Comedy Events in Edinburgh in December 2025
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Events in Edinburgh
Showtime @ The Comedy Attic
Join us for Showtime at The Comedy Attic every Friday and Saturday for the best comedy this glorious city of Edinburgh has to offer!
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Free For All
Free For All is back at Monkey Barrel - with a fresh new vibe! Full-on, no holds barred live comedy for anyone and everyone.
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Top Banana
Catch the comedy stars of the future and pro comics trying out new material every Wednesday night at Monkey Barrel Comedy's 'Top Banana'!
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Spandex Comedy
Don't miss out on Spandex Comedy! Join us every Tuesday night for a top night of laughs featuring stand up comedians from across the country dropping in to liven up the start of your week!
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Susan Morrison is historically funny
Susan Morrison, host of BBC Radio Scotland's 'Time Travels', will take you through some of Scotland's seediest, skankiest and scandalous history. And the funniest.
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Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show
Marvel as resident duo Stu & Garry weave comedy magic from your suggestions in this long-running improvised show at The Stand Edinburgh!
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The Friday Show
Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh!
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The Saturday Show
Join us at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh for a mixed-bill five act show every Saturday!
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The Sunday Night Laugh-In
Round off the weekend with our comedy cocktail which has the emphasis on the chilled and the laid back. At least five acts on each bill ensure variety and great value.
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The Big Show
Enjoy a night of top stand-up comedy at The Big Show every weekend at Monkey Barrel Comedy, come see a line-up featuring outstanding local, national, and international comedians!
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MC Hammersmith and Friends
Multi-award winning freestyle rap comedian MC Hammersmith presents an evening of improvised comedy raps based entirely on your suggestions. And he will also be joined by his friends!
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Stuart Mitchell
With over 100M views online see Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland's 'Breaking The News', live at Monkey Barrel Comedy!
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Doctor Bonk’s Macarbaret
Dr Bonk, Scotland's silliest surgeon, presents the Macarbaret: a madcap hour of drag, burlesque, music, comedy, and medical mayhem!
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Dancing Shoes
After a raucous run in the Spring, Dancing Shoes returns to the Traverse in December with even more heart, humour and high-energy moves.
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Josh Jones: I Haven’t Won The Lottery So Here’s Another Tour Show
After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, Josh Jones returns to Monkey Barrel Comedy with his best show yet.
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Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She Is Saying
Join star of Taskmaster Rosie Jones as she heads back out on the road with her brand-new stand-up show, coming to The Stand Edinburgh on Thursday 4th December!
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Count Arthur Strong Is Charles Dickens In ‘a Christmas Carol’
Join Count Arthur Strong as he delivers the Charles Dickens story and follows this with his own adaptation of the most classic of festive tales, A Christmas Carol at the EICC in December 2025!
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Chris Cantrill: Rewilding (WIP)
Join Chris Cantrill at Monkey Barrel comedy on 7th December as he works on a new show about community, mushrooms and bloodlust!
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Phil Nichol - Trying My Best
Phil Nichol has been getting better at comedy since March 1987. One of these days he may just get it right. Catch him at The Stand Edinburgh on 9th December!
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Live At Christmas: with headliner Sam Campbell
The country’s best comedians are coming to The Queen's Hall Edinburgh for a spectacular all-star festive show on the 13th December!
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Joe Sutherland: Miss World
Joe ‘could have been a dancer’ Sutherland is bravely talking about something that, until recently, he’s suffered in silence: being a total hunk!
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Tom Stade - Naughty By Nature
Direct from the Edinburgh festival, and his last smash-hit nationwide tour, Tom Stade, the legendary Canadian stand-up star, is back on the road with a brand-new show.
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The Stand Christmas Special
Forget wearing paper hats and eating over-priced turkey – instead come and get some Christmas cheer from the very best comics from the UK and beyond at The Stand Edinburgh!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Jack Traynor, Viv Gee and Chris Forbes at Lauriston Hall on Friday 19th December!
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Sophie McCartney - One Foot in The Rave
Due to phenomenal demand, award-winning comedian Sophie McCartney is extending her acclaimed 2025 ‘One Foot in the Rave’ tour and brings it to the Royal Lyceum Theatre on Friday 19th December!
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Weegie Hink Ae Adult Panto? Presents - The Wizard of Aw Naw...
Weegie Hink Ae That? And Gary Faulds return for another year of hilarious and completely uncensored panto comedy gold when they bring The Wizard Of Aw Naw to The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh!
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Hogmanay Specials
Get ready to wave goodbye to the old and start a fresh with some much need comedy at the Stand Edinburgh!
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Comedy Events in East Renfrewshire
Comedy Events in Fife
Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:
Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Jack Traynor, Joe Heenan and Chris Forbes at Baldridgeburn Community Centre on Friday 12th December!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Chris Forbes, Patrick Rolink and John Scott at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk on Thursday 18th December!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Chris Forbes, Jack Traynor, and Joe Heenan at Blyth Hall on Saturday 13th December!
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Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:
Josie Long: Now Is the Time Of Monsters
Josie Long is back with a new show about discovery, wonder, extinction and how to walk through a landscape of monstrous disaster, catch her at Oran Mor on Friday 5th December!
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Michael Marouli: Mike Drop
Following the 5-star smash hit ultimate comedy roast tour in 2024, Michael Marouli is BACK with a vengeance in Michael Marouli: Mike Drop, don't miss it at The Stand Glasgow on Sunday 7th December!
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Mark Black: Work In Progress
Mark Black is back with a brand-new hour of unpolished, unfiltered comedy. This is your chance to catch one of Scotland most original comedic voices!
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Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:
Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Chris Forbes, Jack Traynor and Scott Forbes at Cumbernauld New Town Hall on Saturday 20th December!
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Owen’s Christmas Comedy Night
Start the festive season with a great night of laughter at Owen's Christmas Comedy Night featuring Al Thompson, Graham Mackie and headliner, Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolf III!
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The Therapy Room Comedy Night
The Therapy Room Comedy Night is returning to Airdrie Town Hall! Catch Mick McNeil, John Gavin, John Ross and Patrick Rolink live on Friday 5th December!
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Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:
Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature
Direct from his last smash-hit nationwide tour, legendary Canadian stand-up star Tom Stade comes to Erskine Arts with his brand-new show, Naughty By Nature!
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The Keg Open Mic Night
From comedians to spoken word or jugglers to musicians The Keg Paisley can't wait for your to showcase your talent at their weekly Open Mic Night!
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Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:
Stirling Ghostwalk
Take a tour of the strange tales and stranger characters of Stirling's Old Town on the Stirling Ghostwalk... comedy, drama, fact and fable - fun for boys & ghouls of all ages!
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Christmas Party Comedy Show
Join Breakneck Comedy for the funniest Christmas party in town, featuring Des Clarke, Laura Quinn Goh, Joe Heenan and Chris Forbes at The Park Hotel, Kilmarnock on Thursday 11th December!
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