Funniest Joke of the Fringe

The award highlights the best single joke (typically a one-liner) by a standup comedian and is voted on by members of the public from a shortlist selected by a panel of comedy critics.

[1] The Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes place each year in August.

Each year hundreds of comedians perform across the city, making it one of the largest comedy festivals in the world.

Although the award often generates headlines and draws attention from around the world it has been broadly criticised by comedians and critics as a poor representation of comedy in the UK.

In 2023 winner Lorna Rose Treen stated she had won because her pun was "like a man’s".