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

...Eventually by James Beckett

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 17-30 at 15:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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...Eventually by James Beckett (Beat the Frog and Mr Bens Winner) explores navigating life as somebody with a stutter, his 12-year break from the comedy scene and how to work with voice that doesn't quite do what it's told. "Brimming with wit and invention" ★★★★ One4Review "Imperfectly perfect, unpredictably punchy" edinburghmagazine.com "Fast, scattergun and very funny" Buxton Festival Fringe "An engaging and memorable performance" Rockcentral Promotions ...

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...

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

1 hOur…

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 23:55 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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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)....

Comedy

1.45.8 AuDHD: The Dopamine-ing of Life (Autism and Cat Mix)

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Join Stags and Boxy on their hilarious new adventures! Tackling floordrobes, time-blindness, the perfect backpack, diagnoses, Brumminess, and crucially, after 30 years has Stags finally got the notebook situation covered? 'Stags had the audience doubled up in laughter' (Margaret Hall, Playbill.com). 'The kind of performer the Free Fringe was invented for: inventive, unpredictable... He's a poet, writer and comic who thrives on the edges of convention and today's audience are rewarded with something strange, messy and very much alive' (Steve H, One4Review.co.uk). 'An immensely likeable and char...

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 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 24-30 at 13:10 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs hedgehogs is a stand-up comedy show about the worlds of badgers, hedgehogs, and being one of the country's premier badger comedians. Following his critically acclaimed and sold out 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show 100% Badgers (“hilarious and heartfelt” ★★★★.5, Edinburgh Reviews. “belly laughs” ★★★★, Broadway Baby), Matt had dived Matt has dived head-first into the doors that have opened since becoming "badger famous". He's trained to be a badger rescuer, been asked to help in the fight for badger rights, and has had a badger...

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...

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

1979: Persianality Disorder

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 18-23, 25-30 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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1979: Persianality Disorder is a dark, satirical and playful hour by Sepideh Kaav. Sepideh grew up in post-revolution Iran and moved to Europe, finding herself equally unwelcome in both. The show moves between the political and the personal without warning. It is a collection of personal stories told without filters. No grateful survivor moments, no tragic victim speeches....

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...

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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...

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3's Comedy: Afternoons

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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...

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3's Comedy: Late Nights

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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...

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3's Comedy: Lunchtime

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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...

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3's Comedy: Mornings

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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....

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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...

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4 Aussies, For Aussies

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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. ...

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4 Backpackers, For Backpackers

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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. ...

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4 Better or 4 Worse

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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 ...

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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." ...

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5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

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

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Bar 50 / The Snug

AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (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....

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6-Minute NERDx Talks by Comedians

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Home Bar / Basement

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

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The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 17-30 at 12:45 (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 ...

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60 Minutes About Scotland

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Dragonfly / The Other Room

AUG 7-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Sell-out show every year since 2022, now becoming something of a Fringe institution. Join Vladimir McTavish and some of the best names on the Scottish stand-up scene in a late-afternoon hour of world-class comedy from North of the Border...

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9/11 Birds and the Bees

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West Port Oracle / Flight Club

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Where were you on 9/11? Sitting in school? Sitting on the toilet? Nowhere of note? Well, Sofia May, the other hand, was running—for her life— from the dust cloud and debris as the World Trade Center toppled next to her school in downtown Manhattan and now, as an adult, she's processed a lot of that trauma, continues to grieve, and is ready to get hilarious. In this awarding-winning hour of stand-up, Sofia May takes the audience on a gruesome comedic journey of her experience as a tween survivor of the history's most outrageous terrorist attack. "It’s the kind of story that, on paper, sho...

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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. ...

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A Comedian's Guide to Birdwatching

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 17-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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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. ...

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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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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...

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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...

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A Incredible Show No-One Has Ever Seen

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 25-29 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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They say it’s the greatest stand-up comedy show ever performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Not one of the greatest—the greatest. A flawless, era-defining hour that reimagines what live comedy can be. Critics, if they could agree on anything, would agree on that. Awards panels, if they could witness it, would have no choice but to surrender every prize - The only problem is: no one has seen it. Some say the comedian is so ahead of their time that the human brain can’t process the material in real time. Others insist the performance exists in the gaps between moments—too precise, too fleeting to...

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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...

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A Plus One Ditch the Apps Live Dating Game Show

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Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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This is a Live Comedy Dating show! Ana little is back to host a new dating show after the success of last year. The show is not scripted or has any predetermined outcomes. A show that will keep you on your toes. ...

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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....

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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 ...

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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....

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ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show

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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, ...

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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...

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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...

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Alco-Pervert

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 24-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

Lucy, who is a proud borederline-alcoholic irish woman is a drunk and Kat, who makes her living doing sexual things on Onlyfans is a pervert. From their unique perspectives they believe that the world is separated into drunks and perverts and they think that is OK. They will share their experiences as a self-identified drunk and a pervert through the means of stand-up comedy combined with crowd-work to help audience members discover if they are a drunk or a pervert and provide the appropriate (not very) therapeutic resources to navigate their lives with their new found identity label. This ...

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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!...

