelaide). 'Matty Grey is loud, enthusiastic, and will (mildly) insult your children!' ***** (PlayAndGo.com.au). Best Kids Show Winner, Adelaide Fringe 2023. ...

Comedy

11.30am Show Live with Adam Morrison Jones

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-30 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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It's the 11.30 am show Adam Morrison Jones has been lighting up the stand-up comedy scene for over a decade, captivating audiences with his high-energy, laugh-out-loud performances. From the charm of classic working men's clubs to the electrifying atmosphere of major rock festivals, Adam’s comedy knows no bounds. With entertainment in his blood, he delivers sharp wit and infectious energy that leave audiences craving more." Quotes 'He always brings energy and laughs' -BBC 'I really love this act' -Stephen Mulhern 'A big slice of comedy' -KM Express 'The next best thing to antide...

Comedy

2 Boys, 1 Bucket

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 17:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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It's not what you think, but it might be just as mad! 2 Boys 1 Bucket throws two silly, unhinged comedians into a storm of improvisation, haplessly tackling audience problems with wild solutions, off-the-wall antics, and buckets of unpredictable chaos. Nothing is planned, everything is ridiculous - prepare for pure comedic carnage! Kie Carson, a rising star from Liverpool, captivates audiences with his warmth and comedic finesse. Known for his fearless exploration of homophobia, life’s absurdities, and everyday struggles, Kie blends sharp humour with thought-provoking insights. His charm and ...

Comedy

2 Dad, or Not 2 Dad

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-30 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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2 Dad or Not 2 Dad is a brutally funny stand-up hour about growing up without a dad… and accidentally becoming one. After his father left when he was eight, Jim Bob looks back on childhood confusion, half-baked adult explanations, Father’s Day dread and learning life lessons from late-night TV instead of “the talk”. Fast-forward to the present and he’s now a dad himself — facing food battles, cup meltdowns, bedtime hostage negotiations and the slow realisation that parenting is ten thousand jobs performed while exhausted. With sharp observations, nostalgia, playful crowdwork and no-filte...

Comedy

2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-30 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Tired of being called terrorists, they became something worse: comedians! After back-to-back sell-out runs, featuring on STV News and BBC R4, and raising over £8000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians, the Islamic double-act return with a brand new show! Join the double-act for gameshows and prizes, leaked footage of their Riyadh Comedy Festival audition, and the answer to the question on everyone’s lips: did the Queen REALLY convert to Islam on her deathbed?! 10% of all proceeds donated to MAP. "slick delivery with stereotype-crushing material" - Rolling Stone “Deliciously funny” – The...

Comedy

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Kirsty overshares about her sexy times, nights out and magnificent meltdowns. 'She created an atmosphere where everyone let loose and enjoyed the wild ride. Munro's candid storytelling had everyone in stitches' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Loveable, loud and bloody hilarious' (TheFunnyFirm.co.uk). As seen on BBC Scotland's Situationships. ...

Comedy

2 Wongs and a White

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-23 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Get ready to laugh with 2 Wongs and A White: a stand-up comedy show featuring Australia’s funniest comedians. Each night, He Huang, Nick Schuller and a mystery guest bring you the best of Australian humour. They’ve been on TV, toured internationally, sold out festival runs and written for telly. "delivery is spot-on"- ★★★★½ - Theatre Matters "perfectly timed" ★★★★½ - The Age ...

Comedy

200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 17:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The twice sold-out show returns. The comedic prop pun lunatic, Roger Swift shoots out his updated infamous 200 puns in one hour! So come and enjoy more of his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and PowerPoint slides. Expect corny jokes and silliness with no theme besides wordplay and new material. Do not expect someone taking himself seriously. Dave's Best Gag of the Fringe list 2016, 2023 and 2024....

Comedy

3 out of 4 Twats

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 22:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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3 out of 4 Tw@ts are a dynamic collective who have had sellout shows at Glasgow International Comedy Festival and Edfringe since 2022 . Led by Backbone Comedy's Jimi Longmuir, the full run at Edinburgh Fringe in 2026 will see the return of many favourite acts including Adele Birkmyre, Kirsty Lynch, Craig Scott, Ryan Wingfield, Alexis Magician, Zubair Asghar along eith new avts abd rising stars of the circuit. Each show will contain the Host and 3 acts specific to that evening. Expect a healthy variety of voices, styles and backgrounds with an ability to make audiences laugh as the one co...

Comedy

3's Comedy: Afternoons

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 16:35 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Grab a laugh before dinner. 3's Comedy: Afternoons brings together three of the best comedians from Australia for an hour full of laughter. Brett Blake, Bronwyn Kuss & Peter Jones have done it all - they've been on TV, they’ve won awards, they've been on radio, they've sold out shows all over the world and now they're at the Fringe ready to make you laugh. (Brett Blake) “A top-drawer stand-up” - Chortle (Bronwyn Kuss) “A style that screams confidence, and rightly so” - Chortle (Peter Jones) ”His comedy game is hitting all sorts of ridiculous high notes at the moment.” - Pedestrian...

Comedy

3's Comedy: Late Nights

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The night is young and 3's Comedy: Late Nights is going to bring you an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy. You never know what's going to happen at Late Nights, the only guarantee is that you're going to laugh. 3's Comedy: Late Nights stars Adam Knox, Peter Jones & Luka Muller who are three of the brightest stars of the new wave of Australian comedy. They're staying up late to deliver you some late night laughs. | (Luka Muller) "Undoubtedly one to watch." - Herald Sun (Peter Jones) "Jones packs jokes within jokes." - Funny Tonne (Adam Knox) "He rides a near-constant...

Comedy

3's Comedy: Lunchtime

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 12:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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You've had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3's Comedy: Lunchtime. Featuring Ben Searle, Lewis Garnham & Prue Blake, three of the best of the new wave of Australian comedians at the festival. They've done stand-up on television, they've won awards, they've written for TV, they've sold out shows, they've gigged around the world and now they've arrived in Edinburgh to do comedy for you! (Ben Searle) "An ocean of raw talent and innate sense for big laughs." - Pedestrian.tv (Lewis Garnham) "A true artist. How can one man be so funny?" - Theatre Travels (Prue Blake) "Have been a big fa...

Comedy

3's Comedy: Mornings

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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'Start your day off with a laugh at 3''s Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together Peter Jones, Prue Blake & Adam Knox, three of the best Australian comedians, for a whole new hour of hilarious stand-up. They've been seen on TV, they've been heard on the radio and they've been bumped into on public transport on the way to gigs all across the world. Knox, Muller and Jones are guaranteed to make you laugh. (Peter Jones) "One of the best up-and-coming comedians at the festival." - The Weekly Review (Prue Blake) “Comedy Panache” - Arts Hub, 2024 (Adam Knox) "You'll laugh 'til it hurts....

Comedy

3's Comedy: Nights

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The sun has gone down and the lights have come up so that means it's time for comedy. 3's Comedy: Nights brings together three of the best comedians from Australia for an hour jam packed with laughter. Bec Charlwood, Aidan Jones & Peter Jones have done it all - they've been on TV, they've been on radio, they've sold out shows all over the world and now they're at the Fringe ready to make you laugh. (Bec Charlwood) "Utterly hilarious punchlines no one could anticipate." - Fringefeed (Aidan Jones) "Punchlines that will leave you laughing for days on end." - Adelaide Advertiser (Pete...

Comedy

4 Aussies, For Aussies

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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'4 Aussies, For Aussies'... or anyone who thinks Aussies are funny. Every year, a ship load of Aussie comedians make the pilgrimage over to the Edinburgh Fringe to entice audiences into their shows. Here's your chance to see a snippet of some of the best. We'll tell you the truth behind drop-bears, convince. you that Raygun really was just a practical joke, and feed you a jar full of Vegemite. Unless you are Aussie. Then, you get it. ...

Comedy

4 Backpackers, For Backpackers

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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'4 Backpackers, For Backpackers'... or anyone who has every got mashed-up overseas. Have you ever been backpacking and made a weird friend? Or got drunk and lost your phone? or got into trouble with the police and been deported? There's definitely levels to the madness when travelling the world on a shoe-string budget. Some of the best comedians from around the Fringe share their most un-hinged travel stories. If you've got a more bizarre story, I'll buy you a beer. ...

Comedy

4 Better or 4 Worse

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 11:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5

Two comedians walk into a relationship. Aisha Amanduri (Rolling Stone’s “gifted and important voice”) and British Comedian of the Year Vlad Ilich share a stage and a home. A gag-packed split bill about love, identity and confidently misunderstanding British culture. They’re only here to split the bill. Probably. “A confident, gag-packed set.” – The British Comedy Guide "Funny in the best way" - Helen Bauer "Smart, goofy and consistently funny" - The Scotsman ...

Comedy

4 Teachers, For Teachers

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-30 at 13:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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'4 Teachers, For Teachers'... or parents, or anyone who has ever been a student. Ever wondered what teachers get up to outside of school? Or what goes on in the staff room? Or what they really think of the students? Comedian and teacher Ty Gray is collecting the funniest teachers from around the Fringe to present stories and jokes from the classroom and beyond. Each show, he will be joined by a rotating cast of teacher-comedians so that you can experience the relatable highs and lows of one of the toughest professions! "Happy to say what other teachers would only dare think in private. 9/10." ...

Comedy

5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Do you like comedy? Do you like karaoke? If yes to both, then this is the show for you. Five comedians do a set each, followed by their favourite karaoke song with the audience deciding the winner. Words are on the screen for audience to sing along....

Comedy

6-Minute NERDx Talks by Comedians

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-16 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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TEDx-style talks, but nerdier and with a twist. Each presentation has exactly 20 slides, and each slide advances automatically after 20 seconds (yes, PowerPoint really is that awesome). Each day, a different lineup of comedians from around the Fringe gives talks on their nerdy passions, inspired by the Japanese Pecha Kucha presentation style. The final talk is a mystery slideshow, where comedians pretend to be experts on slides they have never seen before. Presentations can cover anything from science, history, geography, philosophy, art, pop culture, sports, and more. Every talk is followed ...

Comedy

A Clean Comedy Show

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Full of laughs, free from swears. This is sharp, joke-heavy stand-up that's suitable for all. Back after a triumphant, sold-out run in 2025, Clean Comedy brings together some of the festival’s funniest feel-good gags. Callum Mackenzie and featured guests present an hour of non-stop laughs, that you can listen to while sitting next to your nan. ...

Comedy

A Comedian's Guide to Birdwatching

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-16 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Multi award winning Irish comedian, zoologist and boardgamer, Donal Vaughan is bringing his ornithological stand up show to the fringe. A dormant passion rekindled after playing the game Wingspan (one of the most popular modern boardgames with over 3 millions copies sold), Donal delves into the world of absurd birds and how the game gets people into birding. From Abbot's Boobys to Zebra Finches, learn and laugh about the funnier side of our feathered friends. Whether a birder, twitcher, or a nature lover, this show is for you. ...

Childrens

A Comedy Magic Show For Kids

Childrens

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-11, 13-16 at 11:15 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Raul Kohli & Thomas De Bernede return with a brand new family show that blends stand-up for kids (playing the fool while educating them about the world and inquiring all about their favourites: pepper pig, paw patrol & more!), silliness and jaw‑dropping magic into one brilliantly fun hour for kids and their grown‑ups. After a year of touring from buzzing comedy clubs in Bangkok to sold‑out rooms in Paris to kids shows in the UK, they now bring their age appropriate and interactive tricks to an early show designed especially for children and families! ★★★...

Comedy

A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can: tickets from £5

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In this insider’s guide to his eccentric homeland, award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan answers all the questions about New Zealand you never knew to ask in the first place…. Like why did we almost change our national flag to a drawing of a bird with lasers for eyes? Are Kiwi Fruit really just Chinese Gooseberries in witness protection? Is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu honestly the longest place-name in the world? Or did my cat walk across my keyboard? And where actually is New Zealand?.... Given we keep getting left off some seriously importan...

Comedy

A Musical Comedy Showcase with Alex Camp

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-14 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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We've all seen the eye rolls and heard the moan; "Oh no, MUSICAL comedy." Yet Bo Turnham, Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Flo and Joan, David O'Doherty et al are still legends of comedy. Not saying they'll necessarily perform at THIS show, but with the proliferation of social media, many comics have diversified into musical content and there needs to be a corner of the Fringe dedicated to it. Each night features a rotating line-up of strong circuit comedians bringing their sharpest material that happens to be in the form of a song, themed around music, or a sonically unique adaptat...

Childrens

A Puppet Zoo Adventure!

Childrens

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-16 at 10:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A Puppet Zoo Adventure is a lively and engaging children’s puppet show designed for kids under 10, blending puppetry with ventriloquism for an interactive experience. The show centers around two main characters, Steph and Layla, who serve as the enthusiastic hosts and zoo keepers. They warmly welcome the children into their vibrant zoo, filled with charming puppet animals, each with their own quirky personalities. However, the peaceful zoo adventure takes an unexpected twist when a mischievous Gremlin casts a spell on the sunshine, plunging the zoo into darkness. The once bright and happy e...

