Summerhall Arts has hailed its “most unforgettable year” after more than 81,000 tickets were sold across its 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.
Raising over £100,000 overall through the Fringe and tours, the comedian expects to raise between £10,000 and £11,000 during this year's festival.
A comedian is writing a brand-new show every day at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe – with around 10 hours spent researching and writing jokes before each performance.
Scottish comedian, Gareth Mutch, has returned to the Fringe with a show centred around good intentions and bad timing.
An award-winning Edinburgh Fringe show is helping audiences discuss assisted dying, death and family relationships in a supportive and judgement-free way.
“I never forgot where I come from,” says Bonnyrigg actress Gail Watson as she returns to the 2026 Fringe while championing Midlothian’s new generation of creative talent.
Arts Council England kickstart the artist support fund with £80,000 for the Fringe’s 80th year.
From an improvised murder mystery to feel-good musicals, Angela Muir rounds up four Fringe shows delivering plenty of laughs, music and feel-good entertainment this August.
Blessing the Fringe with the beauty, youth and artistry of African culture, Afrique en Cirque has returned to the festival for its fourth year.
Returning after a successful 2025 run, Scotch Bonnet Productions has brought a brand-new original play, About a Bogle, to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Acclaimed circus and physical theatre production, Ten Thousand Hours, has returned to this year’s Fringe.
Returning to the Fringe after a sold-out 2025 run, contemporary Australian circus show ‘By a Thread’ have continued to sell-out performances, with audiences once again flocking to see the mesmerising mix of circus, dance and acrobatics.
Described as ‘bold, deeply personal, and relentlessly funny’, Aarian Mehrabani’s debut Fringe hour has been highly anticipated despite it being the comedian’s first solo show at the festival.
The Taskmaster star has returned to this year's Fringe, treating Edinburgh to a comedy stacked performance that covers everything from her disability to her life long love for gravy.
An award-winning Edinburgh Fringe show has celebrated its 100th performance at Summerhall Arts after raising more than £100,000 for the independent arts venue.
One of the most discussed and controversial performers at this year's Fringe, Amanda Knox, has entertained full audiences throughout the festival’s first week despite a 60,000 plus signature petition calling for the show to be cancelled.
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Edinburgh International Festival Director Nicola Benedetti was at Queen's Hall on Saturday for the first chamber performance of the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival.
On Friday, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society officially opened Fringe Central on Infirmary Street in the heart of the Old Town.
Bonnyrigg writer Kari Hall has made their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with a dark comedy that blends sharp humour and emotional honesty to explore the lasting impact of sexual assault against the backdrop of working-class life in Midlothian.
Edinburgh Fringe 2003’s legendary comedian-packed show ‘12 Angry Men’ has returned 23 years later spoofed as ‘11 1/2 Angry Men’, making its world-wide premier at Pleasance EICC.
While thousands of performers head to Edinburgh hoping to be discovered, one comedian is setting out to discover something entirely different… kindness.
Today is the official start of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which will run until Monday 31 August.
ScotRail will introduce extra late-night trains and thousands of additional seats from tomorrow, Friday, 7 August, to help customers travel to and from Edinburgh’s summer festivals.
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First look at the reimagined King’s Theatre, which welcomes audiences back today following a major transformation.
A popular comedian with a stammer is returning for his 10th Edinburgh Fringe, bringing a unique multi-media approach to stand up that raises awareness and celebrates speech disorders.
ScotRail will provide extra late-night services and thousands of additional seats to help customers travel to and from Edinburgh’s world-famous summer festivals.
Assembly Festival have announced the move of two George Street venues to St Andrew Square following the fire on Princes Street.
Highlighting that ‘if you go to the Edinburgh Fringe every year, you never stop thinking about Edinburgh’, popular Fringe comedian Hannah Byczkowski returns to this year's festival with her first full Fringe run.
A Bonnyrigg local is bringing their debut Fringe show to this year's festival, centered around working class identity in the local setting of Dalkeith Miners Club.
“I honestly think Edinburgh will lose the festival", award-winning Fringe performer Elf Lyons explained when discussing the rising cost of the Fringe.
ScotRail is getting into the festival spirit by helping tens of thousands of people travel to and from the capital during this year's Edinburgh festivals, with extra trains and late-night services planned throughout one of Scotland's busiest periods.
Sauna Theatre, the first project from new company Sauna Sessions Arts Club, is the UK’s largest sauna and the first to be purpose built to showcase theatre, art and culture.
From a working sauna and a venue built from old pianos to comedy clubs hidden beneath Edinburgh's streets, the Fringe continues to transform some of the city's most unusual spaces into unforgettable performance venues.