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Alice India: In Bloom

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 11-16 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Alice India isn't very well. With what? Nobody knows, but Alice has a pretty good idea. Fresh from the success of their debut year, Alice India returns to their roots on the Free Fringe with a brand new Work in Progress show: In Bloom. ADHD Comedy Award - Winner 2025 North Bridge Media Comedy Writing Award - Nominee 2025 "Sharp observations and fast paced ADHD storytelling" - Neurodiverse Review ***** "Bubbly [and] effervescent" - Wee Review "Easy, relaxed and charming" - The Skinny ...

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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...

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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. ...

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An Asexual Show About Cunnilingus By Eliott Simpson

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 24-30 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Award-winning asexual comedian Eliott Simpson has spent the past decade telling jokes about not wanting sex, so what happens when they find themselves in love with someone who does? Cum see a surprisingly raunchy exploration of identity, doubts, fluids, flaps and happy endings (shush, not like that). Don’t miss out on the sexiest asexual show to ever grace the Fringe. . Winner – UK Pun-Off Joke of the Fringe 2025 . “Gregarious and excitable” (The Wee Review) ***** . “Wonderfully intense, awkward and infinitely funny” (The Fringe Queer) **** . “A fully-formed stand-up” (Neurodiverse Revie...

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An Audience with Charles Manson

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 23-30 at 12:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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An Audience with Charles Manson is a new exploration into the life and times of the American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a crazy quasi commune that arose in the California desert in the late 1960s. Manson and his followers committed a series of seven murders in the summer of 1969. A British man, Charlie, shares the name of the infamous American criminal, and feels an affinity that has dangerously led him to a parallel existence. Like his American counterpart, he writes songs, questions society’s hypocrisy, and ultimately aspires to achieve a comparable cult stat...

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 13-23 at 13:40 (40 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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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

Ana Little: Dating Through the Ages

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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“Dating Through the ages” From Handwritten Letters to Swipe Culture. In a world where technology is at our fingertips, dating has transformed in ways we could never have imagined. Ana Little takes you on a comedic journey through the triumphs and tribulations of love over the past two decades. From the nostalgic charm of handwritten letters and awkward blind dates to the click of a mouse and the swipe of a finger, we'll explore the myriad of challenges faced by those seeking romance. Witness firsthand how shifting cultural norms, the rise of social media, and the convenience of dating ...

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Angel Comedy Showcase

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 18-30 at 11:45 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a brand new showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for the 2026 – after nine sell-out years! Award-winning comedians and the best new acts. Watch the stars of the future for free. Or book ahead to guarantee entry. Time Out-recommended and Top 10 on TripAdvisor. ...

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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...

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Animal?

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 24-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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AUG 17-23 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Animal? takes you through Gabrielle's preparations for life; a hammer and Vaseline, fighting ostriches and farting through keyholes. Always preparing for the worst, just hoping not to get murdered. MacPherson's new work in progress show is all about surviving monsters whilst being an absolute animal. “Her ‘sod the lot of you’ attitude is definitely a winner.” Steve Bennett Chortle “Delightfully deadpan, skillfully surreal, and very bloody funny!” Maisie Adam Funny Women’s One To Watch 2025, Best In Class Comedian 2025 and Leicester Square New Comedian Finalist 2024. ...

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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...

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Anna Beros - High Hoe

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

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

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Navigating the kaleidoscopic freedoms of Berlin, Beros is wide awake to herself in her 3rd stand-up solo, High Hoe. She asks, “Who’s praising us for being good adults?” wiping her powdery nose after spending all her savings on egg freezing. Celebrating the burdens of our privilege and lovingly pegging social norms from behind, Beros dances between self-love and self-sabotage with incisive standup and playful audience interaction. She straddles the topic of motherhood, unravels the attraction of narcissists and fine-tunes her reward systems. High Hoe returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, followin...

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Anna Beros - The Devil in Miss Beros

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 19-30 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Porn-inspired, existentialist stand-up. Smouldering in the hellscape of now, when fetish has hit mainstream, why not embrace hedonism and make God a lucky voyeur? Check out the balls on Miss Beros in her homage to the Golden Age of Porn's, 'The Devil in Miss Jones'. This is the 4th stand-up solo hour written, performed and produced by Anna Beros following 'Creampie Curious', 'Creampie Clarity' and 'High Hoe'. 'High Hoe' returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2026, following a successful run in 2025. Her previous stand-up solos, 'Creampie Curious' and 'Creampie Clarity', enjoyed successful runs ...

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Another Compilation Show Beginning With A

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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....

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

Ask A Stripper: The Champagne Room

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 21:30 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Have you got a question you've always wanted to ask a stripper? What's a stripper's favourite snack? How much do we actually earn? And what really happens in the champagne room? Raw, hilarious, unpredictable, and unapologetically honest - this live audience Q&A will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about the sex industry. Two real-life strippers answer questions from the crowd - no filters, nothing is off-limits. Their side-splitting stories, razor-sharp humour and unexpected asides will leave you on the edge of your seat. Since 2019, "Ask A Stripper" has kept audiences...

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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, ...

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Barnish & Carmichael: Probably The Greatest Improv Duo You Have Never Heard Of

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 24-27 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

For almost a decade, the superbly talented Barnish and Carmichael have performed some of the greatest improv comedy shows around the world to virtually empty rooms, which is why you've never heard of them. Join the dynamic pair for an unforgettable hour where absolutely anything can happen, from an action-packed murder mystery to a romantic comedy of errors. Discover your new favourite act and help them turn their audience numbers into double figures. 'The UK's answer to TJ and Dave' (Stuart Moses, The Improv London Podcast). 'Such a joy to watch these two build a funny and enga...

