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Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue
The Three Sisters

Fringe Venue 272 - Click here for map

139 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JS  / 0131 622 6802

Food  Accessible  Licensed  Air Conditioned
Open from 08:00 to 05:00
All ages until 8pm, then 18+ only

Described as “The Free Festival’s version of the Pleasance Courtyard”, the Free Sisters is located on the Cowgate, right in the middle of town. Usually a multi-room venue located around the courtyard, this year there are shows in one room next to the courtyard, which is now an outdoor drinking area full of tables for before and after shows.


Shows at The Three Sisters
List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time
Shows sorted by Start Time
10:00

A Puppet Zoo Adventure! CHILDRENS 
AUG 7-10 at 10:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A Puppet Zoo Adventure is a lively and engaging children’s puppet show designed for kids under 10, blending puppetry with ventriloquism for an interactive experience. The show centers around two main ...
The Three Sisters / The Live Room 

Noteworthy: The Made Up Musical CABARET 
AUG 11-15 at 10:00 (60 min) - PWYC 
Noteworthy is a group of talented performers who devise a brand new, one-hour musical right in front of your eyes, inspired by audience suggestions! It's silly, it's very funny, and it's... amazing ho...
The Three Sisters / The Live Room 

Robin Morgan: Storytime! CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-6 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) hosts a comedy show for kids and adults alike. Robin’s got a story to tell. Except he needs some help telling it. Using helpful audience members as his cast (w...
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Adam Morrison Jones: JAM COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 10:15 (60 min) - Free 
"Adam Morrison Jones has been lighting up the stand-up comedy scene for over a decade, captivating audiences with his high-energy, laugh-out-loud performances. From the charm of classic working men's ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Hilarious History COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-13 at 10:45 (60 min) - PWYC 
Hilarious History is an informative, raunchy, and occasionally wholesome comedy show in which comedian Bobby Sheehan discusses the ridiculous, absurd, and unbelievable moments in American History. Bo...
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11:00

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 11:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
The fun, family science show is back. Science Magic: Messy Mayhem has a cool bunch of ‘Outdoor Tricks’ from vomiting unicorns to exploding potions. Always exciting and sometimes very messy, learn abou...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Lidiar CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 11:15 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A SHOW WHERE CIRCUS IS COMBINED WITH A PARODY OF SPANISH CULTURE. HIS AUDIENCE WILL BE THE RING, HIS VOLUNTEERS WILL BE THE BULLFIGHTERS AND HE WILL BE THE BULL THAT WILL END UP TRIUMPHANT!! MR VITA P...
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Charlie Lewis: Hungry! COMEDY 
AUG 18-24 at 11:30 (45 min) - Free 
Join online sensation and rising star of the circuit Charlie Lewis for his debut solo show 'HUNGRY!' Described by BBC as "Absolutely brilliant!" Charlie is fast becoming a favourite on the comedy circ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Comics Vs Kids CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-15 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Comics vs Kids returns with a show full of jokes, silliness, interaction and special guests. Have a laugh with the jovial, affable host and a selection of fringe comedians and maybe win some prizes i...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Shaggers: Morning Glory COMEDY 
AUG 16-17 at 11:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
For one weekend only, a morning performance of the hugely popular show with a variety of comedians doing hilarious material based around sex and relationships for all you "early risers" out there. "T...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
12:00

1 Hour of Clean Comedy COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Following a string of sold-out shows in 2024, Clean Comedy is back to show off even more of Edinburgh's funniest family-friendly faces. This is a stand-up comedy compilation with the naughty bits scru...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

The Rudest Science Show For Kids CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 12:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
The man behind Science Magic is back with a brand new science show looking at the gross side of biology. Multi award winning comedian and scientist Donal Vaughan talks about all the bits nobody else w...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Sketch Thieves COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17, 19-24 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Comedy sketch swapping live! The cult hit show where sketch groups perform their own sketches, then each others'. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top 5 comedy shows of the year (List)...
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2 Wongs and a White COMEDY 
AUG 14-24 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Returning after a sell out season in Edinburgh, Two Wongs and A White is back! Get ready for a stand-up comedy show featuring Australia’s funniest comedians. Each night, Jenny Tian, Harry Jun and one ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Best of Edinburgh Fringe For Kids CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-13 at 12:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children's and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe. An event for all the family to enjoy together. "Music, com...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
13:00

