Edinburgh Horror Festival

Come see us tonight at 7pm at the Monster Cabaret! We have an unusually high quantity of Clowns this month! Got to meet the clown quota and all.🤡🤡🤡 . #cabaret #saturdaynight #horror #monster #clown

One last call out for tonight's show, Love is Undead - a weird, spooky, cabaret for an alternative Valentin a night out. Free entry, donations accepted and you can reserve seats from. £5 on our website. 7:30pm at The Banshee Labyrinth. Link in bio on Instagram, link in comments on Facebook.

Looking for something a little different this Valentines? Or should that be VALLOWE'EN!!! Come to the Banshee Labyrinth where there are all manner of alternate delights. There's a wonderfully different and alt themed cabaret from 7:30pm- LOVE IS UNDEAD. And you can get tickets from just £5.00 for a cheap Vallowe'en date (We won't tell!) There's also tarot readings, live music (sold out!), free movies, and karaoke. All from 5pm. CABARET TICKETS: Via the link in our bio, or visit

A wild last-minute-event appeared. You tried LOVE. It was not very effective... VALLOWE'EN: An Alternative Valentine's Cabaret Love is Undead! Quirky? Anti-Valentines? Kinky? Single? Couple? Throuple? We’ve got treats for every taste in our cabaret for those wanting a different kind of Valentine. With magic, comedy, burlesque, quizzes, and more. One night only, featuring popular acts on the Edinburgh cabaret scene, and some exclusive performances never to be repeated! No soppy. Just Spooky! This show is Free Entry with donations taken at the end. Or you can reserve a seat to guarantee a place from just £5 via the link in our bio or go to

👻 SPOOKY CABARET RETURNS ON 21 FEBRUARY🩸  Scotland’s silliest surgeon, the undead plague doctor, Dr Bonk, is back from the undead to bring you more macabre cabaret mayhem on Saturday 21 February 🎃  Join us for a frighteningly festive hour of spooky drag, burlesque, comedy and medical madness 💉  🗓️ SAT 21 FEB ⏰ 7PM - 8PM 📍 The Banshee Labyrinth (@banshee_labyrinth ) 🎟️ Tickets from £10 🔗 CLICK LINK IN BIO ⬆️ This Valentine’s season, the Dr is joined by the bleeding hearts of Donny Vostock, Baby Hart, Richard Duffy and Freddie Ocity 🖤  They’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you scream, sometimes all at once! Will your heart be struck by Dr.Bonk’s arrow? Very likely, his eyesight’s terrible 💘💀  See you there boys & girls! 💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤  #plaguedoctor #plaguedoctormask #cabaret #burlesquedancer #doctorbonk @whatsonedinburgh @edhorrorfest @sockfacesimpson @freddieocity @nubabyhart @donnyvostok @sleepingcomedian

The main October Festival may be on Hiatus, but we still have events each month, including a super spooky, one-off, special Valentine's Cabaret gameshow! How cool is that? Stay Spooky! On Saturday 7th February we've got "Monster Cabaret" at 7pm, and "Stand Up Horror" at 9:30pm. On Valentine's Night, Saturday February 14th, we've got "Blind Fate - Valentine's Special", a cabaret gameshow, from 8pm And on Saturday February 21st it's the return of "Doctor Bonk's Macarbaret" at 7pm, and "Stand Up Horror" at 9:30pm. Tickets via our website or click the link in our bio.

