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7th January 2008 - We are happy to announce to fantastic new venues for the 2008 Fringe - Espionage, which is a three performance space venue situated on Victoria Street and Cowgate (you can't get much more central) and a Fantastic basement room at the Argyle, on the Meadows and within seconds walk from the big-tops on the Meadows. More information on the perfromers pages, here.
6th January 2008 - Happy New Year! We are now taking perfumeries applications for the 2008 Fringe, for more information see our performers section: here

1st September - That's it for 2007, our final show has finished and the venues are packed away in their boxes for another year - See you again in August 2008! Our Fringe dates for 2008 are July 31st to August 25th - Check back here for updates over the year - we're already well into planning for next years free Fringe extravaganza.

31st August September - More photos added from the 2007 Fringe - click here

23rd August - The List's Top 5 Festival Surprises: The Free Festival - "The Laughing Horse’s Free Fringe has given hundreds of performers a chance to get up in front of bigger and more appreciative audiences than they might normally encounter. The little-known acts of this year may well be the stars of 2008 so go along and check them out. We salute their generosity of spirit."

14th Aug - Dr Who themed Night in aid of ACCORD Hospice - details here - Well done to everyone who attended, the final total raised was an amazing £1465.90

Download a podcast of the event from Creation Podcasts: Introduced by Mitch Benn - Warning: contains strong language.

Download MP3, 27:30min, 13 MB


7th Aug - Guid Sisters opening delayed - click here

7th Aug - Images added from the Launch night - click here

21st June 2007

Even more shows to choose from - with added music and comedy we now have 139 different shows to pick from for this years Fringe.

30th May 2007

The Free Festival's 130 shows mentioned in the Launch of Chortle's online Fringe Guide, here: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/05/30/5376/fringe_first

21st May 2007

The 2007 Free Festival programme is Launched, featuring over 130 shows!

22nd March 2007

There will be two further venues with Free Festival shows, The Counting House and Pear Tree on West Nicolson Street, including a 150 capacity room in the heart of Edinburgh, and an Outdoor stage for performers to use - similar to the stages on the royal mile. This means there are now 11 venues in Edinbrugh with Free Festival shows this year.

20th March 2007

News of Richard Coughlan's Record breaking Rap on Chortle: Click Here: http://chortle.co.uk/news/2007/03/16/5137/a_load_of_rap

1st March 2007

We are happy to annouce that we have secured two slots at The Underbelly for free performances throughout this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, giving performers a unique opportunity to perform at one of the Fringe’s leading venues   - click here for more details.

26th December 2006

We are delighted to announce two further Free venues for the 2007 Fringe - Berlin and Edinburgh City Football Club. This adds a further three performance spaces to the Free Festival venues.

The details for performers are now available in the Performers section for the performance space at Edinburgh City Football Club, details for Berlin will be added in the first week of January.

9th December 2006

Welcome to the brand new site for Laughing Horse's Free Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe - and the Launch of the Free Festival venues for 2007. This page will highlight news and events as they happen through the year - we are currently taking submissions from performers and speaking to venues about shows for 2007, and it looks like our 2007 programme will be bigger and better than ever!

If you are a performer, have a look at the new Performers section to see what our venues will be like in 2007 - or join our new forum, to chat with other acts in the build up to the Fringe.

Keep an eye on this website, as further venues are due to be announced very soon.

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