Scottish Comedy Highlights: February 2026

For the first week of February, keep your eyes on Monkey Barrel. Three super hits of festival season are here to brighten your days. Pound-for-pound the most aggressive comic on the scene, Dan Tiernan’s All In (3 Feb, 7.30pm; also Glasgow Blackfriars, 5 Feb, 7.30pm) is here for a cathartic release, as is Ian Smith’s latest and most stressful hour (7 Feb, 8pm). We also thought Bebe Cave’s medieval menace CHRISTBRIDE (6 Feb, 8pm) was ace so we’re pleased to see Bathilda Bigbum ride again.

Besties Winner Rosa Garland brings the engrossing and grossout Primal Bog to Edinburgh’s Summerhall the following week (12 Feb, 8pm). Imagine Gwyneth Paltrow, canoeing and gunge and you’re nearly there (probs not one for your mum). Same week, Brass Tacks present All Access Comedy with a cracking line-up of disabled comedians at The Stand’s now fully-accessible new Glasgow venue (18 Feb, 8pm). And to top it off, it’s headlined by the fantastic Rosie Jones.

Total delight and shameless gossip John Tothill airs his grievances with cruise clientele and his love of a 19th century oyster thief in This Must Be Heaven (Monkey Barrel, 21 Feb, 8pm; Òran Mór, 20 Mar, 9.30pm). For those who haven’t seen Tothill before, the comedian is at the very top of his game and it really is a must-see.

It’s also great to see hidden gem of the Fringe Saaniya Abbas touring (The Stand, Glasgow, 28 Feb, 4pm / The Stand, Edinburgh, 1 Mar, 4pm). The Indian-born, Dubai-based comic won another of our Besties Awards this summer and is making waves with her super subversive, wickedly funny stand-up. 

And finally, if you missed out on the Best Show in a Skirt Suit at the Fringe™ and Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025 winner, Sam Nicoresti’s Baby Doomer, book ahead for her tour dates in Edinburgh and Glasgow (Monkey Barrel, 12 Mar, 7.30pm / Old Hairdresser's, 13 Mar, 7.30pm).