TWO EXTRA SHOWS
Camille performs the music of Jacques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits & more, enthralling audiences with her stunning voice and passionate, dramatic performances.

Fri 10 – Mon 27 Aug, 9.45pm
Tue 28 & Wed 29 Aug, 10pm
Duration: 85mins

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Back for their third consecutive year and ready to leave you flat on your back and gasping for breath. Dance hall mayhem at its finest! Pin striped suits and a glimpse of suspender is de rigueur.

Fri 3 - Sun 5, Thu 9 - Sun 12, Thu 16 - Sun 19, Thu 23 - Sun 26 Aug, 11.45pm
Extended season dates:
Tue 28 Aug - Sun 2 Sep,
times vary
Tickets for extended season performances only available from on site box office.
Duration: 90mins

SpiegelBent is an exclusive gay friendly club event and a special collaboration of 5 popular Edinburgh Clubs; Trashed, Taste, Fever, The Playgirl Mansions and Tackno. Join the DJ's in The Spiegel Garden or get down and dance the night away in The Spiegeltent. The last time sold out in just a few days so get in quick!

Sat 1 September
Duration: 10pm-3am

Bookings: Tickets available from THE STREET - 0131 556 4272
and from The Spiegeltent onsite box office - 0131 667 8940
Remaining allocation on the door.

A deliciously dark tale of dastardly deeds and unfathomable adventure, exquisitely crafted and riotously told.

Fri 3 - Sun 26 Aug 3pm,
Mon 6, Tue 7 Aug 5pm,
Sat 11, Sun 12 Aug 10am
(No show Sun 5, Mon 13 & Mon 20)
Duration: 60mins

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Guaranteed giggles galore, delighting audiences of all ages worldwide with classic clowning, ridiculous routines, mesmerizing mime, comedy and eccentric dance plus hilarious audience involvement. Ages 5+

Sun 5 - Mon 13 Aug, 12 noon
Duration: 60mins

Scod, Yon and Gatesy are Tripod - one of Australia’s most popular and prolific music comedy acts. Having performed at Fringe in 98 & 99, 2007 marks the return to Edinburgh for this hugely talented trio.

Sun 5 - Sun 26 Aug, 9pm
Sun 5 & Mon 6 (Previews)
(No shows Mon 13, Tue 14 & Mon 20)
Duration: 60mins

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The sights and sounds after midnight in The Spiegeltent are the stuff of legend. We are ready to unleash that Spiegel brand of utter ebullient escapism.

Tickets are ONLY available on the door on the night.
Sun 5 - Mon 27 Aug
1.15am till late

Best Newcomer at the 2006 Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sammy J is one of Australia’s rising comedy stars. Join him for his Edinburgh debut in an hour packed full of songs, jokes and juice.

Mon 6 - Sun 26 Aug, 7pm
(no shows Mon 13 and Mon 20)
Duration: 60mins

Stranded somewhere between the Middle Ages, 1930’s Shanghai, witty, wicked Weimar, 60’s French pop and post-punk thrash. The darling of the dungeons of the euro jet-set and Bowie’s NY Festival choice.

Mon 6 - Sun 19 Aug, 11pm
Mon 6 & Tue 7 (Previews)
(no show Mon 13)
Duration: 75mins

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Playing a unique blend of reggae, funk and dub, this band have been wowing audiences across the globe and are one of New Zealand’s finest bands.

Mon 6 - Wed 8 Aug, 11.45pm
Duration: 90mins

Fly to the moon and sing along with Mr Boom – the children’s cosmic one-man band. Let the Spaceship Imagination transport you to a happy place.

Mon 6 - Thu 9 &
Mon 13 - Sun 19 Aug, 10am
Duration: 60mins

Last year Orkestra del Sol swept audiences up in a riotous musical carnival at their Spiegeltent debut. They are touring a brand new show for 2007, so bring your dancing shoes!

Mon 6th & Tues 7th, 10pm
Mon 13, Tue 14 & Tue 21 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

Instigators of a unique sound “like a dance club at a village hall” that the band like to call techno-ceilidh. Shooglenifty is at the forefront of the Scottish folk/fusion Celtic music scene.

Mon 6 - Wed 8 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

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A rare chance to see the 5-star encounter between stunning flamenco dancer Tote Conte from Seville and Scottish cutting-edge musicians.