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Basil Bottler: Don't Tell No One

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber

AUG 19 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Intergalactic man of mystery and self employed astronaut Basil Bottler makes his return to the Edinburgh Fringe with this secret underground one-off hour of jokes, songs, filthy poems and dicking about. Step aboard his home made manure powered spaceship for the ride of your life. But remember, Don't Tell No One....

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....

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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

Ben Ashurst: The Worst Man

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 17-30 at 11:55 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Ben Ashurst is struggling to be an adult. Now in his thirties, he should be getting his act together. But it's hard when the world doesn’t make any sense. What do you mean you can’t walk through a drive-thru?! Why on earth would someone choose him as their Best Man? In The Worst Man, Ben attempts to navigate adulthood, responsibility, and the high-pressure honour of delivering a Best Man’s speech. Which should be easy... you’re a comedian, right? This warm, light-hearted stand-up comedy show hilariously highlights the things in life that Ben thinks should be simple... but aren’t....

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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 ★ ...

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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...

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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...

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

Bite Me Comedy

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 6-9 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Bite Me Comedy is a show where up and coming comedians take a bite out of a topic to win best performance of the night. Co-hosts Bianca Boorer and Francesca Rainey will set a tantalising topic for the comedians to chew into. Who has the funniest take on the Brooklyn Beckham saga? What's your worst crush? What's your take on the manosphere? ...

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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...

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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...

Comedy

British. Broken. Chinese. (WIP)

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 19-30 at 13:00 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

This is a work-in-progress show from Vinny, a fast-rising UK stand-up comedian blending traditional stand-up, immersive storytelling, and original musical comedy into a sharp, personal, and consistently funny hour. Described by Chortle as delivering “wittily wry commentary, backed with solid punchlines”, Vinny’s comedy is rooted in a clear narrative question: where do you fit in when you feel caught between cultures, expectations, and versions of yourself that don’t quite align? As an Asian man growing up in the UK, Vinny explores identity and race through the lens of family pressure, ma...

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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....

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...

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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...

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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...

Comedy

Charlie Lewis: Hungry!

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 17-30 at 11:30 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Join online sensation and rising star of the circuit Charlie Lewis for his debut solo show ''HUNGRY!'' Described by The BBC as “absolutely brilliant” - Charlie is fast becoming a favourite on the comedy circuit with his quick-fire gags and witty anecdotes. Despite being relatively new on the circuit, he has quickly transitioned into paid work up and down the country and his live work is complimented by his online success, raking up over 50 million views across social media. Come and find out why he's so damn hungry. Frog & Bucket World Series 2020 Runner-Up, West Didsbury New Comic 2022 Run...

Comedy

ChatLGBT

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 11-16 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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ChatLGBT — the queer answer to all your questions. Put away your phone and come along to ask your burning questions to a bunch of gays! Why ask AI when you can ask the best source of advice – the gays? AI will never replace the queens of this world. Caution: unlike AI who will coax your ego, we may roast you for comedic value or give you terrible advice in order to make the plot more exciting! Before getting into the gossip, four queer comedians will be spilling their tea in comedy sets you will gag over! Bianca Boorer is a fun-loving comedian who is culturally confused – mixed race, ...

Comedy

Chief Petty Officer

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-9, 11-16 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Is pettiness a character flaw… or the fuel behind some of history’s biggest moments? In Chief Petty Officer, comedian Vix Leyton turns spite into strategy, exploring the small, stubborn, gloriously petty acts that have shaped history, politics and everyday life. From colonial governors starting wars over chairs they weren’t allowed to sit on, to revolutions powered by tea, salt and spreadsheets, to modern protest driven by empty seats and TikTok teens, this is a sharp, funny comedy lecture for anyone who’s ever thought, “No, actually — that’s not on.” Smart, irreverent and quietly politi...

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))). ...

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Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There's No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I'm Not (WIP)

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Dragonfly / The Other Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 17:45 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Cobin Millage has no intentions of jumping off of a bridge. Everyone else makes it look really enticing, but he's not about to do it just because it's an option. That would be insane. He does his own thing, completely independently of any and all peer pressure that might be forced upon him. He's going to do something different like... I dunno... Talk about finding money on the ground, funhouse mirrors, lemonade stands that have continuously destroyed his life, or something like that. I dont know why you're asking me. You should just ask him. He's the one with all the ideas here. Go find him, I...

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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:...

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Comedy Headliners

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 17-18, 20-21, 24-25, 27-28 at 15:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Comedy Headliners brings three fantastic acts from around the Fringe for your viewing pleasure. Who will you be seeing? ANSWER: Comedy Club headliners, top of the bill, pure and simple. What more could you want? So grab a beer, sit back and have a good laugh. ...

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Comedy Queers

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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) ...

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Comedy Striptease

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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...

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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....

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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! ...

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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...

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Cyclopath Stand Up and Songs Vol 3

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Canadian comedian and cycling advocate Dion Owen returns for his seventh Fringe! With a show honed from years of professional touring. Featuring a mix of polished jokes, improvised keyboard songs and occasional cycling propaganda. ...

