Venue 151
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50
50 Blackfriars St (entrances on Blackfriars Street and Cowgate), EH1 1NE
Venue website: freefestival.co.uk — for directions, access and food & drink. Fringe tickets are booked from each show’s page.
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.
Accessibility
Limited access to some parts of venue site, Wheelchair accessible toilet, No reserved accessible parking, On street blue badge parking, Assistance dogs welcome in all areas. There is level access via the Cowgate entrance. If entering from hostel reception, there is a stair lift with weight limit of 300kg, down a permanent staircase with handrails on both sides
Eat & drink nearby
What’s on at Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 — Fringe 2026
1 British, 1 Immigrant *Continental Breakfast · Comedy · £5
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Alingon Mitra: Clean Cuts · Comedy · £2.5
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4 Better or 4 Worse · Comedy · £5
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Piemaggedon · Children's Shows · £5
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101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians) · Comedy · £5
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The Midlife Mind Flip · Comedy · £2.5
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Magic Maestros · Children's Shows · £5
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Other · Comedy · £2.5
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Comedy Compilation Show · Comedy · £5
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UK Pun Off · Comedy · £2.5
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Slugageddon! · Children's Shows · £2.5–£5
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Obituary · Comedy · £5
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5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke · Comedy · £5
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Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along · Comedy · £5
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Veterans v Civilians · Comedy · £2.5
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Shaggers · Comedy · £2.5
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Around the World in 80 Puns · Comedy · £2.5
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The Bite: Mixed-Bill Stand-Up · Comedy · £5
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Lab Rats: A Science Gameshow · Comedy · £5
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Gags Army · Comedy · £2.5
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Barbara Fernandez Presents: Everything But Stand-Up · Cabaret and Variety · £5
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Disabled Cants · Comedy · £2.5
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Millwall Jew · Comedy · £5
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Edinbra Fringe Comedy · Comedy · £2.5
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2 Dad, or Not 2 Dad · Comedy · £5
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Sponta-Deity Improv: Who Let the Gods Out?! · Comedy · £5
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2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger · Comedy · £5
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One Dog, One Nutter · Comedy · £2.5
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Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu · Comedy · £2.5
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Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy · Comedy · £5
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100% Full Blown Redacted · Comedy · £5
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Angela Bra – Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl · Comedy · £5
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Comedy Queers · Comedy · £5
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Acid With Jesus: A Revolutionary Comedy Show · Comedy · £2.5
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Another Compilation Show Beginning With A · Comedy · £5
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Jeff's Flight Club >-)-> · Comedy · £5
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Queer Diary · Comedy · £2.5
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Meet Me in the Middle · Comedy · £2.5
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Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection · Comedy · £5
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About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course · Comedy · £119
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Jew-O-Rama · Comedy · £2.5
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Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection · Comedy · £5
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Adam Bromley: Hyperconnected · Comedy · Free
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Sleight of Sound · Cabaret and Variety · £5
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My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts · Comedy · £5
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Leo Mahr and Jonny Bennett: Two Hot Gays Telling Jokes · Comedy · Free
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British. Broken. Chinese. (WIP) · Comedy · £2.5
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