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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 

100% Badgers with Matt Hobs COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 15:20 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Following on from a sell-out run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, 100% Badgers returns to the Edinburgh Festival. This is a stand-up comedy show about how the worlds of humans and badgers collide. Matt t...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

11 O'Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle! CABARET 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 22:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
11 O’Clock Comedy Cabaret: Spin the Bottle! is a joyful, chaotic, music-filled late-night cabaret hosted by Briony Price — a cheeky Londoner turned New York storyteller, bringing big vocals, sharp com...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 17:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
The twice sold-out show returns. The comedic prop pun lunatic, Roger Swift shoots out his updated infamous 200 puns in one hour! So come and enjoy more of his trademark crazy homemade props, audio cue...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

3's Comedy: Afternoons COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 16:35 (60 min) - Free 
Grab a laugh before dinner. 3's Comedy: Afternoons brings together three of the best comedians from Australia for an hour full of laughter. Brett Blake, Bronwyn Kuss & Peter Jones have done it all -...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Alice India: In Bloom COMEDY 
AUG 11-16 at 21:35 (60 min) - PWYC 
Alice India isn't very well. With what? Nobody knows, but Alice has a pretty good idea. Fresh from the success of their debut year, Alice India returns to their roots on the Free Fringe with a brand...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

An Asexual Show About Cunnilingus By Eliott Simpson COMEDY 
AUG 24-30 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Award-winning asexual comedian Eliott Simpson has spent the past decade telling jokes about not wanting sex, so what happens when they find themselves in love with someone who does? Cum see a surprisi...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Cool WIP Club COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 14:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Cool WIP Club, Bro! It's creamy and dreamy and dripping with delight. Each day a different comedian brings their Work in Progress show to the Cool WIP Club, where our delicious audience help sauce th...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Every Day's A School Day COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 11:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
They say that every day's a school day, which is never more true than when you're a teacher stuck in the classroom with no obvious means of escape. Fortunately, Mark Row has discovered that it's not j...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Grandad & I Do Stand-Up Comedy COMEDY 
AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 10:20 (60 min) - PWYC 
‘Grandad & I Do Stand-Up Comedy’ is a genuinely unique, laugh-out-loud hour from real-life grandad–grandson comedy duo Andy Zapp and Anthony Heston*. Two generations. Two perspectives. One brilliantly...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Johnny Hollywood COMEDY 
AUG 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-29 at 20:20 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Ladbible Ireland host John Spillane has gone full Hollywood and is ready to bring all the glitz and the glammer of tinsle town to the Edinburgh Fringe. Moving at a mile a minute, this show is weaponiz...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Louis Beer: Ultra-processed Comedy Show (WIP) COMEDY 
AUG 6-16 at 10:40 (45 min) - PWYC 
Award-winning standup Louis Beer is bringing his debut solo show to the Fringe to ask important questions like: What's the most inappropriate food to eat in a sauna? How many scampi fries is too many ...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Magic Mic COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 12:50 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Irish comedy magician Alex J. Byrne brings his show Magic Mic back to Edinburgh Fringe following a successful run of shows at last year's festival! Magic Mic is a comedy magic show that is suitable fo...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Mr Gary's Adult Kids show COMEDY 
AUG 17-30 at 21:35 (60 min) - FREE 
Join Mr Gary as he brings his children's show to the Edinburgh Fringe! A sought after act on the home counties children's party scene Mr Gary brings his award winning* kids show to Scotland! With 3 gu...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

Ray Fordyce: The Fordyce Saga COMEDY 
AUG 6-10 at 21:35 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
The saga of Ray's life is about to be told. Sharing the struggles of a rough upbringing up to navigating singledom in middle age, all whilst learning new languages and making fudge. ...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

The Augur THEATRE 
AUG 6-30 at 00:05 (30 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
You’re going to die.* The owl cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunderous clouds. From deep within a mossy mausoleum of crumbling stone something anc...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 

