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Starting at 22:15 in Bar 50 / Upstairs

Billionaires Are Currently Setting The World On Fire- A Climate Comedy Show

Billionaires Are Currently Setting The World On Fire- A Climate Comedy Show

Comedy

Billionaires Are Currently Setting The World On Fire- A Climate 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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Billionaires Are Currently Setting The World On Fire- A Climate Comedy Show- This is a hilarious, personal, hopeful and thought provoking comedy show about exploring the state of the world, Acid With Jesus, the rise of the far right alongside growing wealth inequality 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 balan...


Starting at 22:15 in The Counting House / The Lounge

Late Night In Canada

Late Night In Canada

Comedy

Late Night In Canada

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:15 (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

The most popular Canadian late night talk show is back! (also the only) Catch Gord's monologue followed by different guests every night, grilled by the hard hitting Canadian interview questions. ***Lack of CBC funding means Gord is also the band "This Gord is easy on the eyes" - Dion Owen ...


Starting at 22:15 in The Raging Bull / Cellar

Pins & Needles

Pins & Needles

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...


Starting at 22:15 in The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

Mad Ron Presents Identity Theft – The Gameshow

Mad Ron Presents Identity Theft – The Gameshow

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) ...


Starting at 22:30 in Bar 50 / The Garden Room

Another Compilation Show Beginning With A

Another Compilation Show Beginning With A

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....


Starting at 22:30 in Home Bar / Basement

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

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

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...


Starting at 22:30 in The City Cafe / Las Vegas

Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo

Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo

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....


Starting at 22:30 in The Counting House / The Attic

A Slice of Elvis

A Slice of Elvis

Cabaret

A Slice of Elvis

Cabaret

The Counting House / The Attic
AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 22:30 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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

“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...



Starting at 22:45 in Dragonfly / The Other Room

A Comedy World Cup

A Comedy World Cup

Comedy

A Comedy World Cup

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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This World Cup year we are bringing you a revolving door of the Fringe's best comedians ready to represent their country in a tournamnent of laughs! Stand ups go head to head in a comedic penalty shootout. Best part is YOU get to decide who's funniest and who takes home the Cup, so come & have a Messi night with us. Hosted and Referred by Kyle Legacy & Dean Coughlin. Sold Out Fringe shows 2025 From the lads that brought you 'An Aussie, a Englishman & a African walk into a bar... Sold Out Fringe 2022-24...


Starting at 22:45 in Dragonfly / The Other Room

Starting at 22:45 in Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

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

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

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))). ...


Starting at 22:45 in The Counting House / The Loft

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric Boogaloo

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric Boogaloo

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

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

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." ...


Starting at 22:45 in The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Shaggers

Shaggers

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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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...


Starting at 22:50 in The City Cafe / Hollywood

11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle!

11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle!

Cabaret

11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle!

Cabaret

The City Cafe / Hollywood
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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11 O’Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle! is a joyful, chaotic, music-filled late-night cabaret hosted by Briony Price — a cheeky Londoner turned New York storyteller, bringing big vocals, sharp comedy, and genuine heart to the stage. This 50-minute interactive musical-comedy game show features delicious stories from a life lived between London and New York City. Expect tales of culture shock, dating disasters, identity, and satire — and a joyful reckoning with what “Sex and the City” actually means — all wrapped up in soaring vocals, sharp commentary, and plenty of laughs. The twist? ...


Starting at 23:00 in Bar 50 / The Alcove

Jeff's Flight Club >-)->

Jeff's Flight Club >-)->

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

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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....


Starting at 23:00 in Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

Live Music at Boston Bar (New Town)

Live Music at Boston Bar (New Town)

Music

Live 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

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

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....



Starting at 23:10 in The City Cafe / Nineties

Honkers

Honkers

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. ...


Starting at 23:15 in The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

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

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

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...


Starting at 23:15 in West Nic Records / Main Cellar

The Comedy Chaos Gameshow

The Comedy Chaos Gameshow

Comedy

The Comedy Chaos Gameshow

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar
AUG 6-30 at 23:15 (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

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...


Starting at 23:15 in West Port Oracle / Flight Club

All You Can Eat Continental Buffet

All You Can Eat Continental Buffet

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...


Starting at 23:30 in The Counting House / The Ballroom

Comedian Cover Bands

Comedian Cover Bands

Comedy

Comedian Cover Bands

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom
AUG 6-27, 29-30 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

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:...


Starting at 23:30 in The Pear Tree / Main Room

Masala Three

Masala Three

Music

Masala Three

Music

The Pear Tree / Main Room
AUG 6-21 at 23:30 (40 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) ...


Starting at 23:30 in The Raging Bull / Cellar

How to Believe in Anything

How to Believe in Anything

Theatre

How to Believe in Anything

Theatre

The Raging Bull / Cellar
AUG 6-18 at 23:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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"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...


Starting at 23:30 in The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

4 Backpackers, For Backpackers

4 Backpackers, For Backpackers

Comedy

4 Backpackers, For Backpackers

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room
AUG 6-30 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

'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. ...



Starting at 23:30 in West Nic Records / Little Cellar

Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience

Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience

Comedy

Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 23:30 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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

In my comedy career, work life, and actual life, people have tried to fight me. Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience is a show about all those moments and how I navigate conflict, presented as an absurd, multimedia stand-up experience blending clown, music, and theatre. Expect inventive staging, projections, and sound that pull you into the chaos of the fight. Please don’t try to fight me during the show. “Truly unique.” (ENTERTAINMENT NOW ★★★★) “Ambitious and innovative.” (FEST) “Mattu has a great deal of creativity and ingenuity.” (BROADWAY BABY)...


Starting at 23:45 in Bar 50 / The Garden Room

Queer Diary

Queer Diary

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

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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...


Starting at 23:45 in The City Cafe / Las Vegas

The Infamous Comedy Show

The Infamous Comedy Show

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 ...


Starting at 23:45 in The Counting House / The Lounge

3's Comedy: Late Nights

3's Comedy: Late Nights

Comedy

3's Comedy: Late Nights

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge
AUG 6-30 at 23:45 (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

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...


Starting at 23:55 in The Counting House / The Attic

1 hOur…

1 hOur…

Comedy

1 hOur…

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 23:55 (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

Confessional? Avant-garde? Odd? It’s experimental midnight comedy. Come witness one hour of time pass, as if by magic... 'With nothing but a microphone and a rain sound machine, Stags brings his audience into his memories...' (Margaret Hall, Playbill). 'Inventive, unpredictable... He’s a poet, writer, and comic who thrives on the edges of convention' (Steve H, One4Review.co.uk)....


Starting at 23:59 in The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Late)

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Late)

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...