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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. ...

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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; ...

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Darren Walsh: It's a Quarter Tutu

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 24-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Join award-winning punslinger Darren Walsh, creator of the ‘Jokes on the Street’ series you may have seen on social media, as he road-tests jokes, silly songs, and visuals. Please don't come if you don't like puns. Jokes like: “Saw a yacht with a ‘sold’ sign on its mast. Before that, it was for sail,” and “Did a gig with a jewel thief. They put him on first. Safe opener.” That kind of thing. ‘Punbelievable!’ ***** (Mirror). Winner: Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe; Winner: Joke of the Leicester Comedy Festival. ...

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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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David Tsonos: Club Comedian

Comedy

Kick Ass Cowgate / Fringe Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Now with 25 years of Stand-up comedy under his belt Canadian David Tsonos is doing it by himself. He will be a one man comedy club in which he is the Compere, the opening act and the headliner. No sad stories, no uplifting tales, just straight stand-up comedy club style humor. David has not only performed stand-up but has studied it and will bring his years of experience to the show and make sure you come out still laughing....

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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...

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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 ...

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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"...

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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....

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Dr. Kara Kibara – The Love Guru

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 17-23 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Dr. Kara Kibara sells her services through a hybrid Ted talk-workshop transformation-improv- performance style as the best dating and relationship guru. She unintentionally reflects on her past to find out why she is still single herself as she offers advice on how to “manifest” love. She reveals how her Indigenous-Filipino-Asian-American Evangelical Christian upbringing has affected her perspective in dating and marriage. Featuring her unreleased original songs recorded when she was under a Columbia Records mentorship years ago, snippets of familiar 80’s and 90’s tunes as well as choreography...

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Eat Pray Cult

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 14:45 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Eat Pray Cult is Amy Brown Carver’s stand up comedy show about leaving a traditional marriage and joining a cult. Well, not a cult exactly. It’s a group of 85 people living in the California desert as part of a seasonal, off-grid, techo-futurist protopia and decentralized intentional community. Her show is about so-called self-sufficiency, cosplaying the apocalypse, and not paying rent. It’s about druggies, hippies, tech bros. A preponderance of DJs. It’s about joining a cult, minus the weird sex, death, and sense-of-purpose stuff. Eat Pray Cult is about what makes people stay and why they...

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Ed Byrne Work In Progress

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 24-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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It's me, Ed Byrne. I'll be heading out on tour in 2027 with a new show provisionally titled "No Dramas" but first I need to knock it into shape. That's where you come in. If you're a comedy fan with an interest in how the sausage gets made then come and watch me perform a mixture of bits that can be described as "already funny", "nearly funny" and "definitely worth exploring" then by all means come along. If you prefer the slick stuff, come see me next year....

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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. ...

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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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The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 24, 26-30 at 17:30 (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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Fakespeare

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 18-30 at 17:45 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Patrick Hercamp (SOUND & FURY) performs the Bard's work like you've never seen it before! This award winning vaudeville comedian condenses some of Shakespeare's best loved tragedies, characters, and iconic dramatic moments into a blisteringly funny vaudeville romp. This show is for Shakespeare fans and total illiterates. “Fakespeare smashes right through all the traditional barriers and is presented in a hilarious, fun and enjoyable way. It makes Shakespeare’s work accessible to everyone and will guarantee you enjoy and understand the playwright.” The West Australian ★★★...

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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 ...

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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....

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Funny Women: The Glitter Project at the Fringe

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

AUG 12, 19, 26 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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This is an exciting showcase offering female and non-binary performers a platform, whether it’s their first time on stage or they are a more established act looking for a safe place to try out new material. Our line-ups include comedians from a range of countries, skill levels and comedy styles – so you never know what to expect! Our hosts will be part of The Glitter Project mentoring team, who will also be available to give advice both to performers and even audience members around their comedy aspirations. We piloted this initiative at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe thanks to being awarded a B...

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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...

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Games Night Improv

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Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

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

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The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 25-30 at 23:30 (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. ...

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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. ...

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Gary G Knightley: Bear

Comedy

The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room

AUG 17-30 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Gary G Knightley has always wanted to be a star. Comedian, sure. Action hero, if I must. Musical Theatre hero? Yes, please. Spoiler, it didn't happen! Swapping Sondheim for a job in foreign exchange, Lloyd Webber for a happy marriage and Rodgers and Hammerstein for the school run. Join Knightley as he searches within himself to see if his life is better than the dream. Quotes and stars. Etc ...

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

Henry Ginsberg: Childless Cat Gentleman (Work in Progress)

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 24-30 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A brand new stand up show from fringe veteran and ISH award nominee Henry Ginsberg. 4 stars - The Scotsman “Hinting at emotional bleakness, but in a fun way” - chortle “He’s probably a shit comic” - Katie Hopkins ...

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...

Comedy

I Have No Pension... Did I Mention

Comedy

Brass Monkey / The Cinema Room

AUG 21-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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I Have No Pension....Did I mention. Sally describes how despite working in the public sector since aged 18 there is no pension to be able to live on and make other choices. Stories about how this has occurred and the wonderful life that has led to this, Sally wants women to wake up to their lack of knowledge about their pensions in a kind and humorous way. ...