The Best of Jay Sodagar COMEDY 
AUG 6-23 at 19:05 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
From performing stand-up Comedy for over 30 years to the culmination of this best of show with all the best bits of every Edinburgh show I have ever written. I am a smart funny comic who has written...
The City Cafe / Hollywood 
Las Vegas 

1.45.8 AuDHD: The Dopamine-ing of Life (Autism and Cat Mix) COMEDY 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 13:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Join Stags and Boxy on their hilarious new adventures! Tackling floordrobes, diagnoses, Brumminess, time-blindness and the perfect backpack. Additionally, after 30 years has Stags finally got the note...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

3's Comedy: Mornings COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 11:15 (60 min) - Free 
'Start your day off with a laugh at 3''s Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together Peter Jones, Prue Blake & Adam Knox, three of the best Australian comedians, for a whole new hour of hilarious sta...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Angela Bra's Absolutely Dabulous Drag Bingo CABARET 
AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 22:30 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Award-Winning drag sensation, Miss Angela Bra, invites you to a comedy cabaret of dabbing, dancing, stage games and sing-alongs with crowd-based comedy and late night surprises along the way. Based ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Anime-Zing Kids! CHILDRENS 
AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 12:30 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 

Anime-Zing! KIDS

Voice actors take the stage for games, live dubbing, and voice challenges!

Kids and adults join the fun as guest actors and audien...

The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Anime-Zing! Game Show COMEDY 
AUG 6-18, 20-25, 27-30 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Soness Stevens Kitano / Free Festival Voice actors bring Anime to life through games, live dubbing, and challenges! Come back and see a different show every time! Hosted by Soness Stevens Kitano, Tok...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Beat the Comic COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Test your wits in a battle of general knowledge and trivia in the ultimate stupid quiz. Audience versus comedians. The loser gets a custard pie and there's a high possibility so will a few others. Lea...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

How Now Brown Rao COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 17:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
How Now Brown Rao is a smart, silly, and sharply observed stand-up comedy show about identity, ambition, and trying to make sense of the universe while barely keeping your life together. Rao is a for...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp COMEDY 
AUG 24-30 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Returning for its sixth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy from the Fringe. Hopeful...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Mat Smith: The Middle COMEDY 
AUG 6-16 at 10:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
After 15 years playing with smartphones, gadgets and video games and calling it a real job, Mat is throwing his savings at the Edinburgh fringe, instead of going on holiday. He was probably going to g...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage COMEDY 
AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 21:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
In this hilarious and heartfelt show, Rachel explores the vast cultural chasm between her British roots and her adopted Dutch home. With her witty, warm and engaging style, she dives into the quirks, ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Strippers Advice Bureau COMEDY 
AUG 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 at 18:45 (55 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Do you have a problem? Don't know where to turn? Come and share your load with two unshockable, world-weary strippers, who've seen and heard it all. From the people behind hit Fringe shows "Ask A Stri...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Struan Logan: Chaotic Good COMEDY 
AUG 6-16, 18-30 at 01:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
After a hiatus Struan returns to stand-up seeing that it needs a swift kick up the dick. The comedian and columnist (The National) performs with the personal over the partizan but Chaotic Good isn’t...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

The Infamous Comedy Show COMEDY 
AUG 6-23 at 23:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
A late night show with multiple comedians Who I think will be famous in the future. May not necessarily be for Comedy. 4 acts every night with your charming host Jay Sodagar ...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 

Will Mars: A Year in Augusts COMEDY 
AUG 6-24, 26-30 at 16:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
After twelve years performing in Edinburgh, Will Mars has spent a full year of his life at the Fringe. What started as a pursuit of five-star reviews became something unexpected — and far more freeing...
The City Cafe / Las Vegas 
Nineties 