Mon 6 Aug, 6pm
Duration: 70mins

A smugglers hideout dating back to the parties of the prohibition era. The parties are bigger... the pace is faster and the morals are looser!

Tickets are ONLY available on the door on the night.
Mon 6 - Sun 26 Aug, 12.30am

A Fringe favourite and one of Australia’s most loved and enduring comedy stars is back - after five years! His very special guest is a festival favourite, the ‘Brazilian Goddess’ Pastel Vespa (Fiona Thorn).

Tue 7 - Sat 25 Aug, 6pm
Tue - Thu £12
Fri & Sat £15
(No shows Sun or Mon)
Duration: 70mins

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Roll up! Roll up! See astonishing acrobatic ants! Marvel as Captain Courage enters a cage of wasps! Wonder at the Worm Charmer! Be dazzled by mayflies, butterflies, mantids and more!

Wed 8 - Sun 26 Aug, 5pm
(No shows Mon and Tue)
Duration: 70mins

Ali McGregor, one of the stars of La Clique and Opera Burlesque presents this unique showcase featuring a selection of the Spiegel Garden’s best cabaret and musical comedy.

Wed 8 & Thu 9 Aug, 10pm
Duration: 70mins

Amanda brings her intimate solo show back to the Fringe for her third year after wrapping up an original musical with the American Repertory Theatre and working on a solo album with Ben Folds.

Thu 9 - Sat 12 &
Wed 15 - Sat 18 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

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Themed dance classes followed by a glamorous afternoon of partner dancing. There will, of course, be tea & cakes and the bar will be open!

Sat 11 - Sun 12 Aug, 1pm
Duration: 3 hours

A wintertastic fiesta with penguins and singing snowman (subject to weather being below freezing). Alternatively James will talk about funny things in a funny way for people who like that sort of thing. Ages 6+

Sat 11 - Sun 12 Aug, 2pm
Sat 18 - Sun 19 & Sat 25 - Sun 26 Aug, 2pm
Duration: 70mins

Hotel California return to The Spiegeltent for three shows after previous years sell out Fringe concerts. Don\'t dare miss these amazing guys perform all The Eagles songs with stunning accuracy.

Sun 12, Sun 19 & Sun 26 Aug, 6pm
Duration: 70mins

Three guitar strummin’ suburban outlaws tell their inspirational story of love reborn, hurt mended and betrayal reveng’d through the redemptive honky tonkin’ power of country music!

Mon 13 & Tue 14 Aug, 9pm
Duration: 70mins

Flamenco meets hip-hop for a collision of dance and music bringing the spirit and heat of modern Spain to The Spiegel Garden!

Mon 13 Aug, 6pm
Duration: 70mins

Armed with just an acoustic guitar, a trumpet and a loop pedal, cutting edge storyteller and musician Daniel Clark takes a look at love and the unusual lengths that people go to find it.

Mon 13 & Mon 20 Aug, 7pm
Duration: 70mins

Gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard-rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle all eaten and spat out by two violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and bass.

Mon 13 - Tue 14 & Mon 20 - Tue 21 Aug, 5pm
Duration: 70mins

Broadcasting live on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC7, MacAulay and Co offers you the pick of the comedy and music from the Fringe Festival.

Mon 13 - Fri 17 & Mon 20 - Fri 24, 9.30am
Duration: 90mins
(Free Ticketed)

The cream of the talent from the Festival chatting with Janice Forsyth and Clare English. Have your say or sit back and be entertained by the sharpest minds and the top performers.

Mon13 - Fri 17 & Mon 20 - Fri 24 Aug, 1.15pm
Duration: 45mins
(Free Ticketed)

A fancy dress 16-piece swing spectacular, and Speigeltent sell-out last year, The Loveboat Big Band sail on old style fayre featuring a rare and stunning line-up.

Mon 13 - Wed 15 Aug, 11.45pm
Duration: 90mins

Dripping and oozing pure animal charm, Mikelangelo is a rare creation of theatrical and cabaret excess. He will warm your cockles and sublimely serenade your soul.

Tue 14 & Tue 21 Aug, 10pm
Duration: 70mins

Two marvelous matadors whose herd of highly trained bulls perform unparalleled deeds of daring, including headlong leaps through rings of fire, iron chains and escapology… Fun for all the family!

