After last week bringing you the best jokes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe so far, we’ve put together another list of funnies from a host of comics, including fresh-faced youngsters like Edinburgh comedian Chris Weir and Fringe legends like Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell.
From quick one-liners to political satire there is so much to laugh at during the next few weeks at the Fringe, as thousands of people descend on Edinburgh for the August festival season.
5. Kiran Saggu
Slacks, the eagerly anticipated debut Edinburgh hour from stand up comedian Kiran Saggu, includes this funny: "People keep mistaking my name for ‘Karen’, which makes it hard to correct them… because that’s exactly what a Karen would do." Kiran Saggu: Slacks, at Underbelly Bristo Square (Clover), 31 July – 26 August (Not 12th), 3.55pm. | Angela Pearson PR
6. Ruby Carr
Ruby Carr’s hotly anticipated Edinburgh Fringe 2024 debut hour, eBae takes a deep dive into the weird and wonderful world of everyone’s favourite online marketplace. In it she jokes: "Everyone seems to think that having long legs is a feminine feature but it's not, it's masculine. Because they don't don't call them Mummy Long Legs, do they!?" Ruby Carr: eBae, at Underbelly George Square (The Wee Coo), 31 July – 26 August (not 12), 7.20pm. | Jack Gouldbourne
7. Julia VanderVeen
My Grandmother’s Eyepatch is the off-the-wall comedy debut hour from award-winning New York based clown Julia VanderVeen. In it she said: "At a fancy restaurant recently I asked the waiter, 'How do you prepare the chicken?' He said, 'Nothing special. We just tell them they're going to die'." Julia VanderVeen: My Grandmother’s Eyepatch, at ZOO Playground (Playground 1), August 2 – 25 (not 12 and 19), 12.45pm. | Callie Libatore
8. Dima Watermelon
For Dima Watermelon, being from Ukraine was already tragic enough, and then the war started. In his debut Edinburgh Fringe comedy hour 'Ukrainian Dream', Dima makes fun of Putin, Berlin techno clubs, interracial relationships, shark attacks, nuclear war, and other funny subjects. In the show he jokes: "I only started doing stand-up after moving to Berlin, in order not to lose my sense of humour while integrating into German society." Dima Watermelon: Ukrainian Dream, at Laughing Horse The Raging Bull (Cellar), August 1 - 25, at 5.15pm. | Mlamleli Ngobese