Things to Do in Edinburgh This Week: Live Comedy on the Royal Mile
The Edinburgh Fringe might be over, but comedy in Edinburgh definitely isn't. If you're visiting Edinburgh this week, looking for something to do tonight, planning a date night or simply refusing to spend another evening scrolling through Netflix in your hotel room, there's live stand-up happening right in the heart of the Old Town.
Live Comedy in Edinburgh After the Fringe
August gets all the attention. For one month Edinburgh becomes the centre of the comedy universe, the Royal Mile is rammed and practically every cupboard with a fire exit becomes a performance venue. Then September arrives. The posters disappear, the crowds calm down and Edinburgh becomes Edinburgh again. But the comedy keeps going.
The Comedy Cellar brings live stand-up to Edinburgh's Royal Mile throughout the year, with Irish, Scottish and international comedians in an intimate comedy-room setting at The Canon's Gait.
Looking for Things to Do in Edinburgh This Week?
Edinburgh doesn't exactly struggle for things to do. You've got the Castle. You've got Holyrood. You've got museums, whisky, pubs, ghost tours and enough history to make your old history teacher sexually aroused. But once you've spent the day sightseeing, sometimes you just want a pint and a laugh. That's where we come in.
The Comedy Cellar is at 232 Canongate on the Royal Mile, making it an easy addition to a night in Edinburgh's Old Town. Come for dinner. Have a drink. Then disappear downstairs for a proper comedy-club experience. No enormous theatre. No watching a comedian from 70 metres away on a television screen. You're in the room with them.
Comedy on the Royal Mile This Week
September is quieter than festival season, but Edinburgh's events calendar doesn't suddenly stop when August ends. The Comedy Cellar keeps live stand-up in the Old Town, giving visitors and locals an easy night-out option without waiting until next year's Fringe.
Why Visit The Comedy Cellar?
If you're searching for comedy in Edinburgh, things to do in Edinburgh this week, comedy Edinburgh tonight, things to do on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh nightlife or live stand-up comedy in Edinburgh, you've found us.
We're deliberately a small comedy room. The atmosphere is intimate, unpredictable and much closer to what stand-up is supposed to feel like than sitting anonymously in row 47 of an arena. You might discover somebody brilliant you've never heard of. You might get dragged into the show. You might spend the rest of the evening wondering why you told the MC what you do for a living. That's part of the fun.
Visiting Edinburgh This Week?
See the Castle. Walk the Royal Mile. Have your whisky. Take the photograph beside Greyfriars Bobby that everyone else has taken. Then come downstairs and have a laugh with us.
Book Comedy in Edinburgh This Week
The Comedy Cellar Edinburgh — The Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Live stand-up comedy in the heart of Edinburgh Old Town. See this week's shows and book your tickets before you head down.
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