Discounted tickets available for Edinburgh residents to attend Fringe and Edinburgh Folk & Food Festival
Cheap tickets available for Edinburgh residents
Edinburgh residents will be able to enjoy shows at the Fringe for a reduced price thanks to a special discount.
Assembly Festival has announced the return of its Local Residents Discount for 2026, with reduced price tickets for some of the Fringe’s biggest and best shows now available to Edinburgh locals
More than 175 shows will offer £8.25 tickets for residents across Edinburgh and the Central Belt including Jason Byrne, Afrique en Cirque, Jess Robinson, Susie McCabe, Ten Thousand Hours, Scaramouche Jones and more.
Edinburgh locals in EH postcodes will have access to discounted shows, while Fringe fans travelling to the Capital from across the Central Belt to take in the festivities will also be able to take advantage of the deal.
Music shows and food workshops taking place at Edinburgh Folk and Food Festival from July 24 until August 2 will be included in the discount deal.
Inviting locals to take a chance on something new and discover even more at the Fringe, discounted tickets will be available from 10am today, July 14, until 11.59pm on July 26 (or until allocations run out) for Assembly Festival Fringe performances taking place between August 5 and August 9, for residents in EH postcodes.
Residents across the Central Belt can take advantage of the discounts with postcodes in Glasgow, Kirkcaldy, Falkirk, Stirling, Motherwell and Dumfries and Galloway all included in the scheme.
The discounted tickets are available via www.assemblyfestival.com using promocode LOCALAF26. You are allowed two tickets per performance, with a max six tickets per transaction. The £8.25 includes £1.25 booking fees, subject to availability.
Comedy fans can see the hottest rising stars including award-winners from Australia Lizzy Hoo, Scout Boxall and Noah Szto making their Edinburgh debuts, plus some of the UK’s biggest comedy stars from Jason Byrne to Frank Skinner, Susie McCabe, Mike Wozniak and more.
Music fans can pick up discounts for hit show ‘27 Club’, diving into the legend and lore of famed musical icons like Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain and more, whilst ‘Joni Mitchell: Take Me As I Am’ is a must for fans of the Canadian singer-songwriter.
Included in the list of discounted shows are Frank Skinner: Work In Progress, Jason Byrne: Thirty Years Byrning and Gail Porter’s Portergeist. A full list of particpating shows can be found at https://assemblyfestival.com/news/local-resident-offer.
Marking the Edinburgh company’s 45th season at the world’s biggest arts festival, Assembly will return to six venue hubs with over 245 genre-spanning shows featuring international and homegrown acts from August 5-31.
Assembly will operate across George Square Gardens, Assembly Rooms, Assembly Hall, Assembly Roxy and Dance Base, plus Shedinburgh takes over Checkpoint in a new partnership for 2026.
Tickets are now available at www.assemblyfestival.com. Sign up to the Assembly Festival mailing list for more information, exclusive offers, and all the latest news.