Silly and Starving COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 13:15 (45 min) - Free 
Ever wondered what it’s like to be poor, queer and thriving? In Silly & Starving, rising star Kie Carson takes you through just that as he tells you that sillies just don’t pay the billies. Silly & S...
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Sci-larious – Science Stand-up COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 13:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Comic Scientists Matthew Collins and Donal Vaughan are joined be some of their fellow funny friends for a hour of science themed comedy. This teenage friendly show, will have comics from around the wo...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Burns Banter - Your Bard SPOKEN WORD 
AUG 18-24 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Burns Banter - Your Bard! is a deep dive into the parts of Robert Burns life the scholars don't want you to know about. There are great stories about Drinking Clubs and competitions Robert was involve...
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ComedySportz UK CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
ComedySportz is an award-winning competitive comedy show. Two teams go for gold with quick-witted gags and games inspired by your suggestions. Entertaining audiences across the UK since 2001 with fast...
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14:00

Joke Sellers COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17, 19-24 at 14:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
It’s the stand-up chat show where comedians sell their jokes. We’re the only stand-up show in the world where if you like a joke enough, you can buy it. Every show introduces a top-secret line-up of ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Phil de Lange: The Phil Monty COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
The Phil Monty from award winning comedian Phil de Lange is a blend of tongue-in-cheek wit, one liners, and musical comedy. Phil strips down to his most vulnerable state with a hilarious take on his ...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 
15:00

Game On 3 CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 15:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
There's been a murder on a spaceship and the imposter must be unmasked. Join Matty for new games, chaos and fun. The killer must be found before the audience runs out of time. A live-action video ga...
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Jokes I Rescued from the Future (by Telling Them Now) COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-10 at 15:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
"Jokes I rescued from the future (by telling them now)" provides a whirlwind of absurdist humour and offbeat surprises in a fast-paced comedy show. It features unpredictable one-liners, surreal sketch...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

Phil Wathern: Man of Few Words COMEDY 
AUG 18-24 at 15:45 (45 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
"Man Of Few Words" is a show from Bristol comedian Phil Wathern. Expect joke-packed routines on life, death, and football, delivered with a deceptively charming and laid back stage presence, from a ...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

Two Comedians Telling Jokes COMEDY 
AUG 11-17 at 15:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A split-bill stand-up show, featuring two of the circuit's most promising rising stars. It's pretty simple. Two of London's top up-and-coming comedians share some of their funniest gags. Vinny Shui (P...
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16:00

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 16:00 (60 min) - Free 
Four top-quality, fowl-mouthed acts, hand-plucked from around the festival. For the poultry sum of a bucket contribution on eggsit. Guaranteed to be clucking funny. Cockmungously not suitable for the ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... and Other Really Old People CHILDRENS 
JUL 31, AUG 1-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 16:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Title says it all! (EVIL LAUGH) Don't worry, I'll also teach the parents how to annoy their kids as well. From Multi Award winning kids comedian Matty Grey. Laugh your guts out of your butt hole as he...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
17:00

Sign My Yearbook: A Stand-Up Show COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Get voted ‘most likely to laugh’ in a split-bill stand-up show featuring two of the London circuit’s most promising rising stars. Cheryl Hurst and Callum Mackenzie, the prom queen and the class clown,...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

Raul Kohli: A British Hindu's Guide To Spirituality COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24 at 17:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Raul Kohli is an award-winning comedian from Newcastle, England who has gigged all over the World. Having been the star of his own BBC Sounds podcast (Comic Sanskrit), he is fluent in meditation and m...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

NTK Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year COMEDY 
AUG 24 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
A stand up comedy competition featuring only the very best comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe. All battling it out for the title of Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year and a cash prize of £1000. The ...
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The Totally Improvised Musical COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Every night is opening night as our team of top improvisers compose brand new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. Previous shows have seen tube drivers dream of becoming west end stars, zombi...
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Pick of the fringe 2025 test test update CABARET 
AUG 1-24 at 17:45 (60 min) - PWYC 
test and use new venues! Funny Testing 123 ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
18:00

Dan and Mike Fist Fight on the M62 COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-11, 13-24 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
Watch two of the best up and coming stand ups on the Scottish Comedy Scene take you on a tour of Fish Finger Factories burning to the ground, Ouija Board readings going wrong and the efficiencies of T...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

