With less than two months to go until the world’s largest arts festival returns in August, we’ve taken a look at 21 top stand-up comedians to check out at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
As hundreds of comedians get set to head to Scotland’s Capital for the comedy month of the year, it can be almost impossible to decide which funny men and women you are going to spend your hard-earned money on to see live.
Having already recommended the best children’s shows and household names to see in Edinburgh this year at the Fringe, we’ve hopefully helped you narrow your search for the best stand-up comedians to go and see.
Check out our gallery below of 21 great stand-up comedians to see at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including funny people you might already know and some under the radar future comedy stars you might just fall in love with.
9. Amelia Hamilton: Moral Support
Amelia Hamilton is a stand-up rap comedian and the winner of the 2025 ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. She has featured on BBC Radio 4, most recently on Zoe Lyon’s ‘Now What?’ programme, and BBC iPlayer. A runner-up in the 2024 Komedia New Comedy Awards and a nominee for the BBC New Comedy Awards. Smart, subversive and gloriously off-beat, she is one of the most distinctive new voices in comedy. For Moral Support, Amelia will wear a different football shirt each day of her Fringe run. Amelia Hamilton: Moral Support, 8.20pm, August 5-30, not 19th, at Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard. | Submitted
10. Dee Allum : Raumdeuter
After an acclaimed debut Dee Allum returns to the fringe with Raumedeuter, a show inspired by a tactical football term for living in-between spaces. Dee is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer who has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards, placed as runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Award 2021, won the 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021 and was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition. Dee’s broadcast credits include ITV1’s The Stand-up Sketch Show, Radio 4’s The News Quiz and One Person Found This Helpful. Dee Allum : Raumdeuter, 4.10pm, August 5-30, not 18th, at Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs. | Matt Stronge
11. Adam Flood: ‘Life and Death of the Party’
A former Indie musician, Adam Flood was named by The Times as one of the top three rising stars of the fringein 2023. He's known for blending music and sounds into his high energy stand-up. Adam has appeared on ITV’s Stand Up Sketch Show and can be heard performing on BBC Radio 4’s comedy series of ‘DMs Are Open’. ‘Life and Death of the Party’ is a genre fusion of stand-up and dance music where stand-up is performed over beats – “think Boiler Room but for losers.” Adam Flood: ‘Life and Death of the Party’, 10pm, August 3-30, at Monkey Barrel, Cabaret Voltaire 2. | Matt Stronge
12. James Trickey: Spilt
Following last year’s sold-out and critically acclaimed debut hour Don’t Count on Me, James Trickey returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a vengeance - and a brand-new hour - in an attempt to fill his boots with as much as you'll give him. On the last day of his 2025 Fringe debut run, a fire alarm stopped the show, and James' audience cheered him on as he went to finish his hour outside in the Pleasance courtyard. His last-minute entry into the Spirit of the Fringe award turned into every comedian's nightmare as a stranger punched him in the face in the middle of a routine. Join James back in the Pleasance Bunker 2 at 9.25pm from August 5-30 to see whether the chartered accountant by day, funny man by night has taken on more than he bargained for. | Rebecca Need-Menear