Fringe events in Edinburgh — Monday, August 24 (evening)

10:00 am Exhibition: Craigmillar Tapestry Scottish Storytelling Centre

The Craigmillar Tapestry Project is a community initiative to create a series of tapestry panels representing the rich history of Craigmillar. Designed and stitched by local peopl…

10:00 am Paperback Revolutions National Library of Scotland

This display tells the story of how the humble paperback revolutionised and democratised access to books. From Penguin's first titles in 1935, to other bestsellers across the deca…

10:00 am Rain National Library of Scotland

This exhibition makes a splash as we dive into Scotland’s relationship with rain – from weather forecasting, fashion and film, to rain-soaked love stories, climate, and everything…

4:00 pm Free Live Music Stramash

Stramash is a lively, 700-capacity live music venue and sports bar in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Located in the Cowgate, the massive venue is housed within the former Free…

4:30 pm The Daily Ceilidh Stramash

Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or a complete beginner, our free ceilidh is the perfect place to let loose, have fun and experience a true taste of Scottish culture. Our talented…

4:55 pm Becoming Dr Ruth Assembly Rooms

Dr Ruth Westheimer shattered taboos, making possible frank public conversations about sex and intimacy. With a twinkle in her eye and an infectious giggle, her wise, disarming adv…

5:00 pm Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

5:00 pm A Feast of Comedy Alchemist | St James Quarter

A two-hour comedy buffet serving up acts fresh from our comedy club, Stand Up Sanctuary. Expect outrageous punchlines, unique performances, witty humour and non-stop laughs in a s…

5:05 pm Top Gunchained Gilded Balloon Teviot

Feel-good comedy brings you the beloved characters, romance and action of Tom Cruise's aerial blockbuster, alongside the heartfelt story of father and son superfans. Can Maverick…

5:05 pm After Shakespeare theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Returning for its third Edinburgh season, After Shakespeare asks what happens to Shakespeare’s heroes and villains once the curtain falls. Lady Macbeth, Portia, Hamlet and King Ha…

5:05 pm FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT Assembly George Square Studios

The Fuccbois are the world’s biggest boyband. They’ve sold more tickets and broken more hearts than anyone, but now it’s time to say goodbye to their frosted tips forever; they’re…

5:10 pm hame. teeth. CLUB. Underbelly, Cowgate

Every weekend has been the same for the past six months, and Morgan Shields wouldn't change it for a f*cking thing. Currently thrilled to be at a loss for direction and lacking in…

5:10 pm Hannah Byczkowski: Killer Gilded Balloon Teviot

Winner of the first season of BBC's The Traitors, Hannah Byczkowski digs into death in her debut hour. In her hilarious, no-nonsense style, Hannah explores everything from craft p…

5:10 pm Do Better: A Dramagedy Greenside @ George Street

'Side-splittingly humorous, completely confounding, and absolutely heart-rending' (Audience Review). Do Better is a one-person comedic drama with magic (a Dramagedy) that explores…

5:10 pm A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: Knives In theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

A famous author. An impossible murder. Knives are out for renowned detective Beignet Blank, but can he peel back the layers before he wakes up a dead man? Award-winning mystery ma…

5:10 pm Adrian Minkowicz: The Hand of God PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth

There is a new World Cup champion and – according to FIFA – there is also a new champion of human rights. Wait! What? In this new one hour of political satire the Argentinean, a l…

5:10 pm In Memory of Me Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Kat wants to be remembered. But being the favourite child is impossible when your competition is a literal angel. With Irish charm and cutting wit, Kat explores Catholic guilt, si…

5:10 pm This Is Your Trial! The Fully-Improvised Comedy Courtroom Hoots @ The Apex

Guilty or innocent? You decide! The unmissable, award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and top comedians take on the…

5:10 pm #1 Son: The Tale of an Alternative Arab Comedian and His Father Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

Ricky Gervais' Spirit of Comedy Award finalist Ridwan Hussain teams up with Iraqi Sammer Elzubaidi in this brand new show. A conservative dad clashes with his son's alternative co…

5:10 pm Fruit Flies theSpace on the Mile

When visiting her old gay best friend, Maddy is introduced to his new friend Steph, and sparks fly. One disagreement over Chappell Roan tickets later, and the two fruit flies find…

5:10 pm Seledka ZOO Playground

In the name of Russia, Seledka and his new troupe are here to stop the war. His goal? Make sure his soldiers eat sleep bleed Soviet. However, his meeting is hijacked by young Ukra…

5:15 pm Danny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand. Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn

Buckle up – Danny O’Brien is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! The multi award-winning Irish comedian returns with his brand new 2026 show Sure Look, Be Grand after several years of t…

5:15 pm Milo Edwards: Catamaran Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

Should you know about your dad's seduction techniques? In 2025 Milo Edwards found a box of old letters in the back of his late Mother's wardrobe. Catamaran is a show about his par…

5:15 pm Alcohol Is Good For You Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records

Join us for a drink and 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 t…

5:15 pm After Arthur PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street

Once the wide-eyed star of a beloved kids TV cartoon, Arthur is now 36, skint and spiralling. After decades of autographs, arena tours and breakfast cereal endorsements, he’s faci…

5:15 pm 1 Pill, 2 Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical PBH's Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records

What if I told you there is another The One? This one-woman musical is an absurd, stupid and clown-y journey through the events of the iconic 1999 sci-fi film, only this time told…

