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Cabaret at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 programme has 190 shows listed under cabaret, running between 4 and 31 August across venues all over the city.

All of them are listed below, rated ones first.

Availability figures come from the Fringe's own ticketing data and change through the day.

• Blink of an Eye Jamie Leonard · PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · Wild Cards · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• The Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben Kaye Underbelly, Bristo Square · Wild Cards · 4 of 4 dates on sale
• #1 Greatest Hit Rock'n'Roll Magic Show PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• 1 Dazzling Cabaret Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• 1 Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show PBH's Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• 1 Hour of Insane Magic Gilded Balloon Teviot · 28 of 28 dates on sale
• 1 Hour of Insanity Gilded Balloon Patter House · 25 of 26 dates on sale
• 1 Moment in Time theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• 18+ Magic – The Magic Show Your Mum Shouldn't See theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• 3..2..1! Celebration of Short Narrative Works Greenside @ George Street · 12 of 13 dates on sale
• 30 Cabaret O'Clock: Magic vs Burlesque 00 · PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• 8 Ways to Break a Glass (with an American Opera Singer) Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• 90s Magic Throwback with Chris Fleming Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) · 28 of 28 dates on sale
• A Buffy Burlesque Parody Slay the Vamps Down · The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• A Crash Course The Language of Dreams · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• A Different Kind of Heartbreak Just The Tonic at The Mash House · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• A Magic Experience Deception · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• A Night in Sign Deaf Action · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• A Slice of Elvis Laughing Horse @ The Counting House · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• A Three-Person Magic Show The Duo · theSpace @ Symposium Hall · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• A Tribute To Tom Waits Doom and Glitter · PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street · 16 of 16 dates on sale
• A Villainous Cabaret I'm Not Myself Today · theSpace on the Mile · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• A World Vaudeville Adventure Banjos and Juggling · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• A-List Burlesque and Cabaret Laughing Horse @ The Counting House · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• A-Z of Me Tom Read Wilson · Gilded Balloon at the Museum · 3 of 12 dates on sale
• ABBA – The Singalonga Cabaret PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• Abracadada Elliot Bibby · Gilded Balloon Teviot · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Absolute Burlesque and Cabaret Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Absolutely Magic 2026! PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• After-Hours Burlesque Club 2026 Just The Tonic at The Caves · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Afternoon Comedy and Magic Selection Just The Tonic at The Hive · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Cabaret Nightmare PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• All Religions Explained – The Cabaret Musical PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• All-Stars Burlesque 2026 Just The Tonic at The Caves · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Amazing Wonders of Scotland Sid Ozalid · Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo · 16 of 16 dates on sale
• Ambitious Underachiever PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• An Evening with Dame Granny Smith Underbelly, George Square · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• An Insomniac's Dreams Greenside @ Riddles Court · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• An Introvert's Guide to Magic PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• And Another Unwasted Evening – The Genius of Tom Lehrer artSpace@StMarks · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo Laughing Horse @ City Cafe · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Assembly Gala Launch Assembly Hall · 1 dates, none on sale centrally
• At the Drop of a Hat! artSpace@StMarks · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Austin Walker’s One-Man Variety Show C ARTS | C venues | C aquila · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Bad Clowns and Good Friends Eve · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Best of Burlesque Assembly Rooms · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Best of Cabaret 2026 Just The Tonic at The Caves · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Best of the Fest Daytime Assembly George Square Studios · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Big Gay Afterparty Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Big Naked Variety Show Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street) · 24 of 25 dates on sale
• Birthday Party Taiwan Season · Underbelly, Bristo Square · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Broken Planet Show Just The Tonic at The Caves · 11 of 11 dates on sale
• Burlesque! The Voodoo Rooms · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• CABAPOCALYPSARET PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Cabaret of Filth Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Camelton Gilded Balloon Teviot · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Charlie Caper – Magical PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• Chris Dugdale 1 Astonishment 2 Many · Assembly Rooms · 27 of 29 dates on sale
