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The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎 07 - 31 August 2026 #edfringe edfringe.com
Calling all Artists! Join Louisa Sanfey (Extant) and Kirin Saeed (Visually Impaired Creators Scotland) on 20th January, 3pm-4pm for a free online workshop on an introduction to access options for visually impaired audiences @edfringe.bsky.social
connect.edfringe.com/events/199317
We're working with local schools to ensure the new Fringe Central is a valued part of the community 🥰
Find out more 👇
www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
#edfringe #CharityTuesday
The Fringe Society offices will be closed until Monday 05 January 2026 – If you need a response from us we’ll do our best to get back to you as soon as possible upon our return.
Hope you all have a lovely festive season and we’ll see you in 2026! 🥳
The Keep it Fringe fund ran for the third year in 2025, awarding 180 #edfringe artists grants of £2,500 each to help remove some of the financial challenges of bringing a show to the Fringe.
Find out direct from the artists how Keep it Fringe helped them – and how you can support it in 2026
Fringe Society review of the year 2025, with characters from the Fringe 'Dare to discover' Campaign.
We've released the Fringe Society review of the year 2025, highlighting a year of achievements in our work for artists, audiences and communities, amid ongoing challenges for the Fringe and the arts sector.
Read the full review: www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
#edfringe #Arts #Edinburgh
This #ThrowbackThursday we're revisiting the 00s, with some eye-catching and memorable #edfringe programme covers. Which one gets you nostalgic for Y2K?
You can buy magnets and posters of old programmes covers in our Fringe Shop 👇
shop.edfringe.com
Find out more about Fringe Days Out 👇
www.edfringe.com/experience/s...
Through our Fringe Days Out project, we work with local charities, schools and community groups to helps share the magic of the Fringe with people who might otherwise miss out.
With thanks to McLaughlin & Harvey for supporting Fringe Days Out this year.
#edfringe #CharityTuesday
Visit our Online Shop to find out more 👉 shop.edfringe.com
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Treat yourself or a Fringe lover this Christmas with a festival-themed gift!
20% off on all #edfringe merch - including jumpers, posters, magnets and more - from now until Sunday 30 November.
*Offer excludes gift vouchers and Friend memberships. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
Anyone else missing those bright, warm days in #Edinburgh?
#edfringe #scotland #visitscotland #performingarts #ScotlandHighlights2025
Black text on a green background: 'We're proud to be a PiPA (Parents & Carers in the Performing Arts) Pledge Partner.'
Black text on a green background outlining the PiPA (Parents & Carers in the Performing Arts) Pledge, covering recognition, championing and celebration of parents and careers, respecting work-life balance and evolving policies and practices.
The Fringe Society is proud to join a sector-wide commitment to support parents and carers in the performing arts by committing to the PiPA Pledge ✊
pipacampaign.org/the-pledge/
#PiPACampaign
Find out more about how we’re working to improve access to the Fringe 👇
www.edfringe.com/about-us/our...
Our access bookings service exists to help anyone with an access requirement make the most of what #edfringe has to offer.
This year our team helped customers book more than 12,000 tickets, including over 7,000 personal assistant tickets 🎉
#CharityTuesday
Image reads "2026 show reveal dates, Wednesday 11 February, Wednesday 01 April, Wednesday 06 May, Thursday 04 Jun (programme launch)."
Excited to announce the show reveal dates for #edfringe 2026!
Show registration opens on Monday 12 January – see edfringe.com for more info 📆
We're thrilled to welcome Graham Norton as the newest Ambassador of the Edinburgh Fringe! 🎭 ✨
The globally recognised comedian, author and entertainment icon joins fellow Ambassadors Brian Cox, Suzy Eddie Izzard and honorary President, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
👉 www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
We're working with equ on maintaining the current website through to the end of Fringe 2026 and addressing any outstanding issues 🙂
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Today, we're delighted to announce the appointment of Edinburgh-based digital consultancy Storm ID to work with us on developing a new website in time for Fringe 2027.
Read more our blog: www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
1984 Fringe programme cover
1983 Fringe programme cover
1982 Fringe programme cover
1987 Fringe programme cover
We’re reliving the 80s this #ThrowbackThursday with some retro #edfringe programme covers 📼. Do you have a favourite?
(Not going to lie, 1983 brings up some feelings 😳)
Check out our Fringe Shop for a postcard or magnet of a year that means something to you! shop.edfringe.com/collections/...
A page of listings from the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, with a focus on a show called 'Alex Horne: The Taskmaster'.
A #ThrowbackThursday for anyone enjoying the latest season of Taskmaster – it started here back in 2010 (check out a very little Little Alex Horne ❤️)
Most Taskmaster alumni spotted at #edfringe wins – your time starts now!
... and the Fringe Society was able to support 40 of these performances through the use of free kit, funding or both.
Find out more about how you can help us increase our work to make the Fringe more accessible 👇
www.edfringe.com/about-us/our...
#CharityTuesday
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A Fringe performer sits on a chair onstage; above, a captioning screen reads, '... will be captioned on the screen today. YEN: Hi, I am Yen.' Credit text: KING (2025), Summerhall. Photo: Ryszard Benrot.
Captioning makes #edfringe shows more accessible to D/deaf or hard of hearing people, neurodivergent people, people with learning disabilities and those for whom English is not their first language.
There were 459 captioned performances across 69 shows at this year’s Fringe...
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Lilia Foster, winner of the 2025 Fringe Young Writers Award.
We are delighted to announce that Lilia Foster is the winner of the #edfringe 2025 Young Writer’s Award, recognising the next generation of arts writers in the 16–21 age category.
Find out more 👇
www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
A Fringe performer in clown makeup glares at a photographer in the street.
It's #ThrowbackThursday, and we’re throwing back to… literally a few days ago, when #edfringe was still happening 😭 It feels like so long ago!
Help us revel in the nostalgia – share your #edfringe 2025 photos / memories in the comments 👇
Three characters from the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 #DareToDiscover campaign pose outside a red telephone box on the High Street with an oversized Fringe programme.
Today, the final day of #edfringe 2025, we'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who made it happen: the audiences, arts industry, media, venues, staff, partners, sponsors, supporters and of course the artists.
Read our end-of-Fringe blog 👇
www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...
#DareToDiscover
Gotta start prepping for #edfringe 2026!
But thanks for the well wishes all the same 🥰
Thank you!
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The dates for next year’s festival are 07 – 31 August 2026 🎉
We know #edfringe is predominantly about daring to discover something new and exciting… but we also can’t help getting excited when we see someone famous milling around, either onstage or in the audience.
Who have you spotted at the festival this year?
