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Fringe 2026

8 to 29 August 2026, Bowlers Rest, Fingers Piano Bar and the Scottish Parliament

Ten shows in August: Bowlers Rest in Leith, Fingers Piano Bar in the New Town, and one very grand afternoon at Holyrood. Here’s what we played, and the evidence.

The set list

  1. 1 Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
  2. 2 In Hell I'll Be in Good Company The Dead South
  3. 3 Austin Dasha
  4. 4 This Is the Life Amy Macdonald
  5. 5 I've Got a Feeling The Beatles
  6. 6 Kiss Me Sixpence None the Richer
  7. 7 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
  8. 8 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
  9. 9 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
  10. 10 Hot Stuff Donna Summer
  11. 11 Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan
  12. 12 Dreams The Cranberries

Songs with a picture link to the video. Watch the whole Fringe 2026 playlist on YouTube.

Off the list

One-offs, requests and the odd dare.

  • Take On Me a-ha
  • 9 to 5 Dolly Parton

Photos

  1. Set-list cards laid out in running order on a rehearsal room floor.
  2. A bass ukulele player concentrating at rehearsal, songbook on the stand.
  3. Two players working through a song together at rehearsal.
  4. The band and friends playing on the grass at Harrison Park, cases and music stands at their feet.
  5. The band and friends on the Saughton Park bandstand, knitted flowers all along the railing.
  6. The band on the Bowlers Rest stage, mandolin and ukuleles going.
  7. The band lined up on the Bowlers Rest stage, fiddle and mandolin at the ready.
  8. The view from the audience at Fingers Piano Bar, a packed room watching the band.
  9. The band on the small stage at Fingers Piano Bar.
  10. A full room at Bowlers Rest watching the band in full flow.
  11. Post-gig pints and grins round a table outside.
  12. A band selfie under the Scottish Parliament public entrance sign.
  13. A band member pulling a face beside the Ballads & Bangers poster.
  14. The band playing inside the Scottish Parliament, fiddle and ukuleles by the stairs.
  15. Five of the band lined up on the Bowlers Rest stage.
  16. Two band members cracking up mid-song.
  17. A singer, eyes closed, belting out a chorus on ukulele.
  18. A player laughing with the fiddler alongside.
  19. The whole band grinning across the Bowlers Rest stage.
  20. A ukulele player in glasses, beaming.
  21. A bass ukulele player lost in the song.
  22. The full band across the Bowlers Rest stage, mid-song.
  23. The fiddler mid-tune, bow in motion.
  24. A singer at the centre of the band, ukuleles either side.
  25. Four of the band singing out together, ukuleles and banjo up.
  26. A grinning ukulele player at the front of the stage, mandolin behind.
  27. Close-up of hands on a ukulele fretboard.
  28. A ukulele player looking down at the chords, a pedestal fan behind.
  29. A banjo-ukulele player smiling across the stage.
  30. An outdoor rehearsal round a picnic table in September.
  31. The band playing in front of the church organ at Leith St Andrew's.
  32. Four players leaning into a chorus at Leith St Andrew's, fiddle on the right.