City Cafe: Diner by Day, Drinks by Night

We’ll be hosting the Free Festival this August – with prices for the Fringe and International Festival rising every year a group of comedians and musicians have banded together to provide an entire lineup of entirely free shows!  Now in its ninth year the Free Festival has been going from strength to strength with some big names joining what is increasingly being seen as the resurrection of the original spirit of the fringe.  Most events will see a hat passed around at the end with donations supporting the artists – we would encourage you to donate to them, but it is by no means obligatory.

All of the City Cafe shows are listed below, or click here to see what a few of the other local pubs are hosting as well!

List Shows: By Room and Name | By Start Time Shows sorted by Venue Room The Basement Bar Control/Alt/Delete – The Funny Side Of Computers COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 13:45 (60 min) - Free After ten long years in I.T. working for some of the most respected companies in the world (from IBM to Nat West, Coutts & Co. to Unisys), Willis has … The City Café / The Basement Bar Him and Me: Sketch Circus – Free COMEDY AUG 2-25 at 20:00 (60 min) - Free Sketches, music, videos, wigs, moobs, boobs, ladies’ clothing, inflatable genitalia, a guitar and a tambourine. Performed by the hit YouTube double ac… The City Café / The Basement Bar John Hastings Unrelentless COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free See John share his year long journey of trying to find meaning in his life as a internationally travelling, sometimes single, sometimes committed boyf… The City Café / The Basement Bar Kunt and the Gang – Free COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 22:30 (60 min) - Free Award-winning* comedy sex pests Kunt and the Gang return with a few new songs, and the rest plucked from their extensive lowbrow repertoire, including… The City Café / The Basement Bar Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 18:45 (60 min) - Free See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho… The City Café / The Basement Bar Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 21:15 (60 min) - Free See the very best comedians from across the Fringe, alongside some hot new talent and Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up at each sho… The City Café / The Basement Bar Lost Voice Guy and Jeff Lantern – Not Afraid Of Tablets COMEDY AUG 8, 15, 22 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free, Ticketed Lee Ridley aka Lost Voice Guy is disabled but not silent. Born with Cerebral Palsy, complications at birth re… The City Café / The Basement Bar Nik Coppin’s Caricatures COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 17:30 (60 min) - Free Nik Coppin returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with an hilarious and colourful show which combines his unique style of stand-up comedy and banter… The City Café / The Basement Bar Not The Adventures of Moleman COMEDY AUG 7-26 at 01:00 (60 min) - FREE! Not The Adventures of Moleman is a two man sketch show that involves a variety of jokes to suit each comedy taste. From audio clips to silent scenes, … The City Café / The Basement Bar One in a Million COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 12:30 (60 min) - Free “One in a Million” is about expectations and disappointments. It’s about how we expect to be in a certain place by a certain time in our lives but som… The City Café / The Basement Bar RadioHead Redux 2012 COMEDY AUG 2-26 at 15:00 (60 min) - Free Following a successful stint down under, Newcastle-based comic, Dan Willis, brings his critically-acclaimed show back to Edinburgh to take audiences o… The City Café / The Basement Bar Sex, Drugs and Rheumatism SPOKEN WORD AUG 2-26 at 23:45 (60 min) - Free If Pam Ayres was a dirty old man, then she’d write like me! My show is a comic performance poetry and song session in which I examine the idiosync… The City Café / The Basement Bar