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Comedy Events in Glasgow in May 2025

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Events in Glasgow

Glasgow 850

1st January 2025 - 31st December 2025
Various Locations Glasgow

2025 will be a big year for Glasgow as we celebrate the city's 850th birthday. It's a milestone and everyone who has or does call Glasgow home is invited to the party!

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The Friday Show

Selected dates between 3rd January 2025 - 25th July 2025

Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Glasgow!

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The Saturday Show

Selected dates between 4th January 2025 - 26th July 2025

The Glasgow Stand's fabulous flagship Saturday show has been sold out every week for the past five years!

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Friday Night Comedy

Selected dates between 10th January 2025 - 19th December 2025

Glee Club Glasgow's Friday Night Comedy is the perfect way to end the working week! Four superb stand-up comedians and a great range of tasty food offerings!

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Saturday Night Comedy

Selected dates between 11th January 2025 - 20th December 2025

Treat yourself to an evening of award-winning comedy at Glee Club Glasgow, featuring four superb stand-up comedians that will keep you laughing until Monday!

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Tennent’s Laughter Lounge Comedy Open Mic

Selected dates between 20th January 2025 - 29th December 2025

Tennent's Laughter Lounge Open Mic is a totally free night of stand-up comedy featuring some of the best up-and-coming talent Scotland has to offer, plus some pros trying out new material!

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Red Raw

Selected dates between 21st January 2025 - 29th July 2025

The weekly beginner's showcase, Red Raw at The Stand Glasgow, is regarded as the best open mic comedy night in the UK!

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Screen Time

Selected dates between 9th February 2025 - 10th December 2025

Join regular host Fearghas Kelly as he presents some of the country's best acts in this exciting new multimedia comedy night at The Stand Glasgow!

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Definitely Not Goblins: A Live Dungeons and Dragons Show

Selected dates between 16th February 2025 - 19th October 2025

Definitely Not Goblins is a live Dungeons And Dragons show in the heart of Glasgow. Come join us, for a full length game, where no one knows what will happen!

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Bona Fide

Selected dates between 27th February 2025 - 17th December 2025

Jay Lafferty invites the cream of Scotland's comics to the Stand Glasgow to prove their worth by performing material written especially for the theme of the night!

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Sunday Roast

Selected dates between 2nd March 2025 - 22nd June 2025

Sit back and relax as a slap up roast is served to you while laughing your socks off at some of Glasgow's best comedians, presented by new host John Carruthers, at Sloans' Sunday Roast!

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The Comedy Cabaret

Selected dates between 8th March 2025 - 7th June 2025

Three or more Top UK Comedians perform in The Comedy Cabaret's back-to-back variety show at Blackfriars Of Bell St on Saturdays!

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Looking For Laughs - A Real Blind Date With A Kiss Of Comedy

Selected dates between 22nd March 2025 - 15th November 2025

If you like dating shows like Love is Blind or Married at First Sight, you're going to love Looking For Laughs, a hilarious mash-up of your favorite dating show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Blackfriars Comedy Quiz Night

Selected dates between 29th April 2025 - 16th December 2025

Hosted by the insane and wacky comedy trio Paddy Linton, Jack Traynor and Peter Bell, Blackfriars weekly comedy quiz night is not your usual pub quiz!

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The Book of Mormon

13th May 2025 - 31st May 2025

The Book of Mormon, Broadway's outrageous smash-hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to the King's Theatre Glasgow in May!

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Jack Dee: Small World

15th May 2025

In what is set to be one of the comedy highlights of next year, Jack Dee has announced he'll be bringing his brand new live tour to The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on Thursday 15th May!

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Kerry Godliman: Bandwidth

15th May 2025

Kerry Godliman, as seen on Afterlife & Taskmaster, returns to The Glee Club Glasgow on Thursday 15th May with her straight-talking charm and quick wit on a brand new stand-up show!

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Louise Young: Feral

15th May 2025

Geordie rising star, Louise Young, is bringing her debut stand-up show to The Stand Glasgow! Feral is a show all about class, chaos and coming out.

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Mark Normand: Ya Don’t Say

16th May 2025

American stand-up comedian Mark Normand has just announced his new show 'Ya Don't Say' is coming to the O2 Academy Glasgow on Friday 16th May!

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Singin’ I’m No Billie She’s A Tim

16th May 2025

Back with an all female cast, Singin I'm No a Billy SHE'S a Tim will have you laughing and crying so hard, you'll be begging for full time!

