Welcome to Rare Birds' programme for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2002. This year the Holyrood Tavern hosted mainly comedy acts from late afternoon through to the early morning.

See below for a list of who was on. Follow the links for the 2006 programme or previous years.

 7.30 to 8.30 pm

Billy Watson - A Man With A Mission

 9.30 to 10.30 pm

John McGuiness "Excuse Me Scotland" 'A 24 carat, side splitting, undiscovered comic genius', 'Hilarious one liners'

Midnight to 1.30 am

Thurs to Sat only

Brian Damage & Krysstal Go Pear Shaped At Midnight The best and worst of the Fringe's Comics, Cranks and Crackpots, hosted by the Comedy Circuit's only male and female double act

 7.30 to 8.30 pm

Billy Watson - A Man With A Mission

8.30 to 9.30 pm

Glen Maney On The Meaning Of Life, Relationships And Lots Of Sex! Isle of Wight comedian tells all

  9.30 to 10.30 pm

John McGuiness "Excuse Me Scotland" 'A 24 carat, side splitting, undiscovered comic genius', 'Hilarious one liners'

Midnight to 1.30 am

Thurs to Sat only

Brian Damage & Krysstal Go Pear Shaped At Midnight The best and worst of the Fringe's Comics, Cranks and Crackpots, hosted by the Comedy Circuit's only male and female double act

5.00 to 6.30 pm 

True West by Sam Shepard, Burnt Toast Productions from University of York present this pithy play

 7.30 to 8.30 pm

Billy Watson - A Man With A Mission

8.30 to 9.30 pm

Glen Maney On The Meaning Of Life, Relationships And Lots Of Sex! Isle of Wight comedian tells all

9.30 to 10.30 pm 

John McGuiness "Excuse Me Scotland" 'A 24 carat, side splitting, undiscovered comic genius', 'Hilarious one liners'

Midnight to 1.30 am

Thurs to Sat only

Brian Damage & Krysstal Go Pear Shaped At Midnight The best and worst of the Fringe's Comics, Cranks and Crackpots, hosted by the Comedy Circuit's only male and female double act