Cabaret

A Slice of Elvis

Cabaret

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 22:30 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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“A Slice of ELVIS” by and with Mike McAlpine Fancy a “Humorous glimpse behind the jumpsuit”? (Punintentional UK) Meet MIKELVIS in relentless pursuit of the King! A one-man celebration of Elvis Tribute Artist quirkiness: fearless hips, dirty tricks and serious vocal devotion. Enjoy a comedic homage to Elvis’ timeless music and unique performance abilities! With over 30 years of hands-on Elvis Tribute experience, as well as a background in award-winning comedy, Mike McAlpine marries best-in-class Elvis impersonation, fact-based storytelling and musical interludes with KOERPERKLAMAUK, his o...

Cabaret

A-List Burlesque and Cabaret

Cabaret

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-30 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Prepare for a night of glittering decadence, daring artistry, and unbridled celebration Allstars burlesque and cabaret takes over the stage for an unforgettable evening. This spectacular showcase brings together the finest local talent and dazzling international stars with a show that promises to seduce the senses, ignite the imagination, and leave the audience breathless beneath the glow of the spotlight. Each act is a masterpiece of tease and transformation. Expect sultry striptease, high-energy dance, and comedic cabaret that blend vintage glamour with modern flair. Local legends share t...

Comedy

Aaaaaaargh! It's the One Liner Show

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-30 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. Hosted by Joke of the Fringe winner 2016, 2021 and 2022, Masai Graham....

Cabaret

Absolute Burlesque and Cabaret

Cabaret

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-30 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Absolute burlesque and cabaret " invites audiences into a mesmerizing world where fantasy and reality intertwine, offering a vibrant celebration of creativity through burlesque, cabaret, magic, and circus arts. Since its inception in 2017, this electrifying show has captivated audiences with its innovative blend of talents and diverse performances, showcasing both local and international stars that leave spectators in awe. As the curtains rise, the stage transforms into a dazzling realm filled with sparkling lights, seductive music, and an atmosphere brimming with excitement. Each act is in...

Comedy

Acid With Jesus- A Revolutionary Comedy Show

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-8, 10-16 at 22:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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This is a hilarious, personal and hopeful comedy show about exploring the state of the world, the current rise of the far right alongside growing wealth inequality/amount of billionaires, poignant stories and jokes from doing Acid with a guy nicknamed Jesus and the importance of game shows for billionaires. Expect sharp punchlines, authentic material, fast jokes and well researched jokes and points providing belly laughs and a show that you won’t forget. This is a unique, powerful and hilarious solo comedy show about society, billionaires and the climate crisis. The show balances strong ...

Comedy

Adam Bromley: Hyper-Connected

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Adam Bromley: Hyper-Connected is a comedy show about one manic man navigating an increasingly deranged hyper-online world. Adam grew up in the analogue age when people had to remember facts and basic courtesy – now it’s ChatGPT and online mobs. Join him on this crazy journey through his own over-stimulated brain and world that is too connected for its own good. Smartphones have taken over the world, AI will be next, and we’ll be too busy doomscrolling to notice....

Comedy

ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 18:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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**ADHD: A Comedy Crowdwork Show** is stand-up that moves the way your brain moves at 2:00am. Fast, funny, and built with the audience in real time, this is not a scripted hour that politely stays on topic. It’s controlled chaos. Tangents turn into punchlines, throwaway comments become running bits, and by the end you’ll swear the whole thing was planned (it wasn’t). Comedian and improviser **Brendon Lemon** (NYC, École Philippe Gaulier) talks to the crowd, follows the most interesting thread in the room, and makes sense of the nonsense. The show hits all the familiar stuff: time blindness, ...

Childrens

Adventures! Journey through Dungeons with Dragons

Childrens

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-16 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Imagine a stage where dragons, wizards, and brave adventurers come alive; not from a script, but through the laughter and creativity of you. Adventures! is family-friendly DnD-type improv show where audiences guide the story, shape the heroes, and even roll the dice to determine what happens next. Every performance is unique: two audience members, join a comedian on stage and embark on a quest that we make up along the way. Everyone gets to guide the tale. The audience shout out suggestions, help solve puzzles, and sometimes even hop up to improvise as goblins, fairies, or courageous wizards. ...

Comedy

Afternoon Nap - Peter Bazely

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-nominated anti-comedian and festival favourite Peter Bazely insists you try to nap during his show. His ideal outcome is everyone falling asleep so he can go on his phone. Peter really likes going on his phone. A stand-up show designed to lower your heart rate. Peter would love to nap, but he can’t seem to do it. Afternoons are hard. Energy disappears. Thoughts arrive uninvited. Your brain says, “Yeah, why not — let’s relive every embarrassing thing you’ve ever said, in chronological order.” Sleep is apparently important if you want to be successful. Peter has heard this. Peter...

Comedy

Aidan Jones - JS Bach

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 19:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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JS Bach lived 300 years ago and laid the foundations for all of modern music, from The Beatles to Beethoven. He was also just a grumpy German bloke who loved beer and had 20 kids. Classical piano, presented with jokes by a bald dickhead with a beard. The follow-up show from Aidan Jones after his critically acclaimed and award-winning show 'Chopin's Nocturne'. "Sidesplittingly funny." - The Guardian "This should not work, but it does." ★★★★ - The List “Deeply moving.” ★★★★ – The Scotsman WINNER - Tour Ready Award at Adelaide Fringe 2025...

Comedy

Alcohol is Good for You

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 17:15 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Join us for a drink & another hour of non-stop inebriated laughter! The same spirited show hosted by Edinburgh's favourite Scouser Kyle Legacy but with all-new faces sharing their best drunken comedic tales! If they can't make you laugh, I guess you weren't drunk enough. SOLD OUT 8 YEARS RUNNING!...

Comedy

All You Can Eat Continental Buffet

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 23:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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All You Can Eat Continental Buffet is a mixed standup show hosted by David McDonnell, featuring comics from New York, Canada, and the UK. David left America at 17 and spent the next dozen years living in five countries: playing in a band in Quebec, fixing vans in Australia, marrying a winemaker in Spain. He was convinced that somewhere out there was a place that felt less artificial than the suburb he grew up in. He was, of course, looking for himself, which is the most American thing he could have done. Each show opens with sets from guest comics before David closes with stories from th...

Comedy

Almost 50 and a Woman

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6-17 at 11:30 (25 min) - Pay What You Can

Almost 50 and a Woman is the comedy version of the most difficult moment in my life. The man I loved mansplained to me my age and lack of fertility he diagnosed with his medical degree from men-know-everything academy. Laugh with me while I navigate society versus biology. As a Jewish woman, comedy is how we deal with everything. ...

Comedy

An Idiot's Guide to Murder

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 6-20 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Do you need to murder someone? Or maybe you’re just interested in the ancient art of murder. Well this is the show for you. Laurence Tuck is Dr Laurence Tench, respected academic and expert in murder. It’s an abridged version of Dr Tench's international lecture tour, a step by step guide in how to murder someone and get away with it. This absurdist comedy will have you laughing until you die. Which may be sooner than you think. In 'An idiot's Guide to Murder' you'll find that true crime has never been truer! Praise for Laurence Tuck; ’Stunningly original jokes, its been years since I've...

Comedy

An IQ137 Cheerio (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-12 at 12:25 (40 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Bilee returns with her unique, gentle, surreal humour! "Where are you from?" "I'm from the south, the Global South." From the East to Edinburgh, she has left a global carbon footprint, hopping on random trains of thought. "Our job is to observe, not to interrupt," her Oxbridge professor once said. This profound quote interrupts here simply to suggest something lives just behind her gorgeous, sad eyes. An IQ of 137 made her life... her life. She has been clouded by unresolved doubts about our ways of living -doubts she really shouldn't have, yet carries anyway. This year, she has finally reac...

Comedy

Angela Bra - Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 21:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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As the founder of her own Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo, Angela Bra has seen it all. Hen do high jinx, butlers in the buff, glamorous grandmas and mothers escaping their family for the night. She’s handled more balls than a gynaecologist on a pay-per-view contract and can do it whilst leading the Macarena. The queen of ball based bedlam comes to Edinburgh with a brand new show packed with original songs and stories from the front line of the party bingo circuit, wrapped up in a round of her very own “Great British Bingo” for everyone to play. A multiple award-winner and nominee for both he...

Cabaret

Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo

Cabaret

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 22:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-Winning drag sensation, Miss Angela Bra, invites you to a comedy cabaret of dabbing, dancing, stage games and sing-alongs with crowd-based comedy and late night surprises along the way. Based on her touring show, Absolutely Dabulous has been performed everywhere from London to the Lake District and makes its Scottish debut at this year’s fringe....

Childrens

Anime-Zing Kids!

Childrens

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 12:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Anime-Zing! KIDS

Voice actors take the stage for games, live dubbing, and voice challenges!

Kids and adults join the fun as guest actors and audience members voice-over indie anime and feature local comic books in hilarious and unexpected ways. Every show is different, with new guest stars and material daily.

Hosted by Tokyo-based voice actor Soness Stevens – known as the English voice of Hello Kitty (1999–2024), Time Crisis 5, Nintendo’s ARMS, and Bomberman. She even...

Comedy

Anime-Zing! Game Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Soness Stevens Kitano / Free Festival Voice actors bring Anime to life through games, live dubbing, and challenges! Come back and see a different show every time! Hosted by Soness Stevens Kitano, Tokyo-based voice actor, the voice you know as Hello Kitty (1999-2024), Metro announcements worldwide, Ultra Boy, Time Crisis 5, Nintendo Arms and Bomberman. She also voiced the worst video game ever! You’re an Otaku who’s translated the lyrics to DanDaDan? Spent your childhood watching Saturday morning cartoons? You'll love this! A sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, where fans said: “Ani...

Comedy

Another Compilation Show Beginning With A

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 22:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4, as seen watching Bargain Hunt) presents a compilation show of his favourite comedians that are free at the time. It should be a laugh....

Comedy

Anti-Fascist Pasta Night

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 15:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Learn to love cats and hate capitalism (if you don’t already)! Curious about the fascist coup going on in the United States? Want to get the low down with punchlines because this world needs a spoonful of sugar to go down? Ron Placone has been a political comic (their designation, not his) since 2007, and he’s been witnessing the decline pretty much ever since the Iraq War jolted him awake. Ron will take you on a journey through politics, culture, travel, relationships, and just to give a bit of relief, how he copes with it all. A comedy show for the lefties, the weirdos, the freethinkers, th...

Comedy

Around The World in 80 Puns

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-11, 13-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of the festival as he takes you on a punventure around the world in which he has a joke for each and every country. You tell him the country- he'll tell you the joke! And with the aid of his GIANT map and mini globes for the audience, there'll be plenty of opportunities to try and catch him out! ‘ Scotland’s Prince of Puns ‘ BBC Radio Scotland ...

Comedy

Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Crosswords is exactly what is says. Top comedians and the audience do a crossword, get the clues and get the laughs. Pegasus Compilation show of the year 2024 ...

Comedy

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric Boogaloo

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 22:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Every year Ashley Improves. Every year the world gets worse. Coincidence? Yes. Anyway. Ashley Haden is back with a follow up to his favourite title.The only comedian to every win a peace prize. "Haden isn’t just good at this, he’s one of the best." ...

Comedy

Asian, But Wrong

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-16 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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As seen on Fisk and the Melbourne International Comedy Gala, Ting Lim brings her debut hour Foreign Object — a sharp, joke-dense stand-up show that’s unapologetically funny. Born in Singapore and now based in Australia, Ting has spent years feeling slightly out of place in both. That outsider perspective fuels the comedy — but this is not a lecture on identity. Foreign Object is an hour of dry observations, personal stories, and brutally honest punchlines about relationships, family expectations, bureaucracy, and the quiet absurdities of modern life. Ting’s comedy is smart without being ...

Comedy

Australia's Least Decorated Soldier

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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At the age of 18, Jarryd accidentally joined the Australian Army. This led him on a series of wild adventures. From basic training to deploying overseas as a kid with an assault rifle... what could go wrong? Fresh off performing across the UK, Indonesia, New Zealand and the Middle East in 2025/26, Jarryd’s nine years of stand-up, couch-surfing and car-sleeping have evolved into a brand-new hour of storytelling, military mayhem and very delayed regret. With over 100 million online views and regular spots at comedy clubs all over Australia, Jarryd has built a cult following for his sharp, ...

Childrens

Battle of the Reefs

Childrens

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-16 at 11:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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★★★★★ “A show that was equal parts smart, silly and downright hilarious.” — Kids In Adelaide, 2025 Marine biologist turned award-winning comedian Robyn Perkins loves coral reefs. But what is the coolest reef in the world? Her co-star joins for a battle Royale between the Great Barrier Reef and the Ningaloo Reef. Join a team and our wild adventure packed with comedy, science, music, and games, plus more fascinating animal facts than you can shake a tentacle at. From sneaky slugs to deceitful bugs, this interactive show will have kids laughing and learning. A...

Comedy

Beat the Comic

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Test your wits in a battle of general knowledge and trivia in the ultimate stupid quiz. Audience versus comedians. The loser gets a custard pie and there's a high possibility so will a few others. Leave your respect at the door. Anyone questioning the quizmaster gets a pie. Anyone calling for the quizmaster to get a pie, gets a pie, anyone using the word pie....guess what....