NTK Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17, 19-23 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
A stand up comedy competition featuring only the very best comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe. All battling it out for the title of Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year and a cash prize of £1000. The ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

@Sassy Backbone Cabaret CABARET 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Welcome to an enchanting evening where glamour, laughter, and artistry unite in a vibrant celebration of burlesque, cabaret,comedy, circus, magic and more. Picture a dimly lit venue adorned with colou...
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19:00

Best In Class COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
*****Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize Winners***** Best in Class is an award winning showcase of working class comedians from across the UK. Sponsored by waste grounds, knock off trainers, spam, w...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

A Horseless Rodeo COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
You can’t have it all. And sometimes you can’t have anything at all. And as Shannon learnt the hard way, you definitely can’t have a horse. Shannon Brooke is an award winning Australian comedian who...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

How Sneaking into Taylor Swift Cost me $1989 COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
I've been sneaking into the biggest stadiums across North America wearing a hidden camera, then redistributing the ticket value to people in each city that could really benefit. As I released these vi...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  
20:00

1 Dazzling Cabaret CABARET 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Welcome to an enchanting evening where glamour, laughter, and artistry unite in a vibrant celebration of burlesque, cabaret,comedy, circus, magic and more. Picture a dimly lit venue adorned with colou...
The Three Sisters / The Live Room 

Joke Thieves COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17, 19-24 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Comedy set swapping live! The cult hit show where comedians perform their own jokes, then each others'. Chortle Award winner – Best Club Show London. Top five comedy shows of the year (List). Top ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 

Cobin Millage: A Losing Battle With Grass That Just Won't Stop Growing COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-12, 14-24 at 20:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Cobin Millage brings his sophomore show to the Edinburgh Fringe. After his debut show "Fifteen pints With a Wax Figure of Renowned Painter Pablo Picasso" was listed as one of the British Comedy Guide'...
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21:00

Cabaret of Filth CABARET 
JUL 31, AUG 1-11, 13-24 at 21:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Come inside the Cabaret of Filth and indulge in a night of pure debauchery, burlesque and drag in this comedy riot! Will contain nudity, adult content, anti-establishment rebellion and all the good sw...
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Filthy Funny Females COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
★★★★ 1/2 "Filthy Funny Females deserves an award. Or possibly two." - FringeFeed, Perth Fringe World 2023 ★★★★"This raucous night out is one you don't ...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
22:00

0 AD – After Dusk: A Split Bill Stand-Up Show COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-11, 13-24 at 22:00 (60 min) - Free 
An hour of wall-to-wall laughs from three of Edinburgh’s most exciting new comedians - Liam Jackson, Grant Barr, and George Anderson! Liam dissects his experiences in the job market, travels, and Sco...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

Will Mars Records His Best Jokes for YouTube COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-17, 19-24 at 22:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Brace yourself for a live YouTube recording with more jokes than you thought possible. Star of Fox's Showtime at The Apollo, BBC's Stand Up for Comic Relief and NBC's Trial by Laughter, Will Mars is '...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Shaggers COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 22:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
The worldwide hit show returns with a line-up of superb and varied comedians from all around the Fringe doing material based around the hilarious, cheeky subject of shagging. "The perfect way to clos...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Chamber 
23:00

Three Bad Sisters COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 23:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
3 Bad Sisters is a dark, salacious comedy from Ireland's top 3 dark, salacious female comedians. Aideen McQueen, Shinanne Higgins and Louise O'Toole are sisters, granted, not each others sisters, but ...
The Three Sisters / The Wee Room 

A Cause for Laughter COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 23:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Wanna have a pint, laugh, then donate to a good cause? A Cause for Laughter is a late night stand-up comedy showcase produced by Sid Singh and Clayton Smith with the best tv and touring comics! Welco...
The Three Sisters / Maggie's Front Room  

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Late Show) COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 23:59 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £2.50 
A revolving line-up of the best established and up-and-coming comedians from the Fringe in a show full of fun and laughter. "The best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I’ve ever had ... someth...
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0:00

6056 COMEDY 
JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 00:45 (60 min) - FREE 
Join award-winning comedian Cameron McLaren as he takes you on a side-splitting tour of his hometown, Midland. In "6056," Cameron masterfully blends self-deprecating humor with keen social observation...
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