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Abi Clarke: Role Model

17th May 2025

After a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Abi Clarke brings her debut show Role Model to The Stand Glasgow on Saturday 17th May!

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Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive (And Loving It)

19th May 2025

Tom Lawrinson presents his new show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave at The Stand Glasgow on Monday 19th May!

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The Big Comedy Roadshow

21st May 2025

Presented by Scotland's original home of live comedy Gilded Balloon, The Big Comedy Roadshow is the ultimate night out for comedy fans, don't miss it at the Tron Theatre on Wednesday 21st May!

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Karl Porter - CANCELLED

22nd May 2025

Viral sensation Karl Porter comes to Scotland in September, don't miss him live at The Stand Glasgow on Thursday 22nd May!

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Paul Chowdhry: Englandia

22nd May 2025

Multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, actor and writer Paul Chowdhry is bringing his brand new stand-up tour Englandia to the SEC Armadillo on Thursday 22nd May!

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Harry Hill: New Bits & Greatest Hits

24th May 2025

Join Harry Hill at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow for his Diamond Jubilee lap of honour as he celebrates 60 Glorious Years of fun, laughter and low level disruption!

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Jonny & The Baptists: The Happiness Index

24th May 2025

Jonny & The Baptists bring The Happiness Index to the Tron Theatre... a new personal and political show about our desire, and the country's struggle, to just be happy.

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Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

24th May 2025

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Lauren Pattison is back with a brand-new show, catch her live at Blackfriars on Saturday 24th May with Big Girl Pants!

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Mark Black: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds.

24th May 2025

Mark Black brings The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds. to the iconic Glasgow Stand comedy club for one last time!

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Chelsea Handler: A Broad Abroad

25th May 2025

Comedian, television host and best-selling author Chelsea Handler will bring her new stand-up comedy tour Chelsea Handler: A Broad Abroad to The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on Sunday 25th May!

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Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony

25th May 2025

Star of Ted Lasso and one of the worst contestants in Taskmaster history, Nick Mohammed heads to the Theatre Royal Glasgow with his new show as his critically acclaimed alter-ego, Mr Swallow!

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Diona Doherty: Get Your Pink Back!

26th May 2025

Catch this new stand up show from Diona Doherty, filled with hilariously relatable anecdotes and whole lot of brutal honesty, at The Stand Glasgow on Monday 26th May!

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Drag 101

27th May 2025

They're Back! Come join the dysfunctional dynamic duo Dharma Geddon and Alana Duvey for an evening of cutting-edge drag antics at The Gilchrist Postgraduate Club!

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Josh Glanc: Family Man

28th May 2025

Fresh from a smash hit, sold out Edinburgh Fringe run, don't miss Josh Glanc with his show Family Man at The Stand Glasgow on Wednesday 28th May!

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Falling & Laughing - An Improvised Comedy Show

Selected dates between 29th May 2025 - 31st July 2025

Falling & Laughing make comedy from your tragedy! Tell them about an embarrassing moment or a bit of bad luck and they will create an improvised comedy sketch show about it.

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The Provy Wummin

29th May 2025 - 31st May 2025

The Provvy Wummin is a gritty musical comedy, with a soundtrack to the 70s, don't miss it when it returns by popular demand to Websters Theatre in May!

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Karen Dunbar

30th May 2025

Chewin' The Fat star Karen Dunbar is back with her brand new 2025 Scottish Tour, don't miss her live at the King's Park Hotel on Friday 30th May!

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The Laurel Awards

Selected dates between 30th May 2025 - 11th July 2025

The Laurel Awards are a new competition for comedians to showcase their best 5 minutes with a grand finale being held at The Britannia Panopticon on Friday 11th July!

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The Scottish Comedians

30th May 2025

The Scottish Comedians at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow is guaranteed to be one of the funniest nights out you will have in 2025!

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Francie & Josie: It’s A Stoater

31st May 2025

Scottish pantomime & variety stars Liam Dolan & Johnny Mac are back with a brand-new show, don't miss Francie & Josie: It's A Stoater at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on Saturday 31st May!

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Stuart McPherson & Tamsyn Kelly: WIP

31st May 2025

Join comedy couple Stu and Tam for a work in progress show where they reveal the embarrassing material they've written about each other ahead of this year's Edinburgh Fringe!

