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Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue
The City Cafe

Fringe Venue 85 - Click here for map

19 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR  / 0131 220 0125

Food  Wifi  Licensed  Air Conditioned
Open from 10:00 to 02:00
All ages until 9pm, then 18+ only

Located on Blair Street, just off of the Royal mile and minutes from the Fringe show, The City Cafe is a fashionable 1950's style café bar right in the centre of town. It has benefited from a complete refurbishment in the last couple of years, and it is right on the doorstep of the hustle and bustle of the Royal mile . The venue serves a wide selection of meals and drinks all day, and there is also a great outdoor drinking area, and new for 2018 - three performance spaces for show downstairs!


Shows at The City Cafe
List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time
Shows sorted by Venue Room
Hollywood 

1 Cent Comedy presents: Black Widows COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Welcome to the dark side of laughter, where our comics don't give a damn about your comfort zone. It's where the fearless female comics come to play, and by play we mean mercilessly toy with every dar...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

200 Puns In 1 Hour with Roger Swift COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
The comedic prop pun lunatic Roger Swift shoots out 200 puns in 1 hour! With his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cues and powerpoint slides. Expect corny jokes and silliness; with no theme besid...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

3's Comedy: Afternoons COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:50 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
You’ve had a big lunch, now have a big laugh at 3’s Comedy: Afternoons. Featuring Adam Knox, Ben Searle & Jordan Barr, three of the best of the new wave of Australian comedians at the festival. They'...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

50 Ways Jesus (Almost) Ruined My Life COMEDY 
AUG 2-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 11:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Is eternal life worth not having one now? What happens when you rebel against your progressive parents by becoming a Jesus superfan in your teens and then 10 years later decide walking on water is a l...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Alex Prescot: I’ve Got A Song About That COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 10:20 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
The musical comic with a lightning-fast turnaround. Alex Prescot has some fresh new songs, some of them so fresh you’ll see them made up before your very eyes! Expect everything from quick-witted ob...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

CARAVAN CLUB & ITS NOT-GOT-A MUCKY BUM STAR, MISS MISSY HEAVENS COMEDY 
AUG 5-25 at 01:20 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
When disaster hits Blighty's biggest caravan club, can a total cow of a party dancer save the day? Missy’s convinced she's got the talent. Coming from the mind of Fella (creator & ringmaster for the...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper-Masculine Cookery Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-19, 21-25 at 16:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Stand-up comedian and culinary wizard Henry Ginsberg presents a guide to all things gastronomical. Topics covered will include the inner workings of pub kitchens, flirtations with veganism, buffet str...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Irish Comedy Overdrive COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Irish Comedy Overdrive! - If you like laughter, or the Irish (or even better, a healthy mix of both) then this is the show for you! Hosted by rising comedy and acting star Terry O' Neill, we bring yo...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Pam Ford AKA Spam Ford COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-24 at 17:50 (55 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Pam Ford 'Spam' The meaty content you've been waiting for! Fresh back from her tour of this show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024. The child of Ten Pound Pom Parents immigrating from Birmingham En...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Peter Jones - Cannot Fail COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:20 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
I’m Australian, but I live over here now. I’ve performed stand-up on the TV series Comedy Up Late (it’s on the ABC in Australia), I also appeared on the Netflix series Why Are You Like This? (I do not...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Princess Sparkles COMEDY 
AUG 1-4 at 01:20 (30 min) - Free 
Princess Sparkles is a professional princess for hire, appearing at a five-year-old’s birthday party somewhere near you. She’s a little unstable, very available, and just that little bit too much… but...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

SalFUNNI presents: No Backup Plan COMEDY 
AUG 1-11 at 20:20 (55 min) - Free & Unticketed 
SalFUNNI is back with a brand-new line up of comedians for an hour of stand-up, sketch and shenanigans! The University of Salford offers the only degree in Comedy Writing and Performance in the UK. Pr...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

