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.
Greyfriars Kirk
15.00
14 Aug
The Story of China
Young Ambassadors for International People-to-People Exchange
Underbelly, George Square
18.00
6–31 Aug (not 18)
The Sumo Show HIRAKUZA
Underbelly and The Sumo Hall HIRAKUZA
WU
21.00
19–22 Aug
The Tokyo Idiots presents The Ultimate Japanese Comedy Show
Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
17.40
12, 13 Aug
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms CANCELLED
Shanghai Xishang Culture Communication Company | CCW China Season
Venue B
17.30
19 Aug
Tice Cin & Jacqueline Crooks: City Soundscapes
Tice Cin, Jacqueline Crooks, Anahit Behrooz
Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
14.30
6–16 Aug
Ting Lim: Asian, But Wrong
Ting Lim / Free Festival
C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
18.25
14 Aug
Unbounded Growth
Symbio Dance Collective | CCW China Season
theSpace @ Niddry St
10.45
24–29 Aug
Until Hope Fades Away CANCELLED
Theater and Performing Arts Commission
Gilded Balloon Patter House
10.20
5–31 Aug (not 17, 24)
Vasthy and Friends: Sing, Dance, Play!
Vasthy and Friends
Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
12.00
6–30 Aug
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier
Thao Thanh Cao
Monkey Barrel Comedy at O'Neill's (The Tron)
20.40, 22.05 (depending)
17–19 Aug (not 18, 19)
Where is Sikisa? (WIP)
Ebdon Management
Greenside @ George Street
16.10
7–29 Aug (not 16, 23)
With the Possible Exception of Abraham Lincoln
The Producers
Venue NW
17.00
24 Aug
Y M Abdel-Magied & Meena Kandasamy: Putting the World to Rights
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Meena Kandasamy
Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
20.40
7–29 Aug (not 12, 18, 25)
YOAH
Underbelly, Cirquework and Cluster Arts