5:15 pm Headcase Greenside @ Riddles Court

Ian is the youngest man at his village church, which dwindles in numbers every year. When Ian finds a Stone Head, which only he can hear speaking, he decides to listen to its wisd…

5:15 pm I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About Myself Greenside @ Riddles Court

In this one-woman show, Sarah Dealy reveals something so personal, so vulnerable that you, Great Britain, and the world will never be the same. But she does need to go over a few…

5:15 pm Rory o Hanlon: Honestly Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar

Having started his career in Dublin, award-winning Irish stand-up comedian Rory O’ Hanlon is a firm favourite at comedy clubs across the UK and Ireland. Described as having 'prese…

5:15 pm Bipolarcoaster theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Are people born on the mental health spectrum, or is the mental health spectrum thrust upon them? Inspired by personal experiences with bipolar disorder, Bipolarcoaster is a one-w…

5:15 pm Feral Daydreams Greenside @ George Street

A chaotic, gloriously messy overshare that stumbles spectacularly through life, this wildly funny, deeply personal one-woman comedy explores ADHD, queerness, and the very specific…

5:15 pm An A to Z Guide to Dating Underbelly, George Square

A hilarious one-woman musical based on an unapologetic dating advice book that writer-performer Grace O'Keefe's own mother wrote. Publishers said it would set feminism back 20 yea…

5:15 pm Pilgrims Greenside @ George Street

'Does there always have to be a girl? Does she always have to be the prize?' Hailed as provocative, poetic and playwrighting at its peak, this haunting drama, by award-winning wri…

5:15 pm To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard

'No one is coming to save you. Except yourself.' Ever since she can remember, Amy has written a to do list. And every day she must get through it to meet her goals. Until one day,…

5:15 pm Jollybox Party Games PBH's Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies

The comedy game show where you the audience play along! Quip, quiz and draw your way to VICTORY! It's like a smartphone pub quiz, but with no correct answers. If you like party ga…

5:15 pm Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Following sell-out performances at many Fringes and festivals, this mixed bill show returns with a selection some of the best established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians at t…

5:15 pm Rev Awdry: The Thomas the Tank Engine Man Palmerston Place Church

A wonderfully nostalgic tale of the clerical railway enthusiast who brought us Thomas and his friends. The Reverend Awdry created stories for his son who was sick in bed, the resu…

5:15 pm 2 Boys, 1 Bucket Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull

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 wit…

5:20 pm Asian, But Wrong Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

As seen on Fisk (Netflix) and the Melbourne International Comedy Gala, Singaporean-born, Australia-based Ting Lim makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut, unpacking growing up in an unor…

5:20 pm Phil Nichol: Aren't We Lucky Gilded Balloon Teviot

Lou Reed. The lottery. Ecstasy. Prince Andrew. Punk. Barenaked Ladies. Crisps. Terry Jones. Leukaemia. Butterflies. Dizzy Gillespie's cheeks. Chance. Scat. Sunshine on Leith. Boo-…

5:20 pm Hoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's World Hoots @ The Apex

Winner Billy T Award 2025 NZ International Comedy Festival. Winner Breakthrough Act 2025 NZ Comedy Guild. Gotta be funny to make that money and Hoani Hotene is in Melbourne to mak…

5:20 pm 48 Chicken Nuggets in a Sequin Dress Hoots @ Nicolson Square

As he stares into hydrogenated, ultra-processed, non-brand-specific meat products bubbling away in a deep fat fryer for below minimum wage, award-winning comedian and runt-of-the-…

5:20 pm Steve Burns: Alive Underbelly, Cowgate

What happens when the world thinks you're dead but you're very much alive? From 1996 to 2002, Steve Burns was America's beloved problem-solver on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. When…

5:20 pm Andrew and Carrie: A Night of Comedy, Violins and Violence Just The Tonic at The Caves

Fresh from hit runs at the Sydney and Adelaide Fringe festivals, this Los Angeles duo and real life couple brings their signature charming chaos to Edinburgh. Blending virtuosic v…

5:20 pm Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE Assembly Roxy

From comedian Mark Vigeant (whose last Fringe hour became a special on Dropout TV) comes a wildly inventive character-comedy hour. Meet Larry: a burnt-out engineer on a mission to…

5:20 pm Casual Receptionist of the Quarter Gilded Balloon Patter House

Ever wondered what's happening in shopfronts for all these 'Zero Tolerance Policy for Abuse Towards Staff' signs to be popping up everywhere? Based on true events, Casual Receptio…

5:20 pm Your Inner Diva is Showing: Self-Love in Sequins! Greenside @ George Street

Channelling the likes of Celine, Whitney and Adele, singer-pianist and cabaret star Jacqui Randa tackles self-love, sex and the messy work of figuring yourself out, all with a das…

5:20 pm Chris Turner: In The Moment Underbelly, Bristo Square

One mic, infinite possibilities! America's Got Talent runner-up Chris creates jaw-dropping freestyle rap from your suggestions. Fast, fearless and astonishingly funny – this is li…

5:20 pm A Seance Spectacular with the Mystical Medium Wolf Sisters from the Great White North Just The Tonic at The Mash House

An invitation to a proper Victorian seance in an appropriately eerie attic. Comedians Carly Anna Billings (The Second City Toronto) and Cecilia O'Grady will take you back in time…

5:20 pm Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard

The Olivier Award-winning West End smash hit and Fringe favourite is back! The Showstoppers improvise a hilarious new musical every show, totally inspired by audience suggestions,…

