Updated Tues 24th June

It’s coming up to that time of the year again. Officially the dates of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe are 3rd - 25th August 2008, although there are preview seasons for some shows. They’re taking bookings for shows now. [link]

The breakaway Comedy Festival being run by the the four biggest venues on the Fringe – Underbelly, Pleasance, Gilded Balloon and Assembly Rooms – is looking strong, although it’s ruffling some feathers on the Fringe Committee. So far, acts at these four venues are still on the official Fringe website, but who knows whether they still will be next week?
(Update: edcomfest.com has now gone live listing the shows (and offering bookings) at the four venues above [link] - thanks Sarah for the news! Beware - the search function is pedantic - if you miss a comma it will say “no data was returned”)

Here are the results of a search of the various Edinburgh Fringe websites for Australian performers - the performers below are appearing in some of the largest rooms in Edinburgh and some of the smallest, from stand-up to cabaret and back again (I’ve included expats and immigrants! (update: and now on special request, even a few Kiwis)).

If you’re going to be in Scotland for those 3 weeks and want to catch some shows that sound like home I suggest you do a search using the names of the shows below :
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Tags: Adam Hills, Adam Page, Argyle Bar, Assembly Rooms, Axis of Awesome, B'est Restaurant, Brendon Burns, Clive James, Damian Callinan, Dave Bloustien, EdComFest, Edinburgh Comedy Festival At The Fringe, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, Espionage, Fiona O'Loughlin, Frank Woodley, Gilded Balloon, Greg Fleet, Interactive Theatre Australia, James Hazelden, Jim Jeffries, Jimeoin, Kiwis, Laughing Horse Free Fringe Fest, Marcus Ryan, Melissa Western, Nicol Edwards, NZ, Pam Ann, PBH Free Fringe, Pleasance, Richard Brophy, Sammy J, Sara Standring, Sean Choolburra, Sisters Grimm, Strut n Fret, Sweet, The Vault, Tim Minchin, Underbelly, Voodoo

The Cracker Comedy Festival officially ended last weekend, but there are still some shows completing their Sydney runs: Prequels & Sequels Impro (Sunday), Ross Noble (Thurs-Mon) & George Kapiniaris (Saturday). [website]

Eddie Ifft headlines at The Comedy Store in Sydney’s Moore Park Entertainment Quarter all week, while Greg Fleet heads the show at their new Parramatta venue from Wednesday night. [website]

Wednesday at Comedy on the Rox is headed up by Subby Valentine with MC Tom Oakley wrangling the line-up for Heat #8 of the Quest for the Best Open Mic Competition[website]

Thursday:
A Mic in Hand @ The Friend in Hand Hotel: MC Subby Valentine, headliner Tom Bristol, guests Wil Anderson and Tom Gleeson, plus open-mic [website]

The Sackville Hotel, Rozelle: Mick Meredith, Chris Radburn, Bruce Griffiths [website]

Friday:
* Scared Scriptless @ the Clarence Hotel Petersham [website]
* The Big Laugh Festival presents comedy cabaret at the Riverside Theatre with the Six Quick Chicks: rolling lineup from among Vashti Hughes, Liesel Badorrek, Annabel Lines, Celia Curtis, Lucy Suze Taylor, Christa Hughes, Jackie Loeb, Jessie Hobeck, Holly Austin, Jen Moore and Keely Jobe[book online]

Saturday: The Laugh Garage’s Parramatta Rafferty’s venue is showing Brett Nichols, Ray Badran, Keith Scott [website]

Next Monday
* Manly Boatshed: A-List Comedy Club with Eddie Ifft, Sally Kimpton, Seamus McAlary, Khaled Ph: (02) 99774443
* Paddington’s The Fringe Bar: Garry Who with Daniel Moore and Clint Paddison [website]

If I’ve overlooked your gig please do add it in comments.

Tags: Annabel Lines, Brett Nichols, Bruce Griffiths, Celia Curtis, Chris Radburn, Christa Hughes, Clint Paddison, Cracker Comedy Festival, Daniel Moore, Eddie Ifft, Garry Who, George Kapiniaris, Greg Fleet, Holly Austin, Impro Australia, Jackie Loeb, Jen Moore, Jessie Hobeck, Keely Jobe, Keith Scott, Khaled, Liesel Badorrek, Lucy Suze Taylor, Mick Meredith, open-mic, Ray Badran, Ross Noble, Sally Kimpton, Seamus McAlary, Subby Valentine, Tom Oakley, Vashti Hughes