If you're interested in covering the Fringe as a member of the media, the Fringe Media Office is here to help.
The Fringe Media Office is available year-round for anyone interested in attending the forthcoming Fringe, or for further press information.
T: +44 (0)131 240 1919
E: media@edfringe.com
For general news and updates on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, visit our News section. If you would like to receive the latest media news from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, such as news releases, awards announcements, fact sheets, programme launch news and other useful information, please email media@edfringe.com.
Accreditation
Accredited media professionals can take advantage of a wide range of services provided by the Media Office during the Fringe. Services include:
- review tickets for shows
- Fringe photographs, statistics and information
- contact details for Fringe shows
- images, media kits and additional information for individual shows
- assistance arranging interviews with artists
- feature ideas, should you want to look at a particular theme, strand or angle of our extensive programme
- help and advice in the planning of your visit to Edinburgh.
Please note: media accreditation for Fringe 2026 will open in summer 2026.
What are the accreditation criteria?
In order to successfully accredit with the Fringe Media Office, applicants must meet one or more of the following criteria in their relevant field:
All accredited media
- The applicant has a history of having published reviews and / or arts / culture news and features.
- The applicant has an association with a national, regional or international media outlet and publication.
- The applicant has been previously accredited by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society (dependent on quality of previous output).
- The applicant writes or is commissioned by a publication or media outlet that is considered to attract key target audiences (such as theatre goers, comedy audiences, etc) or has a wide reach (evidence of readership / viewing analytics may be required).
- The applicant can demonstrate proof of commission.
- The Fringe Society believes coverage in the publication or media outlet represented by the applicant to be of benefit to Fringe participants.
Photographers
- The applicant must provide evidence of having had work published professionally.
Award judges
- The applicant has been confirmed as a judge and / or assessor for an award, which necessitates them attending the show.
- The award for which the applicant is judging or assessing is considered beneficial to a show's future promotion.
All applications are assessed by the Media Office of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.
Press images
The images within this section have been made available for use by the media. All pictures should be credited to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. High-resolution versions of each image can be downloaded by clicking the thumbnails shown below.
Please note: The images are stored in .zip archives that require a password for access. Contact our media office at media@edfringe.com to obtain an access password.
Interview and filming requests
Use the interview request form to request interviews with members of the Fringe Society. If you are looking to interview an act appearing at the Fringe, please contact media@edfringe.com to be given the relevant show media contact details.
Fill in our interview request form here:
Fill in our filming request form here:
Clash diary
With so many events taking place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August, preparation is key. The clash diary is your guide to what’s happening when and where in terms of publicity: launches, photocalls, press announcements and awards.
We'll update this page with more details in the run-up to Fringe 2026.
Press release database
The Shows Press Release Database is a useful collection of press releases and images uploaded by Fringe shows in the run-up to and during that year's festival, and is a great start if you’re wondering what to cover.
We'll share a link to the database here once it's live for Fringe 2026.