Wed 15 - Sun 26 Aug at 12 noon
(no show Mon20)
Duration: 60mins

Acclaimed soprano Ali McGregor (La Clique, Opera Burlesque) and her autoharp enter the sometimes eerie world of the Midnight Lullaby.

Wed 15 Aug, 10pm
Duration: 70mins

A Spanish Flamenco Fiesta for the whole family - learn the rhythms, stamp your feet, clap along, dress up... and dance! Ages 3+

Sat 18 - Sun 19
Sat 25 - Sun 26 Aug, 4pm
Duration: 70mins

Dance the jigs, wear yer kilts, clap to the music and bring the family! All dances are called so it's easy even for beginners. Fun for all in this high-energy family participation show! Ages 3+

Sat 18 - Sun 19 & Sat 25 - Sun 26 Aug, 12 noon
Duration: 70mins

Tam White, \'one of the great European blues singers\', has a powerful, warm, on-stage presence. At \'60-and-a-bit\', Tam\'s been there, done it. And here he is, back again with another great show.

Sun 19 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

One of Australia’s most gifted singer-songwriters and story-tellers, Carus Thompson returns to Edinburgh with his band The True Believers to launch their brand new album Three Boxes.

Mon 20 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

Dirty dixie gypsy swing, from Brighton sextet The Magic Number. An infectious blend of old time swing, sweat, tubas, gypsy guitars, violins and four-part harmonies guarantees a great night out!

Mon 20 & Tue 21 Aug, 11pm
Duration: 70mins

Paprika Balkanicus play a fiery blend of Balkan, Eastern European and Gypsy music. Their electrifying show of fantastic musicianship and irresistible tunes makes everyone sing, dance and call for more!

Mon 20 Aug, 9pm
Duration: 70mins

Spontaneous, orchestrated, energetic, brilliant – True Live are everything their name indicates and so much more. A band of classically-trained musicians blend 100% live hip hop, jazz, classical and beats with uber cool lyrics.

Mon 20 - Wed 22, 11.45pm
Duration: 90mins

Like a one-man band plucked from the pages of Dr. Seuss, That 1 Guy delivers earthshaking future funk from the magic pipe to accompany his madcap lyrics about turbo snails, meat storms, and weasel pot-pies.

Wed 22 – Sun 26 Aug, 11pm
Duration: 70mins

If this were old Salem, they’d be burned at the stake. The play like they’re possessed! The hillbilly hurricane from Missouri return after last year’s sell out run.

Wed 22 - Tue 28 Aug, 8pm
Duration: 70mins

Housed in a vintage, mahogany lined, Bedford TK beetlebox lorry, this unique museum displays a stunning array of costumes, props, puppets, toys and ephemera. Dioramas and push-button mechanical peep-shows - a rare treat for all ages.

Thu 2 Aug - Mon 27 Aug
Show times listed daily in The Spiegel Garden

See this Victorian Freakshow! A wolf-boy, a squeamish fakir, a feline escapologist and a mermaid named Terence! These are a few of the Gaiety Engine’s exhibits.

Mon 20 - Tue 28 Aug
Show times listed daily in The Spiegel Garden

They’ll be dancing in the street as top community DJs Terry, Maureen and Lesley spin all the hits and most of the misses from the Bramble FM archive.

Mon 20 - Tue 28 Aug
Show times listed daily in The Spiegel Garden

Meet Henry Burns and George Entwhistle, gentleman photographers. They will pose you, dress you, and provide you with suitable props, backdrops and facial hair to ensure your photograph is a perfect work of art.

Mon 20 - Tue 28 Aug
Show times listed daily in The Spiegel Garden

See the world’s one and only human Jukebox experience. Featuring a full sound system complete with light show and musicians dressed in gold spandex crammed into a jukebox the size of a wardrobe!

Mon 6 - Thu 9 Aug
Show times listed daily in The Spiegel Garden

Scottish-based Romani musician and singer Kerieva provides a deliciously mesmerizing blend of Gypsy jazz, ska, rhumba, cabaret and traditional sounds that reflect her own...

A fantastic blend of Hungarian, Celtic and Egyptian music at its very best, The Jani Lang Band is driven by a passion for Balkan and Gypsy rhythms..

