Racket vs FringePal

Events you love, at your fingertips. From concerts and sports events to markets and hidden gems, Racket makes it easy to see what’s happening in your area.
 FIND EVENTS INSTANTLY with our interactive map. FILTER BY CATEGORY to match your mood — music, sports, food, theatre, and more. SEE WHAT’S ON TODAY, TOMORROW, OR LATER at a glance. GET DIRECT LINKS TO TICKET VENDORS in one tap. Perfect for anyone who loves live entertainment and enjoys discovering new things to do. Whether you’re spontaneous or planning your weekend, everything you need is in one place. Download now and discover what’s happening near you. No plans? You do now.

100% free. Built for one festival only: the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 6-31 August 2026. All 3,649 shows across 250+ Edinburgh venues, and you have a few days and two feet. FringePal is the fastest way from "what's on?" to a seat. FIND ME A SHOW RIGHT NOW Tell it where you are and what you fancy. It checks every show in the programme and offers only what you can actually walk to in time, with a live countdown to each curtain. Buy on the way there. PLAN MY FRINGE Coming for a weekend or the whole month? Answer a few questions and it builds your days show by show, with the gap between each show shown, so you can see at a glance where you’ve got room to breathe. YOUR SCHEDULE, ALIVE One schedule for everything. Flip shows to Booked, see your day as a timeline, and open the day map to watch your route thread across Edinburgh from where you are standing, with your free time marked between venues. FRINGE PALS Share your plan with one link. Your pals' schedules appear beside yours, day by day. See where everyone is, meet in the gaps, and suggest a show into a slot the whole group has free; everyone taps in or out and it lands on the schedules of whoever said yes. SEEN SOMETHING BRILLIANT? Your seen list keeps your Fringe record, 2026 and every year after. Recommend any show to a friend with one tap. 100% FREE, AND IMPARTIAL Free to download and free to use. Every feature, no paywall, no subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases. No show pays for placement and no venue gets a boost, so what you see is simply the best Fringe we can find you. By David William Bryan.