Fringe of Colour 2026
Fringe of Colour exists to support People of Colour at arts festivals in Scotland and beyond. That includes by providing an incredible database to highlight shows taking place at the Edinburgh festivals in August that centre People of Colour.
This list has been created from that database, with thanks. You can also use the table filter anywhere on Festies to limit to only these Fringe of Colour events.
Venue NW
17.00
21 Aug
Jem Calder & Derek Owusu: New Masculinities
Derek Owusu, Jem Calder, Andrés N Ordorica
theSpace @ Niddry St
11.50
24–29 Aug
July 15th to...
Producer: Stephanie Chu Playwright: Juno Chen Cast: Peiyi Zhong
Courtyard Theatre
19.00
29 Aug
Karan Mahajan & Omar Musa: Exploring Legacies
Omar Musa, Karan Mahajan, Sana Goyal
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
15.00
20 Aug
Katucha Bento: Effervescent! Human-Body-Nature Beyond Anti-Racism
Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town)
19.00
17–20, 24–27 Aug
Kimchi Comedy: K-Comedy Racist Hunters
Seo Seohee (Heejeong), Seong-eun Jeong, Minji Ko, Sanghyun (Shawn) Bin
Venue NW
13.30
21 Aug
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi: The Ghost of the Mountains
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, Caroline Eden
Courtyard Theatre
19.15
27 Aug
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Radical Listening
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Antonis Vradis
Edinburgh International Book Festival
19.15
27 Aug
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Radical Listening Artist Talk
Venue B
16.30
22 Aug
Leila Elder & Mahmud El Sayed: Future Histories
Mahmud El Sayed, Leila Elder, Noor Hemani
Assembly George Square Studios
20.00
5–30 Aug (not 19)
Lizzy Hoo – Says Hoo?
Token Events and Fine & Dandy Productions
Elliott's Studio
19.00
26 Aug
Long Day? Cook This: A Table Talk with Justin Tsang
Justin Tsang, Sean Wai Keung
Summerhall
13.45
6–30 Aug (not 17, 24)
Man or Bear
Katie Hurley and Sarah Hehir in association with Croydonites
