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Best Reviewed Fringe Shows 2026!
The Fringe is back and Assembly Festival is bringing you the height of variety with award-winning comedy, crowd-pleasing cabaret, top-notch theatre and more.
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Extra Dates Added for the Most In Demand Fringe Shows
Fringe tickets are flying off the shelves! Due to exceptional demand, we've added extra performances for some of our most popular shows.
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Assembly Festival Has a New Hub - Introducing Assembly @ St Andrew Square!
Two of our iconic outdoor venues, Bijou and Front Room are relocating from George St to St Andrew Square Gardens following the fire on Princes Street. Catch 17 shows at our brand new location!
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Edinburgh Fringe Local Resident Offer
Edinburgh Locals: Fringe Tickets for Just £8.25* – Limited Time Only! Click to find out how to redeem →
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Julian Clary, Frank Skinner, NDLOVU, Gail Porter, Afrique en Cirque and more added to Assembly Festival Fringe
Over 200 shows now on sale for Assembly’s 45th Fringe season featuring award winning comedians, global hit shows and new theatre.
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Comedy superstars, award-winners, Fringe favourites and more head to Assembly Festival 2026
Fringe shows including Stamptown, Miss Frisky, YUCK Circus and comedy superstars Jack Dee, David O’Doherty, Mike Wozniak and join the Assembly Festival 2026 programme
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Assembly Festival reveals ART Award winner for 2026
The winner ART Award for 2026 revealed, with Prophets chosen as the recipient of a guaranteed slot and additional support, as part of Assembly’s wider Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme. This year the ART Award has also awarded a runner-up prize to BearGirl due to the strength of applications.
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Our biggest ever first Fringe onsale - comedy, circus, magic, music & more!
Assembly’s 45th season includes a Beckett play directed by Stockard Channing, part myth, part mayhem ‘Mythos: Ragnarök’, return of sell-out debut ‘By A Thread’, award winning comic Susie McCabe and acclaimed musicals ‘Come From Away’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
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5 Questions with Odds Are creator Smita Russell at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
It's the final week of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, and your last chance to see Smita Russel's unflinching one woman play, Odds Are.
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What's on at Edinburgh International Film Festival
Our friends at Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) are once again showcasing the very best filmmaking talent. Honouring 70+ years of festival history, this years re-energised format is rooted in a local Scottish context whilst embracing the international diversity of creative expression.
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Diva to Diva
At this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, two one-woman shows explore the word’s many meanings through two very different leading ladies: the fictional operatic icon Louisa McRay in DIVA, and the legendary Marlene Dietrich.
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Accessible shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025!
Assembly Festival continues its commitment to inclusion by offering accessible shows across its venues, including Assembly Hall, Assembly George Square, Assembly Roxy and more.
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Susie McCabe walks down Assembly Festival memory lane
Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award winner, Susie McCabe, has been lighting up the Assembly Festival with her critically acclaimed stand-up comedy shows for 6 years.
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Must-see live rock-umentary 27 Club at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 is rocking into full swing, and one of the unmissable music shows this year is 27 Club, a high-octane live rock-umentary celebrating the legendary artists who left us too soon.
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5 Questions with Connor Malbeuf at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 has begun, and among the standout solo shows this year is Connor Malbeuf's Sorry: A Canadian's Apology for America.
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Boogie the Night Away the Assembly Way, at the Party at the Palais!
Join us every Friday and Saturday night at our beautiful Spiegeltent in the heart of George Square Gardens for a series of special events and ultimate late-night parties hosted by some of your Fringe faves.