Edinburgh 8 Aug - 30 Aug 2026

Venue

Southsider – Side Lounge (No. 148)

Address
3-7 W Richmond St
Edinburgh
EH8 9EF
Opening Times
Mon-Sat 11:00-03:00

Sun 12:30-03:00
Phone
0131 667 2003
Age Restriction
18 years+
Accessibility
Wheelchair access to all areas.

Shows At This Venue

No need to book - just turn up!

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

FRIZ FRIZZLE’S WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

DATES
89111213141516181920212223252627282930
12:00 - 13:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
The cult panel show returns! Audience members bring in personal items, pop it in a box and host Friz Frizzle invents games on the spot. Perfect for fans of Taskmaster and Game Changer.
In-Person
Comedy

KARL DAGHER: BIG DUMB SMILE

DATES
24
12:00 - 12:55
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
"If you're Lebanese, why's your name Karl?" The question doesn't bother Karl. He loves it when border control shows a personal interest. His answer is a grin, the same smile that's won him marital feuds and the attention of pickpockets. Karl comes to the Fringe for the first time this summer: no ...
In-Person
Comedy

A COMEDY TAPAS

DATES
89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
13:05 - 14:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
A Comedy Tapas of up to 7 different comedians per day. Each giving a sample of their Edinburgh Comedy show.
In-Person
Comedy

WHOLE LOTTA COMEDY

DATES
891011121314
14:10 - 15:10
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
A fast-paced hour of stand-up featuring a rotating lineup of razor sharp, brilliant comedians—plus special guests. From punchy one-liners to wild storytelling, expect big laughs, unexpected moments, and a showcase of comic talent.
In-Person
Comedy

EVERYTHING I’VE LEARNED SINCE ENCOUNTERING A SERIAL KILLER

DATES
2324252627282930
14:10 - 15:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
John Pape, Leicester Square New Comedian finalist & West End (Old) New Act winner, brings a show drawing on his personal experience of a real case and its shocking aftermath. A dark, true-crime story told with warmth, humour, and an eye for the absurd. Work in progress.
In-Person
Comedy

DISTRACTION HERO – A STANDUP SHOW

DATES
1516171819202122
14:10 - 15:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
In a world of great uncertainty, there is one hero that can distract it. From the fjords of Norway, the neurotic and people-pleasing trans comedian, Thea Thorkildsen delivers a fun standup show about being different and finding her role in uncertain times. Expect hilarious oneliners, fun stories,...
In-Person
Comedy

PRATEEK KOHLI: DENIAL

DATES
8910111213141516171819
15:15 - 16:05
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
A stand up comedy show about the absurdities of India, the US and the UK where Prateek has lived. The absurdities get historical, political, and to outright denial when it's least expected. Prateek is an Indian comic who is quickly making his name in the UK comedy circuit and can regularly be see...
In-Person
Comedy

HANNAH AND KAT: PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS

DATES
2021222324252627282930
15:15 - 16:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
Comedy duo Hannah and Kat are here and they've brought their signature semi-structurally sound princess hats. Watch them as they understand the world through interpretive dance, Paul McCartney, and a meditative retreat full of surprises …. Leicester Square Sketch-Off Semi-Finalists 2026 "Utterl...
In-Person
Comedy

TO BE FAIR TO ME

DATES
8101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
16:30 - 17:20
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
Sansha is falling behind in life and has written songs to prove it's everyone else's fault. Expect a rap from the perspective of a slug, a five minute Cockney Victorian musical, family feuds, Andrew Tate fans, and one genuinely lovely song. It's definitely not her personality. To be fair to her. ...
In-Person
Music

BEGINNERS CERAMICS

DATES
9
16:30 - 17:15
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
Beginners Ceramics are a London-based indie chamber-pop band making wry, funny and heartbreaking songs about love, loss and the 19th-century French realist writer Gustave Flaubert. Blending guitars, ukuleles, vintage organs and mandolins, they craft warm, melodic pop somewhere between The Magneti...
In-Person
Comedy

Topical Comedian And Friends

DATES
89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
17:45 - 18:40
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
We don't yet have a blurb for this show
In-Person
Comedy

AHOY BITCHES!

DATES
891011121314151617192021222324252627282930
19:00 - 19:53
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
LYDIA HIRST PRESENTS ANOTHER YEAR OF HARD LIVING: SEND LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY- THE SHIT HAS HIT THE FAN- HUH.
In-Person
Comedy

BITCH COW

DATES
89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
20:15 - 21:00
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
Ever milked a cow? Ever bathed in bovine excretion? Semi-finalist of the BBC new comedy awards & Winner of Most Whimsical Heifer (2026), Holly Ludlow presents a stand-up comedy extravaganza like no other. You'll be left saying "for realises?? hahaha". Trigger warning: farming, silly stuff, BYOM.
In-Person
Comedy

SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT

DATES
89101112131415161718
21:30 - 22:30
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
The show that's never the same twice. Sam Adamson, surreal observationalist comedian and Stacey Edwards, irrepressible musical comedian, (West End New Act Finalists) are looking for a third. Joined by a different mystery guest act every night for an hour of riotous frisky fun, raucous frivolity &...
In-Person
Comedy

MEGABEAT COMEDY

DATES
192021222324252627282930
21:30 - 22:30
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
The noisiest comedy show in town! Drummer Paul Richards teams up with four special guest comedians each night, and you pick the musical genre and even set the tempo. The catch? They have to deliver their routine in time to the beat. We all know comedy is about timing, now it's time to really put ...
In-Person
Comedy

BILAL RASHID : THE PRO’S AND CON’S OF JOINING ISIS

DATES
89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
22:45 - 23:45
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
Relax, it's stand-up comedy, not a proposal. After a packed-out 2025 run, Bilal Rashid returns with a new and improved full hour. Dubbed the love child of Frankie Boyle, Jimmy Carr and Paul Chowdhry, he tackles extremism, TV, gangbangs and holding in turds. Plump. Brown. Slightly dangerous.
In-Person
Comedy

SOUTHSIDER LATE SHOW

DATES
891011121314151617192021222324252627282930
00:00 - 00:55
Southsider – Side Lounge (venue 148)
English Scumbag Lydia Hirst returns to host what can only be described as colonial reparations performed by who ever shows up to a predominately drunk Scottish audience. Back for it's 3rd year although no one knows why.