The annual month-long Edinburgh festival has for many years brought the world’s best comedians to the Capital of Scotland, and 2024 has been no different.
With household names like Nina Conti performing in the city all month alongside upcoming young talent like Kate-Lois Elliott and Ukrainian stand-up Dima Watermelon, there has been no shortage of belly laughs in Edinburgh this August.
Check out our round-up of 10 of the best jokes from the last week of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
5. Joe McTernan
Joe McTernan's Fringe show 'Lost' is on at Underbelly Bristo Square - Friesian, 6:50pm until August 26. In his show, he joked: “Hitler was an artistic vegetarian with weird facial hair. He would have loved using Instagram and using the hashtag ’putting the Arian in Vegetarian'." | JV Publicity
6. Nina Conti
Star ventriloquist and a woman of many masks, Nina Conti started her Fringe show by telling the audience that she has been putting masks on people for years and was "ahead of the curve”. Nina Conti Whose Face Is It Anyway?, at the Pleasance Courtyard, 7.30pm, until August 25. Photo: Pic: Contributed
7. Kurt Sterling
In Kurt Sterling's Fringe show 'Corporate Chronicles', on at Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire - Just The Common Room, 8pm until August 25, he told this joke: “My girlfriend is from overseas so doesn't know about the dangerous bird called Plovers. I tried warning her, but she didn't believe me. So I told her to go and find out for herself. Anyway, she's not with us anymore. Nothing to do with plovers, her visa expired." | JV Publicity
8. Ronnie Neville
Irish comedian Ronnie Neville told this joke on his Fringe run this month: “A jockey was trying to lose weight in the sauna and fainted from exhaustion. We brought him out and placed him down on the ground with his legs in the air. He asked what happened I said you fell off the horse again”. Ronnie Neville: All Irish Comedy, Just The Tonic, Nucleus - Just the Sub-Atomic Room, 5:50pm, until August 25. | JV Publicity