Located within the four-star A&O Edinburgh Hostel, Bar 50 is a bar and restaurant offering three rooms of Free Fringe shows, drinks and tasty, locally sourced pub grub in laid-back, modern and stylish surroundings, an outdoor beer garden and balcony beer terrace. 

For two decades Ron Low helped over 65,000 circumcised men undertake non-surgical foreskin restoration using TLC Tugger devices he invented. Enjoy Ron's fun and poignant musical memoir and slide show. He keeps you laughing while you learn what the foreskin is and does, how and why men restore, why we need to protect healthy male, female and intersex children from forced genital cutting, what efforts have succeeded and what could happen next. Ron performs on an exotic stringed instrument called a Harpejji, accompanied by backing tracks, while wearing one of his tugging devices under his kilt.

The Foreskin Diaries

Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of the festival as he takes you on a pun-venture around the world in which he has a joke for each and every country. You tell him the country – he'll tell you the joke! And with the aid of his giant map and mini globes for the audience, there'll be plenty of opportunities to try and catch him out! ‘Scotland’s Prince of Puns‘ (BBC Radio Scotland).


Around the World in 80 Puns

So good he wants to do it again. The show the mainstream media refuses to review repeats its 2024 dual four-star-reviews show. 

Meet Milligan! Patricia Highsmith! Ed D Wood Jr. Edith Stillwell and others. With Quentin Crisp as your master of ceremonies.

Before being called  Neurodiverse, Autistic, having lots of character and just plain being bonkers came Eccentricity. Paul Wady explores his first identity before Neurodivergency/Neurodiversity. Warning: Scouser (Funny). Autistic Elder.

Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Neurodiverse review 2023. A book of all the Guerilla Autistics shows is coming out this year.  

Eccentrics Return – Guerilla Autistics Show Year 11

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, straight dudes with the same haircut / t-shirt / jokes / toxicity, come and party with the kings, queens and royal thems of comedy. Expect chaos, drag, stand-up, glitter, queer joy and an ever-changing line-up of LGBTQIA+ acts to grace our stage. Comedy Queers is a big queer party. Every. Single. Night! **** (DeadlineNews.co.uk).

Comedy Queers

Adam and Jess, two memorable new comedians based in Bristol are performing in Edinburgh for the first time. Going from winning competitions in Bristol, to delivering an hour of stand-up comedy about their lives and their (very different) dads. They'll make you laugh and slightly pull at your heartstrings. 'She f*cking killed it' (Sam See). 'How am I going to top that?' (Josh Elton).

Adam Jones and Jess Lo: Daddy Issues 

Comedians put the world to rights in this new panel show. Hosts Leslie Gold (as seen at The Comedy Store) and Tom Mayhew (as heard on BBC Radio 4) invite different guest comics each day to present ideas to improve the world at large. Imagine the opposite of Room 101, adding good stuff instead of banishing bad (in theory anyway). Whether the rules are adopted is down to an audience vote at each performance. Basically, it's an excuse for bants with a view of making the world a better place!

101 Rules for a Better World (By Comedians)

Fatty. Chubby. Blobby. Plump. Plus size. Chonk! Enjoy a body-positive buffet of comedians from across the Fringe. Hosted by chunky Welshman Stuart Thomas. Frog and Bucket World Series Finalist. RedWillow New Comedian runner-up. British Comedy Guide Comedy Poster Awards finalist. 'An appealing presence' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Impressive as it was impeccable' (NottsComedyReview.wordpress.com). 'Bad fatty; great comedian! Oh so freaking funny!' (Sofie Hagen). 'Made me laugh a lot' (Scotsman). Fresh line-up daily.

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