2026 Scottish Comedy Festival's Pick of the Fringe
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar
Price: £8.00
Show starts: 13:30
Comedy in Edinburgh Fringe
Stand-up comedy listings. These line-ups are as accurate as we can make them, but things change, and it may be worth checking before you travel.
What's on
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 13:30
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
Price: £17.50
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Apex
Price: £10.00
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
Price: £2.50
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Alchemist | George Street
Price: FREE
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ Slow Progress
Price: FREE
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Just The Tonic at The Caves
Price: £10.00
Show starts: 13:30
HOW TO FRINGE: a chat show with thom tuck
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Nicolson Square
Price: £7.00
Show starts: 13:30
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
Price: £14.00
Show starts: 13:35
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Just The Tonic at The Caves
Price: FREE
Show starts: 13:35
A Bunch of Characters – Hugo Hayes
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Apex
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 13:40
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Assembly George Square
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 13:40
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Nicolson Square
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 13:40
Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Underbelly George Square
Price: £14.00
Show starts: 13:45
My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 13:45
Darren Walsh: It's a Quarter Tutu
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
Price: £2.50
Show starts: 13:45
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Apex
Price: £15.00
Show starts: 13:50
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
Price: £17.00
Show starts: 13:55
Locomotive For Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter House
Price: £14.00
Show starts: 14:00
Now That's What I Call Irish Stand-Up Comedy! Vol 1
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys
Price: £2.50
Show starts: 14:00
Joe Sib: Aggie – A Comedy About Moms
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
Price: £12.50
Show starts: 14:00
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Nicolson Square
Price: £7.00
Show starts: 14:00
Mark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything.
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
Price: FREE
Show starts: 14:00
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Just the Tonic at The Mash House
Price: £10.00
Show starts: 14:00
(Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe Showcase
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 14:00
1 MC and 3 Absolute Killers (of Comedy!)
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
Price: £10.00
Show starts: 14:00
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Hoots @ Potterow
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 14:00
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate
Price: £5.00
Show starts: 14:00
Achtung! The Only Sauerkraut in Town
Date: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
Price: £10.00
Show starts: 14:05