Bootleg This!
Bootleg This! by Michelle Shocked is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Patter House. It has 16 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 20:30 to Thu 20 Aug, 20:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Grammy Award-winning US music artist Michelle Shocked brings her brand new show to the Fringe (Her first UK shows in eight years). Blending music with memoir, Bootleg This! offers audiences a unique, live encounter with the stories behind the songs. Forty years after her legendary bootleg debut – surviving a 13-year blacklist – the Grammy winner returns with a vengeance. The show connects directly with the release of her audio memoir, Bootleg This! A fiercely original voice shaped by Texas folk, blues, with storytelling and spiritual conviction.
Details
- Performer: Michelle Shocked
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter House
- Space: Doonstairs
- Genre: MUSIC, Storytelling, International
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 160 seats (Doonstairs) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 16, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Patrons enter the building via either 3 shallow steps or level entry at the Box Office entrance. Doonstairs can be accessed via the building lift to the Basement floor. The Accessible toilet is located on the Basement level. Please make yourself known to a member of staff (in a pink t-shirt) if you require assistance or require a specific seat. Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 3 published reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
US singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked has brought her new memoir show, Bootleg This!, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Gilded Balloon Patter House (Doonstairs).
— Edinburgh Reviews (3 out of 5 stars)
Michelle Shocked has always been fiercely protective of others and herself, and that is a running thread throughout tonight’s proceedings. The question asked at the beginning of the show is: you get a choice — truth or…
— One4Review (4 out of 5 stars)
Anyone attending Michelle Shocked: Bootleg This is met with a screen image inviting them to scan a QR code to vote for one of two options, Truth or Reality. Like your reviewer, most folks voted for Truth.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £15.00