The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival

29/08/2026

It's the final fringe weekend! come on out for your last chance to see over 300 free and PWYW shows this year:

Free Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe every August: 100's of comedy, cabaret, music, theatre and childrens shows for the price of none. A huge and exciting part of the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

23/08/2026

Many more reviews in for The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows.... https://www.freefestival.co.uk/

22/08/2026

Congratulations to all of our shows who have been nominated on the ISH Edinburgh Comedy awards long list: Eryn Tett, Olaf Falafel and Paul Currie

https://www.edinburghcomedyawards.com/winners.html

And for nominations in the Neurodiverse review awards for ‘Disability champion’: Alex Petty (Free Festival Director and the Bar 50 disability and neurodiverse hub) and Susannah Clarke (Ingenious Fools producer behind shows such as Disabled Cants)

https://neurodiversereview.co.uk/john-davidson-mbe-to-receive-our-lifetime-achievement-award/

14/08/2026

More Reviews are in! Come along and see the best in free and pay what you want shows at The Free Festival! https://www.freefestival.co.uk/

12/08/2026

The first weekend has been fun around our venues, why not come along and join in the free Fringe festival fun? http://www.freefestival.co.uk

11/08/2026

Our 2026 reviews are starting to come in... check out our News & Reviews page for all of the latest on our shows: https://freefestival.co.uk/News.aspx

07/08/2026

Day two of The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins! This lunchtime we’re at The Brass monkey, our cozy local bar with two initimate rooms full of daytime shows on Drummond street. Come along and join in the Fringe fun! http://www.freefestival.co.uk

06/08/2026

This year we are running "60 minutes about Scotland" at Dragonfly as a tribute to the legendary Scottish comedian, Vladimir McTavish who sadly passed away in July.

This show was Vlad's, until a few weeks ago - and will now be helmed by fellow Scottish comic Ross Leslie alongside lots more of Vlad's friends - with all proceeds going to a charity of Vlad's families choosing.

Come along for some big laughs while celebrating the life of a three-time Scottish Comedy Award winner and 'one of the finest acts on the Scottish circuit' (Guardian).

Daily 6th-30th August (not Mondays), 4.30pm at Dragonfly, West Port. PWYC tickets.

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/60-minutes-about-scotland

06/08/2026

Here we go! The 2026 Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival is underway! Shows today and every day until August 30th. Children’s shows are very busy already, and it’s only preview day - this morning we’re at Bar 50 for their first shows. Let this years fun and fringeing begin! 🥳