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Queer, chic and outrageous: you’re invited to the biggest, gayest party at the Fringe (fun straights allowed). The award-winning show makes its return this year for two nights only, daring you to indulge in the hottest pop-up cabaret experience on Cowgate – now with more sensational acts and more tunes! Curated by ‘demonic David Bowie’ (Fest) Aidan Sadler, a selection of the most electrifying and scandalous performers at the festival awaits.

Binge Fringe gave Big Gay Afterparty ★★★★★ in 2024, saying:

“Sadler is the charismatic host of the evening and drops in a plentiful dose of their well-versed banter and mesmerising pop tunes, yet you never feel the focus is shifted away from highlighting the pure brass of what’s on offer. Lip syncs back into huge audience participation, with both the variety of ever-changing acts and the experience of everyone in the audience at the core of what’s going on each night.

You’ll feel included, embraced, and offered the chance to completely let loose if you choose to join in the fun. Sensational fun meets the very best of late night cabaret at the Fringe this year. Everyone’s identities are celebrated, flippant fun runs riot, and costumes to die for leave a glittery aftertaste that won’t dissolve until long after the morning light breaks through.”

Check out our interview with Aidan here:

INTERVIEW: A Digital Pint with… Aidan Sadler, on Grassroots Gays, Gravesend, and Big Gay Afterparty’s 2026 Return

Aidan Sadler is the compère extraordinaire of one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s most celebrated and vibrant queer events, Big Gay Afterparty. Held twice across August, the space returns for it’s 3rd iteration this year, complete with a cabaret line-up spanning grassroots to big name performers, and with plenty of dancing, joy and blissful madness throughout the evening on offer yet again. We caught up with Aidan for a pixelated pint to find out about their plans for BGA 2026. You can catch Big Gay Afterparty at La Belle Angele on August 14th & 28th from 23:00 (3hrs). 2-for-1 Tickets are […]

Catch Big Gay Afterparty today, August 14th, and again on Friday August 28th (3hrs). Tickets are Available Through the EdFringe Online Box Office.

Big Gay Afterparty

Queer, chic and outrageous: you’re invited to the biggest, gayest party at the Fringe (fun straights allowed)