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The Laughing Horse Free Festival Venues in 2010

Argyle | Counting House | Cafe Renroc | City Cafe | Edinburgh City FC | Espionage | Hive | Jekyll & Hyde | Meadow Bar | Metropole Cafe | Newsroom | Online | Pear Tree | Three Sisters  | Venue Map

Espionage
Laughing Horse @ The Argyle venue 353
15-17 Argyle Place
Located just off of the Meadows, near to the Meadows big tops and only 10 minutes walk from the Teviot venues - Udderbelly, Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon. The Argyle is a friendly and traditional bar, with a community atmosphere - and a basement performance space operating from midday until 1am. With Free Festival shows running from midday until midnight, and a selection of Comedy, Music, Theatre and a Comedy club in 2009
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Laughing Horse @ The Counting House venue 170
38 West Nicolson Street
Always a popular venue, the Counting House has two large performance spaces, and shares the building with sister venue The Pear Tree which has an outdoor stage and courtyard area. Open from 11am to 2am daily, the whole complex includes three bars, a huge outdoor courtyard and three performance spaces featuring an amazing number of free shows - Comedy, Theatre, Music, Childrens shows and more - and it's located minutes from the Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon!
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The Counting House
Cafe Renroc
Laughing Horse @ Cafe Renroc venue 84
91 Montgomery Street

In the Hillside area of Edinburgh, Renroc is located just off of Leith Walk, near the junction with London Road, and is very close to the Playhouse Theatre and Jongluers - and also nearby to other Free Festival venues: The Edinburgh City Football Club and The Newsroom. The venue is intimate and stylish, and also home to a complementary medicine and alternative health centre. There are a wide variety of drinks, meals and food available right through the day, and free shows from the afternoon until late night.

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Laughing Horse @ The City Cafe venue 85
19 Blair Street
Situated on Blair Street, The City Cafe is a fashionable 1950's-esque style bar right in the centre of town, between the Royal Mile and Cowgate, open daily for food, and drink. The City Cafe is one of the most central venues in the Fringe, and certainly the most central free venue - it's just behind the Tron and about 2 minutes walk from the Fringe Shop! There are free shows here daily from lunchtime until Midnight.
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Edinburgh City Football Club
Laughing Horse @ The Edinburgh City Football Club venue 164
7 Baxter's Place, Leith Walk
Situated on Leith Walk, right next to the Playhouse Theatre and seconds from Jongleurs and the Omni Complex, the Edinburgh City Football club is situated on a busy stretch of road - with the cheapest bar of any Fringe venue - and free shows from midday to midnight every day throughout the Fringe. This venue is also close to our other Free venues at The Newsroom and Cafe Renroc.
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Laughing Horse @ Espionage venue 185
4 India Buildings (Entrances on Victoria Street and Cowgate)
Right in the heart of the Fringe, just off of the Royal mile and right next to the Underbelly, Espionage is busy all day and all night, with performances of free Fringe Comedy, Music and Theatre from midday until midnight, and The Free Festival night-club following every night until 5am. With 5 Bars on 5 floors, and four (yes, four - there's an extra one this year!) dedicated performance spaces, this is the place to see some of the very best in Fringe shows.
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Espionage
The Hive
Laughing Horse @ The Hive venue 313
15-17 Niddry Street
The Hive is now in it's 2nd year as a free Fringe venue for the Free Festival in 2010, and is located right in the heart of town on Niddry street, in the underground vaults beneath North Bridge. It's one of the most central free venues, just seconds from both the Royal Mile and Cowgate - minutes from the Fringe Office! There are free shows here daily from midday until around 9.30pm, when the nightclub takes over until 5am.
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Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde venue 259
112 Hanover Street
The Jekyll & Hyde is located on Hanover Street in the New town, moments away from the Assembly rooms and just off of Princes Street. It is decorated in a Gothic style with skeletons and other macabre items 'hanging around' the walls, making it a truly original and atmospheric venue well loved by performers and audiences - Open from midday to 1am Daily, and now in its 5th year as a free Fringe venue.
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The Jekyll & Hyde
The Meadow Bar
Laughing Horse @ The Meadow Bar venue 264
42-44 Buccleuch Street
Now in its 5th year as a free Fringe venue, the Meadow bar is a city centre style bar with an intimate upstairs performance area that runs from midday to 3am daily. Just minutes from the Counting House and the Teviot venues - Udderbelly, Pleasance Dome and Gilded Balloon there are free shows here from miday until 2am every day of the Fringe, with extended shows running until September 4th in 2010.
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Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom venue 93
5-11 Leith Street
Located at the junction of Leith Street and Princes street, the Newsroom is another central venue, seconds from Waverley, North Bridge and the half-price ticket hut. It's open from breakfast from 9am, right the way through until late night shows and dancing at 2am. This is the second year of free shows at this venue, which run all day  from 11.15am until 1.30am 
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The Newsroom
Online!
Laughing Horse Online venue on the Internet
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According to Wikipedia, the Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that serve billions of users worldwide, but for the first time the internet will become the exclusive venue for an Edinburgh Festival comedy show... come and join the Free Festival on Twitter Every day with this special Fringe show that could take place at your home, in your place of wor, or anywhere you can find an internet connection...
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Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree venue 257
38 West Nicolson Street
Always popular venues, The Pear Tree and Counting House are both part of one large venue complex  - at the Pear Tree there is an outdoor stage in the courtyard, and at sister-venue the Counting House there are two theatres  upstairs. Open from 11am to 2am every day, the complex includes three bars, a huge outdoor courtyard, occasional barbeque and three performance spaces featuring an amazing number of  different free shows
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The Pear Tree
The Three Sisters
Laughing Horse @ The The Three Sisters venue 272
139 Cowgate
NEW VENUE FOR 2010... Situated on the Cowgate, The Three Sisters is a huge bar and hotel complex, and Edinburgh's premier party venue  right in the heart of Edinbugh. The veue hosts free Fringe shows in the upstairs rooms every day during the Fringe, with two performance spaces alongside three bars and a large outdoor courtyard and stage.
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Laughing Horse @ The Metropole Cafe venue 141
29-33 Newington Road
NEW VENUE FOR 2010... Situated on Newington Road in the Southside area of Edinburgh, The Metropole is located in a straight line from the Royal Mile - just turn down North Bridge (away from Waverley) and walk in a straight line! The Metropole is a grand cafe with large range of food available throughout the day - with porridge, handmade granola, specialty teas, coffees, wine, lunch, tapas, daily specials, falafel and free wifi. Plus! There's extra shows in the Metropole's sister venue, The Reverie - a few doors down the road.

 

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The National Museum of Scotland

There are also free shows this Year at THE REVERIE Bar... a few doors down the road from the Metropole with different music line-ups nightly. Do pop in on the way to, or the way back from the Metropole!

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