The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is back for 2024, and this year the month-long festival is spanning from 2 August to 26 August.
This will be the 6th time I’ll be attending the comedy festival, and I’ve already painstakingly gone through the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 programme to work out my schedule and cram in as many acts as I can. From Sunday 11 August to Monday 19 August, I’m going in for an intense week of comedy, and so you don’t have to do the same hard work, here’s my Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024 Lineup!
A quick overview of some unmissable acts at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024:
- Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again
- Larry Dean: Dodger
- Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core
- Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe
- Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends: Kool Story Bro
- Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!
- Dara Ó Briain: My Life Is a Work in Progress
- Reginald D Hunter: Fluffy Fluffy Beavers
- Mat Ewins: Ewins Some You Lose Some
Who to see at the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival 2024
Sunday 11 August 2024 Lineup
Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again
⏰ 21:20
👛 £12.50
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📍 Venue 302 – The Dairy Room, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
Daliso revisits the themes of an ancient debut show with his considerably enhanced comic talents from two decades of experience.
Late Night Drunk Comedy Challenge
⏰ 22:45 👛 £6 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 108 – Hoot 2, Hootenannies @ The Apex, 31-35 Grassmarket, EH1 2HS
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
⏰ 23:55 👛 £13 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Monday 12 August 2024 Lineup
Larry Dean: Dodger
⏰ 20:30
👛 £11
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 3, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Larry’s been spending a lot of time with his granny lately. He wants to tell you about it.
Tony Law: The Law Also Rises
⏰ 13:30 👛 £9
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📍 Venue 313 – Hive 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 15-17 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG
Brennan Reece: Me Me Me
⏰ 15:45 👛 Free
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📍 Venue 276 – Warehouse, PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9c Victoria St, EH1 2HE
Rose Matafeo: On and On and On
⏰ 17:30 👛 £15
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📍 Venue 33 – Forth, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER
⏰ 19:00 👛 £18
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📍 Venue 33 – Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
John Robertson’s The Dark Room
⏰ 22:00 👛 £14
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📍 Venue 24 – Doonstairs, Gilded Balloon Patter House, 3 Chambers St, EH1 1HT
Trusty Hogs Live! Podcast
⏰ 23:20 👛 £12
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 3, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Tuesday 13 August 2024 Lineup
Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core
⏰ 21:45
👛 £11
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📍 Venue 302 – Buttercup, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
Elliot returns with more of his biting wit and trademark dark sense of humour about the hellish year he, and humanity, has had.
Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants
⏰ 12:30 👛 £7
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Helen Bauer: Work in Progress
⏰ 14:10 👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 4, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Mitch Benn: The World’s Cleverest Idiot
⏰ 16:00 👛 £11.50
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📍 Venue 302 – Jersey, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
Beat the Comic – Quiz Show
⏰ 18:45 👛 £5
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📍 Venue 85 – Las Vegas, Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
John Robertson: The Human Hurricane
⏰ 20:20 👛 Free
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📍 Venue 170 – The Ballroom, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DD
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
⏰ 23:25 👛 £11
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 2, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Wednesday 14 August 2024 Lineup
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe
⏰ 14:50
👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 3, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
In this election year – with the country in turmoil – there’s only one comedian who can kill the mood even further… Nish Kumar.
Eleanor Morton: Haunted House
⏰ 12:05 👛 £9 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 2, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Tez Ilyas: Before Eight
⏰ 13:25 👛 £8 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 313 – Hive 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 15-17 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG
Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made
⏰ 16:20 👛 £10 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 2, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster
⏰ 18:10 👛 £10 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
No Such Thing As A Fish: Live Podcast
⏰ 20:00 👛 £33 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 59 – Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Pl, EH1 3AA
Neil Delamere: Neil by Mouth
⏰ 21:40 👛 £14 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 33 – Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Thursday 15 August 2024 Lineup
Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends: Kool Story Bro
⏰ 23:30
👛 £19
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📍 Venue 33 – Forth, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe for one week only!
Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed
⏰ 12:10 👛 £8
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📍 Venue 51 – The Tron, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9 Hunter Square, EH1 1QW
John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza!
⏰ 14:10 👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 4, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Seymour Mace – 35 Years of Being a Fool
⏰ 16:15 👛 Free
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📍 Venue 170 – The Lounge, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DD
Chris Turner: Childish
⏰ 17:45 👛 £13
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📍 Venue 61 – Belly Dancer, Underbelly, Cowgate, 66 Cowgate, EH1 1JX
Ahir Shah: Ends
⏰ 19:30 👛 £17.50
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📍 Venue 33 – Pleasance One, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Dan Tiernan: Stomp
⏰ 21:00 👛 £9
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Friday 16 August 2024 Lineup
Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!
⏰ 20:25
👛 £15
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📍 Venue 302 – Ermintrude, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson.
Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show 2024
⏰ 13:10 👛 £16
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📍 Venue 33 – Cabaret Bar, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Mark Watson: WIP
⏰ 14:50 👛 £10
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📍 Venue 5 – Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club 2, 16 North St Andrew Street, EH2 1HJ
Louise Atkinson: She’s Got the Look
⏰ 17:00 👛 £12.50
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📍 Venue 24 – Coorie, Gilded Balloon Patter House, 3 Chambers St, EH1 1HT
Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair
⏰ 19:10 👛 £12
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📍 Venue 23 – 10 Dome, Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square, EH8 9AL
Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors
⏰ 21:40 👛 £13
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📍 Venue 33 – Upstairs, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Comedians’ DJ Battles
⏰ 23:30 👛 £15
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📍 Venue 17 – Underground, Assembly George Square Studios, George Square, EH8 9LH
Saturday 17 August 2024 Lineup
Dara Ó Briain: My Life Is a Work in Progress
⏰ 18:50
👛 £20
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📍 Venue 20 – Music Hall, Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, EH2 2LR
You know the guy. Used to be big in this town. Then, Mock The Week, Taskmaster etc. Dara’s first Edinburgh run since 2005.
Janine Harouni
⏰ 11:05 👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Rat Mass
⏰ 12:35 👛 £9
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📍 Venue 21 – Temple, C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, Roman Eagle Lodge, 2 Johnston Terrace, EH1 2PW
Hold on to Your Butts
⏰ 14:00 👛 £16
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📍 Venue 33 – Forth, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Tom Crosbie: I Came, I Saw, I Conq-Nerd
⏰ 16:20 👛 £13.50
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📍 Venue 24 – Nip, Gilded Balloon Patter House, 3 Chambers St, EH1 1HT
Adam Kay: Undoctored
⏰ 20:30 👛 £29.50
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📍 Venue 59 – Auditorium, Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA
Edinburgh Comedy Allstars
⏰ 23:00 👛 £16
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📍 Venue 300 – Udderbelly, Underbelly, George Square, George Square, EH8 9LH
Sunday 18 August 2024 Lineup
Reginald D Hunter: Fluffy Fluffy Beavers
⏰ 21:30
👛 £17
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📍 Venue 17 – Studio One, Assembly George Square Studios, George Square, EH8 9LH
Reg has penned Fluffy Fluffy Beavers with some hope to rehabilitate his controversial comedian persona.
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings
⏰ 12:00 👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 3, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here
⏰ 13:25 👛 £12
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 3, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Simon Munnery
⏰ 15:00 👛 £12
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📍 Venue 5 – Stand 1, The Stand Comedy Club 2, 16 North St Andrew Street, EH2 1HJ
Hannah Gadsby: Woof!
⏰ 17:20 👛 £19
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📍 Venue 302 – McEwan Hall, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG
Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father
⏰ 18:40 👛 £16
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📍 Venue 33 – Above, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
Mad Ron’s Character Comedy Carnage
⏰ 20:00 👛 £5
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📍 Venue 85 – Las Vegas, Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
Monday 19 August 2024 Lineup
Mat Ewins: Ewins Some You Lose Some
⏰ 21:15
👛 £10
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📍 Venue 515 – Monkey Barrel 4, Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9-12 Blair Street, EH1 1QR
The “most dangerous man in comedy” is back at the Fringe with some games and more multimedia nonsense.
Tiff Stevenson: Husband Material
⏰ 12:00 👛 £10 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 313 – Hive 1, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 15-17 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG
Sam Dodgshon’s Memory is Full
⏰ 13:30 👛 Free 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 156 – Cinema Room, PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG
Tom Short: Succes
⏰ 15:50 👛 £7.50 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 88 – Just the Spare Room, Just the Tonic at The Caves, Rowantree Bar, EH1 1LG
Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes
⏰ 18:30 👛 £12 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 5 – Stand 1, The Stand Comedy Club 2, 16 North St Andrew Street, EH2 1HJ
Ask the Comedian
⏰ 00:00 👛 Free 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 170 – The Attic, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, EH8 9DD
10,000 Digits of Pi
⏰ 01:30 👛 Free 🎟️ Buy Tickets
📍 Venue 156 – Chamber Room, PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street, EH1 1LG
Getting around Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh is hilly, and walking back and forth between shows might mean climbing up and down the same hill a few times a day. But the venues are often so close together that you’re generally only walking for 5-10 minutes between them anyway, so it’s not too strenuous. Make sure you have comfortable walking shoes on!
There’s also plenty of buses to get around the city on, as well as Uber taxi services. You can pay for a single ticket (£2) or a day ticket (£5) on the bus by using the exact change or contactless card. Just make sure you time it well if you haven’t left yourself a lot of space between shows.
Read more about Lothian bus fares & tickets here.
Where to sleep at the Fringe Festival
Unfortunately you’re very unlikely to find affordable accommodation if you haven’t already booked something, or are willing to sleep in a shared dormitory. Even staying outside of central Edinburgh in a place like Leith will cost you, and there’s the commute in to consider as well. But keep checking comparison sites like booking.com and you might be lucky and grab a cancellation.
For next year, consider booking student accommodation – they release room rates around October/November for the next year, and are relatively cheap and close to the city centre, so check with Destiny Student, Unite Students, Vita Student, Yugo, and IQ Student Accommodation to see what’s available – for a full list, check out my article here on where to stay during the Edinburgh Fringe.
For more information and to browse all the performances at Edinburgh Fringe this year, head to www.edfringe.com.