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Comedy Events in Edinburgh in December 2025

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Events in Edinburgh

Showtime @ The Comedy Attic

25th October 2024 - 20th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 6th January 2025 - 15th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 8th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 14th January 2025 - 30th December 2025

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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Red Raw

Selected dates between 1st September 2025 - 22nd December 2025

Red Raw, our long-running weekly beginner’s showcase is regarded as the best open mic night in the UK. It’s your chance to see the stars of tomorrow today.

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The Big Show

Selected dates between 12th September 2025 - 28th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 14th September 2025 - 15th February 2026

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

Selected dates between 12th October 2025 - 14th December 2025

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

Selected dates between 18th October 2025 - 19th December 2026

Dr Bonk, Scotland's silliest surgeon, presents the Macarbaret: a madcap hour of drag, burlesque, music, comedy, and medical mayhem!

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Story Platform

Selected dates between 31st October 2025 - 27th March 2026

Story Platform is a monthly live event at The Gilded Saloon, created to uplift Scottish writers and performers through stand up, music, sketch comedy, and more!

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Hot Comedy

Selected dates between 2nd November 2025 - 14th December 2025

Hot Comedy is a bold, inclusive comedy compilation show in Edinburgh, hosted by Nicholas Elliott and Eva Peroni, at the Gilded Saloon every other Sunday.

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The Comedy Show

Selected dates between 7th November 2025 - 20th December 2025

Enjoy a a mixed-bill lineup of world-class comedians in the heart of Edinburgh's city centre at The Gilded Saloon.

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Brick and Sip

Selected dates between 15th November 2025 - 20th December 2025

Presented by Brick and Sip, come along to The Gilded Saloon and live your childhood dreams of being a LEGO® Master Builder, while fulfilling your adult dreams of having a drink!

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TBC Improv UK’s Monthly Open Improv Jam

Selected dates between 27th November 2025 - 9th April 2026

TBC invites you to a monthly improv drop-in jam. It's a fun inclusive event where absolutely all are welcome, no improv experience required.

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Dancing Shoes

4th December 2025 - 20th December 2025

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

4th December 2025

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

4th December 2025

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’

6th December 2025

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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The Early Saturday Show!

Selected dates between 6th December 2025 - 30th May 2026

Join us at the Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh for a mixed-bill act show!

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Chris Cantrill: Rewilding (WIP)

7th December 2025

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

9th December 2025

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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Tuesday Night Live: Edinburgh Sketch Show

9th December 2025

Hot on the heels of a sold-out summer show, the intrepid cinquo are back with an hour of all-new sketches to amaze and astound you at the Home Bar in Edinburgh on 9th December.

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Amadan & Mortair Kill the King

11th December 2025

Amadan & Mortair Kill the King is a rollercoaster hour of non stop gags, Demonic Jesters and Crab Rangoon. Catch it at the Gilded Saloon on Thursday 11th December!

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Geoffrey Chaucer’s Mediaeval Christmas Festivitye!

11th December 2025

With an astonishing line-up of the finest in alternative comedy, John-Luke Roberts presents a night of festive carousing hosted by the “great poot” Geoffrey Chaucer!

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The Thursday Show

Selected dates between 11th December 2025 - 14th May 2026

The weekend starts here! Catch five acts on a two hour stand-up showcase at The Stand Edinburgh on selected Thursdays through the year!

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How To Win A Pub Quiz: Christmas Edition

12th December 2025 - 13th December 2025

Part stand-up, part actual pub quiz. The Edinburgh Fringe cult smash is coming to The Stand Edinburgh on 12th & 13th December for a Christmas special.

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Live At Christmas: with headliner Sam Campbell

13th December 2025

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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Merry Cheesemas: Oh No That’s Not Your Cheese Again

13th December 2025

Mark returns to where the cheese show began and ended The Banshee Labyrinth but its Christmas, he's going to be eating a lot of cheese anyway, so why not do it for your entertainment.

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Joe Sutherland: Miss World

14th December 2025

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

14th December 2025

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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Bona Fide

Selected dates between 16th December 2025 - 3rd December 2026

Jay Lafferty invites the cream of Scotland's comics to the Stand Edinburgh to prove their worth by performing material written especially for the theme of the night!

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Lost in Translation: Love Actually

17th December 2025

Come along to the Gilded Saloon on 17th December for 'Lost in Translation: Love Actually', your favourite Christmas movie, translated badly!

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The Stand Christmas Special

18th December 2025 - 20th December 2025

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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Who’s Afraid of Santa Claus?

18th December 2025

From Half Trick Theatre comes Who’s Afraid of Santa Claus? - a very festive parody of a 'radical, provocative, and unflinching' classic of the American stage. Catch it at The Gilded Saloon!