00s Throwback Party COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 16:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
WELCOME TO Y2K. We have flip-phones! Fad diets! And (briefly) the Twin Towers! The Rock has all his hair. So does Britney. Join BBC comedy writer and award nominated comedian June Tuesday as we go on...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs COMEDY 
AUG 24-30 at 13:10 (45 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs hedgehogs is a stand-up comedy show about the worlds of badgers, hedgehogs, and being the country's premier badger comedian. Matt had dived into the world of British wildlif...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show COMEDY 
AUG 6-17, 19-30 at 18:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
**ADHD: A Comedy Crowdwork Show** is stand-up that moves the way your brain moves at 2:00am. Fast, funny, and built with the audience in real time, this is not a scripted hour that politely stays on t...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Ben Ashurst: The Worst Man COMEDY 
AUG 17-30 at 11:55 (45 min) - Free 
Ben Ashurst is struggling to be an adult. Now in his thirties, he should be getting his act together. But it's hard when the world doesn’t make any sense. What do you mean you can’t walk through a d...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Bound and Gags COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 20:40 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Ever questioned your life choices? Regretted a tattoo — or that “great value” hostel you definitely should’ve Googled (and actually read the reviews for)? Lost hours to TikTok, binged true crime, or t...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Carl Carzana THE Comedian Creative Genius COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 15:40 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Carl Carzana is a creative genius and he wants everyone to know it. Watch as he opens up his (metaphorical) suitcase and (non-metaphorically) presents his creative ideas, props, characters, contraptio...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Going Coastal with Donald McGinty COMEDY 
AUG 6-16 at 11:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Daft laughs and character comedy parodying a TV show that hasn't been on the air in 15 years. TV Presenter Donald McGinty sets sail with his award-nominated show (Best Poster Design - Brighton Fringe ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Honkers COMEDY 
AUG 6-15 at 23:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Why are geese so angry? Why does a drake’s dick look like that? Why do pigeons get so much hate? Critically acclaimed comedians Candace Bryan (★★★★★ “Laugh out loud funny...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Kim Hope: Lather, Rinse, Repeat COMEDY 
AUG 14-23 at 13:10 (45 min) - Free 
Feel-good comedy about trying to do the right thing, caring what people think and the freedom of finally choosing to follow your own path. Drawing from a long, long life marked by ruin, resilience and...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress COMEDY 
AUG 6-13 at 13:10 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Lulu returns from the dead to work on new jokes, songs and personal overshares in her work in progress stand up hour. Expect laughs, expect a dog. ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Madeleine Munford: Who the F*ck is Madeleine? COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 19:25 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5 
Who the F*$% is Madeleine? Madeleine Munford is an anxiety-riddled, bisexual New Yorker who is a libra rising and possibly the reincarnation of Princess Diana. Join her as she recounts her misadventur...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

My Date with Pierce Brosnan COMEDY 
AUG 16-30 at 23:10 (60 min) - Free 
It's anarchic, it's sexy and it's totally unpredictable. It's a clown romance controlled by you! Mademoiselle Cafetière is a lonely clown looking for love. Until a chance encounter brings her face to...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 21:55 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50 
Up and coming NZ comedian and serial OCD sufferer Danny Sewell presents his funniest hour of comedy to date. Winner Best Up & Coming Comedian - 2022 NZ Comedy Guild Awards Nominated Best Newcomer - 2...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

The Breakfast Club COMEDY 
AUG 17-30 at 10:40 (55 min) - Free 
The Breakfast Club is a free stand-up comedy compilation show featuring 3 fantastic comedians. It’s the most important show of the day, right?   Hosted by Ben Ashurst (featured on BBC Radio, Stand-Up ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

Three Bad Sisters COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 00:25 (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 City Cafe / Nineties 

Vince Atta: Loops Upside Ya' Head! COMEDY 
AUG 6-30 at 14:25 (60 min) - PWYC 
Loops, laughs and lived experience collide chaotically in this sharply funny, tongue-in-cheek remix of identity and belonging. With a looper, keyboard and his own stupid mouth, Vince Atta hilariously ...
The City Cafe / Nineties 

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