Fringe by the Sea Thursday 6th August Happy Bus

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Fringe by the Sea is delighted to introduce a brand-new travel option for 2026: dedicated late-night Happy Bus services to help audiences get home after our biggest headline shows.

Festival-goers will have the option of booking reliable, direct late-night buses home from Fringe by the Sea to destinations across East Lothian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, planned around major headline shows.

All services depart from St Baldred’s Road, North Berwick at 11:20pm, and run direct to key destinations:

North Berwick ➜ Haddington (Boots, High Street)
£12 single + booking fee

North Berwick ➜ Dunbar (Train Station)
£13 single + booking fee

North Berwick ➜ Edinburgh (Burns Monument, Regents Rd)
(with stops at Longniddry & Prestonpans Train Stations)
£14 single + booking fee

Glasgow ➜ North Berwick ➜ Glasgow (Buchanan Bus Station)
Return service, departing Glasgow at 4pm and returning at 11:20pm
Stopping at North Lanarkshire & Livingston
£36 return + booking fee

All services - apart from the Glasgow return - will operate as single-journey routes home.

Terms & Conditions can be found [HERE])

Please enter your phone number at checkout so we can notify you by SMS of any bus service changes.

Happy Bus has been operating across the country since 1996, getting people to some of the biggest gigs, festivals and shows up and down the UK.

Happy Bus works in partnership with onboard:earth to make travel to events more sustainable, helping reduce carbon emissions and support environmentally responsible journeys.