5:20 pm The Circus of Public Opinion Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo

Have you ever wanted to have your petty arguments judged and settled in front of a crowd of laughing bystanders? The Circus of Public Opinion elevates the audiences' grievances to…

5:20 pm Improvised Couples Therapy Greenside @ George Street

Need help? So do they! Reba with an H, and whoever she is dating now, think they signed up to attend a couples therapy seminar, but they accidentally signed up to HOST it. They he…

5:25 pm Annie Boyle: To All The Boys I've Loved Before Underbelly, Bristo Square

This is my coming-out show. I actually came out mid-performance, in front of a crowd... including my Nan. Let's just say there was a joke involving a woman, a KFC and the phrase f…

5:25 pm Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral Underbelly, Cowgate

Take the "fun" out of "funeral" and throw the rest away! Zoe W is holding a funeral for her childhood dog, and you're invited! Yay! Dressed in Victorian mourning garb and ready to…

5:25 pm After the Fact theSpace @ Niddry St

Set in 1980s Scotland during the Cold War, when nuclear bombs were a very real threat. The play is inspired by true events and real experiences, when one night in Peebleshire, Sco…

5:30 pm Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Gilded Balloon Patter House

Calling all Dungeons & Dragons fans! Tartan Tabletop are back after their biggest ever year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Get ready for improvised comedy at the roll of a dice…

5:30 pm One Man One Mullet: The Dan Stephens Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square

A stand-up comedy show featuring Ireland's Next Top Comic Winner 2024 Dan Stephens. He talks about the ups-and-downs of a single 37-year-old Irish man with a mullet. He is a regul…

5:30 pm Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

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…

5:30 pm How Now Brown Rao Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

How Now Brown Rao is a smart, silly and sharply observed stand-up show about identity, ambition and trying to make sense of life while barely keeping it together. A former astroph…

5:30 pm The Gil Scott-Heron Songbook The Jazz Bar

Aki Remally and Fraser Urquhart make their return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, delving deep into the work of the revolutionary poet, musician and hip hop pioneer whose lyrics…

5:30 pm MOM! WTF!! Greenside @ George Street

MOM! WTF!! is a comedy confessional about being raised by a “happy homemaker” in the era of free love and free-range parenting. Somehow she still became a mom herself. Carol Johns…

5:30 pm Mr Bergmann of Deadman's Point Paradise in The Vault

A new play based on the extraordinary true story of Ireland's most famous unidentified man, the so-called Peter Bergmann. He spent three days in Sligo mysteriously erasing his ide…

5:30 pm Sam Morrison: DUCK Gilded Balloon Teviot

Sam Morrison (Late Night With Seth Meyers, Comedy Central) follows smash-hit Sugar Daddy with DUCK, a science-obsessed attack on the human ego. He questions why everything – his J…

5:30 pm The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

One of the very best multi-act lineups with our fresh pick of the hottest acts from across the whole of the Fringe. Expect big names, fresh faces and comedy icons drawn from the m…

5:30 pm When Harry Met Sally Met Julie Met Jazz Met Kierkegaard Met Jung Met Lovely Johnny Marr Le Monde

What is true love? Can a six-second kiss change everything? Why should you take every opportunity to dance? What is limerence? Is music the answer to everything? Or philosophy? An…

5:30 pm The Good, The Bad and The Almighty Greenside @ Riddles Court

Deep in the vaults of the Vatican lies the Chronovisor: a mysterious "camera" that allows the past, present and future to be seen... even if the future isn't quite what they had b…

5:30 pm Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me Pleasance Dome

This show is about being hot (or not). 'A Genius' (Broadwayworld.com). As heard on: Off Menu and BBC Radio 4. As seen on: The Way Out (U&Dave). As smelt on: Tour support for Aisli…

5:30 pm Tom Lawrinson: Speak of the Devil Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

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' ***** (EdFringeReview.com). 'Tom La…

5:30 pm Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes Underbelly, Bristo Square

The most authentic Italian experience in town. After sold-out seasons at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, award-winning comedian Stefania Licari returns with her hit show. Expat, e…

5:30 pm 1 Hour of Insane Magic Gilded Balloon Teviot

Cameron Gibson, Elliot Bibby and Luke Osey return for their fourth year as Insane Magic, bigger and more spectacular than ever before! Following multiple sell-out seasons, the tri…

5:30 pm Hasan Al-Habib: Stuck in the Middle (East) With You Pleasance Courtyard

Extended sold-out run, Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Funniest Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe (Telegraph, Times 2025). NextUp Biggest Award in Comedy: nominee 2025. 'Deliciously funny' (Guardi…

5:30 pm M (Woman of Fashion) C ARTS | C venues | C aurora

A new play by satirist playwright Eoin Carney featuring someone who may or may not be Melania Trump, and which asks the question: why are we so interested in her? M portrays Melan…

5:30 pm Fysics I: Songs for Voice and Guitar Gladstone's Land

Original songs for voice and guitar by American singer-songwriter Josef Lamberti. An intimate acoustic performance with expressive guitar playing, fingerstyle instrumentals, memor…

5:30 pm Funeral Show Greenside @ George Street

Following its award-winning debut at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025, Funeral Show arrives in Edinburgh! Elena Martinez’s one-woman dark comedy pokes around in the well-known wound…

