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Freddy's

Laughing Horse Free Festival Venue

Freddy's

Fringe Venue 194 - Click here for map
24 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2JR. Phone: 0131 322 3190
  Wifi  Licensed  Air Conditioned
Open from 12:00 to 02:00
18+ only

The all-out live music party parlour and cocktail house. It’s a vibrantly unpretentious party all about pure, unadulterated fun with a capital F. With Fringe shows during the day, and live music all night.18+ only.

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.

Shows sorted by Venue Room

Band Room

0% Moisture – A Dry Comedy Show

0% Moisture – A Dry Comedy Show

Comedy

0% Moisture – A Dry Comedy Show

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room
AUG 9-13, 16-20, 23-27 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

Book a PWYC Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

Do you like your comedy dry, deadpan and a little bit awkward? Then 0% Moisture is for you. A compilation show featuring the best dry comedians at the fringe, hosted by Irish comedians Justin Cassidy and Dan Stephens...


Comedy Through the Ages

Comedy Through the Ages

Comedy

Comedy Through the Ages

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room
AUG 6, 8-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 19:00 (50 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £5

Book a PWYC Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

Comedy Through the Ages brings you a hilarious lineup of stand-ups from every generation. From Zoomers to Boomers and everything in-between, you can expect new and old fart jokes, baby-faces, silver foxes and gags older than some of the acts. It’s funny, it’s diverse, it’s like a family reunion – if your family were actually funny! In previous years, the show has featured acts seen on the BBC New Comedy Awards, Comedy Central, the New York Comedy Cellar and The Daily Show....


In The Eyes of Neptune

In The Eyes of Neptune

Theatre

In The Eyes of Neptune

Theatre

Freddy's / Band Room
AUG 6, 9-14, 16-20 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

'Where do you go, if not to your head?' He begins with a blank canvas, filled with colourless portrayals of our existence. Once he reveals the lens and turns on the camera, we see the wide world that lives inside his head. A nameless boy on the brink of manhood carries out a project on male loneliness. He interviews four men from drastically different backgrounds, attempting to learn from them how to become a man. Upon realising how reliant they are on retreating to their mind in times of hardship, he too begins looking for a way to part with reality and embrace the surreal. Once th...


Live Music at Freddy's

Live Music at Freddy's

Music

Live Music at Freddy's

Music

Freddy's / Band Room
AUG 6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30 at 22:00 (180 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

AUG 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29 at 20:30 (270 min) - Free & Unticketed

Just turn up at the venue, entry is first-come, first-served for everyone. Donations at the end of the show

Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready to sing at the top of your lungs. Freddy's is the all-out, live music party parlour and cocktail house specialising in pure, unadulterated fun — seven nights a week....


Skunkhaus Improvised Movie

Skunkhaus Improvised Movie

Comedy

Skunkhaus Improvised Movie

Comedy

Freddy's / Band Room
AUG 21, 23-28 at 20:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can tickets - from £2.50

Book a PWYC Ticket in advance for this show to guarantee entry, or turn up at the venue for free with the option of donating at the end of the show

We improvise a full longform story based on your life! In this unique improv show, we invite an audience member to share something they’re excited about or dreading, along with a movie genre, and Skunkhaus will weave together a tale, featuring puns and chaos ending in a coherent story that’s as likely to come true as your last tea leaf reading. Will it be a rom-com, horror, sci-fi or western? Come watch our talented ensemble transform those ideas into a live story right before your eyes! Selling out shows from Manchester to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, we bring one of your stories to life with ...