WHAT A SWELL PARTY IT WAS. The Li'st’s pre-Festival bash was the place to be seen for every self-respecting ligger, clubber and culture vulture, the queues stretching out of Teviot Union in Bristo Square, the Home of the Club Festival, even as the partygoers inside were taking to the dance floors, lapping up the cabaret and milling round the corridors. By closing time at 3am it was in full swing. For some people, it’s probably still in full swing. The Fringe ain’t over yet.

If you weren’t there, these are the great acts you missed. If you were there, these are the great acts you saw and for the life of you can’t recall:

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