• Comedy Hypnosis and Mind Reading Show The Hypnotist and Mind Reader Live · PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Confirmation Sponsor Variety Hour theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Cowboys Comedy! Just The Tonic at The Caves · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Cray Cray Cabaret The Voodoo Rooms · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• Critique Cabaret C ARTS | C venues | C aquila · 14 of 14 dates on sale
• Dave Reubens – Magic Survival Guide PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Diary of a 7ft Canadian Man in a Dress Live at the Manor · Edinburgh Thistle Hotel · 29 of 29 dates on sale
• Diva Las Vegas theSpace @ Niddry St · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• Do You Wanna Go? Greenside @ George Street · 14 of 14 dates on sale
• Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret Laughing Horse @ The Counting House · 13 of 13 dates on sale
• Drag or Alive! Wanted · Brewhemia · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• Drag, Jazz and Desperation Pure Heaven · Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Ella, Etta, Eartha 1954 · Assembly Rooms · 11 of 11 dates on sale
• Elton Reimagined Jess Robinson · Assembly George Square Gardens · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Eurovision Cabaret – Greatest Hits Semi-Final 1 PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Everything But Stand-Up Barbara Fernandez Presents · Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Everything's Fine (WIP) Bourgeois & Maurice · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals Gilded Balloon Teviot · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• For Lovers of Magic and Their Ambivalent Friends A Case for Magic · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 11 of 11 dates on sale
• From Stage To Screen DIVAS · Assembly Rooms · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• Game Night Live! PBH's Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Ghost Songs to Die For with Madame Isolde Just The Tonic at The Mash House · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• Goose's Big Game Show Assembly George Square Studios · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Guys Sing Dolls Assembly Rooms · 4 of 4 dates on sale
• HALF-TIME Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Hoax Colin Cloud · Pleasance Courtyard · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Hot Flush – A Bold, We’re Old(ish) Burlesque Show The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• House of Life & Friends 1 of 1 dates on sale
• How to Succeed in Show Business Without Really Trying Skank Sinatra · Assembly George Square Studios · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Human Jukebox theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Invisible Force Kevin Quantum · Assembly Rooms · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Judy Garland Is Fat at Carnegie Hall theSpace on the Mile · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Just Let Me Have This Andrew Frost · Pleasance Courtyard · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Kirsty's All-Star Big Birthday Singalong Party Pleasance Courtyard · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Las Vegas in Edinburgh Siegfried & Joy · Assembly George Square Gardens · 1 of 2 dates on sale
• Liberace and Liza – A Tribute Underbelly, Bristo Square · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Liberace – In His Own Words PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• Local Cult Your Tour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Cult Your Nights Presents · theSpace on the Mile · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Love, Katiuska Greenside @ Riddles Court · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Lucy & Friends 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Magic Faraway Cabaret with Mister Meredith PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Magic Ink theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Magical Maestro theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• Manic Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• Mason King – The Mind Spy theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• Meat Loaf – Just the Best Bits PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Midday Cabaret Just The Tonic at The Caves · 17 of 17 dates on sale
• Millicent Sarre is Too Tired to Smash (Patriarchy) Assembly Roxy · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Mindreading and Other Freaking Wonders Braw Venues @ Hill Street · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Monty Python's Previous Cabaret Singalong Circus artSpace@StMarks · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Moulin-Esque the Scottish Moulin Rouge Aboot Time · Le Monde · 13 of 16 dates on sale
• My History of Country Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Objectively the Best Magician David Alnwick · PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Oil & Whiskey PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• Queen – A Night at the Cabaret Opera artSpace@StMarks · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Rainbows! theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Rebel Rebel The Voodoo Rooms · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• Riot Reveals a Manajerie of Mayhem Leith Depot · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Robot Vacuum Fight Club Outhouse Bar · 7 of 8 dates on sale
• Save or Smash Fungasm · The Gilded Saloon · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• Secret Magic Show David Alnwick · PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• Self Censored Greenside @ Riddles Court · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• Self-Love in Sequins! Your Inner Diva is Showing · Greenside @ George Street · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Serving C*nt Sarah Hester Ross · Gilded Balloon Teviot · 10 of 15 dates on sale
• Sexy Circus Sideshow 3.0 Assembly George Square Gardens · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• She Burns Scottish Poetry Library · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• Show Pony (WIP) Ginger Johnson · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Showman James Phelan · Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows · 19 of 20 dates on sale
