Glasgow International Comedy Festival
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival features spectacular stand-up stars and home-grown favourites on stages across the city!
About Glasgow International Comedy Festival
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The Glasgow International Comedy Festival, the largest event of its kind in Europe, has become a renowned annual event in Glasgow's cultural calendar.
The annual festival features your favourite comedy friends, top television names and spectacular stand-up stars to stages across Glasgow.
Top comedy stars from around the UK and beyond will be coming just to entertain you, only to realise the Scottish money they’ve been paid in can only be spent in this country and that they can never go home again... They’ll be complemented by the very best of home-grown Scottish talent for a comedy extravaganza that makes us Europe’s largest comedy festival.
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Upcoming Events at Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Ashley Storrie
Host of BBC Scotland's Up For It and BBC Radio Scotland's Friday nights, 'funny firecracker' List, Ashley Storrie returns to the Stand Glasgow with another hour of her trademark warmth and wit!
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Simon Munnery: Alan Parker Urban Warrior Farewell Tour
Multi award-winning comedian Simon Munnery reprises his notorious alter ego, the bedsit anarchist Alan Parker Urban Warrior when he comes to the Stand Glasgow on 13th June!
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Jim Smith: Back to the Teuchter
Jim Smith returns with another collection of stories of rural life on his Perthshire farm, catch him at the King's Theatre Glasgow on 17th & 18th June!
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Stuart Mitchell: Is It Just Me?
Glasgow Comedy Festival: Join Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist on BBC Scotland's Breaking the News, for his new show 'Is It Just Me?' at Oran Mor Glasgow!
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John Hegley: Hegley’s Hop Scotch
Actually devised for adults, but of interest to some nine year olds with reasonable attention spans, don't miss Hegley's Hop Scotch at the Stand Glasgow!
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Neil Delamere: Work in Progress
Star of BBC TV's the Blame Game and Breaking the News, and radio's Fighting Talk and the Newsquiz Neil Delamere presents this work-in-progress show at the Stand Glasgow!
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Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass
Don't miss a dazzling, unique performance from Alan Bissett, the Fringe First-winning creator of the classic Scottish play The Moira Monologues!
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Tony Law: Identifies
Multi award-winning comedian, Tony Law returns with another hour of critically acclaimed, unmissable surreal comedy art!
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Alison Spittle Makes a Show of Herself
Guilty Feminist co-host and Irish TV person, Alison Spittle, returns with a new show... it might be about aqua aerobics and trolls, it might not - come and find out!
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Abigoliah Schamaun: Peak
Glasgow Comedy Festival: Join Abigoliah Schamaun at Dram! for her new show Peak where she recounts her last attempt up a mountain with her father!
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Sofie Hagen: The Bumswing
Sofie Hagen returns with a brand new show about the things you forget, the things you remember, and the things you wish you could forget!
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Jerry Sadowitz
Jerry Sadowitz - comedian, magician, and all round scary man is back! Catch him at the King's Theatre Glasgow on 18th July!
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Stephen Buchanan: New Jokes
Stephen Buchanan, winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award and Scottish Comedian of the Year 2018 tries out some new jokes at the Stand Glasgow!
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Janey Godley’s Soup Pot Tour
NEWS ALERT... Janey Godley and her soup pot are on tour... get ready for the Queen of Scottish Comedy coming to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun
Join Alun Cochrane at the Stand Comedy Club Glasgow as he drops truth-bombs and articulate thought-crimes about vegetables, gender, religion, and washing machines!
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Ray Bradshaw: Deafinitely Baby
Glasgow International Comedy Festival presents multi award-winning comedian Ray Bradshaw with his new show Deafinitely Baby, catch him at Oran Mor on 30th July!
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Marc Jennings: Here, But
Join rising Scottish comedy star Marc Jennings at the Stand Glasgow for a brand new show following his sold-out debut at the Edinburgh Festival!
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Paddy Raff: Raff Out Loud
Northern Ireland comedy sensation Paddy Raff brings his popular brand of stand-up & musical comedy to Oran Mor Glasgow on Saturday 14th August!
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Chris McQueer: Runner
Chris McQueer, award-winning author of Hings and HWFG, takes a look at social media celebrity culture with the story of Scotland’s most famous influencer, Agnes Aratoria.
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David Kay: Cooked Tomatoes
David Kay is one of the hidden gems of the Scottish comedy circuit, quirky, surreal, unexpected, laconic and awesome... don't miss him at the Stand Glasgow on August 25th!
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James Campbell: The Funny World of… - POSTPONED
Enjoy the best comedy for kids from the man who invented it! James Campbell's show finds The Hilariously Funny Things about everything including pets, yoghurt, bees, and why do we have hair?
