9th May 2024: Nearly 1,600 shows added for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024. A new batch of 1,590 shows is revealed at noon today, taking the total shows so far to 3,237 ahead of the official programme launch on 12th June.
8th May 2024: The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards is the Jones Bootmakers (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards for 2024. At a London launch event today the ISH Awards announced a sponsorship deal with Jones Bootmakers who will provide three prizes of £5000 each at this year’s awards.
26th April 2024: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the return of FringeMakers. The online partnership with Crowdfunder is available to all performers, is free for artists to be included, and audiences can easily browse and donate to support different Fringe artists and projects in addition to earning exclusive rewards.
14th April 2024: The Musical Comedy Awards crown Tom Towelling as MCA 2024 Winner. Luke Nixon as Jim Midge took third place while Anna Hale won second place and audience favourite.
9th April 2024: Holly Ludlow wins West End New Act of the Year 2024. Runner up was Prateek Kohli and an audience vote put Tasmin Sarkany in third place.
6th April 2024: The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has reported record-breaking sales. The festival sold over 50,000 tickets for its 560 shows making it the most successful year in its 20-year history.
5th April 2024: Earlybird passes released for Oxford Comedy Festival. The festival runs from 28th June to 28th July and includes more than 50 shows.
4th April 2024: More than 1,300 shows added for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024. A new batch of shows to be staged at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed. All shows will be available to view on edfringe.com from 12:00 today.
3rd April 2024: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society announces two further years of the UK Keep it Fringe fund for artists. The fund, launched in 2023, provides over 300 bursaries of £2,500 each for artists to bring their work to the Fringe.
21st March 2024: Greg Davies releases dates for his 2025 UK tour ‘Full Fat Legend‘. The tour will be his first since ‘You Magnificent Beast‘ in 2018.
21st March 2024: Star of stage and screen Brian Cox named as the newest Patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Succession star joins fellow Patron Eddie Izzard and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s honorary President, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, as ambassadors for the festival.
14th March 2024: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society introduces Apple and Google Wallet ticketing functionality for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
18th March 2024: The Leicester Comedy Festival announced its annual award winners. Joe Kent-Walter won Best Show for ‘An Audience With Frankie Monroe’, while Jenny Eclair took home this year’s Legend of Comedy Award. Awards in full.
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