Gloucester Comedy Festival – 17th-20th November 2016

Comedy stars take centre stage in Gloucester for local hospice

September 11, 2017September 9, 2017 gloscomfest

Comedy stars from the screen are making their way to Gloucester Guildhall next month to bring the Gloucester Comedy Festival to a close whilst raising funds for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice. Taking place between 26th to 29th October the Gloucester Comedy festival will come to a curtain close with a star-studded special stand-up show at the Gloucester venue, all in aid of the local hospice charity. Nish Kumar, host of BBC2’s ‘The Mash Report’ with be headlining the evening with support from hit comedy podcaster, Carl Donnelly, who has himself appeared…

New Act Competition – Entries Open

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 gloscomfest

We’re delighted to open up applications for this year’s New Act Competition at the Gloucester Comedy Festival! Last year saw Riordan Deehan Jackson take first prize at the Gloucester Guildhall, with Tim Hoskins scooping second prize. Could this year’s champion be you? If you think it could, read on… The Gloucester Comedy Festival New Act Competition is a chance for comics who are relatively new to the game. If you’re early on in your comedic journey this is a shot at a career defining title, and a decent fistful of…

2017 GlosComFest Dates Announced

March 20, 2017 gloscomfest

It’s official! The 2017 Gloucester Comedy Festival will take place over the weekend of October 26th-29th! The coming weeks will see us announce our first acts for the festival and also open up applications for comedians wanting to bring their show to the city or take part in our New Act Competition.

Online Programme

November 16, 2016 gloscomfest

Our programme has been hand delivered to thousands of you! If you’ve not been lucky enough to have a physical copy to leaf through you can pick one up from King’s Walk, or have a look at our online version: Gloucester Comedy Festival Online Brochure (PDF)

#gloscomfest – T-minus One Week

November 10, 2016 gloscomfest

It’s just one week to go! Things are getting exciting (and nail-biting) here at the Gloucester Comedy Festival HQ. Will you, the wonderful potential audience members be out in force – we certainly hope so… We’d love your support, and so would the acts we’ve drawn together to perform in Gloucester next weekend. There really is something for everyone, from the gloriously family friendly Comedy Club 4 Kids through to the unique darkness of The Red Richardson Experience. One liners from national favourite Gary Delaney vie with the storytelling brilliant of Welshman Tudur…

Plymouth Comedy Avengers

November 10, 2016 gloscomfest

Saturday 19th November, 7.30pm, Black Cat Bar @ the Dick Whittington From the depths of Devon, this trio of Plymouth comics, David Arnold, Richard James and Frankie Doré bring to you a fun show jam packed full of laughs and fantastically funny stories! David Arnold is a loveable Welshman who never fails to deliver a well-rounded and polished performance. Expect high energy, cheeky stories that will have audiences of all ages laughing their boobs off! ‘Slightly camp & delightfully tongue-in-cheek, you’re sure to love him!’ (Eminent Banter) Frankie Doré has become a regular…

Full & Final Listings…

November 8, 2016 gloscomfest

Ladies and gentlemen! We are delighted that the full and final line-up for the first Gloucester Comedy Festival is complete! It’s been a long, hard battle to get to this stage! I hope that you will all find something to tickle your funny bone – just click on the link below for the full listings, in chronological order. Tickets can be bought by clicking HERE. Shows

Tony Cowards: Daft Pun

October 28, 2016 gloscomfest

Saturday 19th November, 6pm, Black Cat Bar @ the Dick Whittington If you’re a fan of puns and are up all night for good fun, prepare to get lucky as Tony Cowards, ‘The Punosaurus’ (List), ‘The best joke writer around’ (GQ), ‘A beaut of a one-liner merchant’ (LondonIsFunny.com), brings his hilarious new show, Daft Pun, to the Gloucester Comedy Festival. An hour of great gags, playful puns and witty wordplay. If laughter is the best medicine, then Tony is a veritable pharmacy of comedy. Based in the West Country, Tony has built…

The Cambridge Footlights: Lagoon

October 11, 2016 gloscomfest

Sunday 20th August, 6.30pm, Gloucester Guildhall San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York… Gloucester. Yes! Following on from a smash hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, and a tour of North America, the globally renowned Cambridge Footlights bring the heart of their FIVE STAR show Lagoon to the Gloucester Comedy Festival. From their Edinburgh Fringe show description: The Cambridge Footlights are proud to present their biggest show of the year, Lagoon. This is their most ambitious world tour yet, in which ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent)…

Neil McFarlane: Sightseeing with a Hangover

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 gloscomfest

Saturday 19th November, 9pm, Black Cat Bar @ the Dick Whittington Antwerp, Zagreb, Oslo, Orlando, Hamburg, Belgrade, Budapest, Dublin, San Francisco… Westgate. Neil McFarlane has visited a surprisingly large number of foreign cities and strange shores to do stand-up. Especially when you consider how little he earned in the process. Were they grateful? Not remotely. But along the way he’s picked up some stories, met some interesting people and seen some sights, usually an hour before his flight leaves and always with a mild hangover from the night before. ‘Fantastic punchlines.’ Manchester…