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Trixie Mattel

Trixie Mattel is on tour with an exciting electro-folk reinvention and stops off at the Festival Theatre on 1st May 2022!

Trixie Mattel

About Trixie Mattel

Trixie Mattel is not only a major pop culture figure but a stand up comedian and musician with talents that defy classification. Trixie’s coming to Edinburgh on tour with an exciting electro-folk reinvention. Expect to feel that you’ve landed in a PeeWee Herman video, with some surf rock and a love for 60’s country music. She’s listening to a lot of Fountains Of Wayne and Apples In Stereo, collecting mod Barbie dolls and watching Brady Brunch reruns!

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