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

Improv Wolves

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Live Room

AUG 17-23 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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The fearless Improv Wolves create completely new comedy characters, scenes and stories on the spot from audience suggestions. Every show is different! We might see a film noir detective pastiche, hear surprising confessions from some of the most famous names in history or have the dubious honour of being present for the debut of a brand-new improvised song....

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 ...

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

ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards Showcase

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 22 at 23:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Showcase of some of the best comedians at the Fringe for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2026. The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now in its fourth year, involves a voluntary panel of judges seeing every eligible comedy show at the Fringe. Previous Best Show winners include Julia Masli, Paul Foot, Elf Lyons, Phil Ellis and Mark Forward. Awards categories are Best Show, Best Newcomer, Best Tech, Best Joke and Panel Prize....

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

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

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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)...

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

Jew-O-Rama

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Alcove

AUG 13-30 at 15:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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After last year's attempts to cancel us, this is the return of the popular compilation show that boasts a rolling line-up of Jewish (and Jew-ish) comedians and performers. Bringing you the best in neurotic comedy. Oy vey! A staple on the Fringe, this show is in its 10th year and is loved by audiences of all religions and none. **** 'Comedy is guaranteed' (The Jewish Chronicle). Winner of the Pegasus Comedy Award for Best Compilation Show 2025!...

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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It's Comedy Set Swapping Live! The cult hit show where comedians perform their own jokes and then each other's. This year there will be no punches pulled as comedians battle for the world 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 electric night’ **** (Scotsm...

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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It's Comedy Set Swapping Live! The cult hit show where comedians perform their own jokes and then each other's. This year there will be no punches pulled as comedians battle for the world 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 electric night’ **** (Scotsm...

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

Juliette Burton's Board To Distraction

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 20:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Board games meet brainpower! Fast-paced fun where everyone leaves smarter, smugger and significantly more competitive. Flip the tabletops on everything you thought you knew about board games, party games and play time. Fall for familiar favourites, rediscover retro games, unearth ancient games, take note of new games you didn’t know you needed - all with a comedian who take winning far too seriously. A gameshow where boredom doesn’t stand a chance! When comedy and board games combine, there’s no chance of being bored. “A huge nerd; a safe space. Marvellous.” ★★★★ύ...

Comedy

Katie-Rose Petley: Dirty Bitch

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 19-30 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Canadian comedian Katie-Rose Petley makes her Edinburgh debut with Dirty Bitch, a fearless dive into growing up in the church, progressive parenting, and sex pre-9/11. Katie-Rose is known for her fresh, filthy, and unfiltered storytelling. With material that’s dark, shameless, and disturbingly relatable, she’s been described as “delightfully vulgar.” Whether she’s unpacking religion, motherhood, or the ups and downs of dog ownership, she tells it like it is, with zero apologies. (I know, how un-Canadian!) ...

Comedy

Kim Hope: Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 14-23 at 13:10 (45 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Feel-good, work-in-progress comedy about trying to do the right thing, caring what people think and the freedom of finally choosing to follow your own path. Drawing from a long, long life marked by ruin, resilience and reinvention, Kim Hope explores obedience, defiance and self-worth with her signature mix of curiosity, good humour and abject stupidity, creating a funny, lively and completely captivating experience for her audiences. Please Note: Contains physical comedy, potential banter and genuine honesty - expect to be lavishly complimented. 'Phenomenal stage charisma: an hour in her effor...

Comedy

Kimchi Comedy: A Spicy Korean Stand-Up Show

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Kimchi Comedy – Spicy Korean Stand-Up No more K-Pop. Welcome to K-Comedy. Two Korean comedians bring the spicy, chaotic and brutally honest side of Korean life to the stage. From dating disasters and family expectations to the strange rules of Korean society, nothing is off-limits. Sharp jokes, cultural chaos, sexual honesty and the occasional emotional punch — this is Korean comedy without the filters. If you think you know Korea from K-Pop and K-Drama… it’s time to taste the real thing....

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

Late Bite: Mixed-Bill Late-Night Stand-Up

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 21:45 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Come see an intoxicating blend of new talent and established acts (different line-up nightly). A perfect way to sample an eclectic and unpredictable bite of Fringe craziness. You never know who you might see! Audience reviews: 'One of the best MCs I've ever seen', 'The acts were brilliant, the compere was fantastic. We laughed so much', 'Loved this show! Great mix... a very warm, engaging and funny compere. Will definitely return: highly recommended!'...

Comedy

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 24-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Returning for its sixth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy from the Fringe. Hopefully, everybody makes it out alive!...

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

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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 ...

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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Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 17-21, 24-28 at 11:15 (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...

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Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

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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 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 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' ★&#...

Comedy

Lenny Sherman: One Of The Good Guys

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 19-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Charming Cockney geezer Lenny Sherman THINKS he’s one of the good guys. But the reality is the big, scary, inappropriate, thug is blind to his flaws and thinks his crazy behaviour is normal… And that’s where the comedy lies. The lovable rogue has a good heart and is doing his best to grow, but cor blimey! He ain’t half got a long way to go! Big Sherm tackles, identity politics, football culture and family life sharing personal anecdotes and observations with a provocative style. Expect unexpected twists and a punchline to remember. “Power-packed performance jammed full of gags – a r...