5:30 pm Stand-Up Science Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree

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 yea…

5:30 pm Davina Bentley: Dancing While Old Pleasance Courtyard

Featured in The Telegraph's Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch and with 1.7m likes online for her viral parodies, Davina makes her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut at only 37 (ak…

5:30 pm Alex Edelman: What Are You Going to Do Pleasance Courtyard

Alex Edelman's last Fringe show, Just for Us, earned an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nomination and kicked off a journey that culminated with a run on Broadway and an HBO spec…

5:30 pm Anu Vaidyanathan: Allegory Just The Tonic at The Caves

Allegory is a surreal, deeply personal hour about locating one's identity in the tangled constellation of colleagues, family, and friends... while caring for a metaphorical (and p…

5:30 pm Burke'n'Hare: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms

'Up the close and doon the stair, but and ben wi' Burke and Hare. Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief and Knox the boy who buys the beef.' It's 1828 Edinburgh, and we are experi…

5:30 pm Fringe Fragments Assembly @ Dance Base

Catch a glimpse of the next big thing at Dance Base’s Fringe Fragments. An industry pitching platform open to audiences, Fringe Fragments spotlights dance makers from Scotland and…

5:30 pm Eli Matthewson: Blood Bender Assembly George Square

Eli just became the first ever New Zealander to move to London, after applying for the "youth" visa on the last possible week he was eligible. He's ready to be a star and the only…

5:30 pm Disabled Cants Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

A revolving line-up 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…

5:30 pm Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise Pleasance Courtyard

Olga Koch has one good story. Only it's not really her story. Do you wanna hear it? In Fat Tom Cruise, see the Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated star comb through rec…

5:30 pm 100% Dry Laughing Horse @ Home Bar

100% Dry is a solo hour of dry, deadpan Irish stand-up. From a farm in rural Monaghan, Justin Cassidy delivers understated comedy in a bone-dry, self-deprecating style. Presented…

5:30 pm Dracula: Lucy's Dream Pleasance at EICC

A hypnotic reimagining of Bram Stoker’s immortal masterpiece from award-winning Plexus Polaire, the ‘exquisite’ (New York Times) creators of Moby Dick (Barbican). Lucy Westenra is…

5:35 pm In the Cold Light theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

The gravestones of two friends pull a journalist into an investigation he hopes will bury the past. Instead, it unearths the harsh reality of staying silent, confronting him with…

5:35 pm The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / 200 Monks, 1 Dead Frog The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

Professor Zack Moir (Edinburgh Napier University) asks whether universities deliver the bright futures they promise. Using arts education as an example, he explores how students a…

5:35 pm Woyzeck (MacKendrick) theSpace on the Mile

Woyzeck, a soldier who is slowly going mad, tries to make sense of the world around him. Abused by his doctor, suffering class inequalities, religious pressures, and the traumas o…

5:35 pm Police Cops: The Original Assembly George Square

The multi award-winning comedy blockbuster returns! With 20+ five-star reviews, globally acclaimed Police Cops bring back the show that started it all! Reloaded and supercharged f…

5:40 pm Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday Pleasance Courtyard

Sure, Anna was born the old-fashioned way – a supreme being deposited into a perfect female body who immediately falls for the first man she sees. But what's next for a sci-fi hot…

5:40 pm Lara Ricote: INKLING Monkey Barrel Comedy

You know when stuff happens to you and you react in a certain way (read: cry) so then you lean in? To know thyself? A man in a museum was mean to me (classic) and I’ve gotten a lo…

5:40 pm Bebe Cave: Swoon Pleasance Dome

Character comedian and actress Bebe Cave's conclusion of her trilogy exploring historical female main character syndrome. This time it's the Victorian era, where men wear top hats…

5:40 pm Pernille Haaland: Nordic Operations Gilded Balloon Teviot

Award-winning Nordic comedian Pernille Haaland (HBO Max, Netflix, Discovery) returns diving even further below zero. From the surreal experience of gigging for NATO to navigating…

5:40 pm Fab Goualin: Mixed Messages Gilded Balloon Teviot

Edinburgh debut from BBC New Comedy Award 2025 semi-finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2025 finalist and So You Think You're Funny? 2024 finalist, Fab Gou…

5:40 pm David Hoare: How To Live To 100 Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Musical-One-Liner-Stand-Up Comedian David Hoare (aged 37) will teach you how to live to 100! The award winning Hoare brings his rude songs, stupid jokes and insightful expertise t…

5:40 pm Keeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My Tits Pleasance Courtyard

Loosely based on the memoir of the same name, Keeley, a former Page 3 model, is auditioning to play “Keeley”... a version of herself she no longer recognises. As the audition unfo…

5:45 pm A Night at the Musicals theSpaceTriplex

Exeter Spotlights presents A Night at the Musicals. Exeter University’s only performance choir are returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for another musical extravaganza filled with s…

5:45 pm The Mr Thing Show Assembly George Square Gardens

Mr. Thing are back "broadcasting" live at the Fringe. Become part of the studio audience as Tom and Owen, Puppet Steve and a crew of Things pull together a TV variety show live on…

5:45 pm 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys

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 wi…

5:45 pm Michael Shafar: Inappropriate Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn

2025 Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show Nominee. Edgy. Dark. Hilarious. In his trademark unfiltered and unapologetic style, Australian comedian, Michael Shafar, weighs into the t…

