Edinburgh 8 Aug - 30 Aug 2026

Venue

Slow Progress Cafe & Records (No. 640)

Address
53 Blackfriars St, Edinburgh EH1 1NB

Shows At This Venue

No need to book - just turn up!

Free entry but artist may ask for donation at end.
In-Person
Comedy

THE DAILY STRUM

DATES
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11:00 - 12:00
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Music & Comedy showcase; fresh line-up every day! Join host Dan Collins & enjoy a variety of Songwriters, Comedians, Clowns, & Musical Misfits. Featuring local acts & international talent, The Daily Strum is an easy way to start your day at the Fringe. Laugh along with the best bards & the sillie...
In-Person
Comedy

TIM BIGLOWE: PLONKA

DATES
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12:15 - 13:05
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Start your day at the fringe with Tim. His new stand-up show is about finding life's golden ticket. With high-energy jokes and stories about fame, family and travel with a hapless hippy. The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 Best Show nominee. Best Comedy at Shaftesbury Fringe 2025. 'Conjures up s...
In-Person
Comedy

ALASTAIR CLARK: ON THE RECORD

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13:30 - 14:30
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
High fidelity stand-up comedy. Alastair shares jokes and stories from a near decade working behind the counter of an independent record shop. A show that waxes lyrical about crate digging, needle dropping and arguing with children about Limp Bizkit. ★★★★★ The Sphinx. ★★★★ One4Re...
In-Person
Comedy

WOOD AND CROOK: WOODEN CROOK

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14:45 - 15:35
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Rosie Wood and Jude Crook have had the absolute nerve to make their Edinburgh Fringe debut. This 50 minutes of classic scrapes and alternative stand-up is the split bill of the century. Rosie is a Leicester Square Theatre NCOTY 2025 finalist. 'Memorable and sharply written' (Tim Harding, Chortle)...
In-Person
Comedy

SALMA HABIB LYONS: WORK IN PROGRESS

DATES
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14:45 - 15:30
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Join Salma, British-Pakistani stand-up, for stories of spats with her formidable Muslim mother (who thinks she's holier than Christ) & her husband's raucous Irish-Catholic family (who definitely aren't). A fearless, fresh new voice in comedy. WestEndWomenComedy Finalist: "Salma's persona lulls an...
In-Person
Comedy

28.06.1980 (OR HOW A FAKE VERSION OF DEEP PURPLE BROUGHT ROCK MUSIC TO MEXICO)

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16:00 - 17:00
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Riots! Chaos! Karate! Join Steve McLean as he recounts the unbelievable true story of five musicians pretending to be Deep Purple . Amid the carnage, they manage play the first ever stadium rock concert in Mexico.
In-Person
Spoken Word

IN PURSUIT…..TRAVELS IN TIME

DATES
1118
16:00 - 16:50
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Eileen will be reading travel stories from her book, In Pursuit, with journeys she took in the 1980s, pre mobiles and wifi, when the world was varied and "culture shock" the norm. Smell the smells, hear the sounds, feel the humidity, and gaze in wonder. Come travel back in time to a place you may...
In-Person
Comedy

1 PILL 2 PILL, RED PILL BLUE PILL: A MATRIX PARODY MUSICAL

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17:15 - 18:10
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
What if I told you that Neo wasn't the only The One? This one-woman musical parody is an absurd, stupid, and clown-y journey through the events of the iconic 1999 sci-fi film, only this time as told by Anderson Thomas, a.k.a. "Typo". Agents, machines, kung-fu, and bullet time; Y2K, pills, songs, ...
In-Person
Comedy

PAGE OF CUPS: IMPROVISING THE TAROT

DATES
111825
17:15 - 18:15
Slow Progress Cafe & Records (venue 640)
Do you find the universe's messages too subtle? Wanna see them played out on the Fringe stage by some of Edinburgh's finest homegrown improvisers and tarot enthusiasts? Join us as we channel the intuition and curiosity of the Page of Cups to spin dreamy and hilarious tales, based on a tarot readi...