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Bar 50

Fringe Venue 151 - Click here for map

Within A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, 50 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1NE  / 0131 524 1989

Food  Accessible  Wifi  Licensed
Open from 08:00 to 01:00
All ages until 10pm, then 18+ only

Located within the five-star A&O Edinburgh City Hostel, Bar 50 serves an eclectic mix of spirits and beers, along with tasty locally sourced food. The menu has dishes for everyone, from stone baked pizza’s to veggie chilli burritos and chicken Caesar salad. There’s pool tables, comfy couches and an outdoor heated smoking area.


Shows at Bar 50
List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time
Shows sorted by Venue Room
The Alcove 

101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians) COMEDY 
AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 11:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Comedians put the world to rights in panel show, 101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians), which enjoyed a sold-out run at EdFringe 2025. Host Leslie Gold (as seen at the Comedy Store) and Produc...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy (Evening) COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
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...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

British. Broken. Chinese. (WIP) COMEDY 
AUG 19-30 at 13:00 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
This is a work-in-progress show from Vinny, a fast-rising UK stand-up comedian blending traditional stand-up, immersive storytelling, and original musical comedy into a sharp, personal, and consistent...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Clean Cuts COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 10:30 (60 min) - PWYC 
Clean Cuts is a clean and incisive hour of stand-up comedy from Indian American comic Alingon Mitra, making his Edinburgh Fringe debut. With over a decade of experience and credits including The Late...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Jeff's Flight Club >-)-> COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 23:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
A compilation of the festival’s best acts! 2026 was the year we found out what was suspected about the wicked elites and their sick behaviours. Unfortunately it’s looking like the odious elitist men ...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Jew-O-Rama COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 15:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
After last year's attempts to cancel us, this is the return of the popular compilation show that boasts a rolling line-up of Jewish (and Jew-ish) comedians and performers. Bringing you the best in neu...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Lab Rats: A Science Gameshow COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 16:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Comedy! Science! Games! Cookies!! Zoologist and comedian Donal Vaughan returns with the live audience science game show with a difference! The audience is divided into teams to compete in various game...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Millwall Jew COMEDY 
AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 18:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
The UK's favourite and funniest Jewish stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina (The Guardian ****), returns with his marvellously funny solo show about the football fan who, tired of being expected to support ...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Obituary COMEDY 
AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 14:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
What will other people say about you once you are dead? 75 year-old stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina (Guardian ****) gets his retaliation in first, presenting his own obituary in a brand-new solo show....
Bar 50 / The Alcove 

Other COMEDY 
AUG 6-18 at 13:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
‘Other’ is a 2-person stand-up show about the experiences of being different, trying or pretending to fit in, and learning how to embrace your otherness. Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Do y...
Bar 50 / The Alcove 
The Garden Room 

Another Compilation Show Beginning With A COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 22:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4, as seen watching Bargain Hunt) presents a compilation show of his favourite comedians that are free at the time. It should be a laugh. ...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Comedy Queers COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. A sell-out Fringe phenomenon since 2018. Looking for diversity? It's what we do best, babe! If you’ve seen enough cis...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Disabled Cants COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
A revolving lineup of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. We're not brave, we're not inspiring, we're just here to make you laugh and park in the disab...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Multi award-winning Eryn Tett (U&Dave's Rosie Jones' Disability Extravaganza) cordially invites you to a comedy tasting menu. Various courses of escalating mischief, including her signature 'off-kilte...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Magic Maestros CHILDRENS 
AUG 6-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Join the Canadian Watson brothers in a world where melodies shimmer, rhythms cast spells, and every note feels enchanted. Magic Maestros is a one-of-a-kind magic-themed music show that blurs the line ...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts COMEDY 
AUG 17-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Did you know that Eyes Wide Shut is technically a Christmas movie or that water can’t get wet? Watch Live at the Apollo comedian Spring Day prove that not only is truth stranger than fiction, it’s a ...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Piemageddon CHILDRENS 
AUG 6-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 11:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
The silliest quiz show ever. Kids versus comedians in a head-to-head battle of wits answering wacky questions. The loser gets a custard pie and most likely so will everyone else. ...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Queer Diary COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Queer performers read REAL teenage diaries, poetry, fanfic & more! Featuring a different line-up each time, Queer Diary has gained a cult following, with crowds coming back for more angsty teenage di...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Sleight of Sound CABARET 
AUG 17-21, 24-28 at 12:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Part concert, part magic show, part storytelling —Sleight of Sound is a solo music-and-magic experience about wandering, wondering, and finding connection in unexpected places. Armed with an instrumen...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Slugageddon! CHILDRENS 
AUG 6-16 at 13:45 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Slugs, slugs and more slugs!! Can you help Benny Shakes defeat the slug army with a piano made of vegetables, some delicious compost and a final showdown with the King Slug? Best Kid’s Show NOMINEE - ...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Sponta-Deity Improv: Who Let the Gods Out?! COMEDY 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Improvised mythological madness! A changing line-up of improvisers perform scenes, games and team challenges from audience suggestions – creating tragedies and epics on the spot, all with a mythologic...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