Comedy

Becky Fury: My Dad Paints Rainbows, Your Dad Paints Roundabouts

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 23:15 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A **** show by an award winning British Asian comic thats stuffed with great jokes and amazing insights about what it means to be a UK citizen at this weird time Funny and insightful this show celebrates multiculturalism and narratives of migration that have made Britain , if not Great then not quite so shit and uses historical observation and topical humour to look beyond the flag shagging and division and celebrates what it actually means to be British. If you can be proud the three lions are originally from Africa. Then this is the show for you ****tremendously talented ( off the m...

Comedy

Bennet Kavanagh and Sasha Ellen: Get a Room

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 10-16 at 15:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The perfect marriage of stand-up and musical comedy with Sasha Ellen and Bennet Kavanagh. Two comedians, one musical - the other one really really not. A back-and-forth comedy experiment. Bored of stand-up? Here's some funny keyboard songs. Hate funny songs? Weird. Back to the jokes with you. Sasha and Bennet's previous reviews and accolades: "Incredibly clever" ★★★★ BroadwayBaby. “Sharp and witty” ★★★★ EdFestMag. "quick wit, and vibrant energy" ★★★★ BroadwayWorld. “Unique and charmingly chaotic” -TheReviewsHub ★ ...

Comedy

Best In Class

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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*****Double Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners***** Best in Class is an award winning showcase of working class comedians from across the UK. Sponsored by waste grounds, knock off trainers, spam, weed, the unions, crap schools, bunking off, failed MOT’s, failed GCSE’s, bus stops, pay day loans, fierce mums, tired dads and empowerment. "A fantastic crowd-funded initiative which brings working-class comics to the Fringe" **** (The Scotsman) "A great showcase of genuine talent" ****(The Wee Review) "Wonderfully funny" ****(Broadway World) ...

Comedy

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe in a show full of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... something for everyone" ★★★★1/2 (Fringefeed) "A comedy smorgasbord" ★★★★ (GreatScott.media) "Hilarious comics ... A solid comedy show well worth the ticket price. You will be in great hands with Nik and co and are bound to get a few solid laughs out of the night" ★★★★ (Fringefeed) "A fine set of comics, who entertained ev...

Comedy

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Evening)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-30 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe in a show full of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... something for everyone" ★★★★1/2 (Fringefeed) "A comedy smorgasbord" ★★★★ (GreatScott.media) "Hilarious comics ... A solid comedy show well worth the ticket price. You will be in great hands with Nik and co and are bound to get a few solid laughs out of the night" ★★★★ (Fringefeed) "A fine set of comics, who entertained ev...

Comedy

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Late)

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-30 at 23:59 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe in a show full of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... something for everyone" ★★★★1/2 (Fringefeed) "A comedy smorgasbord" ★★★★ (GreatScott.media) "Hilarious comics ... A solid comedy show well worth the ticket price. You will be in great hands with Nik and co and are bound to get a few solid laughs out of the night" ★★★★ (Fringefeed) "A fine set of comics, who entertained ev...

Childrens

Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids

Childrens

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-16 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children's and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe. An event for all the family to enjoy together. "Music, comedy and magic kept the kids entertained... whizzed past and was perfectly timed for child attention spans... Left the kids wanting more... My eight-year-old absolutely loved it!" (Child-Friendly Brighton) "Mums and dads will be onto a winner with this afternoon of delightfully immature comedy full of magic" (Melbourne Comedy Festival) "Great show" (The Scotsman) "The kids had a great ...

Childrens

Billy Banana's Brilliant Bingo

Childrens

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Billy Banana's Brilliant Bingo returns to Edfringe by popular demand for its THIRD year and is set to be even bigger and better than ever! Expect a high energy interactive extravaganza, full of jokes, games, music, prizes and lots of laughter. Fun for all the family and elevating the game of bingo once again into an hour of fantastic fun with children's entertainer Billy Banana. Get tickets while you can for this 5 star Sellout Show! "This was so much fun! We have seen a lot of shows in the past few days, but as far as children's entertainment goes, this has been the best! Our 5 year old lo...

Comedy

Bitches in Stitches: The New Grrrl Order

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13, 17-20, 24-27 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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Welcome to Bitches in Stitches: The New Grrrl Order — a femme-forward, community-powered comedy hour that’s as raucous as it is unfiltered. This is the Fringe debut of Bitches in Stitches — the global, all-femme/them stand-up collective (As featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, The New Feminist, and Tatler) shaking up comedy from Hong Kong to Manila, Manchester to London, and now right here in Edinburgh. We’re rewriting the rules on who gets the mic and what stories get told — and trust us, nothing’s off-limits. Our show is an hour of empowerment that celebrates femmes/thems in all their sha...

Comedy

Bloomin' Late

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Do you love getting older? Do you hate getting older? Then this line-up show is for you! International comedians unpack the laugh-or-you’ll-cry experience of middle-age. Unlike Millenials, we don’t have mental health issues; we have a personality. We don’t whine about toxic relationships; we call it marriage. We don’t ghost, we divorce. We’ve found our life purpose thanks - it’s a burnout with benefits. Come join us for a healthy dose of comedy. Because - let's face it - turmeric can only do so much. A show for those who are young at heart, just not in the face. Hosted by midlife...

Comedy

Bound and Gags

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 20:40 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ever questioned your life choices? Regretted a tattoo — or that “great value” hostel you definitely should’ve Googled (and actually read the reviews for)? Lost hours to TikTok, binged true crime, or taken a personality test hoping it would finally explain you? Perfect. You’re in the right place. Comedian Thao Cao dives headfirst into her most questionable decision yet: becoming a comedian. From unsolicited advice to furious messages from offended audience members, she turns life’s chaos into hilarious, razor-sharp comedy about bad choices, awkward moments, and the messy business of figur...

Theatre

Broadguess

Theatre

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-30 at 10:45 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dee Ryan (The American Office and Second City alum) performs Broadguess, a Shakespearean Every Brilliant Thing. Broadguess is a hilarious interactive, comedic solo Shakespeare show. Elizabethan detective Broadguess, working the Elsinore castle beat - ghosts, again - gets a hot tip about Ophelia drowning in a brook and becomes entangled in the dark and ridiculous world of Shakespeare. "Who is William Shakespeare and why is he getting away with murder?" Fun, funny interactive, irreverent, improvisation, celebration of theater itself! Imagine the Reduced Shakespeare Company reducing its cast to o...

Comedy

Brunch Show – Jake Patrick (WIP)

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 11:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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After a sell out run in 2025 Jake Patrick is doing a Brunch show! As such he'll be wrestling with his demons before most people have had their shreddies. Expect stories of silliness, optimism and generosity....

Childrens

Bubba-Licious

Childrens

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 10:30 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 12:00 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 11:15 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Yes, it's a show for babies! A sensory display of colour, sound, light and movement to spark joy and ignite wonder. Incorporating puppetry, clowning, bubbles, shadow play and much more. 'Perfect show for the babies and toddler crowd... we feel the need to shout from the rooftops!' (Kids In Adelaide.com.au). 'It's a lovely bite-size instalment to excite the little ones, just enough to ensure a good afternoon snooze' (Advertiser, Adelaide). Winner – Best Kids Show, Adelaide Fringe 2023 (Weekly Award). Sold out run Edinburgh Fringe 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022. Get your tickets earl...

Comedy

Butter

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Richy Sheehy hated Cork’s Butter Museum, so he bet his butter-museum-obsessed friend that he could provide a better, butterier experience in a comedy show. Petty stand-up, with songs, butter, and fermented grievance. "This guy is going places" - Mark Normand "Musical Genius" - BBC Radio One "Great Comedian, South Park style" - The Stand, Edinburgh...

Cabaret

Cabaret of Filth

Cabaret

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Come inside the Cabaret of Filth and indulge in a night of pure debauchery, burlesque and drag in this comedy riot! Will contain nudity, adult content, anti-establishment rebellion and all the good swear words. Come and join in the revelry. 'Hysterically funny' **** (TheRealChrisparkle.com). ...

Comedy

Captain Code

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 17:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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🎤 Stand-up Comedy Special “Captain Code” Ziyin is a stand-up comedian from China — and a full-time programmer. By day, he writes code. By night, he talks about why none of it works. “Captain Code” is a stand-up comedy special about life inside the tech world: deadlines that make no sense, bugs that appear out of nowhere, meetings that should’ve been emails, and the quiet panic of being an immigrant developer navigating the global workplace. With sharp observations and dry humor, Ziyin dives into: Growing up in China and becoming a programmer Working in tech and slowly losing f...

Comedy

Carl Carzana THE Comedian Creative Genius *****

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 15:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Carl Carzana is a creative genius and he wants everyone to know it. Watch as he opens up his (metaphorical) suitcase and (non-metaphorically) presents his creative ideas, props, characters, contraptions, and songs. Expect mayhem. Expect silly. Expect hermit hogs. Carl Carzana THE Comedian is a name synonymous with quality throughout the comedy industry. From being the host and creator of the Chortle Award-winning reverse roast battle comedy night 'Boast in Show', to launching and winning the Carl Carzana of the Year Comedy Competition 2024 and 2025, to writing for BBC Radio 4, to being a M...

Childrens

CeilidhKids at the Fringe

Childrens

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 10:00 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome to participate in whatever way they feel capable. We involve everybody; skip, clap and march together to traditional Scottish music. Enjoy discovering very simple (often simplified) dances that you might find at a ceilidh or Scottish country dance, celebrating the social aspects of dancing with a partner. CeilidhKids is all about fun for all generations. Hugely popular with local families, now it's your turn. Bring Mum or Dad along to partner you under the chandeliers! One adult can dance with two...

Comedy

Clean Cuts

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-30 at 10:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Clean Cuts is a clean and incisive hour of stand-up comedy from Indian American comic Alingon Mitra, making his Edinburgh Fringe debut. With over a decade of experience and credits including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Daily Show, and Last Comic Standing, Alingon delivers tightly written comedy that balances intelligence with accessibility. The show draws on cultural observation, politics, and everyday absurdities, moving easily between big-picture ideas and small, relatable frustrations. As an Indian American comedian, Alingon b...

Comedy

Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-17, 19-29 at 22:45 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Cobin Millage and Pete Carson return to the Edinburgh fringe for the fourth time with their annual showcase show "Touching Tips (With Friends)". It's a show alternately hosted and headlined by the pair, and every single night, they bring along exactly what audiences are really, truly looking to see: Their friends (when we say "friends", what we mean is some of the finest comics in the UK, alongside the best up and comers from the local Edinburgh scene (these people are also our frieds (not in that order))). ...

Comedy

Comedian Cover Bands

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-27, 29-30 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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No fixed band. No fixed roles. Each night, a different group of comedians are thrown together to tackle a classic song. Some can play. Some definitely can’t. Comedian Cover Band is live, unrepeatable, and where comedians see how far confidence can really get them... They didn’t rehearse. That’s kind of the point. Comedian Cover Band throws comics together to play a classic song—no band, no safety net, just instinct, ego, and whatever they remember from the chorus. It’s part tribute, part derailment, part beautiful mess. Some notes land, some certainly don’t. What matters is the moment:...

Comedy

Comedy Against Humanity (321... on Fire!)

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 22:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Welcome to Comedy Against Humanity, where the fourth wall doesn’t just break… it volunteers, grabs a microphone, and sets the night ablaze. This is not a “sit quietly and clap politely” kind of show. This is a living, laughing, audience-powered comedy experiment where you help decide what happens next. Inspired by the outrageous spirit of Cards Against Humanity, every night brings a new twist. Tuesdays channel your favorite sitcom chaos. Thursdays dive into Disney-fueled mayhem. Fridays spin the wheel of fate. Wednesdays and Saturdays turn improv into a social sport with BeerProv. Sundays h...

Comedy

Comedy Compilation Show

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Indulge yourself in bite-sized hilarity featuring the funniest stand-up comedians from around the globe Catch this new Fringe showcase for a taste of the freshest talent & uproarious laughter that's sure to leave you wanting more...

Comedy

Comedy for the Curious: 2026

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-10, 12-25, 27-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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* Shaftesbury Fringe 2023 Award Winner, Best Comedy * Ever wonder why we are the way we are? Marine biologist turned award-winning comedian Robyn Perkins returns to Edinburgh to explore yet another topic in her critically acclaimed, science comedy panel show. Unzipping Your Genes: (ie. the cr*p we get from our parents) Exploring human behaviour with stand-up comedy, Robyn teams up with behavioural geneticist and psychologists to answer questions you never knew you had! Think Mock the Week meets QI, live at the Fringe... ★★★★"A perfect sweet spot between i...

Comedy

Comedy Queers

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. A sell-out Fringe phenomenon since 2018. Looking for diversity? It's what we do best, babe! If you’ve seen enough cis, straight dudes with the same haircut / t-shirt / jokes / toxicity, come and party with the kings, queens and royal-thems of comedy. Expect chaos, drag, stand-up, glitter, queer joy and an ever changing line-up of LGBTQIA+ acts to grace our stage. Comedy Queers is a big queer party, every. Single. Night! **** (DeadlineNews.co.uk) ...