Comedy

Leo Mahr and Jonny Bennett: Two Hot Gays Telling Jokes

Comedy

Bar 50 / Upstairs

AUG 17-30 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Two incredibly hot (you decide) gay men, one British, one Swiss(ish), cover everything from Kylie to K-holes, Le Creuset to Cruising with some musical comedy to keep things interesting. Leo Mahr is back at the Fringe after a packed-out run of “Leo Mahr Is a Seasoned Whore” in 2025. This year, it’s all about how it started. How does one become such an expert homosexual? Does it run in the family? Did his bisexual dad have something to do with it, who knows? Leo will be joined by Jonny, a musical comedian from the north of England making his debut at the Fringe this year. Answering al...

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...

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

LOLyamorous: A Speed-Dating Comedy Show

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Sick of swiping? Channel 4’s First Dates meets comedy talk show in this hilarious and unpredictable night of on-stage speed dating. Simply put your name down for the chance to enjoy a two-minute date on stage with a mystery match from the audience (or just watch from the crowd). When time’s up we throw to our panel including a dating expert and comedians – to chat about your love lives, how the date went and if we all hear wedding bells. Participation is voluntary. All relationship statuses, orientations and genders welcome! ...

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...

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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....

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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...

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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! ...

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Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs of All Time

Comedy

West Nic Records / Little Cellar

AUG 18-30 at 16:00 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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What are the ten best songs of all time? In this warm, funny, music-led stand-up show, Marc Burrows counts down his definitive top ten songs (no arguments), using them to tell the story of a life shaped by music, an autobiography told through bass guitar, bad sex and Britpop. Originally performed at the 2014 Fringe ("A joyful celebration of the power of music ... possibly the coolest act on the fringe" - Broadway Baby ★★★★), Burrows brings back his most personal show informed by a decade in which he has played Glastonbury (three times!) and Download with a band, wri...

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...

Comedy

Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 18-30 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

When I was a child, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had everything figured out. They had careers, apartments in New York and fully formed personalities before the age of sixteen. Unfortunately there were two immediate problems with my plan to follow in their footsteps: I am not a twin. And I am not American. My own brush with fame came when I appeared for roughly one tenth of a second in a Dove hair advert, so I feel I understand the pressures of celebrity life. Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life is a stand-up show about the dangerous expectations created by 90s childhood icons and th...

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...

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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 ...

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Millennial Man (WIP)

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 17:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Clayton Smith went to Pompeii and found that, as a Millennial, he related to it a little too much! He found solidarity with the people who perished there: frozen in time, forever trapped in doom. Clayton makes fun of all the things that shaped his generation and ponders Millennials place in history. Also, he'll tell you why it's a bad idea to fake propose to your girlfriend. ...

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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! ...

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Movieoke!

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 18, 25 at 15:45 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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It's karaoke, but with the movie scenes you love! Cinema's most iconic moments get rewritten, recast and utterly reimagined by top stand-up comedians, with audience members stepping in for surprise cameos. Whether you are an A24 buff, part of the popcorn crowd or just looking for a good giggle, come and take a seat in the director's chair! Unscripted, unpredictable and definitely not in cinemas now! ...

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Mr Gary's Adult Kids show

Comedy

The City Cafe / Hollywood

AUG 17-30 at 21:35 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Join Mr Gary as he brings his children's show to the Edinburgh Fringe! A sought after act on the home counties children's party scene Mr Gary brings his award winning* kids show to Scotland! With 3 guest comedians, join Mr Gary as he entertains the masses with his madcap children's party. *Best loophole to somehow see his kid....

Comedy

My Date with Pierce Brosnan

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 16-30 at 23:10 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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It's anarchic, it's saucy and it's totally unpredictable. It's a clown romance controlled by you! Mademoiselle Cafetière is a lonely clown looking for love. Until a chance encounter brings her face to face with the man of her dreams: Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan. There's just one catch: Pierce Brosnan is a talking dummy controlled by the audience. Scan a QR code with your phone and you can type in what you want Pierce Brosnan to say. If you type it, he will say it! He has no filter! Will our plucky heroine find true love before the chime of midn...

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My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 17-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Did you know that Eyes Wide Shut is technically a Christmas movie or that water can’t get wet? Watch Live at the Apollo comedian Spring Day prove that not only is truth stranger than fiction, it’s a lot funnier too. 'A joke heavy storytelling show'★★★★ On the Mic ‘A sharp set with great punchlines’ ★★★★ One4Review 'Wow!' ★★★★ Beyond The Joke 'Wicked punchlines'
- ★★★★ Broadway Baby  'A definite must-see' - ★★★★ ThreeWeeks ...

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...

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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...

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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)...

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No, I'm Not Overthinking It.

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 24-30 at 13:30 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Clinton Barnes spent a decade advising global brands. Goldman Sachs. TikTok. Airbus. He had opinions. Frameworks. A rigorous analytical process. He quit to do stand-up. No, I'm Not Overthinking It is 30 minutes of sharp, observational comedy about the things everyone has agreed to walk past, and the one person who refuses to let them go. Bidets. Dog ownership. AI Consciousness. Cock pants. The Uber driver incident. Why nobody spoke to him when he was bleeding at the gym. Australian. Formerly corporate. Currently this. "Clinton notices the things everyone has silently agreed to igno...