5:45 pm Sapphire McIntosh – Squeaky Bum Time Underbelly, Bristo Square

Fresh from appearing as a footballer in the new season of Ted Lasso, Sapphire McIntosh debuts her first hour: a fast, funny and sharply observational show about chasing big dreams…

5:45 pm DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY Underbelly, Cowgate

Dive headfirst into the whirlwind life of Ollie, a chaotic but lovable Scot navigating London's queer nightlife. From tequila-fuelled dance floors, to messy encounters with geezer…

5:45 pm Techies Braw Venues @ Hill Street

Part comedy, part backstage drama, this quirky, hilarious pop-rock score smashes the fourth wall and celebrates the search for acceptance in the most judgmental place in the world…

5:45 pm Japanese Grandma Funeral ZOO Playground

Kento the clown missed his grandmother's funeral in Japan due to Covid restrictions. He's trying to recreate the traditional rites, but it keeps going wrong. Can the audience help…

5:45 pm Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree

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 smorgasbor…

5:45 pm The Irish Mob Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate

The Irish Mob is a brand-new Irish Comedy Show with a twist: Irish comedians performing in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival! This wild and exciting compilation show brings togethe…

5:45 pm Jack Abela: Reaching PBH's Free Fringe @ Canons' Gait

His sister has just won a BAFTA, his friends are d*ckheads, and he’s five foot five. Jack Abela is trying to escape his sister’s shadow. He’s reaching for a better life, better fr…

5:45 pm Andrew White: What a Life! Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

An only child with two siblings, Andrew White enjoyed a precocious childhood befriending retirees and penning self-indulgent poetry, until a literal circus clown warned him of imm…

5:45 pm Aidan Greene: Stuttermilk Pancakes Underbelly, Bristo Square

Award-winning comedian Aidan Greene is Ireland's foremost stammering comedian (he's also the only one). For years he's been told not to let his stutter define him. Well... too lat…

5:45 pm Millennial Man (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town)

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…

5:45 pm Roger O'Sullivan: Divil May Cry Monkey Barrel Comedy

Ambition is a mortal sin – or so Roger O’Sullivan was taught growing up in rural Ireland. But with the Irish identity trending and authenticity all the rage, in 2026, perhaps the…

5:45 pm The Speakeasy Experience Summerhall

Hidden within the Old Dick Vet School lies a clandestine tavern where Edinburgh's rogue doctors and veterinarians gather. Surrounded by animal skulls and illicit research, you are…

5:50 pm ROLEPLAY Summerhall

Hey slut! A broke feminist podcaster reinvents herself as a provocative slutfluencer in pursuit of fame, only to lose herself in the performance. Darkly hilarious, gripping and su…

5:50 pm A Murder Mystery Musical – The Detective's Demise Just The Tonic at The Caves

Sell-out murder mystery comedy musical returning to the Fringe! New songs. New Twists. New Turns. Detective Ben Stone is murdered at his own birthday party, snuffed out like candl…

5:50 pm Alfie Brown: The Entertainer Underbelly, Cowgate

Brand new show. A show so entertaining you can scarcely believe it. Written and performed (both!) by a man in crisis, desperate to find meaning in life. What is stand-up comedy fo…

5:50 pm 200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

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 home…

5:50 pm Adam Larter: Who Remembers the 90s? Just The Tonic at The Hive

Not a lot has been written about the decade the 90s, and so Adam Larter will finally try to get to the bottom of what happened in this decade. Expect well-researched journalism an…

5:50 pm Sadia Azmat: Rapism Just The Tonic at The Hive

Join comedian Sadia Azmat for an hour of unapologetic rape jokes (BBC Sounds presenter, author of Sex Bomb, ITV's Good Morning Britain). Rape is considered a dirty word, so Sadia'…

5:50 pm ARCADE Pleasance Dome

Using the nostalgic aesthetic of 1980s video games, ARCADE invites participants to guide an avatar through a series of branching paths. Choices are offered, sides can be taken and…

5:50 pm Got Mushroom For Sketch Comedy? theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Got Mushroom for Sketch Comedy? The students of Exeter Comedy Society are back with their latest sketch show! After a year of being tested by university deadlines and the continua…

5:50 pm Jack Off The Beanstalk Just The Tonic Nucleus

Jack's hard... on his luck! After playing with more than just his beans, he's got a giant problem on his hands (and not the fun kind!) When Giant Spunktrumpet comes banging and th…

5:50 pm Freddie Meredith: Need a Light? Pleasance Courtyard

A self-appointed thought leader holds court in the smoking area of a club, unpacking masculinity, fame and the algorithm while soft launching himself to strangers. This could real…

5:50 pm Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge Underbelly, George Square

Australian comedy's number one autistic glamourpuss is back in Edinburgh with a banging hour of trademark Jarvis oddball stand-up. She's getting dragged backwards through a hedge…

5:50 pm Rob Copland: ONE (more please) Monkey Barrel Comedy at O'Neill's (The Tron)

Once one has one, one wants more please and comedian Rob Copland is back and he's asking for more. Who else is more-ing for one more. More for me, more for you, more for whoever w…

5:50 pm Max Davidson: Strangers Just The Tonic at Subway

An interactive mentalism show where the audience plays a central role, and no secret – or phone passcode – is safe. The sold-out sensation comes to Edinburgh on the heels of multi…

5:55 pm Tit Talk PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon

This powerful, monologue performance explores the relationship we have with our boobs – our tits. The show takes the audience on an emotional journey and while not avoiding the to…