Comedy

Comedy Striptease

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 00:30 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The best, most daring stand-up comedians from around the festival showcase their skills but if they can't make you laugh... then they must strip! Come along for an hour of high-calibre comedy mixed up with loose, wild and sexy late-night antics hosted by award winning comedian, Kyle Legacy! Sold Out Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2025...

Comedy

Comedy Through the Ages

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room

AUG 6, 8-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Comedy Through the Ages brings you a hilarious lineup of stand-ups from every generation. From Zoomers to Boomers and everything in-between, you can expect new and old fart jokes, baby-faces, silver foxes and gags older than some of the acts. It’s funny, it’s diverse, it’s like a family reunion – if your family were actually funny! In previous years, the show has featured acts seen on the BBC New Comedy Awards, Comedy Central, the New York Comedy Cellar and The Daily Show....

Childrens

ComedySportz

Childrens

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-16 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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TWO TEAMS. ONE WINNER. NO SCRIPT. Back for its 19th year at the Fringe, ComedySportz is an award-winning competitive comedy show for everyone. Don't miss the festival's funniest family friendly fixture as teams go for gold with quick-witted gags and games. It's an hour of fast-paced, feelgood fun with a referee on hand to ensure a good clean match. The players have sharpened their wits and ironed their kits. Who wins? YOU decide! WINNER - BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT North West Comedy Awards 2022 NOMINATED - BEST KIDS SHOW Leicester Comedy Festival 2025 "Very, Very, Very Funny" ★★...

Comedy

Comfortable

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Norwegian comedian Hanna Kanon just wants you to be comfortable. Even if she has to do uncomfortable things to achieve it. Like maintaining eye contact, engaging in small-talk, or having cosmetic surgery. She's done all those things and more. Hanna has never been comfortable. Except financially. But she can't talk about that, because that makes other people uncomfortable. She also lies to her mother constantly. Because her mother has dementia, and the doctor said constant correction causes her discomfort. So if she asks, Hanna is definitely not abroad in Edinburgh for a whole month. Hanna Kano...

Comedy

Cool WIP Club

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 14:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Cool WIP Club, Bro! It's creamy and dreamy and dripping with delight. Each day a different comedian brings their Work in Progress show to the Cool WIP Club, where our delicious audience help sauce things up! Our established comedians will be honing their new and experimental shows, looking for the cherry on top and the extra sprinkles to finish the flavour! It's ambitious, experimental, a bit fruity and completely nutty. But you might see next years award winners, today! ...

Comedy

Cordelia Graham: Faint Heart Never F*cked A Pig

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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This is an hour of storytelling and stand-up about writing the eulogy for my father’s funeral and how I reconciled the identity of my father, my hero, with my own. My 5”3 father had a mantra: faint heart never f*cked a pig. Consequently, he did everything he ever wanted: he conjured millions of pounds from nothing, taught himself a load of institutional cultural capital and bull-shitted it enough to marry my mother. He built so much: several houses off one water-pipe (bad), the house I grew up in (good) and a 500 seat opera house with mock Palladian facade in the garden (true). He was sh...

Comedy

Dad, White and Blue

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dad, White and Blue is a one man show in which comedian, Ben Herwitz, discusses becoming a father, not once but twice within the last two years, starting a new family, joining a new family (his in-laws) and learning more about his own. ...

Comedy

Dan James: Lucky

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-12 at 00:15 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dan James didn’t feel emotions until he was 30 – now he’s making up for lost time. A new queer stand-up hour for anyone who’s glued to their iPhone. Tour support for Joel Kim Booster, Jay Jurden, James Adomian & Rachel Scanlon; I Heart Jokes Awards “Best Newcomer” (nominee); SiriusXM Comedy Club “Best of 2025”; 30m views online; ...

Comedy

Dave Chawner: Dry Humour

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dave’s given up booze…but does that make him sober? A sharp, self-deprecating look at ageing, changing & identity. As seen on BBC, ITV & Channel 5. Heard on Radio 1,Radio 2 & Radio 4. “Hilariously entertaining"-Mail On Sunday...

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Deage Paxton: Dead Man's Hand

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Deage Paxton: Dead Man’s Hand A "choose your own adventure" style stand-up show. No setlist. No safety net. No two shows the same. On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was gunned down in a Deadwood saloon holding the winning hand: Aces and Eights. Known ever since as the "Dead Man’s Hand," it serves as a reminder that even when you are holding the best cards, the game can change in an instant. After 15 years on the UK circuit—headlining The Stand, the Glee Club, and providing tour support for Tom Stade, Carl Hutchinson, and Ria Lina—I’m putting my career on the table and letting you deal th...

Comedy

Devin Gray: Golden Retriever Energy

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Golden Retriever Energy is Devin Gray’s third consecutive show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and it sees him evolve his comedy while doubling down on everything audiences already love. Known for his relentlessly high energy performances, tight punchlines, and an onstage presence, Devin returns with a show that’s sharper, more self aware, and more personal than ever ...

Comedy

Disabled Cants

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

A revolving lineup of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. We're not brave, we're not inspiring, we're just here to make you laugh and park in the disabled bays. “Wonderfully relaxed and friendly” The Scotsman ★★★★★ “The most accessible, friendly and inclusive show I’ve ever seen” - Neurodiverse Review WINNER Disability Champions Award 2023 "Searing political rants, baited breath and a spit full of laughs " LeftLion"...

Childrens

DIY Circus with Frisco Fred

Childrens

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-16 at 10:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Frisco Fred brings the circus to town, but he can’t do it alone! This is not a 'sit-back-and-watch' kind of show. This is a jump-in, laugh-out-loud, make-the-circus-happen experience. Who will help with the ball spinning? Who will try their hand at juggling? Who will join the orchestra, the stunts, the magic, the madness? YOU! For one unforgettable hour, audiences become the performers in a fast-paced, joy-filled whirlwind of comedy, magic, juggling, and playful surprises. Frisco Fred has spent his career traveling the world, delighting audiences with his unique blend of physical come...

Comedy

Do the Thing: Choose Your Own Musical

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-16 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Where is it set? Who's it about? What is the plot? You tell us. Do the Thing are here to give you exactly the musical you want to see. Not only will the audience decide the setting and characters but they can also direct the plot. Should the hero run off with the love of their life or become a monk and fight crime? Will the villain achieve world domination even though they couldn’t really be bothered? Will the hero and villain reject such reductive labelling, realise they’re just people, and hug it out already? Be careful what you wish for as things can and will get very silly indeed. ^...

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Dr Jimmy: First Steps Into the Gay-niverse

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 6-23 at 11:15 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Dr Jimmy has one aim: to discover the ultimate Theory of Everything (or become the first gay man to win a Nobel Prize in Physics). Why are waves gay? Particles straight? And quantum mechanics the ultimate textbook guide to being bisexual? Why are quarks queer? Tops difficult to observe? And bottoms ARE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE!!! Dr Jimmy collides HARDCORE physics with HARDCORE queerness (& existential dread) as he scales the peak of all knowledge. So, join Dr Jimmy at the frontier of physics and stand naked (maybe even literally?!) before the universe....

Cabaret

Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret

Cabaret

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-18 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dr Mew Cabaret is an LGBT+ line up cabaret show for sci fi lovers. Acts vary each night and include music, comedy, sketches, drag and other spectacular from around the universe. It is hosted by SJ and Dr Mew, the incel reformed into a woke cat. Cosplay optional as audience celebrate the joy of all things sci-fi. ...

Comedy

Edinbra Fringe Comedy

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A revolving line-up of the best and up-and-coming female comedians from Brighton and the Fringe. ...

Comedy

Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-23 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-23 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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It’s the Main Event – our annual hunt for the best comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe. 100 of the Fringe’s sharpest comics go head-to-head for the title of Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year, the trophy, and a £1500 cash prize. Each show showcases five outstanding acts from our Top 100, delivering their very best stand-up in a bid to win over the crowd and secure a coveted place in the prestigious finals week. Big laughs. High stakes. One champion. SCHEDULE: AUG 6-23 Heats AUG 24 Wildcard Round AUG 26-29 Semi-finals AUG 30 Grand Final ...

Comedy

Elliot Wengler: Jokemon

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-16 at 11:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Elliot Wengler presents a spectacular, explosive, and personal history of the world's biggest monster-fighting franchise. Finally, after years of failing to become a Pokémon Master, he has decided to become a Jokémon Master! With jokes for all 150 of them! In a show bristling with colours, costumes and utter chaos, this is THE show. Let's catch 'em all, all over again, in joke form. Malcolm Hardee Comic-Originality Award-Nominated 2024. "Likeable performer with nice ideas" - Broadway Baby...

Comedy

Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Strikingly odd one-liners served in chaotically different ways. Following her critically acclaimed debut, multi award-winning Eryn Tett (U&Dave's Rosie Jones' Disability Extravaganza) cordially invites you to a comedy tasting menu. Various courses of escalating mischief, including her signature 'off-kilter observations' (BritishComedyGuide) and 'Hedberg-esque jokes,' (BlizzardComedy.co.uk) promises a deliciously 'one-of-a-kind comedic experience' (BlizzardComedy.co.uk) from a 'distinctive new voice.' (Telegraph) ****(NeurodiverseReview.co.uk) ****(TheWeeReview.com). '****(MumbleComed...

Comedy

Every Day's A School Day

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 11:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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They say that every day's a school day, which is never more true than when you're a teacher stuck in the classroom with no obvious means of escape. Fortunately, Mark Row has discovered that it's not just the kids that can learn something valuable, as he reflects on the lessons he's learned along the way that have kept him out of trouble! Whether it's the good advice he was given by the wise people in his life, or the mistakes that he has realised never should be repeated, there is one thing that always rings true - if you're not learning, you're laughing! Razor sharp, totally original. H...

Comedy

Filthy Funny Females

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-18, 20-30 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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★★★★ 1/2 "Filthy Funny Females deserves an award. Or possibly two." - FringeFeed, Perth Fringe World 2023 ★★★★ "This raucous night out is one you don''t want to miss." - FringeFeed, Perth Fringe World 2024 Filthy. Funny. Females. A funny (and filthy!) hour served to you by a selection of female comedians from across the globe. New York City comedian Katharyn Henson (Ew Girl, You Nasty ★★★★ - The Skinny, Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon ★★★★★ -Europeancomedy.com) presents some of the ...

Comedy

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. Cockmungously not suitable for the family....

Comedy

Gags Army

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Get ready for Gags Army—a one-of-a-kind comedy experience that brings together a powerful lineup of military veterans who’ve turned their life in the armed forces into some of the most unique and unexpected humour you’ll see anywhere. These veterans aren’t just telling jokes—they’re turning real-life trauma into titters, hardship into howls, and using their experiences to challenge everything you think you know about service, sacrifice, and recovery. Each show is a rollercoaster of raw, unapologetic comedy, featuring at least three different veterans taking to the stage with their own signa...

Comedy

Games Night Improv

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 21:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Classic party games meet improvised comedy in Games Night Improv: Salad Bowl Edition. Think Articulate on steroids, powered by audience suggestions. You create the clues, audience members team up with our improvisers, and everyone competes for the ultimate prize: clout. After each round, the cast performs improvised scenes inspired by the chaotic and hilarious moments you helped create. ...

Comedy

GamesMaster: A Stand-Up's Guide to Escape Rooms

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-18, 20-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Escape Rooms are a place where corporate teams go to build bonds and families go to shatter those bonds forever. Join game designer and operations manager Jonny Glllam as he reveals the secrets to building, running and never-escaping this hobby for extraverted nerds. FAQ: Is this an escape room? No. It’s a stand-up show about escape rooms. Is this show immersive? You will swear you felt as if you really were in a room where someone else described escape rooms. What Secrets are revealed? Magnets, mainly. ...

Comedy

Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 15:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Join the geekiest comedians celebrating all nerd culture has to offer. From video games to table-top, LPs to larping, film franchises to fantasy novels, and comic books to cosplay. We’ve got your fandom covered! Battle it out alongside your fellow audience members to determine who holds the most useless knowledge: the crowd or the comics. Embrace your geeky side, unleash your inner nerd, and you might just be crowned the biggest geek in the room. The highest accolade we can bestow! (Plus, there might even be prizes.) Hosted by uber-nerd Juliette Burton (“A huge nerd; a safe space. Simply...

Comedy

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-16 at 11:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Daft laughs and character comedy parodying a TV show that hasn't been on the air in 15 years. TV Presenter Donald McGinty sets sail with his award-nominated show (Best Poster Design - Brighton Fringe 2024). This show has everything; a surprisingly earnest bit about the environment, a vaguely satisfying dramatic arc and a very niche reference to the TV show Neighbours. It's a light hearted, light entertainment show that's surprisingly dark for its time slot, with jokes about the seaside, seagulls and c-list celebrities. Watch this and Donald promises you'll never drown again. Just don't for...

Comedy

Good Pill Hunting

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-30 at 22:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Fresh from a hit run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Zach Riley brings his debut solo show “Good Pill Hunting” to the Edinburgh Fringe. So what’s it about? Well it’s about his dead dad, the shady underbelly of discount crematoriums and the psychic who tried to cash in on his grief. It’s about soul-crushing jobs, his most hated colleague and why we should bring back lobotomies. It's about the wiggles, a cow being put on trial for murder and the worst time in human history to suffer from premature ejaculation. It’s about all those things and more… and it’s about time y...