The Chaos Queens of Reykjavik COMEDY 
AUG 12-25 at 20:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Icelandic comedians Lovísa Lára and Mekkin Roff join forces to bring you an uproarious hour of standup comedy. No punches are pulled and no punchlines are missed as these two manic pixie nightmares ta...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Thor Stenhaug: It's So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
One of the UK's most exciting new comedians, Norwegian born Thor Stenhaug (British Comedian of the Year shortlist) is back with a brand new show. Having finished sold out runs of his past four Edinbur...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 
Las Vegas 

1.295 Reframing Autistic Success (Kitten Steps) COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
After 2023’s sell-out show, Stags returns with laughs, adventures and his more innovative 1.295-step mission for success. Add to that some neurospicy experimentation and questioning what it means to b...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

3's Comedy: Mornings COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Start your day off with a laugh at 3's Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together Adam Knox, Bronwyn Kuss & Peter Jones, three of the rising stars of the new wave of Australian comedy for a whole ne...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Aidan Jones - Stories COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
A few years ago I got punched in the face by a lady on the train. When I was 8 my grandpa killed my pet rabbit. I got fired from a job for making fun of our clients on my podcast. Funny stories, told ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Angela Bra and Aunty Ginger’s Drag-A-Do! COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Drag comedy superstars Angela Bra and Aunty Ginger serve you a late-night cocktail of stand-up and sing-a-longs with a triple shot of audience participation of the side. Stirring stuff that may leave ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Beat the Comic – Quiz Show COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Your chance to get thrown into a hilarious head-to-head with a top comedian. Test your wits and general knowledge as you battle for crown glory in this quiz show. Laugher guaranteed, victory uncertain...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 22:30 (50 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Great British C*nts is a show about British history and embracing the sometimes challenging and complex identity that is being British -ish This show covers challenging, nuanced and potentially edgy t...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Edinbra Fringe Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming female comedians from around Edinburgh, Scotland and the Fringe Festival in a hilarious early evening showcase guaranteed to raise more th...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Gary Lynch: Middle Age Came Quick COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 15:00 (55 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Does anybody else think that there must be a clerical mistake on their birth certificate? How on EARTH am I sixty, when 25 minutes ago I was starting secondary school, noticing that girls smelled bet...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Helen Prior - The Pussy from the USSR COMEDY 
AUG 14-25 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
If you love salty kippers for your breakfast - this show is for you. You will have the Pussy’s crabs as post election relief. Helen Prior, The Pussy from the USSR, a rambunctious Ukrainian gal, is co...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Lee Kyle and Friend: Not Morning People COMEDY 
AUG 2-13 at 10:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Lee has absolutely no wish to be up at this time but he'll do his best. He's getting a guest in obviously, what kind of maniac would do an hour themselves at this time? With comedy and chat and whate...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Mad Ron's Character Comedy Carnage COMEDY 
AUG 1-12, 14-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Join Mad Ron (Reg D Hunter tour support) and Jerry Bakewell (as seen on BGT) for an hour of character comedy. The very best club sets from some of the circuit's best and up and coming character comedi...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Manchild COMEDY 
AUG 11-25 at 21:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
MANCHILD is a grown-up-ish comedy show by Diederik Zuurmond, an Amsterdam-based comedian who is Dutch but pretends not to be. Zuurmond is young, dumb and full of comedy and has been described as “one ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Only God Can Judge Me COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 01:00 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Expect amazing multimedia. Expect heaps of sweet jokes. Expect a watermelon the size of a car that splits open and it's full of spiders but the spiders have your dad's face and they're actually really...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Sian Davies: Band Of Gold COMEDY 
AUG 1-20, 22-25 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Brand new thoughts, ideas, stories and jokes from award winning, working class, queer comedian, Sian Davies. As seen on Comedy Central Live and Next Up. Nominated for Next Up Biggest Prize in Comedy a...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Stephen Carlin: Frenemies COMEDY 
AUG 1-10 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Spy on your friends today for they will be your enemies tomorrow. member of the awkward squad, Stephen Carlin has finally accepted he needs society. Meet Stephen Carlin: The People Person. Herald ***...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 
Nineties 

