Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has launched the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme today. This year’s programme celebrates the diverse range of creativity at the Fringe and includes work from 71 countries – reinforcing the Fringe’s place within the world’s cultural landscape, with performers hailing from around the globe.
Love The Fringe and EdFest.com have announced a new zero-commission ticketing initiative for Edinburgh Fringe 2026, designed to support artists, producers and theatre companies by ensuring that more income from every ticket sold remains with the people creating and presenting the work.
This summer, Need To Know Comedy will launch an ambitious slate of audience-driven comedy competitions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with more than £3,500 in prize money on offer in total.
From stand-up tournaments and one-liner championships to the launch of a brand-new world title in joke stealing, the independently funded competitions aim to celebrate live comedy without sponsors, industry gatekeepers or judging panels deciding the outcome — putting audiences firmly in charge.
Gaulier-trained American clown Zoe Wohlfeld (‘A Night of Drama’, London Clown Festival) will be appearing at the London Clown Festival before making her Edinburgh Fringe solo debut with DOG FUNERAL.
Zoe is holding a funeral for her childhood dog. Dressed in Victorian mourning garb and ready to cry on command (via water pistol), she’s here to teach you how to properly perform your grief.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 2026 Keep it Fringe fund. This initiative was launched in 2023 by Fringe Society honorary President Phoebe Waller-Bridge and supports artists who may face financial barriers in bringing work to the festival. This year, 402 applications were received for an initial £30,000 of available support. Following the launch announcement, further donations have increased the funding available to £40,000.
Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon has announced 105 new shows across comedy, theatre, musicals, cabaret, variety and children’s shows, marking its biggest on sale to date, with more programme announcements still to come.
the first batch of shows to be staged at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed. All shows will be available to view on edfringe.com from noon today.
The 351 shows span every genre of the Fringe programme, including theatre, circus, cabaret and variety, comedy, physical theatre, dance, children’s shows, music, musicals and spoken word. The shows announced today collectively hail from 24 countries and will take place at 70 venues across the city.
Three top Edinburgh-based Scottish comedy stars plus one Irish/Australian Fringe hero bring their latest work to the world's biggest (and best) arts festival this summer. Tickets go on sale today at 10am.
Applications are set to open for the 2026 Keep it Fringe fund, which helps artists put on work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The total fund available to UK artists for 2026 is £30,000, made up of 12 grants of £2,500 (distributed in two instalments).
Artists and performers from around the industry have come together to raise funds for PBH's Free Fringe in a new volume of poetry called POEMS FOR PBH.
Legendary poets like John Hegley and Atilla The Stockbroker are featured alongside renowned comedians, actors and authors such as Mark Simmons, Alexis Dubus, Abigail Burdess, Dave Johns and Jim Tavaré. Also included are television personalities like Liz Barker (Blue Peter) and Emma Birchley
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