Comedy

Grandad & I Do Stand-Up Comedy

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 10:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

‘Grandad & I Do Stand-Up Comedy’ is a genuinely unique, laugh-out-loud hour from real-life grandad–grandson comedy duo Andy Zapp and Anthony Heston*. Two generations. Two perspectives. One brilliantly funny family. Part double act, part split-bill, this show mixes sharp stand-up, warm storytelling and original duo material as they compare notes on life, ageing, and everything in between — with the kind of chemistry you can’t fake (because you can’t choose your family). Andy Zapp is a Fringe veteran with two acclaimed solo hours under his belt and a regular at top London clubs (Top Secret, B...

Comedy

He Was a Punk, She Did Ballet

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Games Room

AUG 6-23 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Amy Albright and Michael Cook are bringing a powerhouse double bill to Edinburgh 2026. Two comedians. Two full 30 minute headline sets. One unmissable hour of stand-up at full throttle. Michael Cook delivers a bold, playful, and unpredictable 30 minutes packed with big energy, sharp instincts, and perfectly timed left turns. His set thrives on momentum and surprise, pulling the room into controlled chaos and riding it all the way to a huge finish. Amy Albright follows with smart, emotionally astute comedy that cuts straight to the bone, blending sharp observation with genuine warmt...

Comedy

Heavy Petting, Heavier Blankets

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-18 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Can you find a girlfriend, even if they know you sleep with a weighted blanket? That’s the question we all ask, whilst laying alone under our Silent Night Washable Weighted Blanket with removable cover. Now available in grey. In his latest absurd outing, silly and surreal comedian Ben O’Sullivan will try desperately to avoid talking about his intimacy issues, whilst allowing the full burden of his romantic failings to land on the, already heavy, weighted blanket. ‘Ben reminds me of a young James Acaster and look what he achieved’ (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). ‘Side-splittingly brilliant’ (WeLove...

Comedy

Hilarious History

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-30 at 10:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Hilarious History is an informative, absurd, and occasionally wholesome comedy show in which comedian Bobby Sheehan discusses the ridiculous, shocking, and unbelievable moments in American History. Bobby is a standup comedian and history buff from New York City. He regularly brings his knowledge of American history to audiences in the USA and Europe. During the show, you’ll hear about the world’s oldest STD, learn about Abraham Lincoln’s biggest bully, and get to know Warren G. Harding’s best friend. Hilarious History is a show that has audiences saying, “Weird Al was in the Union arm...

Comedy

Honkers

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-15 at 23:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Why are geese so angry? Why does a drake’s dick look like that? Why do pigeons get so much hate? Critically acclaimed comedians Candace Bryan (★★★★★ “Laugh out loud funny” EdFringe Reviews) and Lizzie Simpson (Runner Up 2025 Leicester Square New Comedian) are two birds with a love of birds. Gag-filled and salacious, this raunchy split bill features standup, interactive games, and a bird-inspired mating dance break that will have your cloaca’s throbbing. ...

Comedy

Hot Seat

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-14 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Lighting impossible things on fire. Locking eyes with Donald Trump and feeling compelled to describe her mood to the President. Bombing her comedy set in front of 500 pharmacists. As both an award-winning stand up comic and leading political reporter in Australia, Sarah’s found herself in the hot seat time and time again, and there’s very rarely a “reasonable” explanation. Sarah is a Canberra RAW comedy finalist and has taken her high energy physical comedy to stages across Australia and the US. Described as “well spoken and riotously funny” by reviewers at the Adelaide Fringe and “a hilar...

Comedy

How Now Brown Rao

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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How Now Brown Rao is a smart, silly, and sharply observed stand-up comedy show about identity, ambition, and trying to make sense of the universe while barely keeping your life together. Rao is a former astrophysics researcher turned comedian, which means he knows how black holes work but still struggles with everyday adulthood. In this show, he dives into what it means to be a brown Australian navigating elite institutions, creative industries, burnout, and big expectations, all while chasing meaning in a very confusing world. The comedy is fast, punchy, and story-driven. Science is use...

Theatre

How to Believe in Anything

Theatre

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-18 at 23:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

"I would like to tell you about the future. The future is made of stars." Sam, obsessed with stars and stuck in middle-of-nowhere BC, is given a shocking out-of-this world opportunity the night of her 14th birthday. An alien (who looks suspiciously like her missing mother) visits Sam in her dad’s cornfield. This alien gives her a connection to the outside world and promises a whirlwind adventure that will help Sam escape. With horrors increasing at home, Sam decides to take the leap and lands in some deadly repercussions. Escape isn’t easy, and sometimes you have to blast off in order to s...

Comedy

I'm here and it's OK

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-22 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

That's right, after a 20 year hiatus from the big time bright lights, star of The Good, The Bad & The Snugly as seen on ITV's Jeremy Beadle's HotShots* 1996, JOHN JAMES DAVIES is back with a brand new show - I'm here and it's OK....

Comedy

In Flight Entertainment

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-14 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

You are on a plane that's been delayed and is now stuck in the air unable to land. Sarah Ison and Laura Johnston are your flight attendants and their job is to keep you, the passengers, entertained for the hour delay. You're in luck though! The inflight entertainment system is available and features some of the best performances Fringe has to offer. In Flight Entertainment is a themed compilation comedy show from the minds of long term comedy partners Sarah and Laura. In between each of the guest comedians, they'll be using their sketch, musical and stand up comedy skills, honed from their ...

Theatre

In The Eyes of Neptune

Theatre

Freddy's / Band Room

AUG 6, 9-14, 16-20 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

'Where do you go, if not to your head?' He begins with a blank canvas, filled with colourless portrayals of our existence. Once he reveals the lens and turns on the camera, we see the wide world that lives inside his head. A nameless boy on the brink of manhood carries out a project on male loneliness. He interviews four men from drastically different backgrounds, attempting to learn from them how to become a man. Upon realising how reliant they are on retreating to their mind in times of hardship, he too begins looking for a way to part with reality and embrace the surreal. Once th...

Comedy

International Comedy Showcase

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Mad Cow Comedy is thrilled to bring its highly successful show concept from the Netherlands to the Edinburgh Fringe! Join us for an hour of stand-up comedy featuring a carefully curated selection of international acts from across the globe. Each show is hosted by our energetic and friendly compère, who introduces a fresh lineup of comedians every day. With a mix of seasoned pros and exciting up-and-coming talent, no two performances are ever the same, offering comedy lovers a unique and dynamic hour of entertainment. Prepare for a vibrant showcase of diverse styles and hilarious perspectives—t...

Comedy

Irish Comedy Free-For-All

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A collection of the best Irish comedians at Edinburgh Fringe Festival all under one roof with a new lineup every single day! ...

Comedy

Irish Comedy Invasion: 14th Year

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Ireland's best comedians performing at the Fringe all have their own solo shows. They will be joining us to perform their club set highlights to encourage, nay, DEMAND that you will deffo want to see their full shows. Everybody we bring on are the cream of the Irish comedy scene, and the chaos of having four of them in one show is beautiful. Or sometimes just chaos!...

Comedy

James Beatty: I'm Not Busy

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-30 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An hour of stand-up with comedy's cheekiest chap. Expect a quick witted comedy special, with captivating stories and tales from experiencing 78 countries around the world. You ask him if he wants to do something and he will always reply with... "I'm Not Busy". Fresh from winning over audiences all over the world with his big smile and warm energy, positive crowd interactions and a love for life. @JamesBeattyComedian “Funniest F**king Dude I’ve Ever Seen In My Life” Gerard Butler 2023 “Such a funny guy who makes you feel like you’re one of his pals. Very down to earth and so so funny. 100...

Comedy

Jeff's Flight Club >-)->

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-30 at 23:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

A compilation of the festival’s best acts! 2026 was the year we found out what was suspected about the wicked elites and their sick behaviours. Unfortunately it’s looking like the odious elitist men (and maybe like 2 women) will get away with their depravity, but we can still mock them! Come join our club and board the LOL-ita express. Late-night, dark-humour, diverse line-ups, produced by award winning comics....

Comedy

Jeremy Dooley: Daddy Cool

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 6-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Daddy Cool dives into dads, terrible advice, and speaking when you shouldn’t. Australia's Jeremy Dooley beings his debut solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Daddy Cool garnered rave reviews at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, took him on tour across Australia, and is a testament to his rapid rise in Australia’s comedy scene. "ABOUT TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM" -FORTE MAG "LAUGH TILL YOUR GUTS HURT" -WEEKEND NOTES "SUPREMELY TALENTED. A RISING STAR" -BEAT MAG 5 stars -WHAT'S THE SHOW 5 stars -27 MAGAZINE Packed full of quick jokes and storytelling, with...

Comedy

John Robertson: Excitable Boy!

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-30 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The UK’s most manic comic! Life-affirming, high-octane improv filth! 'A force of nature' **** (Daily Telegraph). 'Secure tickets now before some Taskmaster-type programme claims him for mainstream fame and his star becomes unreachable' **** (TheReviewsHub.com). Expect trademark wildness from the creator of legendary improv game-show – The Dark Room (British Comedy Guide’s Best-Reviewed Comedy Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and nominated Best International Act New Zealand Comedy Festival 2025). Check viral clips on Instagram: @Mr_Dark_Room, TikTok: @RobbotronTwitch, YouTube: Robbotron....

Comedy

Johnny Hollywood

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-29 at 20:20 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ladbible Ireland host John Spillane has gone full Hollywood and is ready to bring all the glitz and the glammer of tinsle town to the Edinburgh Fringe. Moving at a mile a minute, this show is weaponized chaos, a Fringe experience unlike any other! John has multiple TV credits including Comedy Central, RTE, WWE, Virgin Media, Now TV and he headlined the season 1 finale of Craic Den TV. Winner SPIRIT OF THE WIT - Dublin Fringe 2025 "One of the countrys most energetic performers" - Ranked on Irelands must see Fringe acts by RTE "The maddest man on the Irish Scene" - Ranked #1 Irish ...

Comedy

Joke Thieves: World Championship

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The cult hit show returns – bigger, riskier and more competitive than ever. Comedians go joke-for-joke, showcasing their own material before fearlessly performing their rivals’ jokes, battling for the title, the championship belt and a £1500 cash prize. ‘A brilliant format’ (Guardian). ‘An undoubted hit’ (Chortle.co.uk). Piloted for Comedy Central (US) & BBC Two (UK). Top five comedy shows of the year (List). Top 10 late nights out at the Fringe (Time Out). Top 25 shows at the Fringe (Comedy.co.uk). Featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. ‘Spontaneous and anarchic’ **** (Fest). ‘A truly elec...

Comedy

Joke Thieves: World Championship

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The cult hit show returns – bigger, riskier and more competitive than ever. Comedians go joke-for-joke, showcasing their own material before fearlessly performing their rivals’ jokes, battling for the title, the championship belt and a £1500 cash prize. ‘A brilliant format’ (Guardian). ‘An undoubted hit’ (Chortle.co.uk). Piloted for Comedy Central (US) & BBC Two (UK). Top five comedy shows of the year (List). Top 10 late nights out at the Fringe (Time Out). Top 25 shows at the Fringe (Comedy.co.uk). Featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. ‘Spontaneous and anarchic’ **** (Fest). ‘A truly elec...

Comedy

Jokers in the Pack

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A compilation show featuring four of the funniest comedians from across the Edinburgh Fringe! The line-ups are shuffled daily so you're always sure to get dealt the very best of all the jokers! Expect storytelling, one-liners and a little bit of naughtiness! Every show is different, so make sure you check out a Jokers in the Pack show! It's always loads of fun and you're guaranteed a great night's entertainment!...

Comedy

Lab Rats: A Science Gameshow

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-30 at 16:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

Comedy! Science! Games! Cookies!! Zoologist and comedian Donal Vaughan returns with the live audience science game show with a difference! The audience is divided into teams to compete in various games to earn glory and get some cookies. And electric shocks for the losers. (Maybe not electric shocks, but losers don't get cookies.) Returning with some new games to join the favorites from last year, get ready to laugh and learn... Did I mentions there's cookies! ...

Comedy

Lager Jus

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-11 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Merryck’s back with a new show that, despite the title, has absolutely nothing to do with cooking. Just another hour of new jokes and daft stories to cheer you up in these troubled times. Many comedians produce shows with depth and meaning, that will slowly reveal some kind of message, and you may leave having learned something about the world around you and, perhaps even, yourself. None of that nonsense here. You will learn nothing and may even leave slightly thicker than when you arrived. It’s a good laugh though, and goes down well with a pint of chemical Lager or other similar non-organic ...

Comedy

Laughing Horse CLEAN Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 7-30 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The Pick of the Fringe has been a hit show at the Fringe for 22 years, an annual selection of the best in stand-up comedy in Edinburgh. And now this clean version has arrived! It's the same succulent smorgasbord of fantastically funny stand-up comedy headliners chosen from around the Fringe, with the rude bits taken out, so suitable for everyone! With four different comics daily, and it's Pay What You Can entry! 'Highly recommended' (FringeReview.co.uk). 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★(Cream of the Fringe). ****★★★★★&...