Comedy

Non-Threatening Boys

Comedy

The Three Sisters / The Wee Room

AUG 17-23 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Tom Dell & Kristian Allman are non-threatening boys! Through sharp jokes, awkward honesty, and stories pulled straight from their own questionable experiences, Tom and Kristian unpack relationships, masculinity (or the lack of it), and the trials of growing up. Equal parts charming, self-aware, and gloriously ill-equipped. Watch as these delicate boys deal with it all the only way they know how: through comedy...

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. ...

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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...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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...

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

Purple Park Comedy

Comedy

The Pear Tree / Main Room

AUG 17-30 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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**Purple Park Comedy** A dynamic stand-up showcase bringing bold, diverse voices to Edinburgh Fringe. What began as a small outdoor show created to bring joy during uncertain times has grown into a curated comedy experience built on connection, sharp writing, and undeniable laughs. Now, Purple Park Comedy travels to Edinburgh with a rotating lineup of standout comedians from across the U.S. and beyond. Each night features a fresh mix of performers — meaning no two shows are the same. Expect smart storytelling, fearless punchlines, cultural observations, and the kind of comedy that feels...

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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"★★★★ 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

Rohan Sharma: Sharmy Unlimited

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 17-30 at 12:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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Rohan Sharma, a comedian 'at the very forefront of an exciting new generation of British comedy' (Rolling Stone), brings a brand-new hour of comedy to the Fringe. Expect surreal multimedia nonsense, silly rambling and stories, and a real beautiful message behind it all (TBC). ***** - Edfringereview *****- A Youngish Perspective **** - Broadway World **** - FringeReview **** - Mervyn Stutter...

Comedy

Rule of 3s

Comedy

Boston Bar (New Town) / Basement Bar

AUG 17-20, 24-27 at 16:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Semi finalist in the BBC Funny Women Awards (2025), Laura's first show was listed as "one of the top show picks" of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe (Theatrevillage). She's now back from Down Under just to share with you her thoughts on the number 3, the spelling "three", her life as one of three, and the importance of adhering to the rule of threes....

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....

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

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 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...

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...

Comedy

Skunkhaus Improvised Movie

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room

AUG 21, 23-28 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

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We improvise a full longform story based on your life! In this unique improv show, we invite an audience member to share something they’re excited about or dreading, along with a movie genre, and Skunkhaus will weave together a tale, featuring puns and chaos ending in a coherent story that’s as likely to come true as your last tea leaf reading. Will it be a rom-com, horror, sci-fi or western? Come watch our talented ensemble transform those ideas into a live story right before your eyes! Selling out shows from Manchester to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, we bring one of your stories to life with ...

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

Sponta-Deity Improv: Who Let the Gods Out?!

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Improvised mythological madness! A changing line-up of improvisers perform scenes, games and challenges from audience suggestions – creating tragedies and epics on the spot, all with a mythological twist! Audience reviews: 'Absolutely fantastic show. Would give this show five stars and recommend it to everyone', '10/10 show! A great improv show with amazing performers… great at including the audience!', 'The host expertly handled a raucous audience whilst remaining warm and friendly throughout. A joy to watch the chaos unfold with the best comedic use of marshmallows I've ever seen'....

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

StingAlong! (with Brad and Steve)

Comedy

The Counting House / The Attic

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 21:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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"It's karaoke night at Sting's house! But he's drunk and won't let anyone else have the mic!” An obstinate, grouchy, and mic-hogging Sting wants all the attention for himself, singing classic song after classic song, occassionally forgetting the words and making up new ones. “Roxeanne,” “Every Breath You Take,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith,” and many more get the lunatic treatment they've been needing all these years. And the crowd is invited to “Sting Along”... as long as they don't want to hold the mic or anything crazy like that!...

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

Strippers Advice Bureau

Comedy

The City Cafe / Las Vegas

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 18:45 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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Do you have a problem? Don't know where to turn? Come and share your load with two unshockable, world-weary strippers, who've seen and heard it all. From the people behind hit Fringe shows "Ask A Stripper" and "The Illicit Thrill" - Stacey Clare (published author of "The Ethical Stripper") and friends are on a quest to bring empathy, compassion and understanding out of the strip club and onto the stage. There's nothing our life-hardened a-typical agony aunts haven't already dealt with from decades of experience doing emotional labour for boozed-up punters. After years of doing free therapy...

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...

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 Agony and Ecstasy of Bingo Joe

Comedy

The Counting House / The Loft

AUG 13-30 at 00:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Bingo Joe is a one-man show in which the audience plays a round of bingo with a man who has given his life to his craft. For an ever shrinking community, bingo is not a game, it's a way of life. Bingo Joe has devoted his life to perfecting the craft of bingo calling. Bingo Joe has forged a career despite all physical, mental, and societal limitations, but the rise of AI and automation may deal the deathblow to his profession and identity. Bingo is more than balls with numbers, sometimes it’s a number with balls....

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)...

Comedy

The Best Nerd Fest Showcase

Comedy

West Nic Records / Main Cellar

AUG 25 at 20:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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Comedy and nerd culture intersect for a one-off celebration of everything geeky that the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has to offer! Join the top nerdy stand-up comedians of the Fringe in this funny, friendly and fandom-filled evening. From video games to table-top games, LPs to LARPing, film franchises to fantasy novels, comic books to cosplay – this is the place to celebrate all your geeky favourites in one place!...