Definitely one for the Django Reinhardt aficionados, the legendary jazz guitarist John Etheridge,...

‘The Source of Gypsy Music’ according to Songlines Magazine, the 9-piece Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt (meaning White Horse) is making its debut performance in the UK...

19 sell-out seasons globe trotting the world. Thousands of over-excited fans screaming for more! A theatrical phenomenon of both artistic credibility and pure escapist magic, La Clique is the unique and inspirational experience that every night in the theatre should be.

Over three nights at The Famous Spiegeltent in Edinburgh, he will perform more than 60 songs in alphabetical order with no repeats. Paul will work his way through his wide-ranging catalogue, re-interpreting songs he’s sung for years, re-claiming those covered by others and re-discovering lesser performed songs...

Renowned as the “hillbilly hurricane”, The Wilders in full, unstoppable flight blow everyone away. Year three, and the Fringe favourites from Kansas City, Missouri, are back to thrill capacity crowds again following sell-out shows at The Famous Spiegeltent.

A sinful punk cabaret bursting with dark and deviant theatrics from the Olivier award-winning trio Tiger Lillies (Shockheaded Peter). Featuring Nathan Evans’ puppet creations Punch and Jude and fire-breathing burlesque diva Ophelia Bitz...

Groundbreaking Scottish mavericks Shooglenifty push the word ‘traditional’ to its limits with their unique blend of dance vibes and roots music. Genuinely genre-defying, they have been described as everything from ‘acid croft’ to ‘hypnofolkadelia’.

Back with a brand new album and live show! Local heroes and globe-trotting vagabonds Orkestra del Sol take to the stage to bring you an irresistible musical feast.

Set sail on the rocking and romantic cruise of a lifetime with this 17-piece swing spectacular! Dress to impress as The Loveboat Big Band navigates through a sea of vintage rarities and dancing delights.

My Friend the Chocolate Cake returns to Edinburgh! Their latest album Home Improvements blends classic Cake chamber pop tunes with the irrepressible MFTCC charm and wit.

Rising epic folk star Lior will be playing two shows in the beautiful Spiegeltent as part of his first visit to Edinburgh. An independent Australian artist, Lior self-financed his debut album, Autumn Flow, which went on to become one of most successful independent debut albums in Australian music history.

Described as masters of great atmosphere, Paprika Balkanicus play a fiery blend of Balkan, Eastern European and Gypsy music.

Sensational stablemates of The Wilders, Special Ed & The Shortbus are fast becoming the most talked-about act on the US festival circuit.

Brilliant Scottish, all-woman, super-group ... comprising Eilidh Shaw: guitar, percussion, fiddle, vocals; Mary Macmaster: electro-harp, metal-strung harp, percussion, vocals; Patsy Seddon: electro-harp, gutstrung harp, fiddle, percussion, vocals; Mairearad Green: piano, accordion, pipes, vocals; Sally Barker: guitars, percussion, vocals.

Nine luminaries of Scottish Classical, Jazz and Folk music come together to play a tribute performance of music written by the late musical genius Martyn Bennett, who died at a tragically young age leaving an incredible legacy of work.

At The Famous Spiegeltent, where Tam has wowed capacity audiences on many previous occasions both in Edinburgh and in Australia, his concerts always sell out. This August, Tam White and The Dexters will close The Famous Spiegeltent’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe season with two special concerts.

Let your imagination zoom with the one and only Mr Boom. A veteran of the Fringe, Mr Boom returns to The Famous Spiegeltent to delight wee Earthlings with his cosmic one-man band. Join in the pixie ring or be a planet orbiting the sun, transform your arms into wings with smiles for one and all.

Broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC 7. One of the top ten ticketed events at the Fringe. Fred and his team bring you the pick of comedy and music from the festival.

The biggest names from all the Edinburgh festivals talking to Clare English and Janice Forsyth. Come and see extracts from Fringe and festival acts. Witty and funny... the best way to spend lunchtime.

Magic roustabout, lounge wizard and snake-oil seller Paul Zenon proudly presents a superb selection of short and sweet sensations in the supremely intimate surroundings of this, the Spiegeltent’s saucy little sister. And stuff.

From Friday 25th July - Sunday 3th August
the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival presents top class international names and the best of home-grown talent.
From sizzling funk to blistering improvisation by way of classic swing – the programme will suit any taste.