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Yuletide Monstress: An Evening with Whistle the Christmas Imp

18th December 2025 - 19th December 2025

Spend an hour with Whistle the Imp while she challenges you to delightful duels, spills the tea on the many Yuletide creatures, and imbibe cocktail induced musical silliness for the masses.

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Christmas Party Comedy Show

19th December 2025

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

19th December 2025

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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Tartan Tabletops Big Christmas Special

20th December 2025

Deck the halls with big Nat 20s! Join the Tartan Tabletop gang for a festive D&D live-play show! Get your Christmas Jumpers at the ready...

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Susan Morrison is historically funny

Selected dates between 21st December 2025 - 20th December 2026

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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Weegie Hink Ae Adult Panto? Presents - The Wizard of Aw Naw...

21st December 2025

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

27th December 2025 - 31st December 2025

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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Jamie Leonard: Wonder Boy

28th December 2025

After a hugely successful 2025 Edinburgh Fringe run with five-star reviews, Jamie Leonard returns with his most exciting hour yet: Wonder Boy!

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Ho-Ho-Hogmanay!

30th December 2025

Don't miss HO-HO-HOGMANAY, hosted by Susie McCabe and featuring - Chris Macarthur-Boyd, Larry Dean and Ayo Adenekan at the Assembly Rooms!

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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:

Jack & His Giant Stalk

Jack & His Giant Stalk

12th December 2025

From the team behind ‘Big Dick Whittington’ comes another filthy tale with lots of laughs and innuendos about a boy called Jack & His ‘GIANT’ Stalk!

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Dreel Burn Winter Tree Care Day

Dreel Burn Winter Tree Care Day

7th December 2025

Join Dreel Burn and Footprint East Neuk on Sunday 7th December for a friendly, hands-on afternoon caring for Dreelside Woods, our fantastic community asset!

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Christmas Party Comedy Show

Christmas Party Comedy Show

12th December 2025

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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Comedy Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

Couch Surfs The Web

Couch Surfs The Web

Selected dates between 30th September 2025 - 16th December 2025

Join Glasgow Improv Theatre for a night of improv comedy from Couch and special guests who are crashing for the night!

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The Saturday Show

The Saturday Show

Selected dates between 4th January 2025 - 13th December 2025

The Glasgow Stand's fabulous flagship Saturday show has been sold out every week for the past five years!

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Dylan Moran, Tim Key, David O’Doherty, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Amy Gledhill: Live at Christmas

Dylan Moran, Tim Key, David O’Doherty, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Amy Gledhill: Live at Christmas

14th December 2025

BAFTA award-winning legend Dylan Moran tops an all-headline mega bill for a spectacular all-star festive show. Join Dylan as he joyously surfs through the frustrations and follies of daily life!

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Comedy Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Christmas Party Comedy Show

Christmas Party Comedy Show

20th December 2025

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

Owen’s Christmas Comedy Night

5th December 2025

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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Comedy Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Festive Comedy Night

Festive Comedy Night

19th December 2025

Get ready for a night of festive fun, huge laughs and a line-up packed with talent at The Boarding House's Festive Comedy Night! It's the perfect way to kick off Christmas week.

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Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature

Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature

12th December 2025

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

The Keg Open Mic Night

Selected dates between 8th January 2025 - 17th December 2025

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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Comedy Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Stirling Ghostwalk

Stirling Ghostwalk

3rd January 2025 - 27th December 2025

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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Substate Comedy Club Christmas Special: Kill Teuchter

Substate Comedy Club Christmas Special: Kill Teuchter

12th December 2025

Chaos reigns this Christmas as Substate Comedy Club launches a brand-new comedy night at the Tolbooth Stirling, inspired by the world’s No.1 live podcast, Kill Tony!

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Speakeasy Stirling

Speakeasy Stirling

5th December 2025

Join Creative Stirling on 5th December for their regular monthly cultural nights 'Speakeasy Stirling', celebrating the best of contemporary talent!

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Events in Other Areas

Christmas Party Comedy Show

Christmas Party Comedy Show

11th December 2025

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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Fayre Play
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Popular Events

Panto 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Take some time to ‘chill’ at the Polar Ice Bar, the coolest bar in the city, where your table, chairs and glasses are sculpted entirely from ice.
A Christmas Story
The Ukrainian Youth Partnership are proud to A Christmas Story, performed by and choreographed by the children and adults of the Ukrainian community.
Castle Of Light
Make Castle of Light: Fire and Ice part of your festive plans and enjoy the largest annual projection show in the UK when it returns for its sixth year!
Edinburgh’s Christmas: Around the World Starflyer
Try it if you dare! The Starflyer is back at Edinburgh's Christmas giving the finest, and most thrilling, views of the stunning city centre skyline!

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