5:55 pm Material Girl: Madonna The Icon theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Award-winning Night Owl Shows chronicle the story of the most successful female artist in history, starring Voice of the Fringe 2025 Maia Elsey (Derek Awards). This anticipated jo…

5:55 pm Irene Woo: Golden Child Just The Tonic at The Mash House

Until recently, Irene Woo embodied the 'Golden Child'. As a Senior Software Engineer at Google, she had it all: the six-figure salary, the impressive job title and the uncondition…

5:55 pm Charlie Vero-Martin: Poltergeist (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow

Step into a surreal world of ghosts, past lives and terrifying the establishment as a mid-30s woman. Charlie hangs up her props and puppets for a stripped-back work-in-progress ch…

5:55 pm JOSIAH theSpaceTriplex

Based on the autobiography of Josiah Henson. Born into slavery in Maryland, enduring 41 years of unimaginable brutality and persecution before escaping to Canada. The play dramati…

5:55 pm ASURA: An Enlightenment Experiment ZOO Southside

Wayne Stewart is a theatre-maker who turns big philosophical questions into lived experiments. In ASURA, he designs an AI spiritual guide in an attempt to reach enlightenment. Bui…

5:55 pm The Rise of The Eagles theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Journey with The Eagles from their early days to their reign as the most revered band of the seventies. Take It Easy, Hotel California, Desperado and more from Will Sharp and the…

5:55 pm CADEL: Lungs on Legs Gilded Balloon at the Museum

From down under to the top of the podium! The riveting true story of Cadel Evans, the only Australian to win the Tour de France. Returning after a sold-out 2025 premiere, Connor D…

5:55 pm Liz Bains: Born To Be Mild PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon

Having just passed a landmark birthday, Liz Bains (Funny Women Awards One to Watch) has come to the realisation that she was never meant to lead a wild life. She was just born to…

6:00 pm A Silent Disco Dance Tour by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop

Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team is back with even more madness and brand new adventures to boot. Don our magical Silent Disco…

6:00 pm Alan Jay: Hell Hath No Humour Like a Gayboy Scorned Gilded Balloon Patter House

In just a few short years, Alan Jay has become one of Scottish comedy's most exciting newcomers. Acclaimed for taking a life fraught with adversity and turning it into sharp punch…

6:00 pm Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Chris Groves turns grief into something refreshingly uplifting and unexpectedly funny. Blending sharp stand-up with heartfelt honesty in a life-affirming hour about loss, family a…

6:00 pm The Sumo Show HIRAKUZA Underbelly, George Square

Step into the world of Japan’s legendary national sport as former pro wrestlers collide in powerful, high action matches right before your eyes! Presented entirely in English, get…

6:00 pm Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

6:00 pm Whisky Wanderer: The Whisky Trail The Scotch Malt Whisky Society - Queen Street

Become a Whisky Wanderer and explore Scotland’s legendary whisky trail – no hiking boots required! Take a whirlwind tour of Scotland’s whisky regions without leaving Edinburgh. Yo…

6:00 pm The History of Electronic Music Just The Tonic at The Caves

Vinney White is back at The Fringe – part comedian, part DJ, fully unhinged. He uses a sampler to travel through time. What stolen sample is used on 30,000 tracks? How did electro…

6:00 pm Friendliest Gilded Balloon Teviot

Drew Lausch grew up gay in Fargo, North Dakota. So he did what any emotionally stable teenager would do: invented the world's first gay superhero. Years later, he's still trying t…

6:00 pm Fiona Allen: White Lies Gilded Balloon Teviot

After a sellout debut Edinburgh 2023 show, Fiona Allen star of Smack The Pony returns with her new show White Lies. Fiona needs a perfect lie to avoid her pet hate of social gathe…

6:00 pm Rizal Van Geyzel: Single Fatherhood Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

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 te…

6:00 pm Ignacio Lopez: The Four Of Us Are Dying Up Here Hoots @ The Apex

Spain's Best Export, (As seen on Live At The Apollo, HIGNFY, Comedy Central and more) returns with an explosively funny show! Featuring Ignacio Lopez, with support from Ignacio Lo…

6:00 pm Millwall Jew Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

The UK's favourite and funniest Jewish comedian, Ivor Dembina (**** Guardian), with his bitingly funny account of why he supports south London's most notorious football club, Mill…

6:00 pm Agent November's Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr E, the head of security. YOU are the hero of this pop-up escape game. Wi…

6:00 pm Channel Assembly George Square Studios

Step inside a transformed shipping container and enter a fully immersive, interactive electronic soundbath designed for deep rest and radical listening. Beginning with a restorati…

6:00 pm Ted Hill: PowerPoindexter Assembly George Square Studios

Ted Hill invites you inside his strange and chaotic mind. Expect high-energy jokes, ridiculous visual effects and (funny) graphs. Ted’s always been weird, but now he has a new puz…

6:00 pm Distillery After Hours Holyrood Distillery

Edinburgh retold and reimagined... Your evening begins with a rum cocktail as you’re drawn into the city’s darker archives – our distillery sits on ground heavy with paranormal ec…

6:00 pm Emmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP) PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room

After three sold-out runs and two award nominations, Emmanuel Sonubi (Live at the Apollo) returns with a bold new work-in-progress. Blending sharp personal storytelling with wider…