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Carl Hutchinson Live
After two consecutive sell-out years, Carl Hutchinson returns with a brand new show! Catch him at the Stand Glasgow on Wednesday 8th September!
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Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This?
Don't miss the mother of all confessional shows from the bestselling author and star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down, Arabella Weir at Oran Mor Glasgow!
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Billy Kirkwood: Happy Goth
In his most personal show ever, multi award winning comedian & presenter Billy Kirkwood covers negotiating changes in life on your own terms as a rebel, an idiot and a parent!
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Rachel Fairburn: The People’s Princess
Rachel Fairburn thinks she's absolutely adorable and the natural choice for the dormant title of The People's Princess!
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Myra Dubois: Dead Funny
Myra DuBois brings forward her own funeral to make sure people get it right... 'Dead Funny' promises to be a show so funny you'll R.I.Pee your pants!
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Lloyd Griffith - Not Just A Pretty Face
Grimsby's favourite, Lloyd Griffith is back on the road for his third UK stand up tour, Not Just A Pretty Face!
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Kerry Godliman: Bosh
Kerry Godliman's back on tour after what she thought would be a little 'she' time. No chance. Her bosh-like nature will never let her rest!
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Everybody Hates Raymond
Everybody Hates Raymond is the ultimate self-help comedy show that teaches you one simple truth in a hilarious way! Catch it at the Stand Glasgow on October 3rd!
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Dane Baptiste: The Chocolate Chip
Dane Baptiste is back on international tour with a brand new stand-up show! Catch him at Oran Mor Glasgow on Friday 8th October!
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Simon Brodkin
Fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sell-out run at the Fringe, Simon Brodkin takes his debut stand-up show on a nationwide tour, catch him at the Stand Glasgow on 11th October!
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Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love
Glasgow Comedy Festival: Paul Sinha returns to the festival and the Stand Glasgow with his new show, Hazy Little Thing Called Love!
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Paul McCaffrey: Lemon
Join Paul McCaffrey at Glee Club Glasgow on 24th October for his hilarious brand new show, Lemon!
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Larry Dean - Fudnut
It's confessional storytelling at its funniest as Larry Dean brings his new tour, Fudnut, to the King's Theatre Glasgow on Sunday 13th March!
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Stewart Lee: Snowflake / Tornado
Glasgow Comedy Festival: Don't miss a double-bill of two new 60 minute sets, back to back from comedian Stewart Lee at the King's Theatre Glasgow!
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Fascinating Aïda
Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman are heading out on tour with a selection of old favourites, songs you haven't heard before and some you wish you'd never heard in the first place!
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Nish Kumar - Control
Control is a new show from the host of the Mash Report and one of the Guardian’s Top Fifty Comedians of the 21st Century, Nish Kumar! Catch him live at The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow on 18th March!
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John Shuttleworth’s Back!
John Shuttleworth returns to Glasgow to regale audiences with an evening of his classic songs (plus new ones and hilarious 'back' stories)!
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Susie McCabe: Born Believer
Susie McCabe, The fastest selling act at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 3 years running, is back in 2022 with another brand new show!
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All Festivals listings in Glasgow
Glasgow St Patricks Festival
The Glasgow St Patrick's Festival celebrates and promotes Irish Heritage and Culture across the city!
Read more
Merchant City Festival
The Merchant City Festival is an extravaganza of street theatre, music, dance, circus, visual arts, comedy & literature in Glasgow's City Centre!
Read more
Byres Road Book Festival
The West End celebrates it's love of literature and all things creative with the four day Byres Road Book Festival!
Read more
Scottish Elvis Festival
The Official Scottish Elvis Presley Festival is a celebration of the life and legacy of the king of rock and roll!
Read more
Glasgow Science Festival
Glasgow Science Festival is back with a fresh batch of science-fuelled fun for adults and weans alike. Explore the world through talks, walks, art, film, experiments and even yoga!
Read more
Aye Write!
Held annually in March, Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival is one of the leading literary festivals in the UK!
Read more
Explorathon Glasgow
Feed your curiosity when Explorathon returns to Glasgow for 2019 on Friday 27th and Saturday the 28th of September!
Read more
ParkLives Glasgow
Glasgow’s parks will host hundreds fun and free activity sessions this year as part of a scheme to get city residents up, active and socialising in...
Read more
Glasgow Jazz Festival
The 34th Glasgow Jazz Festival will now be held virtually from 17th to 21st June 2020!
Read more
The Village Storytelling Festival
The Village Storytelling Festival is a celebration and exploration of the art and application of storytelling!
Read more
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