5 ways to save on your Fringe day out!
With only one week to go until Fringe’s biggest venues open their doors to this year’s audiences, it’s time to start planning your ultimate Fringe day out! Want to make the most of your August and all the fantastic Festival opportunities available across Edinburgh - without breaking the bank? Then keep reading, to find out 5 ways you can save big this Fringe season.
Tickets from as little as £6.25
Get your 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 offers and bundles including 2 for the price of 1, 50% off, and £5 tickets!
All the biggest shows in one place
With hundreds of Fringe venues and thousands of shows, August can present a certain kind of decision paralysis for your average Festival goer. But no need to fear - the biggest of the big Fringe venues are teaming up to offer you convenient booking access to their programmes! Now you can book tickets for thousands of world-class shows all in one place, for no extra cost.
Discounts at Edinburgh’s local bars & restaurants
Pick the perfect pre or post-show pitstop, no matter your taste or your budget. From classic Edinburgh staples to up-and-coming spots, from fine dining to dive bars, dance floors, pubs and more - you can get exclusive discounts and offers at Edinburgh’s trendiest hospitality venues during the month of August.
Star treatment, without the spend
Fancy feeling like a V.I.P this year, without having to cough up first-class spend? Get access to a range of exclusive Fringe perks, including but not limited to a private Love the Fringe hotline, a custom-designed membership card and lanyard and even entry to the most exclusive venue club and industry bars for the month of August!
Exclusive Scotsman access
Sign up for a discounted Scotsman subscription for the month of August, so you can follow along with the newspaper’s exclusive Festival coverage for a fraction of the price. And if you’re really looking for something special, you can get access to Priority ticket booking for 4 or 5 star Scotsman reviewed shows, to make sure you see the best of Fringe 2024.
So… how can you access all these amazing benefits?
That’s easy - just buy a Love the Fringe membership!
Love the Fringe is the newest membership scheme to hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. It’s the first time ever that Fringe’s biggest venues - Assembly Festival, C ARTS, Gilded Balloon, Just the Tonic, Pleasance, Underbelly and ZOO - have teamed up to offer unbeatable discounts to their audiences!
As a Love the Fringe member, you get access to all the amazing deals highlighted above.
So, if you want free and discounted tickets, can’t-miss offers and exclusive perks, make sure to buy your membership today!
Take a look at some of Love the Fringe’s highlighted shows and hospitality hot spots below, to inspire you when booking your free tickets and exclusive offers today:
Shows
• 360 Allstars, Assembly Festival – Seen by more than one million people in sell-out shows across the world. A fusion of BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. World Champion and World Record-holding artists and athletes return to the Fringe as part of a world tour.
• Juliette Burton: Hopepunk Gilded Balloon – This award-winning comedian has had some hopeless times during her life. Here, she questions where hope ends and naivety begins. Is positivity passé? Or is despair a deception? Could relentless optimism be our friend or is hope punking us? Total sold-out Edinburgh Fringe shows 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023.
• Alfie Brown: Open Hearted Human Enquiry, Just the Tonic – this award-winning comedian returns to separate his failures from his 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 the Fringe Award winner Apphia Campbell brings her amazing show to the Fringe, inspired by the life of Nina Simone, performed by Nicholle Cherrie. Strictly limited run of five performances only, before a major UK tour. Best Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe 2024.
• Tim Murray Is Witches, Underbelly – A tribute to queerness and how we discover 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 Fringe 2023 was named by Playbill as the Pick of the Fringe, Witches is an hour of stand-up, original comedy songs and drag.
• Singing Sands, ZOO – A dark comedy on the way the death of a loved one can sometimes be the only way to restore old bonds. This touching show is set on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Eigg, two siblings have until the ferry arrives to reconcile and grieve for their late gran. This is a don’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 below Tigerlily on George Street with an intimate setting a décor of ‘rough luxe’. 20% off for Love the Fringe members.
• Eastside – All five boroughs of New York City are brought together to create a neighbourhood dive bar charm. Another where Love the Fringe members receive the 20% discount.
• Montpeliers – More neighbourhood vibes come from this bar and brasserie in Edinburgh’s Bruntsfield. Beloved of locals and visitors alike – enjoy the locallysourced Scottish products. And don’t forget the Love the Fringe member discount.