6:00 pm Connor Burns: FLOW Just The Tonic Nucleus

Don't miss Scotland's hilarious stand-up star's new show! His 2025 show sold out 12,000 tickets in Edinburgh alone, toured the UK, Australia and packed Glasgow's King's Theatre fi…

6:00 pm Maia Tassalini: I Was 22 and Stunning Pleasance Courtyard

Ever served so hard you almost toppled a government? In her debut hour, BBC New Comedian of the Year finalist and Pleasance Reserve alum Maia Tassalini channels the muse (Monica L…

6:00 pm NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard

Guinness World Record-breaking NewsRevue (47 years!), makes its debut in Pleasance One. If the news has got you down, this is your antidote. Expect four preposterously talented pe…

6:00 pm Dane Buckley: Darling Pleasance Courtyard

The world's only Irish, Indian, gay comedian (probably) delivers his debut stand-up hour about Irish mammies, Indian grannies and his archenemy: the parish priest. Expect cheeky,…

6:00 pm Tarang Hardikar: If I'm Not Wrong Pleasance Courtyard

Fresh, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, rising star Tarang Hardikar brings his sharp wit to the Fringe for the first time. His Edinburgh debut takes on life's contradictions, c…

6:00 pm FLIGHT Assembly George Square

FLIGHT is an immersive audio experience in complete darkness, inside a shipping container with an interior exactly resembling a full-scale plane cabin. Exploring the Many-Worlds I…

6:00 pm Fun-Size Wine Tasting Vegan Tipples

A fun wine tasting to easily fit in to your festival schedule. A chance to taste four wines in the centre of Edinburgh (and gain a little wine knowledge), with a top up of your fa…

6:00 pm 0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant

A crowd-work and improvised stand-up comedy show with zero plans. Northern Irish comedian Reece Kidd and friends will entertain you and make you laugh. Reece has over 150 million…

6:00 pm 5 Headliners for £10 Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar

The smash hit sell-out 2023-2025 show returns! Five top-level circuit comedians perform their very best material, one after the other. No picking on the audience, no MC in between…

6:00 pm What's Next? ZOO Southside

To celebrate 25 years of championing new work, ZOO presents a special showcase of what's next. For one day only, a dynamic collection of emerging, bold and provocative artists tak…

6:00 pm Critics' Choice Comedy Showcase Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street)

Enjoy snappy excerpts from the shows of four stand-ups you'll recognise from their posters full of stars. Different lineup every show: something to suit all comic tastes! Powered…

6:00 pm Four Courses of Italian Song Valvona & Crolla

Anna Vanosi’s mesmerizing trio serve up a jazz-infused feast of classic Italian popular song. You, the audience, choose the setlist from our menu of authentic, irresistible Italia…

6:00 pm Amanda Dwyer: Better Than Revenge The Stand Comedy Club 2

Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award 2026 winner Amanda Dwyer attempts to right every wrong ever done to her, from minor slights to full-blown criminal offences. Armed with…

6:00 pm Kahi – The Inner Us (Explore The Soul) Alba Flamenca

Experience the elegance and power of Kathak in this captivating Indian classical dance journey at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Performed by exceptional dancers, this dynamic pro…

6:00 pm We Had Fun Summerhall

Where did it all go wrong? Well, it depends who you ask. Close friends Oscar and Ela navigate the fallout of a drunken sexual encounter as their conflicting versions of events are…

6:00 pm Chindian Express – Interracial Comedy Ride Edinburgh Thistle Hotel

An uproarious comedy ride that tracks the cross-border love story of Sathish Kumar (India) and Kate Hu (China). Having met in the vibrant Hong Kong open-mic scene, they have spent…

6:00 pm International Aufguss Masters Summerhall

Experience the world's greatest Aufguss artists right here in Edinburgh. Stunning choreography and extraordinary storytelling using steam and scent in a beautiful sauna theatre wi…

6:00 pm The Distance Summerhall

He's been running his whole life. Time to catch up. When the football pitch freezes, Chris is forced into cross-country. Everyone hates it, but something in Chris ignites. A comin…

6:05 pm Extra Lives: The Interactive Video Game Concert Gilded Balloon Patter House

Extra Lives is the world's first live-scored audience RPG... and YOU control the adventure. Vote to decide what happens next while a live band performs the soundtrack in real time…

6:05 pm Come As You Are theSpaceTriplex

The whole family gathers to celebrate Katherine’s birthday; her husband, her kids, her best friends and her brother-in-law. Her lovely, stress-free evening seems to be going exact…

6:05 pm Against the Grain theSpace @ Niddry St

Winter, 1943. As the Siege of Leningrad tightens its grip, two scientists guard a seed vault designed to preserve humanity. Faced with starvation, yet surrounded by food they refu…

6:05 pm Rory Marshall: Thank You for the Opportunity Pleasance Courtyard

After a sell-out, critically acclaimed Fringe debut, Rory Marshall's back with his most pathetic character yet: Rory Marshall. A character-comedy journey through the life's work o…

6:05 pm Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years The Stand Comedy Club

Mark Thomas celebrates 40 years at the mic. In that time, he has changed laws on tax, jailed arms dealers, kickstarted a comedy circuit in Palestine, given evidence before three P…

6:05 pm Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The Musical theSpace on the Mile

A ride worth taking! After a 5-star debut (FairyPoweredProductions.com), FWAMP! Theatre Company is thrilled to present Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The Musical, an original…

6:10 pm Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This Monkey Barrel Comedy