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH HORROR FESTIVAL A number of people have asked us what the dates for this year’s Edinburgh Horror Festival will be. So as hard as this is, we can’t put it off any longer. We are taking a hiatus from staging the Festival in 2026. Last year we celebrated our tenth fest, and this year is our tenth birthday so this decision was not taken lightly. But after ten years, we need a break. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? The festival is run entirely by a small group of volunteers and we all love what we do. But after the 2025 festival we realised just how much harder things felt, how much toll the work was taking, and we know we are not the only ones making this decision. Like so many people we are burnt out, or facing personal challenges, or health issues, and we need to take time to refocus and decide on our futures - both EHF and not. Put simply - we’re tired. GOING FORWARD Our plan is to reconvene at the end of this year and decide if we’re able to stage a festival in 2027 once everyone has had a chance to focus on their wellbeing. SATURDAY FRIGHT LIVE AND OTHER EVENTS We will continue to host monthly events at Banshee Labyrinth and certain other special events as these events are run by the individual acts and we provide box office support. THE SPOOKIES: HORROR AT THE FRINGE AWARDS This is run by an even smaller team within the EHF Committee, largely as a labour of love by the two women behind it, and no decision either way has been made yet. STAY SPOOKY. STAY SAFE. Running an event like this is hard, but we have all gotten so much from doing so. We have been able to meet so many amazing creatives, and watch so many of them grow. We will still have a presence, we are not folding, or closing down. But we need some time to take stock of our lives, the world, the state of the arts scene, and most of all heal from the things the universe throws at us. Whilst we do that, stay spooky, stay safe, and above all else stay kind. The EHF Committee, January 2026

THANK YOU so much boys & girls for making our frighteningly festive special an especially horrifyingly hilarious holiday triumph 👻 We enjoyed kisses under the missing-toe, Christmas shots, festive dances, vampire chases and the debut of everyone’s favourite comic book characters, Sadman and BAME 🦇 Thank you to @banshee_labyrinth @edhorrorfest and to all our acts ✨ That’s Doctor Bonk done for 2025! His morgue is completely full and will need to do winter tidying before he’s ready for more patients! The Dr will be back in February 2026! We’ll see you there for a scare 🩸 Merry Bonkmas 🎄 #doctorbonk #horrorcabaret #burlesque #dragking #Cabaret ChristmasShow2025 @raheildeal @the_magentaqueen @himish_macbeth

A day in the life of @divinatorthegreat 30th October @banshee_labyrinth @edhorrorfest It’s not easy having an alter ego you know! A little taste of tour life with @actormatt who also made this natty little video #mentalism #comedy #drag #edinburghhorrorfestival #charactercomedy #actors

OUR FINAL PERFORMANCE OF DARKNESS & LIGHT is this week, Thursday 13 November. Two ghost stories, live on stage, NOT for the faint of heart. Dare you join us at @banshee_labyrinth in association with @edhorrorfest ? **NINE TICKETS LEFT** #edinburgh #TBODAL #theatre #TBODAL10 #ghostly #ghoststory #ghost #UKTheatre #storytelling #uncanny #horror #spooky #chilling #bansheelabyrinth

👻 HORROR CABARET ON 15 NOVEMBER 🩸  Scotland’s silliest surgeon, the undead plague doctor, Dr Bonk, is hosting his next Macarbaret on Saturday, 15 November🦇  Join us for a frighteningly frantic hour of spooky drag, burlesque, comedy, music and medical madness 💉  🗓️ SAT 15 NOV ⏰ 7PM - 8PM 📍 @banshee_labyrinth (Cinema Room) 🎟️ Tickets from £8 🔗 CLICK LINK IN BIO 👆 This month we are joined by the terrifying talents of Chris Iskander, Bella Noir (@xbellanoirx ), @marajoyloves ) and Lucas Ade (@lucas.ade_drag ) 👻  They’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you scream, sometimes all at once! Don’t miss out on this incredible sell-out show!  See you there boys & girls! 💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤💚🧡🖤  #plaguedoctor #plaguedoctormask #cabaret #CabaretNight #doctorbonk #dragperformer #burlesque #burlesqueshow #burlesqueperformer #burlesquedancer @whatsonedinburgh @edhorrorfest @sockfacesimpson @_gh0stmutt #dragkingsofinstagram

You think because Halloween is over, the ghouls are laid to rest? Well, there is a single event left in our incredible Ten Days of Terror that has been the Edinburgh Horror Festival 2025 as Madam Mabh invites you to join her haunted house party! Tonight in the Banshee Labyrinth at 8:00pm, we have MONSTER 🧟‍♂️CABARET, the Edinburgh Horror Festival SELL OUT show returning to our stage! Halloween may be over, but the horror never ends! And yes, you can wear costumes! Tickets via our linktree in bio or check out the monthly events section on our website