Comedy

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 7-30 at 21:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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AUG 7-30 at 19:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box of laughs! Line-ups include performers selected from Fringe shows and the international comedy circuit, with guests from the best in new talent appearing at the Fringe – plus it's Pay What You Can entry! ★★★★★ (FestivalReview.com). 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe). 'A great night out' ★★★★ (So...

Comedy

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 7-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 7-30 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 7-30 at 17:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 7-30 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The very best comedians selected from across the Fringe with a different top-notch comedy line-up at every show. It's the absolute best way to see a great Fringe comedy smorgasbord, with line-ups selected from shows and venues all around the Fringe and the international comedy circuit... And you can Pay What You Can to watch! International festival sell-out shows 2004-2026. 'Cracking comedy selection' ★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe). 'A great night out' ★★★★★ (SouthWestLive.co.uk). 'A fantastic night of comedy' ★&#...

Musicals and Opera

Linked Out the Musical

Musicals and Opera

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 10-13 at 15:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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What happens when a woman climbs the ladder of Big Tech… and then writes a musical making fun of it? Linked-Out is a witty musical satire about corporate ambition, tech culture, and the bizarre theatre of modern office life. Inspired by the writer’s real experience working in the tech industry, the show follows Kayla, an ambitious young professional trying to succeed in Silicon Valley’s fast-moving corporate ecosystem. At first it feels like the dream job: exciting projects, impressive titles, and the chance to help shape the future. But as Kayla climbs higher, the environment around her becom...

Comedy

Little Miss Sunshine

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 14:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Serena Smart is your new best friend - you just don’t know it yet. Equal parts loveable and chaotic, her blend of witty observations and surprising stories has been described as “unusually sharp and distinctive” (Chortle), and “usually just weird” (her ex). In her latest show, Serena explores how her determination to see the best in people has filled her life with chaos, whimsy and a healthy dose of danger. From befriending any stranger that will give her the time of day, to ignoring countless red flags in the pursuit of love, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ offers a blistering defence of positivi...

Music

Live Music at Freddy's

Music

Freddy's / Band Room

AUG 6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30 at 22:00 (180 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready to sing at the top of your lungs. Freddy's is the all-out, live music party parlour and cocktail house specialising in pure, unadulterated fun — seven nights a week....

Comedy

Lizzie Simpson: Just Be Confident, Loser!

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Lizzie Simpson has always been told she should be more confident, as if that helps in any way. Now a Leicester Square New Comedian Runner Up 2025, this "gleefully ribald" (The Scotsman) oversharer is asking the hard questions. What is true confidence? Where does it come from? And can it be found in a book written by a millionaire?...

Comedy

Lord of the Zings: A Kiwi Comedy Showcase

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-30 at 13:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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You shall not pass... up this opportunity to see some great Kiwi comedy! The last Lord of the Rings movie came out in 2003 and these NZ comedians are still riding that wave. They don’t have a single joke about Hobbits, dragons or really any opinions on the works of Peter Jackson – they’re just using this as a marketing ploy. Although, they are travelling all the way to Edinburgh so, in a way, their journey is a lot like Frodo and Sam taking the ring to Mordor (we assume. We haven’t actually seen the movies). 'These are some essential people to know about.' Theatreview (NZ) Winne...

Comedy

Louis Beer: Ultra-processed Comedy Show (WIP)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-16 at 10:40 (45 min) - Pay What You Can

Award-winning standup Louis Beer is bringing his debut solo show to the Fringe to ask important questions like: What's the most inappropriate food to eat in a sauna? How many scampi fries is too many scampi fries? Why are you looking at me like that? Expect surreal observations and absurd gags from the winner of Leicester Comedy Festival’s Circuit Breaker competition and a finalist in the Brighton Komedia New Comedian awards. ...

Comedy

Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-13 at 13:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Lulu returns from the dead to work on new jokes, songs and personal overshares in her work in progress stand up hour. Expect laughs, expect a dog....

Music

Lve Music at Boston Bar (New Town)

Music

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27 at 23:00 (120 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Come to the Boston Bar for some lively Irish-American pub music. You can expect everything from traditional live "trad" sessions (acoustic folk, fiddles, and banjos) to upbeat, modern sing-alongs and classic pop covers played by local musicians seven nights a week....

Music

Lve Music at Boston Bar (Old Town)

Music

Boston Bar (Old Town) / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:00 (480 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Come to the Boston Bar for some lively Irish-American pub music. You can expect everything from traditional live "trad" sessions (acoustic folk, fiddles, and banjos) to upbeat, modern sing-alongs and classic pop covers played by local musicians seven nights a week....

Music

Lve Music at Westside Rodeo

Music

Westside Rodeo / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:00 (480 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Saddle up for a wild time at westside Rodeo! Edinburgh’s original Western bar, where the music’s loud, the drinks are strong, and the good times roll all night long. Whether you’re here for a birthday bash, hen party, or just a spontaneous night out, Westside Rodeo brings the energy – 7 days a week! Ready to ride?...

Comedy

Mad Ron Presents Identity Theft – The Gameshow

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A surreal gameshow where Uxbridges third hardest man and multi award winning Mad Ron tries to guide his comedy apprentice, as a glamorous game show host. "...keeps the onslaught of jokes coming, contributing to the rowdily fun atmosphere." (Steve Bennett - Chortle) “The funniest most inventive nut bag show I think I’ve ever seen I love it love it love it!!” (Terry Alderton) ...

Comedy

Madeleine Munford: Who the F*ck is Madeleine?

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 19:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Who the F*$% is Madeleine? Madeleine Munford is an anxiety-riddled, bisexual New Yorker who is a libra rising and possibly the reincarnation of Princess Diana. Join her as she recounts her misadventures living with an ex-situationship, having a threesome from Beetlejuice, and navigating the battle between choosing herself all over again or staying toxic. This is also a love letter to the gays and girlies, for their supportive voice notes, loud karaoke sessions, and endless live music gig adventures. Madeleine Munford is a stand-up comedian and actress originally from New York, who is curren...

Childrens

Magic Maestros

Childrens

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Join the Canadian Watson brothers in a world where melodies shimmer, rhythms cast spells, and every note feels enchanted. Magic Maestros is a one-of-a-kind magic-themed music show that blurs the line between concert and illusion, inviting audiences into an immersive experience where sound and wonder collide encouraging creativity long after the show ends. This isn’t just a performance, it is an interactive exploration into the fun you can have with music partnered with feats of sleight of hand and misdirection. One moment you’re dancing, laughing and singing along, and the next, you’re ga...

Comedy

Magic Mic

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 12:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Irish comedy magician Alex J. Byrne brings his show Magic Mic back to Edinburgh Fringe following a successful run of shows at last year's festival! Magic Mic is a comedy magic show that is suitable for all ages and was very popular at last year's Fringe. If you like clean comedy, puns, silly observations and Magic, this is the show for you! ...

Comedy

Mark Row: A Class Act

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Teacher turned comedian Mark Row has had enough of the endless carousel of uninspiring lessons, inane questions and kids with attitudes that stink worse than their PE kits. But will a new life in the limelight prove to be any better? Bringing together the best bits from his two previous shows 'A* in the Making' and 'Don't You Know Who I Am?' this show demonstrates why Mark Row doesn't need to stay in the classroom to prove that he's a class act! You really need to give up teaching and focus on the comedy - Joe Pasquale You really need to give up comedy and focus on the teaching - OFSTED...

Music

Masala Three

Music

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-21 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Music GAME SHOW Alert!!! Come participate in our LIVE composition OR just come to sabotage the live performers and other players. (To be edited)...

Comedy

Mat Smith: The Middle

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-16 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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After 15 years playing with smartphones, gadgets and video games and calling it a real job, Mat is throwing his savings at the Edinburgh fringe, instead of going on holiday. He was probably going to go to Japan, solo. He would have loved that. Is it that bad to go on holiday alone? Is it a bold claim of self-reliance, or just an expensive way to be lonely in a different time zone? The Middle is a dry, witty, and hopeful look at almost middle-age, being a bad bisexual and proving it’s never too late to learn to backflip. As seen at The Bill Murray, Up The Creek, Backyard Comedy Club, and Hot W...

Comedy

Mat Wills: My Wife Took My Dad to a Brothel (I Drove)

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Mat Wills: My Wife Took My Dad to a Brothel (I Drove) A very funny & personal comedy show exploring family, love and of course, sex. Taboos broken for all the right reasons. Fun by, but not for, the entire family!...

Comedy

Meet Me in the Middle

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 7-12 at 15:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 7-12 at 13:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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It's us versus them. It's the forces of light versus the armies of darkness. It's vegans versus pastrami shops. Or... is it all a bit of a joke? A stand-up show about bringing us closer while we tear ourselves apart. Join David Rose as he unpacks our collective insanity and proves that really, we're all in this together. 'A sharp joke-writer and solid performer.' Chortle (UK) 'His banter is confident and smooth.' ★★★★½ Glam Adelaide 'Comedy wunderkind.' Theatre Haus...

Comedy

Mi Casa es su Casa

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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"Mi Casa Es Su Casa" is the high energy and interactive creation of Ecuador's number 1 comic - EL Purnell. A gag-heavy show comparing the differences of living in Europe and South America. He will cover culture, family, politics, relationships, music, travel and some dark Latin secrets. El Purnell is a unique act working in the UK for over a decade and delivering his act in both Spanish and English. It does not matter if you do not speak Spanish, you will still belly laugh. However, keep your mind open as El will teach you some useful Spanish phrases in a very visual and interactive ...

Comedy

Millwall Jew

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 18:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The UK's favourite and funniest Jewish stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina (The Guardian ****), returns with his marvellously funny solo show about the football fan who, tired of being expected to support the 'Jewish' north London club Tottenham Hotspur, decides to swear allegiance instead to his own 'more earthy' local south London team, Millwall F.C. They say Jews are funny, Ivor Dembina proves it! ...

Comedy

Nathan Cassidy: From The Ashes

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 19:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Multi-award winning standup comic tells the story of how the last Ashes Series changed his life. A story of love, loss and a Christmas night miracle. 'A master of the genre' One4Review ★★★★ 'Star in waiting. He is untouchable' The Times ★★★★ 'Few have been as deeply moving as Nathan Cassidy' The Scotsman 2025 Last Christmas Day, Nathan Cassidy is alone in his divorcee basement, feverish and half-drunk, watching England getting destroyed in the Ashes. But as the Ashes slips further out of reach, something strange begins to happen... The Au...

Comedy

Nerdy and Dirty: Part Classroom, Part Classless

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 22:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Did you know what undiagnosed STDs can cause mental disorders? Or which wild animals can be gay? Or anything about duck penises? All these questions and more will be answered in Nerdy and Dirty, the critically acclaimed stand-up show comedy from Zoltan (real name), a former international biology teacher turned comedian. Having lived in 16 countries and visited countless more, Zoltan intertwines his nomadic, globe-trotting life as a clueless American with educational facts that you definitely did not learn in school. Trading a classroom for a stage, he not only wants to entertain but educat...

Comedy

New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Up and coming NZ comedian and serial OCD sufferer Danny Sewell presents his funniest hour of comedy to date. Winner Best Up & Coming Comedian - 2022 NZ Comedy Guild Awards Nominated Best Newcomer - 2024 NZ International Comedy Festival Nominated Most Unhinged Show - 2024 NZ International Comedy Festival 'Danny's comedy could be described as pure talent.' Theatreview (NZ)...

Comedy

Now That's What I Call Irish Stand-Up Comedy! Vol 1

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A thrilling hour of hilarious stand-up featuring the best of Irish comedy. Hosts Include: Jack Shortall: An award winning stand-up and award-viewing sketch comedian from Dublin, Ireland, Jack Shortall (Raider New Act Winner 2026, Bray New Act Finalist 2025, Pitchfork Comedy Competition Finalist 2026) has gigged as tour support a number of Irish Comedians including Sinead Walsh, and honestly, is probably one of the most sensitive guys in Ireland. Patrick Conlan: An opener for Rory Scovel, and multiple-award winning comedian (Chery Comedy Break Out Act 2025, Stitches Final Gongshow Winner...

Comedy

Obituary

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 14:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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What will other people say about you once you are dead? 75 year-old stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina (Guardian ****) gets his retaliation in first, presenting his own obituary in a brand-new solo show. ...

Comedy

Off With Your Head!

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"★★★★★ Unabashedly silly, plenty of laughs, and all-around fun!" - EdFringeReview
"★★★★ A cult hit!" - One4Review
"★★★★ Redefines the boundaries of live performance1" - Broadway World

Who Lives? Who Dies? You Decide! Enter a 12th century throne room, where you decide the fates of two guest performers trying to rule your kingdom. Be peasants, warlords, dragons, or just sit back and cheer for their demise! An interactive comedy game show that merges video games and TTRPGs into 100% ridiculous i...

Comedy

Olaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me Go

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-18, 20-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Edinburgh Festival Best Show ISH Award shortlisted in 2025. The best-joke-list-bothering, holey-cheese-flinging Falafel is back with another laundry basket full of stuff he hopes you’ll find funny. Including but not limited to: mind reading mic-stands, sausage-based nonsense and art-related buffoonery. It won’t be sensible. ...