• Sign Slam Deaf Action · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Sing-a-Long Saturdays Brewhemia · 4 of 4 dates on sale
• Singalong Cabaret Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• Singalonga Pub Quiz PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Singing, Sagging and Shagging Barbara Fernandez · Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Sip Sparkle Skull The Jazz Bar · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Sir Dickie Benson's Midnight / Midday Mania Cabaret PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 44 of 44 dates on sale
• Sleight of Sound Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• Sodom, The Quintessence of Debauchery theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 15 of 15 dates on sale
• Spin the Bottle! 11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret · Laughing Horse @ City Cafe · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• Strangers Max Davidson · Just The Tonic at Subway · 24 of 24 dates on sale
• Swamplesque Assembly Hall · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• TMI with TIM Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town) · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• Table for Two theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Take That Robbie Williams – A Singalonga Cabaret artSpace@StMarks · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Thank You for the Muesli theSpace @ Niddry St · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• Thank You, F*ck You and I'm Sorry C ARTS | C venues | C aurora · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• The Art of Close-Up Magic (Volume 2) Caspar Thomas · C ARTS | C venues | C alto · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• The Bed-In PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• The Best Comedy Magic Show You’ll See in the Next 45 Minutes (Probably) at the Free Fringe 2026 PBH's Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• The Biggest Unborn Artist Egg · Rotunda Theatre · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• The Billy and Elton Singalonga Cabaret PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• The Boy Who Drew Doors Dan Bastianelli · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 9 of 9 dates on sale
• The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• The Conjuring Coach Arthur Conan Doyle Centre · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• The Cult of Astaroth PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth · 17 of 17 dates on sale
• The Daily Strum PBH's Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• The Dice Decides Clumsy Cabaret · The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• The Electric Cabaret C ARTS | C venues | C aquila · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• The Final FronTia Live Tia Kofi Presents · The Gilded Saloon · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• The Gin Show Braw Venues @ Hill Street · 11 of 12 dates on sale
• The Greatest Card Magician in the World Andrew Frost · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• The Haunted Magician David Alnwick · PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• The History of Jazz Piano, and Irrelevant Topics C ARTS | C venues | C aurora · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• The Improv Magic Show Greenside @ George Street · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• The Labyrinth Ben Hart · Assembly George Square Gardens · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Full Moon Tour Theatre Big Top · 52 of 52 dates on sale
• The Man With the Golden Hands – Stuart Lightbody PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• The Musical Cabaret Theatre · Greenside @ George Street · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• The One (Wo)Man Drag King Musical Parody EIGHT · Gilded Balloon Patter House · 14 of 14 dates on sale
• The Professional Showoff PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• The Rocky Horror Singalonga Cabaret Show PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• The Secret Room at Lauriston Castle Lauriston Castle · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• The Summer I Turned Orange Greenside @ Riddles Court · 6 of 6 dates on sale
• The Tartan Songstress Mary Mac – Hail Mary · Assembly George Square Studios · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• The Upside Down Cabaret PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street · 16 of 16 dates on sale
• The Whisky Show Braw Venues @ Hill Street · 12 of 12 dates on sale
• The Witching Hour Ava Beaux · PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms · 22 of 22 dates on sale
• There Were Goddesses 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Things That Go Eek! Underbelly, Cowgate · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Transistor Radio Hour Fempaths · Underbelly, Bristo Square · 25 of 26 dates on sale
• Trudy Carmichael's Spontaneous Vegas! PBH's Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• Trying My Best PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Twin Feats Kane & Abel Magicians · PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 21 of 21 dates on sale
• Ultimate Cabaret Champion Just The Tonic at The Caves · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• Underground Magic PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• Unmasked – The Magic of Angus Baskerville theSpace on the Mile · 20 of 20 dates on sale
• Unstoppable artSpace@StMarks · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Welcome to My Reality Adam B Magic · PBH's Free Fringe @ SUPERCUBE Cowgate · 19 of 19 dates on sale
• When Harry Met Sally Met Julie Met Jazz Met Kierkegaard Met Jung Met Lovely Johnny Marr Le Monde · 16 of 16 dates on sale
• Who's The Daddy? PBH's Free Fringe @ The Street · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• Wrigglers After Dark! Stockbridge Church · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• XXX Revue The Voodoo Rooms · 18 of 18 dates on sale