After writing for Saturday Night Live UK and selling out shows across the UK, Celya AB returns to the Fringe. Expect 'exceptional, not to mention impressively original' (Comedy.co…

6:10 pm An American (Not) in Paris Just The Tonic at The Mash House

An OCD, ADHD, gluten-free, Gen-Z, musical comedy! Through stand-up, storytelling and original music, Liv Rocklin chronicles a morbidly overachieving Gen-Zer's showdown with contro…

6:10 pm Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx Assembly Roxy

Claire is gonna do what it takes – joke t-shirts, family glamping, practical jokes, birdwatching, laser tag and rock concerts – to become fun again. A rollercoaster of jokes from…

6:10 pm Deckhand theSpace @ Niddry St

Joseph, an abrasive pushing-40 talent agent, is awoken in the middle of the night to a call from his top-billing client – she’s on Catalina Island for a photoshoot without any of…

6:10 pm & taxes theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

We’re all going to die! So we might as well laugh about it. In this solo clown show, Jasper the Ghost (Michael Thomas Kennedy) will finally achieve his lifelong (and deathlong) dr…

6:10 pm Justin Elizabeth Sayre Is a 40-Year-Old Woman Underbelly, Bristo Square

A comedy about false eyelashes and the truth that sizzles beneath: with the signature wit that's made them a staple of downtown New York, Sayre celebrates the stylish women of yes…

6:10 pm Crowd Work with Frank Skinner Assembly George Square Studios

Join Frank Skinner and a series of special guests for CROWD WORK: an interactive comedy show which sees three comedians flexing their comedy muscles and taking on whatever the aud…

6:10 pm ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

A fast, 30-minute blast of improvised stand-up where absolutely nothing is scripted and everything is fair game. Brendon Lemon builds the whole show out of the audience in real ti…

6:15 pm Punchline Bingo Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle

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…

6:15 pm COMA Assembly George Square

COMA is an immersive audio experience in complete darkness. You’re lying on a bunk bed inside a shipping container. Headphones on, lights out. 360-degree sound invites you to take…

6:15 pm Pasta and Passive Aggression (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow

Tino, an Italian surviving Britain, finds comedy in passive aggression, rainy days and polite lies. Expect tales of cultural clashes, awkward encounters and the absurdities of lif…

6:15 pm Australia's Least Decorated Soldier Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

After travelling to the UK, New Zealand, the Middle East and Indonesia. Jarryd Goundrey is back as Australia's Least Decorated Soldier. Jarryd Goundrey. Comedian and army veteran…

6:15 pm Guy Williams: Rich people are stealing from you and blaming brown people and trans people and some people believe them aaahhhhhh! Assembly Roxy

Probably shouldn't have given everything away in the title. Like most people I've been trying to figure out how the worst dickheads have taken over everything. So I've read three…

6:15 pm When We Were Young theSpace on the Mile

The public and critically acclaimed, multi award-winning When We Were Young is back for 2026. This five-star show goes beyond the tabloid stereotype of ‘neds’ to tell a powerful a…

6:15 pm Heist: How to Steal a Masterpiece PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

The mastermind. The conman. The inside guy. We're assembling a team. We're doing a heist. Are you in? From magician and storyteller Chris Cook comes a show full of comedy and misd…

6:15 pm All Shook Up Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge

Chad rolls into town, causes havoc and leads the teenagers to rebel and challenge the town authority. This Elvis musical is fast-paced, totally enjoyable and a great listen as thi…

6:15 pm 2nd Row Comedy Showcase Braw Venues @ Hill Street

2nd Row Comedy is bringing their showcase to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time! Come see award-winning comedians and the best up-and-comers every night of the month! With a…

6:15 pm Edinbra Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Following on from its success at the Edinburgh Fringe the past few years, along with its sister shows Brighton Belles and Adelaides in their respective cities, this delightful, fu…

6:15 pm The Burnings Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge

Accused of witchcraft, damned to Hell, this is the true story of Agnes Sampson, the East Lothian "witch". An innocent and humble folk healer blamed for storms and trying to murder…

6:15 pm 1 King, 2 Princes and Shakespeare's Lie theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Sold out in 2025. Back by popular demand. A king. A traitor. A villain. Or was he? Richard III returns to confront the myths that condemned him, challenging Shakespeare’s version…

6:15 pm Steffan Alun: Windows Hoots @ The Apex

Winner of the Pegagus Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, the bisexual Welsh optimist returns with a brand-new hour of brilliant comedy. With strong opinions on…

6:15 pm 100 Million Fish in the Aquarium Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap

A few years ago Shannon was diagnosed with OCD after a lifetime of performing ridiculous compulsions (Yes! She’s a performer!). This show is about that, amongst other things. Afte…

6:15 pm Ageing Disgracefully: A Glass Ceiling-Smashing Comedy Showcase PBH's Free Fringe @ BrewDog Doghouse Hotel

A showcase show featuring some of the finest new acts who are over the grand old age of 35. The entertainment industry has artificial glass ceilings. Come along and help us smash…

6:15 pm Bite theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Twenty-one-year-old Riley spends her time regurgitating her chewed-up thoughts into her journal, finding comfort in her words. Riley's closest confidant, Anna, knows what is reall…

6:15 pm Dave Chawner: Dry Humour Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

Dave is getting older. Everyone is. Now sober, he's worried about being beige. A sharp, self-deprecating look at ageing, outlook and identity. As seen on BBC, ITV and Channel 5. H…