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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Fringe returns from 30th July to 25th August 2025 with artists and performers taking to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

About Edinburgh Festival Fringe

30th Jul 2025 to 25th Aug 2025
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Various Locations Edinburgh
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For three weeks in August, the city of Edinburgh welcomes an explosion of creative energy from around the globe.

From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children's shows, musicals, opera, music, spoken word, exhibitions and events.

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30th July 2025 - 24th August 2025

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Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

30th July 2025 - 25th August 2025

Garry Starr is back! The multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns to the Fringe with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins!

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Forth on The Fringe

1st August 2025 - 2nd August 2025

Forth on the Fringe is the annual one stop shop for all the essential acts you need to see at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Catch it at Edinburgh Playhouse on 1st & 2nd August!

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The Ladyboys of Bangkok

2nd August 2025 - 24th August 2025

The Lady Boys of Bangkok return to Edinburgh with a sensationally glamorous new show, a must-see new production for 2025 packed with fun filled comedy and outrageous cheekiness!

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Debussy’s Romantic Piano by Candlelight - Clair de Lune

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Open your heart and ears to love as award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers at St Vincent's Chapel this August!

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Burns Night Hootenanny - Tam O’Shanter’s Big Scottish Sing-Along

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Let’s celebrate Robert Burns with a real Hootenanny – a Scottish party of words, music and song!

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Rhapsody in Blue: Jazz Sessions by Candlelight

Selected dates between 2nd August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey by candlelight!

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Hans Zimmer’s Hollywood 1925 - 2025: A Centenary Celebration of Film Music

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 22nd August 2025

Inspired by ‘Interstellar,’ this show time-warps cinema history, intersplicing modern film music with silent cinematography with live music as we travel through cinema history!

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Einaudi’s Piano by Candlelight: Spirited Away

Selected dates between 5th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Come along to St Vincent's Chapel for an immersive musical experience inspired by Studio Ghibli’s anime Spirited Away, Einaudi's meditative piano pieces, and Japanese Zen stories!

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Cirque du piano – 1 piano, 3 pianists, 6 hands, 30 fingers!

Selected dates between 6th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

Experimental piano troupe performs finger gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists playing one piano together!

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The Piano Teacher

Selected dates between 6th August 2025 - 23rd August 2025

The Piano Teacher is a frank and brutal account of highs and lows of a misunderstood and undervalued profession by award-winning pianist-storyteller Matthew Shiel.

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Margolyes & Dickens: More Best Bits

9th August 2025 - 24th August 2025

Miriam Margolyes returns to the Fringe with more – more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics!

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Men Without Hats

22nd August 2025

80s pop icons Men Without Hats join us at La Belle Angele on August 22nd for a special Fringe headliner!

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