Birmingham Comedy Festival 2023

PRE-FEST: Friday 1 & Sunday 3 September 2023
Birmingham Comedy Festival Presents: Daliso Chaponda with Tal Davies; plus Josh Pugh with Hannah Weetman - Moseley Folk and Arts Festival, Bham [Read more...]
PRE-FEST: Saturday 9 September 2030
Rockin' And Rollin': A 1950s Evening: with guests including Birmingham Comedy Festival - Black Country Living Museum, Dudley [Read more...]
PRE-FEST: Tuesday 3 October 2030
The Man Who Never Was: The Life and Legacy of Larry Stephens - Switch Radio [Read more...]

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 2023
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2023 - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Calendar Girls The Musical (opens Tue 3 Oct)- The Alexandra, Bham [Read more...]
Seann Walsh: Back From The Bed (opens Thu 5 Oct) - The Old Rep Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Tom Davis: Underdog - Town Hall, Bham [Read more...]
Josh Jones: Gobsmacked - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Steve Royale, Maureen Younger, Ray Bradshaw, Aurie Styla and Ajay Rose - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2023
Eric Rushton: Not That Deep - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Danny Clives & Tal Davies: 'I Wouldn’t Open With That' And Other New Ideas - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Rob Kemp (Comedy) Show 23 (WiP) - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Carl Hutchinson: Watch Till The End - The Old Rep Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Behind The Headlines: Sketch Comedy About The News - The Crescent Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Damon Conlan and Lin Smith: Double Feature - Medium Rare and Carry - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Angela Bra: MicroRave - Tilt, Bham [Read more...]
Calendar Girls The Musical - The Alexandra, Bham [Read more...]
Steve Royle, Maureen Younger, Ray Bradshaw and Aurie Styla - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
The GingerBeardMark Podcast Live: Robin Ince - The Mockingbird Cinema, Digbeth, Bham [Cancelled / Read more...]


SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER 2023
Birmingham Comedy Festival Free Half-Dayer Pt.1: Board Game Smackdown • Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See • Hannah Weetman: Dunelm Is The New Glastonbury • James Cook: Anonymously Viral • Kevin Daniel: Freedom • Jules O'Brian: Avoid Excessive Cleavage (and Other Advice To Ignore) • Chris 'Okse' Oxenbury: Okse Moronic • Rach Sambrooks: Well-Wisher - Cherry Reds and The Victoria, Bham [Read more...]
The Goon Show - Symphony Hall, Bham [Read more...]
Alfie Moore: A Face For Radio - The Old Rep Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Jamie Hutchinson: Waterslide - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Jason Byrne: The Ironic Bionic Man - Town Hall, Bham [Read more...]
Objectivity: Danny Clives - Switch Radio [Read more...]

MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 2023
Queer As Joke - The Loft, Bham [Read more...]

TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2023
Thom Bee: Psychocinematic - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Josh Pugh: Work in Progress - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Balthazar Dark: Wrestling with Saddos - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Laugh Till It Hurts - Cherry Reds, Bham [Read more...]
Conlan Beats the Devil - The Lost & Found, Bham [Read more...]

WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2023
Norman Lovett - The Irish Centre, Kings Heath, Bham [Read more...]
Sheila's Island - The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Improv Wolves - Tilt, Bham [Read more...]
Jack Skipper and Friends - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Three's A Crowd - Fletcher's, Kings Heath, Bham [Read more...]
Kwame Asante: In Stitches - Hockley Social Club, Bham [Read more...]
Fred Karno: The Legend Behind The Laughter - B:Eats, Symphony Hall, Bham [Cancelled / Read more...]

THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER 2023
CloseUp Comedy: Angelos Epithemiou, Glenn Wool & David Eagle - Hockley Social Club, Hockley, Bham [Read more...]
Jack Gleadow: Jacks Entertainment - Comedy Junction, Sutton Coldfield [Read more...]
Rhys James: Spilt Milk - The Old Rep Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Alex Milner: Pointless Neon Signs - Tilt, Bham [Read more...]
Luke Anthony McDonnell: Culture Savage - Muthers Studio, Bham [Read more...]
The Kamikaze Club Showcase - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
The Late Night Sweet Shop: Festival Special - Cherry Reds, Bham [Read more...]
Sheila's Island - The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Steve Gribbin, Susie McCabe, Phil Ellis and Hannah Byczkowski - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
The Stand-Up Comedy Gameshow - Secret Space, Digbeth, Bham [Cancelled / Read more...]

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 2023
Laurel and Hardy: Mean Business - West Midlands Police Museum, Bham [Read more...]
Dave Lynch: Take This Seriously - Actress and Bishop, Bham [Read more...]
Liam Withnail, Connor Burns, Steve Gribbin, Susie McCabe and Charlie Lewis - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Joe Joe Jim’s Comedy Night - Joe Joe Jim’s Bar, Cofton Hackett, Bham [Read more...]
Sheila's Island - The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Paul Foot: Dissolve - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2023
Jenny Eclair: Sixty Plus! (FFS!) - The Old Rep Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Sachin Kumarendran: Deceit - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Connor Burns: Vertigo - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Jumprov! - Birmingham Hippodrome, Bham [Read more...]
Ryan Lewis and Gareth Williams: Token ____ Man - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Kamikaze Club’s Quest For Points! - 1000 Trades, JQ, Bham [Read more...]
Sheila's Island - The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Bham [Read more...]
Lozi Lee: The Travelling Tales of a Villa Nut - The Crown Members Club, Erdington, Bham [Read more...]
Liam Withnail, Connor Burns, Susie McCabe and Steve Gribbin - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]


SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2023
Birmingham Comedy Festival Free Half-Dayer Pt.2 Lindsey Santoro: Pink Tinge • Round The Horne: Resuscitated • Mary Flanigan Begins Again • Jay Handley: The White Jesus Chronicles • Tal Davies: Britain's Got Tal (Davies) • Andy White: Elitism 4 Idiots • Accident Avoidance Training Workshop - Intermediate • Lovdev Barpaga: Half-Soaked - Cherry Reds and The Victoria, Bham [Read more...]
COBO: Comedy of Black Origin - Black History Month Special with Travis Jay, Loyiso Gola, and Trixx - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Danny McLoughlin - The Glee Club, Bham [Read more...]
Objectivity: Hannah Weetman - Switch Radio [Read more...]

PLUS: Sun 15 Oct 2023 - Laurel and Hardy: Mean Business - Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge [Read more...]

Dates for Birmingham Comedy Festival 2024: Friday 4 to Sunday 13 October 2024

Official Media Partner 2023: What's On Media Group