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Zakir Khan: Papa Yaar

31st May 2025

Step into the world of laughter, love and nostalgia when Zakir Khan bring his brand-new show, Papa Yaar, to the Theatre Royal Glasgow on Saturday 31st May!

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Comedy Events in East Renfrewshire

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:

Giffnock Theatre Players - Table Manners

Giffnock Theatre Players - Table Manners

26th May 2025 - 28th May 2025

Giffnock Theatre Players are set to serve up dinner with a side of chaos when they bring their production of Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners to Eastwood Park Theatre in May!

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Giggles in Giffnock

Giggles in Giffnock

30th May 2025

Get ready for a side-splitting night of comedy as Giggles in Giffnock brings the laughs to Eastwood Park Theatre on Friday 30th May!

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Comedy Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Edinburgh:

Spandex Comedy

Spandex Comedy

Selected dates between 14th January 2025 - 30th December 2025

Don't miss out on Spandex Comedy! Join us every Tuesday night for a top night of laughs featuring stand up comedians from across the country dropping in to liven up the start of your week!

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The Friday Show

The Friday Show

Selected dates between 17th January 2025 - 4th July 2025

Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh!

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Jay Lafferty and Liam Withnail - Work in progress

Jay Lafferty and Liam Withnail - Work in progress

Selected dates between 19th February 2025 - 23rd July 2025

Two of Scotlands stand out stars, Jay Lafferty and Liam Withnail, preview their work in progress shows at The Stand Edinburgh.

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Comedy Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included

Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included

24th May 2025

With over 100M views online see Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland's 'Breaking The News', live at The Byre Theatre St Andrews in his first national tour!

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Mothers of the Brides - CANCELLED

Mothers of the Brides - CANCELLED

30th May 2025

Mothers of the Brides is a fun-filled, sketch-packed, gag-fuelled, laugh-heavy trip through the marital maze of getting your offspring to the altar… How do the mothers do it?

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Singin’ I’m No A Billy, He’s A Tim

Singin’ I’m No A Billy, He’s A Tim

31st May 2025

Des Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim, is coming to The Byre Theatre St Andrews on 31st May!

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Comedy Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

More Than A Mum

More Than A Mum

23rd May 2025

Join Susie at Cumbernauld Theatre for a hilarious one-woman comedy show that tackles the wild world of parenting pre-teens with humour and heart!

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Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included

Stuart Mitchell: Tips Not Included

Selected dates between 23rd May 2025 - 5th February 2026

With over 100M views online see Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland's 'Breaking The News', live at Airdrie Town Hall in his first national tour!

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The Scottish Comedians

The Scottish Comedians

31st May 2025

The Scottish Comedians at Lanark Memorial Hall is guaranteed to be one of the funniest nights out you will have in 2025!

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Comedy Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Renfrewshire:

Paisley Comedy Club: Susie McCabe

Paisley Comedy Club: Susie McCabe

30th May 2025

Paisley's best night of stand-up comedy is back — and they've got a truly unmissable line-up... headlining the show is none other than the brilliant Susie McCabe!

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A Pint And Two Shots

A Pint And Two Shots

15th May 2025

Join Two Doors Down star Grado, River City's Stephen Purdon & Chris Toal of Scot Squad and Queen of the New Year as they bring their smash hit podcast to Beacon Arts Centre!

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Francie & Josie: It’s A Stoater

Francie & Josie: It’s A Stoater

29th May 2025

Scottish pantomime & variety stars Liam Dolan & Johnny Mac are back with a brand-new show, don't miss Francie & Josie: It's A Stoater at Beacon Arts Centre on Thursday 26th May!

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Comedy Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Comedy Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Singin’ I’m No A Billy He’s A Tim

Singin’ I’m No A Billy He’s A Tim

23rd May 2025

Des Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim, comes to The Albert Halls on Friday 23rd May!

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Substate New Material Night @ The Tolbooth

Substate New Material Night @ The Tolbooth

24th May 2025

Prepare yourself for an evening packed with laughter as we kick off a brand-new series showcasing the freshest stand-up comedy from Scotland and the UK’s rising stars at Stirling's iconic Tolbooth!

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Stirling Ghostwalk

Stirling Ghostwalk

3rd January 2025 - 27th December 2025

Take a tour of the strange tales and stranger characters of Stirling's Old Town on the Stirling Ghostwalk... comedy, drama, fact and fable - fun for boys & ghouls of all ages!

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Events in Other Areas

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