Fringe
Emmy & Golden Globe Award Winner Guy Branum makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his show ‘Be Fruitful’ at the Gilded Balloon Teviot Billiard Room for the entire Festival. Guy’s video series What the Old Gays Remember, where he analyses iconic moments in pop and queer-coded culture, has racked up over 16 million views across Instagram and TikTok.
Irishman Aidan Greene returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his tenth solo show. ‘Stuttermilk Pancakes’ will be at the Underbelly Bristo Square Dexter for the month of August. A big-hearted show, with a unique multi-media approach, about embracing what makes you different and having serious craic along the way.
PBH's Free Fringe is to dedicate a whole venue to first time Edinburgh Fringe performers. A new space in Pizza Geeks on Easter Road will host performers who have never appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe before.
With rising costs, the Fringe is becoming increasingly hard for new acts to break into. And while financial obligations have long been the enemy of would-be performers, the length and size of the Fringe also puts many first timers off attending.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has launched the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme today. This year’s programme celebrates the diverse range of creativity at the Fringe and includes work from 71 countries – reinforcing the Fringe’s place within the world’s cultural landscape, with performers hailing from around the globe.
Love The Fringe and EdFest.com have announced a new zero-commission ticketing initiative for Edinburgh Fringe 2026, designed to support artists, producers and theatre companies by ensuring that more income from every ticket sold remains with the people creating and presenting the work.
This summer, Need To Know Comedy will launch an ambitious slate of audience-driven comedy competitions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with more than £3,500 in prize money on offer in total.
From stand-up tournaments and one-liner championships to the launch of a brand-new world title in joke stealing, the independently funded competitions aim to celebrate live comedy without sponsors, industry gatekeepers or judging panels deciding the outcome — putting audiences firmly in charge.
Gaulier-trained American clown Zoe Wohlfeld (‘A Night of Drama’, London Clown Festival) will be appearing at the London Clown Festival before making her Edinburgh Fringe solo debut with DOG FUNERAL.
Zoe is holding a funeral for her childhood dog. Dressed in Victorian mourning garb and ready to cry on command (via water pistol), she’s here to teach you how to properly perform your grief.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 2026 Keep it Fringe fund. This initiative was launched in 2023 by Fringe Society honorary President Phoebe Waller-Bridge and supports artists who may face financial barriers in bringing work to the festival. This year, 402 applications were received for an initial £30,000 of available support. Following the launch announcement, further donations have increased the funding available to £40,000.
Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon has announced 105 new shows across comedy, theatre, musicals, cabaret, variety and children’s shows, marking its biggest on sale to date, with more programme announcements still to come.
the first batch of shows to be staged at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed. All shows will be available to view on edfringe.com from noon today.
The 351 shows span every genre of the Fringe programme, including theatre, circus, cabaret and variety, comedy, physical theatre, dance, children’s shows, music, musicals and spoken word. The shows announced today collectively hail from 24 countries and will take place at 70 venues across the city.
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