Childrens

Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show: This Time It’s Stupider!

Childrens

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-18, 20-24, 27-30 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After a sell out run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel is dishing up another frying pan full of family-friendly comedy. The comedy show comedians take their kids to is back and even funnier! Join Olaf Falafel (if that is his real name) for an hour of kid’s comedy which will be the stupidest he has ever let trickle from his brain. Expect jokes, poos on pogo sticks, more jokes and truth-telling cheese. There will definitely be a time-travelling portal to the future, some farts and a live drawalong. Be there or be a dodecahedron! ...

Comedy

Old Comedians Are Funny

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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If you enjoy the Lived Experience of the best comedians, please to come along and enjoy the Near-Death Experience of the best comedians Over-50 performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. It is probably the last time they will be allowed to fly....

Comedy

One Dog, One Nutter

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-30 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Jay and his assistance dog Hawke invite you on a raw, hilarious, and unforgettable ride. Drawing on 23 years of military service, Jay reveals how stand-up comedy quite literally saved his life—helping him navigate complex PTSD and moral injury. With fearless honesty, he transforms darkness into laughter, pain into giggles, and trauma into jokes you’ll swear you shouldn’t laugh at… but absolutely will. ...

Comedy

Other

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 6-18 at 13:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Being different is hilarious... once you embrace it! ‘Other’ is a two-person stand-up show about the experiences of being different, trying/pretending to fit in, and learning to embrace your otherness. If you've ever been in a situation where you feel like you don't belong, this show is for you! Rohan and Mani uniquely incorporate elements of observational stand-up, split-bill, double act and audience participation (with a quiz!) to ultimately demonstrate that we're all ‘other’ in our own ways. Previous audience acclaim includes: 'Thoughtful and awesome. Laughed till my sides hurt!' and 'Such ...

Comedy

Paddy Seery: Hereditary

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Hereditary is a stand-up comedy show that dives headfirst into the absurd contradictions of Irish identity, exploring themes of family, generational trauma, alcoholism, sex, and the surreal experience of serving in the Irish Army as a peace-loving hippy. The show blends razor-sharp wit with heartfelt storytelling, using personal anecdotes and observational humor to unpack the paradoxes that shape who we are. Rooted in the tradition of confessional stand-up, the form will be dynamic and conversational, allowing space for improvisation and audience interaction. Set against the broader context of...

Comedy

Paul Currie: REMOVE YOUR SKIN PLEASE

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 7-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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This will be award winning absurdist comedian Paul Currie’s brand new show, and his 11th full hour long Show. A welded fusion of ADHD, stand up, clown, mime, art, noise rock and utter nonsense that shall be squeezed into 60min of the most utterly bonkers comedy madness ever brought to a live stage. Strap in and let go for a rusted rollercoaster ride into the south hemisphere of reality. Imagine David Lynch & Iggy Pop meet Spike Milligan on Buckfast & Haribo.  “ INCREDIBLE! A treasure trove of imaginative physical comedy.” ★★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN  “Paul Currie i...

Childrens

Piemageddon

Childrens

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 11:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The silliest quiz show ever. Kids versus comedians in a head-to-head battle of wits answering wacky questions. The loser gets a custard pie and most likely so will everyone else....

Comedy

Pins & Needles

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-18 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Pins & Needles is a high-voltage stand-up comedy show where ink meets irreverence. Hosted by New York comedians Justin Hartmann and Taylor Drew, this no-holds-barred showcase features heavily tattooed comics who strip down to their underwear & show off their art, all while making you laugh. Part comedy show, part living gallery, Pins & Needles celebrates the stories behind the ink—regretful tattoos, meaningful tributes, impulsive decisions, and everything in between—told with biting humor and zero shame. It’s raw, ridiculous, and refreshingly honest, blending body positivity with fearless s...

Comedy

Punchline Bingo

Comedy

West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-11, 13-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Four top comedians try to beat the punchlines in this comedy gameshow. But, YOU can win prizes too by playing the comedy bingo! All you need to do is cross the words off your card as the comics say them to win prizes! It's Bingo - but comical. WINNER BEST PANEL SHOW- Late Stage Comedy at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024 Sold out Leicester shows 2025 & 2026 Sold out shows Edinburgh Fringe 2024 & 2025 Sold out show Barcelona Fringe 2025 ...

Comedy

Queer Diary

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

Queer performers read REAL teenage diaries, poetry, fanfic & more! Featuring a different line-up each time, Queer Diary has gained a cult following, with crowds coming back for more angsty teenage diaries, long-lost love letters, fabulous fan-fiction, terrible Tumblr posts, and possibly the odd bit of cringey poetry! Come for a line-up of the best of LGBTQIA+ talent - stay for the hilarious, heartfelt & never-before-heard highs-and-lows of their coming-of-age era scribblings. "A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness… Often funny, sometimes moving and he...

Comedy

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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In this hilarious and heartfelt show, Rachel explores the vast cultural chasm between her British roots and her adopted Dutch home. With her witty, warm and engaging style, she dives into the quirks, clashes, and absurdities of expat life in the world’s most liberal country. Rachel is a prominent comedian in the Netherlands, has featured in various comedy festivals and was awarded Best Stand-up by worldwidecomedyawards.com in 2021. ...

Comedy

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Raul Kohli returns for a sixth year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies... Just one hour of straight improvised comedy based on what the crowd tell him. ***** (Guardian). ...

Comedy

Ray Fordyce's Not-So-Royal Variety Show

Comedy

Dropkick Murphys / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ray Fordyce is back again to host a wide variety of acts from around the comedy and entertainment circuit. Featuring newbies, veterans and those come to preview their own shows, this is a must for all Fringe goers. ...

Comedy

Ray Fordyce: The Fordyce Saga

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-10 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The saga of Ray's life is about to be told. Sharing the struggles of a rough upbringing up to navigating singledom in middle age, all whilst learning new languages and making fudge. ...

Comedy

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 15:15 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"★★★★ An all-round fabulous show!" - One4Review
"A terrific comic and a wonderful storyteller!" - The Scotsman

Rizal Van Geyzel (Comedy Central Asia) was jailed for telling jokes about his own Islamic heritage. After a year under fire from right wing extremists, a hostile government, and a sedition hearing, Rizal returns to the Fringe to tell his story. How it all happened, what it means for the role of comedy, and the impact it had on freedom of speech in Malaysia. Don't worry, all this sounds a bit heavy but the show is really funny....

Comedy

Rizal Van Geyzel: Single Fatherhood

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 18:00 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 18:00 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"★★★★ An all-round fabulous show!" - One4Review
"A terrific comic and a wonderful storyteller!" - The Scotsman

Single Fatherhood (The Sequel to Prison)
Lost his business. Lost his wife. Now he's losing his mind—while looking after three kids on his own. This comedian, once jailed for telling jokes about being Muslim in Malaysia, faces his toughest gig yet: single fatherhood. Is he keeping it together? Barely. But the alternative is putting them out on the street. More freedom for him, sure. But not a good story to tell on stage. A stand-up show ...

Comedy

Ryan Mold: Resistant

Comedy

The Hanover Tap / The Wee Tap

AUG 6-30 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Ryan Mold: Resistant In my new stand-up show Resistant, I take a funny, honest look at what happens when life changes faster than I can keep up. From technology that confuses me, to government rules that make no sense, to the creeping reality of getting older — it all feels a bit harder than it used to. I’ll be sharing my frustrations with self-checkouts that think I’m stealing, apps that constantly need updating, and politicians insisting everything’s fine while the rest of us are just trying to survive the week. I’m baffled by cashless pubs, arguing with voice assistants, and clinging ...

Comedy

Sam See: Sam See It, Sam Say It, Sam Sorted (WIP)

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 10, 17, 24 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Sam See has a brand new show that promises to be rib-tickling, side-splitting, and [INSERT THIRD GENERIC ADJECTIVE], with exactly one train joke!
Whether you want gay jokes, Asian jokes, immigrant jokes, or whichever minority group you support, he’s probably one of them!
He’s totally written this copy and not his agent, who definitely hasn't banned him from doing what he loves: educational comedy, interactive games, and heartfelt messages.
Join Sam as he tries to tick the boxes, be a 'successful comedian', and understand what it means to be yourself in this modern world....

Childrens

Science Circus

Childrens

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 at 11:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The man behind Science Magic is back with a Circus themed show. With Juggling, plate spinning and more tricks for the audience to help out with. Learn about science and laugh your pants while you do in this fun filled family show. ...

Comedy

Sex! with Becky Fury

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 00:30 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An outrageously adult show by an award winning comic, writer, former dominatrix, sex therapist and walking human interest story on the subject of SEX! humans and our weird, wonderful (and often hilarious sex lives **** Tremendously Talented (Off The Mic) ****Blew me away with her comic ingenuity (Lancaster Guardian) This is a work in progress based on a selection of humorous articles I’ve written on the subject and previously performed works. There maybe a Q&A. If there’s time and if you’re good girls, boys (or anything in betweens!) ;) ...

Comedy

Shaggers

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 6-30 at 22:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 15:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. "The perfect way to close a night at the festival" ★★★★★ (Funny Tonne, Melbourne International Comedy Festival) "A tour de force of laughter filled mischievous comedy" ★★★★★ (ArtsInLeicestershire.co.uk) "Excellent" ★★★★★ (Audience Review, Edfringe.com) "Utterly hilarious" ★★★★1/2 (Perth Fringe Worl...

Comedy

Sid Singh: Love Bombing

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Award Winning and Triple Nominated Comedian Sid Singh returns with a brand new show all about what it means to keep fighting the Trump Administration after everything that's happened. Except instead of being depressing. Its f*cking hilarious....

Comedy

Silly and Surviving

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-30 at 13:15 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The 2020s have been shit. From cost of living and covid to deepfakes & doomscrolling, it’s too much to handle. But Kie Carson is “Silly & Surviving”. In “Silly and Surviving”, rising comedy firecracker Kie Carson proves that sillies just won’t pay the billies - but it might save your sanity. Through a queer, working-class lens, Kie unravels absurd thoughts, wild observations, and life’s ridiculous struggles with unstoppable charm, fearless honesty, and relentless, laugh-out-loud chaos. Kie is "extremely likable" (Nodding Dog Comedy), with "original and intelligent material" (Funhouse Comedy...

Childrens

Slugageddon!

Childrens

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-16 at 13:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Slugs, slugs and more slugs!! Can you help Benny Shakes befriend the slug army with a piano made of vegetables, some delicious compost and a final showdown with the King Slug? Best Kid’s Show NOMINEE - UK Kids’ Comedy Festival ★★★★ "Benny Shakes is a great comic, end of story - Stageside UK WINNER - Disability Champions Award “Its most subtle lesson, the one least remarked upon - that we’re easily relating to somebody who happens to have cerebral palsy” Broadway Baby...

Comedy

Sneaking Into Taylor Swift Cost Me $1989

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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I've been sneaking into the biggest stadiums across North America wearing a hidden camera, then redistributing the ticket value to people in each city that could really benefit. As I released these videos on my Youtube channel Matt Watson Comedy, security started hunting me, but when I had a shot at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, I was determined to pull off my biggest heist yet......

Comedy

Soness: Sumo Injury Comeback Tour

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Former voice of Hello Kitty, fresh from her Sumo injury tour, Soness talks about growing up homeless in a beat-up Datsun (now Nissan) in America to making metro announcements on the other side of the world — only to be upgraded (AKA replaced by)… Shhh… AI might be listening!

Tokyo-based voice artist Soness weaves stories of voice acting, childhood nostalgia, and love—all while mastering Zen and the art of not becoming your mother.

Burbank Comedy Festival semi-finalist. Plauzzable Comedian of the Year.

★★ ...

Comedy

Stand-up Philosophy

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A unique show where the UK's most thoughtful and funny stand-up comedians perform sets on philosophical themes or with philosophical questions. 'An ingenious concept' (BingeFringe.com). Hosted by former philosophy teacher Alex Farrow, 'An intelligent new star' (Comedy.co.uk) 'Perfect' ***** (Scotsman). ...

Comedy

Stand-Up Science

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Love science? Love comedy? Want to laugh and feel smart? Come to Stand-up Science, a collective of fantastic scientific comedians from across the Fringe. Returning for a fifth year following successful runs in 2022-2025, this show is guaranteed to make you laugh and learn. Following on from successful sell-out shows about nature, bacteria, evolution and insects at the Oxford Natural History museum, Oxford's celebrated academic comedians bring Stand-up Science back to the Edinburgh Fringe. "Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, genuinely interesting, genuinely original." (Daily Info, Oxford). Each sh...

Comedy

Stephen Carlin: Kapitan Bomba

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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2026 is going to be a great by the way, spectacular. I’ve just decided based on no evidence whatsoever. As the global clusterf*ck collides impressively with personal crisis, the chief executive of self awareness - Stephen Carlin (Stewart Lee’s 10 best comedians of all time) is on hand to explain how none of this fiasco is any of his fault. Now sit back, kick back and enjoy the Cool Aid. “He’s a quality Comedian” Kevin Bridges. Herald ***** ...

