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Welcome to the 2008 Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
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The 2008 Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs from July 31st to August 25th 2008, featuring 157 FREE Comedy, Theatre, Music, Childrens and Art shows across 8 Edinburgh venues | ||













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Welcome to the 2008 Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
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The 2008 Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs from July 31st to August 25th 2008, featuring 157 FREE Comedy, Theatre, Music, Childrens and Art shows across 8 Edinburgh venues | |

Welcome to the 2008 FREE Edinburgh Fringe Festival
In 2008, the Free Festival returns to Edinburgh with a fantastic selection of free shows... |
As always there is a huge selection of comedy, and this year the Theatre and Music sections have grown quite a bit - alongside our first children's shows. |
We're back at many popular venues from last year, and also have a brand new multi-roomed venue just off of thw Roayal mile - Espionage - which puts Free Festival HQ right in the centre of the Fringe, next to the Underbelly! |
The Laughing Horse Free Festival Venues were established in 2004, with the aim of making the Fringe more accessible and less expensive for performers - and also to provide top quality shows for Fringe-goers at a bargain price. All of this in professionally run and equipped venues, and bucking the trend of the larger venues who's prices increase year after year. To find out why we are doing this and who is involved in organising the Free Festival click here.
| Click on title to browse programme by genre. |
| Comedy |
| Theatre |
| Dance and Music |
| Exhibitions & Events |
| Childrens |
| Click on the venue to browse by venue |
| The Argyle |
| Counting House |
| Edinburgh City FC |
| Espionage |
| Jekyll & Hyde |
| Meadow Bar |
| Meridian |
| Pear Tree |
![]() Become a Friend of the Free Festival on MySpace... click here or join our facebook Group... click here. And now you can add the Free Festival Fans Application to show your support for the Free Fest on your Facebook profile! If you own a venue in Edinburgh and would like the Free Festival to bring shows to your venue in 2009, or if you run an existing Fringe venue and would like to include Free Festival shows please contact us at info@freefestival.co.uk The Free Festival costs a lot to run and organise - some of this money is recouped through Sponsorship, Advertising, Courses, and our own shows. If you would like to contribute, to help keep the venues Free for acts and audiences, please click on the donate button to make a donation via Paypal. |
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With thanks to our Supporters |
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“The absolute jewel in the crown has been the free festival at various venues throughout the city. The addition of this new strand to the festival must make it [The Edinburgh Fringe] the most inclusive festival in the world" - The BBC |
"The Laughing Horse's Free Fringe shows serve as a useful reminder of that frequently encountered concept - The Spirit of the Fringe" - Malcolm Hay, Time Out |
The List's Top 5 Festival Surprises 2007: The Free Festival - "The Laughing Horse’s Free Fringe have given hundreds of performers a chance to get up in front of bigger and more appreciative audiences than they might normally encounter." |
| Another Side of the Mirror |
| Dodgy Keeper |
| Grim |
| Infanta: Users Guide |
| Mr Mojo, Mum and Me |
| Shaker (Re-stirred) |
| The American, The coloured and me |
| The Life and times of a modern Mary |
| Two |
| Waxing Cynical |
| Arachne in Sibemol |
| Free Festival Nightclub |
| Grace Under Pressure |
| James B Carr and the Fabulous Corvettes |
| Kevin Gore |
| Late 'n' Leith |
| Roberto Cassani |
| Stranger than Fiction |
| Laughing Horse @ The Argyle |
| (venue 353) |
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| The Argyle, 15 - 17 Argyle Place | |||
| Edinburgh, EH9 1JJ | |||
| Box Office & Enquiries: 0131 221 9759 | |||
| How to get to The Argyle: Click Here for a Map | |||
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Bar Opening Hours for Fringe 2008 All shows are free - no booking is neccesary, just turn up 10 minutes before the start time. Click on the show title for more details!
Open Every Day, Midday to 1am
SHOWS IN THE ARGYLE - July 31 to Aug 25 2008
Start
Finish
Dates
Show
12:15
13:15
31 - 25
The Lunchbox Files ![]()
13:30
14:30
2 - 23 (not 11)
Grab Your coat love, It's Helm and Taylor ![]()
14:45
15:45
31 - 25 (not 12)
It's Jonathan, not John ![]()
15:55
16:45
31 - 25
Another Side of the Mirror ![]()
17:50
18:50
31 - 25 (not 11)
Abando'Man: A Hip Hop Comedy ![]()
19:05
20:05
31 - 25
Andy White: I Think therefore I joke ![]()
20:20
21:20
1 - 9
Steve Day: Should i Stay or Should i Go? ![]()
20:20
21:20
11 - 25
East-West Comedy Summit ![]()
21:35
22:35
31 - 25
A Cold Slap Down Under ![]()
22:50
23:40
31 - 25
Aging is Amazing