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 Bite: Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

Comedy

Bar 50 / The Garden Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A fabulous mixed-bill of new and established acts in a daily changing line-up throughout the Fringe. A fantastic way to see a bite-sized chunk of the Fringe. You’ll be talking about this show for years to come. Acts from our previous shows have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard, Radio 4 and more. Audience reviews: 'One of the best MCs I've ever seen', 'Acts were brilliant, compere was fantastic. We laughed so much', 'Loved this show! Great mix... a very warm, engaging and funny compere. Will definitely return: highly recommended!'....

Comedy

The Breakfast Club

Comedy

The City Cafe / Nineties

AUG 17-30 at 10:40 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The Breakfast Club is a free stand-up comedy compilation show featuring 3 fantastic comedians. It’s the most important show of the day, right?   Hosted by Ben Ashurst (featured on BBC Radio, Stand-Up For Cider Winner 2023), The Breakfast Club will feature the very best comedy the Fringe has to offer. Every day, our menu of acts will be refreshed so whatever your comedy palette, the Breakfast Club will have something for you.   Get your day at the Fringe off to the best possible start with some award-winning stand-up comedy, and join The Breakfast Club!...

Comedy

The Buddha Wears Prada

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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A dark stand-up comedy hour about Sofia May's experience as a former member of a Buddhist cult's inner circle, working as the assistant of a very chic, diabolical, female cult leader. After living the life of a religious Buddhist zealot in a secluded community deep into the Colorado Rocky Mountains for years, Sofia hit the road and blew the whistle. It isn't a famous cult yet, but through exposés, podcasts and general trash-talking, Sofia's trying to change that. What's more, now a self-proclaimed "Buddhaphobe", she intends to ruin your relationship with Buddhism too....

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 Oxford Revue: Stand-upping Citizens

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

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

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The Oxford Revue and its Friends in other university comedy groups present a night of fresh stand-up comedy! The Oxford Revue has performed at the Fringe for over 60 years and produced comedy talents such as Michael Palin, Rowan Atkinson and Sally Phillips, so don't miss out on the next big name in comedy. Our comics have a wide variety of styles and sets with something for everyone, ranging from the absurd, to the satirical, to character acts. We are an inclusive and positive comedy organisation which fosters and promotes student talent across UK universities, so come along to support our n...

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...

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

The Vampire Run

Comedy

Home Bar / Basement

AUG 12-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

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A dark and stormy night. A vampire’s castle outlined by lightning. An hour to find and kill the dreaded fiend... And one idiot trying to manage the escalating chaos. Join a fast-paced, hilariously deadly choose-your-own adventure. Three players at a time must decide how to approach a variety of obstacles to reach the vampire’s chamber, BUT one of the players is evil and the audience must decide who before it’s too late. This is the debut solo show from award winning writer and performer Jonathan Laury (Best Comedy, Unrestricted View Film Festival 2019). Think Knightmare meets Traitors, p...

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

Tom Lawrinson: Speak of the Devil

Comedy

The Counting House / The Ballroom

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

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In this hour I will prove two things: magic is real and also, that I have been shagged. "★★★★★ – Immediately dragging us under with his menacing charm” – Ed Fringe Review "★★★★★ – Tom Lawrinson is in a class of his own" – Edinburgh Festivals "★★★★ – Lawrinson has turned playful menace into an art form” – The Scotsman ★★★★ – Broadway World...

Comedy

Tony Littler Late and Rude

Comedy

The Raging Bull / Cellar

AUG 19-30 at 23:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can

Tony Littler has been performing politically incorrect comedy and songs for over 25 years ‘and it don’t get any less rude’. This show will have you singing, shouting, swearing and crying with laughter. It is not for the faint hearted so be prepared be very prepared....

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

Twonkey's Soft December Night in Tallahassee

Comedy

Dragonfly / The Other Room

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 20:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

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She's back !!! TWONKETTA THAT IS !!!! And just as well – because a Fringe without one of Twonkey's fabulous phantasmagorical creations would be like Edinburgh without the Castle. The most spellbinding tales to come out of Scotland's capital do not concern themselves with mere wizardry, but transport audiences to “wonderlands of weird” (The Scotsman) For sixteen years Twonkey has carved a daily hour of magic out of Edinburgh's Fringe : a collection of magic moments, strung...

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

Who Killed the Plot

Comedy

Coco Boho / Main Room

AUG 7-9, 11-16 at 18:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed

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A completely improvised murder mystery, mixing the long form narrative with short form games. Expect dodgy accents, on-the-spot plot twists, and no script whatsoever! Just pure, chaotic, improvised comedy. Whodunnit? Well, we don't know - come along and help us figure it out!...

Comedy

Wiki Knows Best – The Rest Is Islands

Comedy

The Counting House / The Lounge

AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 10:15 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed

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The newest episode in Wiki’s Insular Knowledge series – part comedy, part edutainment, part love letter to the world at large and islands in particular. Oh, that’s right: and to books! Because as weird Wikis and well-read audience members alike already know: islands are the books and stories of the ocean. Contained areas of fantasy, adventure, whims and larks, poetic landscapes, epic wildernesses, and the odd fist-eatingly boring desert in this wide, wild ocean of „Well, f*ck”.* As a self-proclaimed geography whiz and officially recognized magistress of literature, Wiki invites her audie...

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...