Alex Mason and Freya McGhee: Comedians in STEM COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 11:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Freya McGhee and Alex Mason will be showing you mathematic graphs of their love life, then delving into their frustration with specific lab experiments. All whilst ensuring a chemical bond with the au...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Angela Bra: Social Calendar Girl COMEDY 
AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 at 20:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Sex & Relationship Education is on the timetable and award-winning drag queen, Miss Angela Bra, is your supply teacher for this very special lesson on how to handle yourself in any social situation. W...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Anna Beros - Creampie Clarity COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 00:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Self-realisation might include a bunch of dicks, drugs and aspirations to motherhood. A brutally honest punchy standup journey from origin stories of sluttery to courting non-monogamy, psychedelics an...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Anna Beros - Creampie Curious COMEDY 
AUG 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 at 23:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Romping through the feats, fiascos and fluids of her 30s from Melbourne to Berlin, Anna celebrates nasty sex with manners, German empathy & non-judgemental feminism. A brutally honest punchy standup j...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Devin Gray: How To Get Away With Marriage COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Devin Gray's debut solo show "How To Get Away With Marriage" is a plot for laughter, cryptic culture clashes, and a daring dash of... suspicion? Devin's razor-sharp wit pierces cultural barriers in ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon COMEDY 
AUG 3-11, 13-25 at 15:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Elliot Wengler presents a spectacular, explosive, and personal history of the world's biggest monster-fighting franchise. Finally, after years of failing to become a Pokémon Master, he has decided to ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Hammerhead COMEDY 
AUG 13-25 at 10:40 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Hammerhead is a show about bridging the gap between who you want to be and who you are from an aging punk hardcore kid in arrested development. The show is a 50/50 mix of longer stories, about having ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Irish Jokers COMEDY 
AUG 2-12 at 10:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
A compilation show of the best Irish acts at this years fringe. Presented by multi award winning comedian Paul Marsh and Comedian/Musician Lorcan Hughes, this show is a mix of the new up and coming ac...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Kimberly Policella and Kim Hope: Is That Not Normal? COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 14:25 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
In mid-2023, an American and an Australian walked into a London pub - and a dynamic comedy alliance was formed. In “Is That Not Normal?”, their debut show (premiering at Brighton Fringe), Kimberly and...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Mamas' Boy – Lesbian Son Comedy Hour COMEDY 
AUG 18-25 at 16:55 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Patrick Moore is a total Mama’s Boy. His parents are lesbians, so it was his only choice. Come see why. After touring throughout Europe for the past year, MAMAS’ BOY is coming to the Fringe for the f...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Meshida: My Japanese Perspective COMEDY 
AUG 1-25 at 18:10 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Japanese stand-up comedian Meshida, performs his comedy in English and is also the founder of The Funny Japan Project. Meshida broke away from his corporate job in Japan and traveled to the United Kin...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Political Masculinity COMEDY 
AUG 3-17 at 16:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
If you have seen any of Jays shows you will know this will be a funny, meaningful standup comedy show. This new show explores how his family doesn't find him masculine enough YOU BE THE JUDGE AFTER TH...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Projection THEATRE 
AUG 1-25 at 19:25 (60 min) - Free & Unticketed 
Get ready for a laugh-out-loud rollercoaster ride as "Projection" takes stage at the Comedy Theatre Festival! Dive into the hilarious world of Lucy, a frustrated woman in her late thirties, navigating...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

UK Pun Off COMEDY 
AUG 1-11, 13-25 at 13:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
The hit online show The UK Pun Off has made the transition to a LIVE show and is coming back to Edinburgh! 4 top comics will have 3 jokes on 5 different topics and it is up to the audience to decide ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

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