Assembly Festival

05 - 31 August 2026

Edinburgh Fringe Local Resident Offer

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We’re offering local residents discounts on some of the Fringe’s biggest and best shows. Secure tickets on over 185 Assembly Festival shows for just £8.25 each!* 

Get ready for a wild ride through comedy, cabaret, theatre, music, dance and more - from fan favourites and rising stars to the wonderfully weird. There’s something for every kind of Fringe fan at Assembly Festival. 

How it works: 

  • Offer is valid on selected shows only at Assembly Festival (see full list below). 

  • Starts 10:00am on Tues 14 Jul ends 11:59pm on Sun 26 Jul or when tickets sell out – whichever comes first. Strictly limited ticket allocation, so get in quick! 

  • You must log in to your account/register on our website first and ensure your billing address states your local postcode. 

  • You must select the local resident ticket option and enter the promocode LOCALAF26 before adding to basket. 

  • You must select the ‘Local Resident’ concession and enter the promo code in the box next to it before adding tickets to your basket. If this option is not displayed, it means the performance or event you have selected is not participating in the offer on that date (please double-check that you have chosen a performance between 05 and 09 August). 

  • Exclusive to EH, FK, G, KY, ML & DG postcodes. 

  • All purchases made with Assembly Festival are final. We are unable to amend a booking or refund tickets once it has been processed. 

  • Offer also available on selected shows at the Edinburgh Folk & Food Festival on performances from 24 July – 02 August 

 

This special offer is valid for performances running from 05 to 09 Augustdon’t miss your chance to experience world-class shows at a fraction of the price. SELLING FAST! 

Grab your £8.25 tickets* now and be part of the fun!

Tickets are limited to a maximum of two tickets per performance and six per transaction. 

*Subject to availability and full T&Cs apply. Prices inclusive of £1.25 booking fee per ticket up to £7.50.

Participating Shows (By Venue): 

Assembly George Square

ALONE 

BIRDS: Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford 

Casey Filips: What a Character 

CVNT 

Grace Mulvey: Gigantica 

Sam Coade: Birth of the Fool (WIP) 

Scout Boxall: God’s Favourite 

The Truth About Trees 

The Understudy 

The BBC’s First Homosexual 

Eli Matthewson: Blood Bender 

Helicops 1: Find Your Wings! 

Hello Beach 

Jody Kamali: This Is My Dad 

Rory Cargill: On TV! 

COMA 

FLIGHT 

27 Club 

5 Mistakes That Changed History 

Gyles Brandreth: Up Memory Lane! 

Murder, She Didn’t Write 

Police Cops: The Original 

Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage on Wheels 

Susie McCabe: Coming of Rage 

Ben Hart: The Labyrinth 

Best of the Fest 

Circus The Show 

The Greatest Magic Show 

Reuben Kaye: Hard to Swallow 

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall 

Shantify 

Stamptown 

YUCK Circus: Naughties 

Biff to the Future 

The Bob Ross Effect 

Comedy Club 4 Kids 

Explosive Science Show! 

FoRT 

Jess Robinson: Elton Reimagined 

Margaret Thacther Queen of Hollywood 

The Mr Thing Show 

Sexy Circus Sideshow 3:0 

Underground Monk Show 

Channel 

Chris Grace: 88% 

Couplet: Folk Marry Kill 

Gearóid Farrelly: No Pressure 

Goose’s Big Game Show 

James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids 

Nuns! 

Shotgunned 

Ted Hill: PowerPoindexter 

Aidan Jones: Chopin’s Nocturne 

B48Y Crash Lands on Earth! 

The Breakup Variety Hour 

Emma Holland: The Dog Dies at the Start 

Geraldine Hickey – A Weight Off My Chest 

Half-Orphan 

Jack Ansett: Looks Like A Bit Of Me! 

Lizzy Hoo – Says Hoo? 

An Ode to the Casting Director 

Baby Wants Candy 

Dickens: The Readings 

Frank Skinner: Work in Progress 

Late Night with Terry Wogan 

The Listies: 110% Ready 

Out of the Blue 

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical 

Adults Only Magic Show 

Best of the Fest Daytime 

The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase 

MC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo Baby 

RobWords Live 

Best of the Fest: The New Class 

Call Me Elizabeth: from Burton to Humanitarian 

Call Me Elizabeth: from Lassie to Cleopatra 

FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert 

Grimm AF 

Joni Mitchell: Take Me As I Am 

Lifelong 

Making Love with David Magidoff 

Mary Mac – Hail Mary: The Tartan Songstress 

Absolute Monopoly 

Noah Szto – Med School 

Pitch a Friend 

Skank Sinatra: How to Succeed in Show Business Without Really Trying 

The Stevenson Experience: O Brother, Where Art Thou! (On stage, beside me) 

Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds 

SLAYERS by Corinne Salisbury (Valid on 18-21 August shows)

 

Assembly Hall 

360 ALLSTARS 

Assembly Gala Launch 

Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning 

Massaoke 

Mike Wozniak: The Bench 

Ndlovu Youth Choir 

Superbowl Salsa 

Swamplesque 

Ten Thousand Hours

 

Assembly Rooms 

Dear Evan Hansen 

DIVAS: From Stage to Screen 

Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force 

The Love Hungry Farmer 

Mark Steel: What The F*** Is Going On? 

1954: Ella, Etta, Eartha 

Best of Burlesque 

Frisky’s Remix Roulette 

Midsummer! 

Scaramouche Jones 

Smashing Shakespeare: Brave Macbeth 

1 Astonishment 2 Many: Chris Dugdale 

An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One’s Mind 

Clive 

Gail Porter: Portergeist 

Of Mice and Men 

Primal Scream 

The Tao of Lloyd 

44 Minutes 

Becoming Dr Ruth 

Cricket & The Freebugs 

Ludwig: Unfinished Business 

A Play on Words 

The Problem 

The Van Gogh Shogh 

Afrique En Cirque 

By a Thread 

Flamenc Oh!! 

Kyla Cobbler: LIVE 

Mythos: Ragnarök 

Sunshine on Leith


Assembly Roxy 

The Bubble Show 

DUSK/ NIGHT/ DAWN 

Peregrinations 

Police Cops in Space 

Rob Auton: JUPITER 

Song Unburied 

Tale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic Orchestra 

Vidrado 

Fanny Bleach: The Nearly Naked Show 

The Last Mad Man 

Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE 

Millicent Sarre is Too Tired to Smash (Patriarchy) 

Only Bones: Daniel Nodder 

Shane Torres: SKINNED KNEES 

Ted Hill Teaches You Science, Most of Which Is True 

BearGirl 

Big Stuff 

Diary of a Mad Man 

Live From The Afterlife 

Prophets 

RANK. 

The Wolf of Poyais 

ADDING UP AMERICA: Solving the Race Equation 

Bryn Woz: SMUT 

GULP! 

Josh Pickar: Getting Off 

Lucas Jefcoate: If I’m Not Somebody, I’m Nobody 

Mrs Gary Breath 

The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis 

The Bridge 

Celia Pacquola – Gift Horse 

An Echo in the Void 

Krapp’s Last Tape 

Noted 

Otto & Astrid: The Stages Tour 

Suitcase Show

 

Assembly @ Dance Base 

Boys Don’t Dance 

Celtic Connections 

HK Soul Showcase: Gemini and Romantic 4:48am 

Taiwan Season: Proximities 

Where We Choose to Stand  

Basque Showcase: Jarraibiderik Gabe and Trembling Frequencies 

Border Bodies   

Les Echos de la Rue and Sab’r 

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