Comedy

Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 16:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, the subs, and of course, the manager. In order to fund her dreams when starting out in standup comedy in New York City, Katharyn Henson worked a day job as the manager of a BDSM dungeon. From her desk in the office of the dungeon, Katharyn served as the conduit between clients and her co-workers, becoming immersed within a world often judged and misunderstood and experiencing real stories involving the brilliant, funny, and flawed people that shape such an unconventional workplace. ...

Comedy

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 01:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After a hiatus Struan returns to stand-up seeing that it needs a swift kick up the dick. The comedian and columnist (The National) performs with the personal over the partizan but Chaotic Good isn’t just for handsome looking, wise cracking rogues but folks who crave to do the right thing with a delightfully silly streak but ideally some nihilism along the way. Well worth staying up past your bedtime for this. "Humble" ****½ - Adelaide Advertiser "A truly authentic comedian" **** - Voice Mag "Ginger" ** - The Skinny...

Childrens

Supervillain

Childrens

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 15:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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You are the hero UNTAMED CITY. Its defender from crime and evil doers. The crime of the century is about to go down and you are on the clock. BATTLE evil, save kitties, solve clues and save the day.... or don't - you decide. From the award winning kids comedian Matty Grey, the mind behind "101 Ways to annoy your parents, and the GAME ON series" comes a new and excited adventure. Roll the dice, decide your fate a show where decisions matter and consequences are a thing. ...

Comedy

Tez Ilyas: Tez Things I Hate About You (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-17 at 17:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ 1/2 One 4 Review The grumpiest uncle in showbiz is back with a brand new show. See him work out fresh jokes, furious rants, and ridiculous stories, ahead of his massive nationwide tour this autumn. Star of: Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3⁄4. 'Ilyas has a slickness more reminiscent o...

Comedy

The Asian Comedy Showcase

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 13:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"★★★★.5 Fantastic, Brilliant" The Edge
"★★★★ One of the standing institutions of the festival!" One4Review

From the East to Edinburgh, it's The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for our fourth/3A year, catch some of the best acts from all over Asia and from all over the world, along with one Token White Act! Our performers have been seen on the BBC, Taskmaster, Netflix, Dropout, and various Asian TV channels you won't recognise! Line-ups change daily, and hosted by Sam See. (★★★★★ One4Review.co.uk)...

Theatre

The Augur

Theatre

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-30 at 00:05 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

You’re going to die.* The owl cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunderous clouds. From deep within a mossy mausoleum of crumbling stone something ancient stirs. The Augur has awoken. So HARK! Look to the birds and journey deep within the den of the osseous oracle to have your future divined- if you dare. The Unnatural Disaster Theatre Co. presents “The Augur” - a macabre fortune telling puppetry experience. Audiences enter the den of this ancient divinatory to have their fates foretold by the birds in this unforgettable improvised dark...

Comedy

The Best of Jay Sodagar

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 6-23 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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From performing stand-up Comedy for over 30 years to the culmination of this best of show with all the best bits of every Edinburgh show I have ever written. I am a smart funny comic who has written some amazing shows. This is all the good stuff that is still relevant today. I make you laugh but also ponder and think about heavy subjects from War to Relationships to Philosophy to Religion to Life Be prepared for an hour of laughter and warm fuzziness ...

Comedy

The Comedy Chaos Gameshow

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 23:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes! The Comedy Chaos Gameshow hurls comedians and audience members into a tornado of absurd challenges, impossible quizzes, and wild games. Rules crumble, chaos reigns, and anything can happen. It’s messy, unpredictable, and gloriously unhinged - where surviving the madness is the only prize that matters! Hosted by one silly boy named Kie Carson, this show presents three comedians doing whacky challenges and improvising before battling against audience members for crazy prizes. Kie is “extremely likable” (Nodding Dog Comedy), with “original and intelligent ma...

Comedy

The Cringe Factor: Rock’n’Roll Part 2

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 7-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want Tickets - from £5

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The Cringiest show at the Fringe returns... with a sequel nobody asked for! Join Ian Fox, a comedian who's aged like a carton of milk left in the sun, and his guests dissecting the cringe-worthy, the mind-boggling and the downright bizarre. This hit show returns with a brand-new selection of clips, that should've stayed buried and with a ton of cultural debris from yesteryear for the comics to wade through. Belt yourself in for sharp wit, awkward laughter and a ton of nostalgia or nausea digging up the cultural graveyard. 'C*nty f*cks' (Kate Copstick)....

Comedy

The Devil Wears Primark

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-18 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The Devil Wears Primark – Stand-Up Comedy by Rachael Milne Comedy for people who thought they’d have it figured out by now. The Devil Wears Primark is a sharp, funny and unfiltered 45-minute stand-up comedy show about ageing, identity, body image, consumer culture and the quiet panic of trying to “have it all” in midlife. Blending observational comedy with raw personal storytelling, Rachael Milne takes audiences on a hilarious and brutally honest journey through binge eating, sobriety, fashion envy, fat jabs, peri-menopause, dating disasters and the pressure to perform a perfect life ...

Comedy

The Dodgy Accent Show

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Fake accents, real laughs! Five rising stars of comedy perform their stand-up sets with a unique twist: an improbable accent. Can you spot the real one? Comedians from all over the world take on the challenge to dupe the audience. Including undiscovered gems, Roast Battle champions and award-winners and nominees. ...

Comedy

The Double G Comedy Rodeo

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The Double G Comedy Rodeo is not your typical comedy night; it’s a full-throttle ride into the wild side of stand-up. A mash-up of chaos, charisma, and killer comedy, the Rodeo takes everything you think you know about a comedy show and gleefully turns it on its head. It’s in-your-face, up-close comedy that doesn’t just break the fourth wall; it invites the audience right through it. Expect fast laughs, fearless performances, and a show that feels as unpredictable as it is unforgettable. The Rodeo thrives on spontaneity; comics bounce off the crowd, moments spiral into mayhem, and somehow,...

Comedy

The Infamous Comedy Show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-23 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A late night show with multiple comedians Who I think will be famous in the future. May not necessarily be for Comedy. 4 acts every night with your charming host Jay Sodagar ...

Comedy

The Irish Mob

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-30 at 17:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The Irish Mob returns after an amazing sell-out performance in 2023! This wild and exciting compilation show brings together the best of Ireland's up-and-coming comedians, rising stars, alongside seasoned headliners and guest visiting performers. Hosted and MC'd by award-winning Irish comedian John O'Keeffe (Bray Comedy Festival's Best New Act 2019)...

Comedy

The Midlife Mind Flip

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

What was your rock bottom? Divorce? Redundancy? Cancer? Sharon VS can relate. She’s done it all - in the same year. And this Edinburgh regular is spilling the tea. Hilarious and poignant, Sharon turns life’s curve balls into a rip-roaring rollercoaster of confessional stand-up comedy. Tinder swiping on silver foxes, bizarre business conferences, finding out you’re queer? Should life really be this exciting in your 50s?? Sharon’s debut solo show is unsparing, honest and wildly optimistic. A guide to finding more joy in life by daring to be a little more free....

Comedy

The Pleb's Pow Wow

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The Plebs need to have a pow wow. The world is a mess, our leaders aren't stepping up and it's time for us to do the necessary. That's where you come in. At each show, Ian Stone will choose some major issues. And together, we'll sort them. It could be the potholes that life throws up, what punishment is suitable for irritating behaviour in a public place or how to be sure that tropical fruit is fresh. One day, we might do the Middle East. Imagine that being sorted! **** The Times...

Theatre

The RemAIns of the Butler

Theatre

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 15:00 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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“The RemAIns of the Butler” by Mike McAlpine What if a humanoid robot challenges a butler’s world? In “The RemAIns of the Butler”, manservant Michael may maintain his composure but, rest assured, this is a butler in the midst of an existential crisis. He asks himself the question no profession can avoid today: can I survive in the age of AI? Michael is a top-notch British butler. Ivor Spencer-trained, no less. But what is the long-term worth of a butler to an employer who has just purchased a humanoid robot? Many consider a butler a status symbol: ramrod posture, frock coat, quiet assura...

Comedy

The Totally Improvised Musical

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 6-16 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Every night is opening night as our cast compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. That’s right; the story, songs, characters and “choreography” are all made up on the spot with live music and lots of laughter. Musical mayhem is guaranteed in a show that has been selling out at festivals across the country and picking up rave reviews! If you like musicals and you like comedy, then you’ll love The Totally Improvised Musical! Nominated Best Variety Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024, don’t miss the opening – and closing – night of your very own musical! Previous music...

Comedy

Three Bad Sisters

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 6-30 at 00:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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3 Bad Sisters is a dark, salacious comedy from Ireland's top 3 dark, salacious female comedians. Aideen McQueen, Shinanne Higgins and Louise O'Toole are sisters, granted, not each others sisters, but they're someone's sisters! They put the fun in funeral, the rim in grim and the slag in slag heap. They are finally joining forces and accumulating their darkest material to make you laugh, cringe, get slightly aroused and get just a wee bit sick in your mouth. This show is a cacophony of the best and darkest materials by these 3 single, Irish, female comedians in their 40's. It is a fine blend...

Comedy

Top of Their Game

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 6-16 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Comedians compete against each other, themselves, the audience and the host in a series of games and challenges to determine who is at the top of their game. If you're a fan of shows like Game Changer, Taskmaster, Make Some Noise or Richard Osman's House of Games then you are sure to love this legally distinct game show....

Comedy

Toxic Femininity

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 6-30 at 00:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After a smash hit, buzz-filled run at Gilded Balloon at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Toxic Femininity is back and bigger, faster and more gloriously unhinged than ever. Sexy, shocking and packed with fast paced, gut punch laughs, this high energy double act deliver fearless crowd work and the wildly chaotic audience favourite “Toxic or Not Toxic.” Expect huge laughs, outrageous moments, games, prizes, surprise guest spots and a room that is absolutely electric from start to finish. Not for the faint hearted. Essential for late night Fringe crowds. ...

Comedy

UK Pun Off

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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The hit online show The UK Pun Off has made the transition to a LIVE show and is coming back to Edinburgh! 4 top comics will have 3 jokes on 4 different topics and it is up to the audience to decide the winner of each round to crown the winner. We also look for the audience's best puns on each of the topics and prizes are up for grabs for the audience member with the best pun.Be sure to check out our past episodes on YouTube @ukpunoff to get you prepared for the hottest pun show on the planet! “Exceptional”- Notts Comedy Review Winner of Best Panel Show 2022- Late Stage Comedy ...

Comedy

Veterans v Civilians

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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What happens when two military veterans face off against two civilians in a comedy showdown? Is it the discipline and grit of military life that crafts the sharpest humor, or do the civilians have the everyday experiences that will leave you in stitches? We’re about to find out! Join us for an unforgettable show of laughs as these four comedians battle it out on stage. The stakes? Who delivers the funniest material – the veterans with their unique perspective or the "civvies" with their fresh, relatable takes? It’s all in good fun, but we want you to decide – who’s got the best material?...

Comedy

Wakey Wakey (It’s Time for Laughter)

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Games Room

AUG 6-16, 19-30 at 11:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Glaswegian comedian Stuart Nixon returns to Edinburgh with a new hour of high-energy, unpredictable comedy. A mix of stand-up and storytelling and just come to the show please it’ll be decent. “Stuart Nixon is beyond a comedy act. He’s a vibe.” — Omid Djalili “One to watch.” — Dan Benedictus, Desert Island Dicks “Genius. The most bizarre show I’ve seen at the Fringe. Awesomely bonkers yet beautifully poignant. I loved it.” — Paul Currie Audience reviews: “I highly recommend this as a hidden gem of the fringe” “I was told this show would be a blast and a must see. I was n...

Comedy

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-30 at 12:00 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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What if life’s most awkward, chaotic, and downright terrifying moments weren’t just survivable… but hilarious? Comedian Thao Cao has faced near-death experiences, racism on public transport, and relentless teasing about her Vietnamese name—and somehow lived to laugh about it. In this bold, witty, and unapologetically personal show, she’ll take you on a rollercoaster of laughs, cringes, and eye-opening perspectives you didn’t know you needed. Prepare to laugh, squirm, and maybe even rethink your own survival skills. Stand up Comedy at its very best - Upside Adelaide Rapid fire Jokes - So...

Comedy

Will Mars: A Year in Augusts

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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After twelve years performing in Edinburgh, Will Mars has spent a full year of his life at the Fringe. What started as a pursuit of five-star reviews became something unexpected — and far more freeing. A funny, thoughtful story about ambition, reinvention and what happens between shows. "Mars is well worth exploring” **** (Metro) "A fearsome comedy creation" **** (Scotsman) "What's not to like?" **** (Entertainment Now)...

Comedy

Will Sebag-Montefiore: Game of Phones

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-30 at 14:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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An antidote to the manosphere (with music) With over 70 millions views across his digital platforms, Will Sebag-Montefiore brings his sharp musical, comedic and satirical prowess to the tangible realm of the stage. An hour of stand-up, music, characters and impressions all about the worst people on social media which asks the question: “do I need a hair transplant?” and “why IS my name in the Epstein Files so many times?” Will Sebag-Montefiore is an actor and comedian you may have heard alongside Olivia Colman in the 2024 remake of Green Wing or in BBC Radio 4‘s sketch show POV. H...