Check out some of the very best highlights below and get planning your summer days out!
For the very wee ones, Hello Beach is a gentle sensory show for babies, and Monski
Mouse’s Baby Disco Dancehall gets the whole family dancing.
From the hilarious Explosive Science Show! and the comedy disaster duo The Listies:
110% Ready to the stunning acrobatics of Afrique en Cirque and the vibrant feel-good
energy of NDLOVU Youth Choir, the programme is chock full of opportunities to spend
with the family.
Britain’s Got Talent finalist Ted Hill creates the world’s silliest science lesson in Ted Hill
Teaches You Science, Most of Which Is True while returning favourites The Bubble
Show and Circus The Show dazzle once more. Award-winning circus-theatre FoRT
celebrates the magic and chaos of turning your living room upside down, while The
Truth About Trees is a heartwarming story about nature, stories and standing up for
what you believe in.
For the bigger kids, Assembly has a stellar line-up of acrobatics, magic and more
including live-action cartoon comedy Noted, Broadway sell-out tricksters 360 Allstars
and Award-winning Aussie acrobats Ten Thousand Hours.
The joyful and celebratory Boys Don’t Dance from acclaimed choreographer Marc Brew champions individuality
and disability, while acrobatics meet orchestra in the jaw-dropping Freestyle
Orchestra’s Tale of The Firebird.
Plus, if you are teacher looking for Fringe shows to bring your pupils to, the Assembly
Festival Schools Initiative offers exclusive discounts across their exciting family
programme.
Contact engagement@assemblyfestival.com for more info.
Assembly Festival runs from 7 – 31 Aug 2026 with over 200 shows now on sale at
assemblyfestival.com.
Select shows including Comedy Club 4 Kids and The Greatest
Magic Show will run earlier during the Edinburgh Folk and Food Festival from 24 Jul – 02
Aug.