The Bite: Mixed-Bill Stand-Up COMEDY 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
A fabulous mixed-bill of new and established acts in a daily changing line-up throughout the Fringe. A fantastic way to see a bite-sized chunk of the Fringe. You’ll be talking about this show for year...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 

Veterans v Civilians COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
What happens when two military veterans face off against two civilians in a comedy showdown? Is it the discipline and grit of military life that crafts the sharpest humor, or do the civilians have the...
Bar 50 / The Garden Room 
The Snug 

100% Full Blown Redacted COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 20:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
“Redacted” might as well have been the word of 2025/26. With the Epstein files censored and the world in chaos, it seems some very bad actors would rather stay hidden. Enter festival favourite Mark O’...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger COMEDY 
AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 19:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Kirsty overshares about her sexy times, nights out and magnificent meltdowns. 'She created an atmosphere where everyone let loose and enjoyed the wild ride. Munro's candid storytelling had everyone in...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 14:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Do you like comedy? Do you like karaoke? If yes to both, then this is the show for you. Five comedians do a set each, followed by their favourite karaoke song with the audience deciding the winner. Wo...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

Comedy Compilation Show COMEDY 
AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 13:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Indulge yourself in bite-sized hilarity featuring the funniest stand-up comedians from around the globe Catch this new Fringe showcase for a taste of the freshest talent & uproarious laughter that's...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

Edinbra Fringe Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 18:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
A revolving line-up of the best and up-and-coming female comedians from Brighton and the Fringe.  ...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

Gags Army COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 17:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Get ready for Gags Army—a one-of-a-kind comedy experience that brings together a powerful lineup of military veterans who’ve turned their life in the armed forces into some of the most unique and unex...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

Shaggers COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 15:45 (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...
Bar 50 / The Snug 

The Midlife Mind Flip COMEDY 
AUG 6-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 12:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
What was your rock bottom? Divorce? Redundancy? Cancer? Sharon VS can relate. She’s done it all - in the same year. And this Edinburgh regular is spilling the tea. Hilarious and poignant, Sharon turn...
Bar 50 / The Snug 
Upstairs 

2 Dad, or Not 2 Dad COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 18:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
2 Dad or Not 2 Dad is a brutally funny stand-up hour about growing up without a dad… and accidentally becoming one. After his father left when he was eight, Jim Bob looks back on childhood confusion,...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

4 Better or 4 Worse COMEDY 
AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 11:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can Tickets - from £5 
Two comedians walk into a relationship. Aisha Amanduri (Rolling Stone’s “gifted and important voice”) and British Comedian of the Year Vlad Ilich share a stage and a home. A gag-packed split bill abo...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Acid With Jesus- A Revolutionary Comedy Show COMEDY 
AUG 6-16 at 22:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
This is a hilarious, personal, meaningful, hopeful and poignant comedy show about exploring the state of the world, activism and game shows for billionaires. Expect sharp punchlines, authentic materi...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Adam Bromley: Hyper-Connected COMEDY 
AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 12:15 (60 min) - Free 
Adam Bromley: Hyper-Connected is a comedy show about one manic man navigating an increasingly deranged hyper-online world. Adam grew up in the analogue age when people had to remember facts and basic...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Angela Bra - Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl COMEDY 
AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 21:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
As the founder of her own Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo, Angela Bra has seen it all. Hen do high jinx, butlers in the buff, glamorous grandmas and mothers escaping their family for the night. She’s h...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Around The World in 80 Puns COMEDY 
AUG 6-11, 13-30 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of the festival as he takes you on a punventure around the world in which he has a joke for each and every country. You ...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Barbara Fernandez Presents: Everything But Stand-Up CABARET 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 17:15 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Welcome to the cabaret asylum - with an ever-changing lineup of character acts, singers, magicians, comedians - we've happily scooped up performers who are definitely way outside the box…and brought ...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Leo Mahr and Jonny Bennett: Two Hot Gays Telling Jokes COMEDY 
AUG 17-30 at 22:15 (60 min) - Free 
Two incredibly hot (you decide) gay men, one British, one Swiss(ish), cover everything from Kylie to K-holes, Le Creuset to Cruising with some musical comedy to keep things interesting. Leo Mahr is b...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

One Dog, One Nutter COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 19:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Jay and his assistance dog Hawke invite you on a raw, hilarious, and unforgettable ride. Drawing on 23 years of military service, Jay reveals how stand-up comedy quite literally saved his life—helping...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along COMEDY 
AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Raul Kohli returns for a sixth year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies... Just one hour of straight improvised comedy based o...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

UK Pun Off COMEDY 
AUG 6-7, 10, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-30 at 13:30 (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 4 different topics and it is up to the audience to decide ...
Bar 50 / Upstairs 

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