With only one week to go untilFringe’s biggest venues open their doors to this year’s audiences, it’s time tostart planning your ultimate Fringe day out! Want to make the most of yourAugust and all the fantastic Festival opportunities available across Edinburgh- without breaking the bank? Thenkeep reading, to find out 5 ways you can save big this Fringe season. Tickets from aslittle as £6.25 Getyour hands on discounted tickets for Fringe’s hottest shows, starting at just£6.
25 each! If that’s not enough, you can also access exclusive ticket offersand bundles including 2 for the price of 1, 50% off, and £5 tickets! All the biggest shows in one place Sign up to our daily newsletter , get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. With hundreds of Fringe venuesand thousands of shows, August can present a certain kind of decision paralysisfor your average Festival goer. But no need to fear - the biggest of the bigFringe venues are teaming up to offer youconvenient booking access to their programmes! Now you can book ticketsfor thousands of world-class shows all inone place, for no extra cost.
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I.P thisyear, without having to cough up first-class spend? Get access to a range ofexclusive Fringe perks, including but not limited to a private Love the Fringehotline, a custom-designed membership card and lanyard and even entry to themost exclusive venue club and industry bars for the month of August! Exclusive Scotsman access Sign up for a discounted Scotsmansubscription for the month of August, so you can follow along with thenewspaper’s exclusive Festival coverage for a fraction of the price. And ifyou’re really looking for something special, you can get access to Priorityticket booking for 4 or 5 star Scotsman reviewed shows, to make sure you seethe best of Fringe 2024.
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how can you access all these amazing benefits? That’s easy -just buy a Lovethe Fringe membership! Love the Fringe is the newestmembership scheme to hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. It’s thefirst time ever that Fringe’s biggest venues - Assembly Festival, C ARTS,Gilded Balloon, Just the Tonic, Pleasance, Underbelly and ZOO - have teamed upto offer unbeatable discounts to their audiences! As a Love the Fringe member, youget access to all the amazing dealshighlighted above. So, if you want free anddiscounted tickets, can’t-miss offers and exclusive perks, make sure to buy your membership today! Take a look at some of Love theFringe’s highlighted shows and hospitality hot spots below, to inspire you whenbooking your free tickets and exclusive offers today: Shows • 360 Allstars , Assembly Festival – Seen by more than one millionpeople in sell-out shows across the world.
A fusion of BMX, basketball,breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 ALLSTARS connectsthe street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. WorldChampion and World Record-holding artists and athletes return to the Fringe aspart of a world tour. • Juliette Burton: Hopepunk Gilded Balloon – This award-winning comedian has hadsome hopeless times during her life.
Here, she questions where hope ends andnaivety begins. Is positivity passé? Or is despair a deception? Couldrelentless optimism be our friend or is hope punking us? Total sold-outEdinburgh Fringe shows 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023. • Alfie Brown: OpenHearted Human Enquiry , Justthe Tonic – this award-winning comedian returns to separate his failures fromhis misfortunes, arriving at the conclusion that ‘life is beautiful’.
Captivating and subversive stand-up from one of the very best in the country.Chortle Best Show Award Winner 2022. Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2022.
• Black Is The Colour Of My Voice , Pleasance – Fringe First and Spirit of theFringe Award winnerApphia Campbell brings her amazing show to the Fringe, inspired by the life of Nina Simone,performed by Nicholle Cherrie. Strictly limited run of five performancesonly, before a major UK tour. Best Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe 2024.
• Tim Murray Is Witches , Underbelly – A tribute to queerness and how wediscover our powers once we find our coven. Designed to have you in stitches,the Winner of Entertainment Now’s Best Musical Theatre Show of Edinburgh Fringe2023 was named by Playbill as the Pick of the Fringe, Witches is an hour ofstand-up, original comedy songs and drag. • Singing Sands , ZOO – A dark comedy on the way the deathof a loved one can sometimes be the only way to restore old bonds.
Thistouching show is set on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Eigg, two siblings haveuntil the ferry arrives to reconcile and grieve for their late gran. This is adon’t miss after a sell-out run at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. Spots • Candy Bar – Love the Fringe members receive the 20% discount at Candy Bar &Diner – encapsulating urban dining and subterranean drinking.
• Coco Boho – This new late-night bar is just belowTigerlily on George Street with an intimate setting a décor of ‘rough luxe’.20% off for Love the Fringe members. • Eastside – All fiveboroughs of New York City are brought together to create a neighbourhood divebar charm.
Another where Love the Fringe members receive the 20% discount. • Montpeliers – Moreneighbourhood vibes come from this bar and brasserie in Edinburgh’sBruntsfield. Beloved of locals and visitors alike – enjoy the locallysourcedScottish products.
And don’t forget the Love the Fringe member discount. • Rabble – Whereto start with this hip establishment? Use your discount and enjoy the bar andrestaurant with ten stylish boutique hotel rooms, right in the city centre..
