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Birmingham Comedy Festival
Friday 2 to Sunday 11 October 2026
From some of the biggest names in stand-up, to the very best acts from Brum and the West Midlands, plus theatre, film, improv and more - it's all here ...
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Friday 2 to Sunday 11 October 2026
Birmingham Comedy Festival
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Saturday 26 September to Saturday 3 October 2026
A Woman Of No Importance
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Friday 2 October 2026
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2026
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Friday 2 October 2026
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (PG)
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Friday 2 October 2026
Sister Constantine: Shame!
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Friday 2 October 2026
Galaxy Quest (PG)
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Friday 2 October 2026
Laura Smyth: Born Aggy [postponed]
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Friday 2 October 2026
Friday Night Comedy
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Friday 2 October 2026
Rocket Fan
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Tat Vision: Tatty Tours of Every Thing Must Go
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Birmingham Comedy Festival Tasting Menu
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Rahul Batra: Coconut Island
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Phil Kimberley: Project Fail Lairy
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Hasan Al-Habib: Some Like It Halal
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Rachel Baker: We’re All In This Together
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Paulus The Cabaret Geek: What Wood Victoria Do?
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Lovdev Barpaga: Half Soaked
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Danny Strachen: Stracanory
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Saturday 3 October 2026
2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Enrico Touché: Hot Knees
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Sham Zaman: Chaos
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Nate Kitch: Replica
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Jules O’Brian: Avoid Excessive Cleavage (and Other Advice to Ignore)
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Saturday Night Comedy
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Silent Filter: Comedy At The Crescent
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Neil Delamere: Reinventing The Neil
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Ciaran Chillingworth: Ray's Tombola Fun Hour
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Saturday 3 October 2026
Susie Grumball and James Jarvis: Double Barrelled
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Birmingham Comedy Festival FREE Half-Dayer!
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Arctic Numpties: The Four Horsemen of Meh
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Crash Test Comedy
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Rough Works
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Desi Central Comedy
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Anything But Music!: Hobnobbing
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Sunday 4 October 2026
Low Effort Sketches: We Have a Problem
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Monday 5 October 2026
Happy Mondays at The Highbury
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Monday 5 October 2026
The Queer Agenda
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Monday 5 October 2026
Emily McDermott and Tenisha White
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Monday 5 October 2026
Shooby Dooby Doo Wop: Birmingham Comedy Festival Special (Part 1)
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
Eden Voss: Autastic!
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
The Glitter Sisters
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
Milo Edwards: Catamaran
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
Lou Chawner: Stories, Songs & Silver Linings (and Tw*ts)
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
A Wizard Answers a Ringing Phone ...
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Tuesday 6 October 2026
Switch Radio: Objectivity (Ep1) Jonathan Hipkiss
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Stevie Martin: Clout
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Kiell Smith-Bynoe’s Kool Story Bro
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Matrilaughy: Giggles for the Gals, Gays, and Theys
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Comedy at the Museum: Shazia Mirza
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Brew HaHa! Award Winners Special
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Connor Burns: Flow
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Rachel Galvo & Harry Jenkins
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Comedy Carousel
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Thursday 8 October 2026
The Late Night Sweet Shop: Festival Special
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Shooby Dooby Doo Wop: Birmingham Comedy Festival Special (Part 2)
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Friday 9 October 2026
Laurel & Hardy Make Music
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Friday 9 October 2026
Wanted Immigrants
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Friday 9 October 2026
Nik Coppin
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Friday 9 October 2026
Friday Night Comedy
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Friday 9 October 2026
Indefinite Leave to Complain
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Friday 9 October 2026
Serena Terry: Therapy
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Friday 9 October 2026
Daniel Sloss: Bitter
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Friday 9 October 2026
SadoMusical: A Show So Funny it Hurts
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Friday 9 October 2026
Dharmander Singh
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Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 October 2026
Art of Comedy Stand-Up Beginners Course with Nik Coppin
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Hannah Weetman: I Don’t Know What I Did Last Summer
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Emma Davies: You Are All Resources
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Aisha Amanduri: God Save the Khan
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Jack Harris & Jim McAuliffe: Jaded
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Sutti Synnott and Mary Mohan: The Minority Report
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Richard Dadd: That Time I Invented Taskmaster and Invaded France
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Ben Coleman: About A Ben
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Jim Judges: Absolute Bus Stops of Northern Europe and Beyond
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Coco's Art History Comedy Gallery Tour
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Mat Taylor’s History of Horror Films
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Chloe Reynolds: Dissonance
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NEW DATE/VENUE: Saturday 10 October 2026
Cult Figure: Kenneth Williams
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Saturday Night Comedy
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Behind The Headlines: Shakespeare's First Drafts
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Saturday 10 October 2026
It's Your Role: The Interactive D&D Adventure
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Mary Flanigan: Bookworm
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Paul Foot: The Future
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Katie Slater and Rachel Page: Hitched and Ditched
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Damon Conlan's Cauldron of Foolerie
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Sunday 11 October 2026
The Manoj Collective: Yoga in Every Thing Must Go
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Lunchtime Family Comedy Show
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Jamie Douglas: Erasmus
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Laurel & Hardy Make Music
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Nina Semple: Nina’s Show
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Sunday Express Takeover
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Heather Fox’s Outfoxed with Heather Fox
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Sunday 11 October 2026
COBO: Comedy Shutdown: Black History Month Special
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Craig Deeley: Literally The Joke
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Art of Comedy Stand-Up Showcase
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Stephen & Phalange’s Guide to Birding
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Switch Radio: Objectivity (Ep2) Chloe Reynolds
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NEW DATE: Thursday 15 October 2026
Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water
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Friday 2 to Sunday 11 October 2026
Birmingham Comedy Festival
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Saturday 17 October 2026
The Goon Show: 75 Years
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NOTE: Shows that list tickets as PWYW = Pay What You Want (also known as Pay What You Can, Pay What You Feel and 'bucket shows'). These events are FREE ENTRY with a voluntary donation upon exit (which can be cash and/or cashless). In some cases, it maybe possible to reserve a seat in advance (via a ticket link). Please support the acts when you leave, as they have worked hard to create their shows. All listings correct at time of publication. Subject to change.
UPDATE: The following shows have been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. All acts apologise for any inconvenience. Full refunds have been given by promoters/venues > Sat 3 Oct, Elaine Robertson, The Glee Club; Sat 3 Oct, Abbie Hale/ Madeleine Jimp Experience, Cherry Reds; Sat 3 Oct, Zain Iqbal, The Wellington; Sat 10 Oct, An Hour Of Eric Rushton, Cherry Reds; Wed 7 Oct, Comedy On Tap; Sat 10 Oct, Caleb James, 1000 Trades JQ; Thu 10 Oct, Female Acts Preferred*, 1000 Trades JQ.
The following shows have been postponed. Laura Smyth (tour postponed/new date TBA); Jo Enright (new date TBA); Stephen Catling (new date 15 Oct).
Dates for Birmingham Comedy Festival 2027: to be announced ...
“The side-splitting event of the year.”
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Birmingham Comedy Festival
Friday 2 to Sunday 11 October 2026
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