Glasgow International Comedy Festival
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival features spectacular stand-up stars and home-grown favourites on stages across the city!
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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
Cracking New Jokes Show at Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Good Egg Comedy present a cracking line up of top Scottish comics performing brand new material at Van Winkle West End as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns in March 2025 featuring spectacular stand-up stars and home-grown favourites on stages across the city!
READ MOREFriday Night with Scotland’s Best Comics
Friday night comedy with a selection of Scotland's Best Comics from Scotland's coolest comedy producers, the Good Egg Comedy company!
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Friday Afternoon with Scotland’s Best Comics
Enjoy some Friday afternoon comedy with a selection of Scotland's Best Comics from Scotland's coolest comedy producers, the Good Egg Comedy company.
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Saturday night comedy with a selection of Scotland's Best Comics from Scotland's coolest comedy producers, the Good Egg Comedy company!
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Stuart Mitchell: Testing Testing
Join Stuart Mitchell, the longest running panellist from BBC Scotland's Breaking The News, as he runs through brand new material at Blackfriars as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Sunday Comedy Brunch with a selection of Scotland's Best Comics from Scotland's coolest comedy producers, the Good Egg Comedy company!
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Wheel No Evil
Coming to Glasgow International Comedy Festival, don't miss See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Wheel No Evil starring Tez Baker, Rose Wilde and Mikey Hughes at McChuills!
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Dean Coughlin: Oblivious Sausage
Dean Coughlin, a Scouser spawned from actual pirates, takes you on a whimsical adventure through working class culture and the obliviousness of man.
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The Horne Section’s Hit Show
Unruly, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying, six-headed comedy band The Horne Section come to the King's Theatre Glasgow in March as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025!
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Robocop Vs.The Terminator Vs. Gabriel Featherstone
Robocop, The Terminator, Gabriel Featherstone... these three titans of entertainment will face off in a bloody, mind-mangling, no holds barred battle to the death!
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Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!
Cryptid! is the darkly hilarious debut hour from Glasgow comic Kathleen Hughes – a show about identity, imperfection, and the mortifying ordeal of allowing yourself to be seen.
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Andrew Durning: The Mental Parent
What do you get when a man with mental health issues becomes a father of identical twin boys? Comedy gold!
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Up 4 A Laugh
Alan Ritchie, Lucha, Mhairi Jane Kinnaird and Jaki Logan take to the stage to give you a night guaranteed to be full of laughs as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Eshaan Akbar: Live 2025
Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! His previous tour, the Pretender, was described by The Times as 'pretty sick' (not an actual quote) so this one is likely to be mad good!
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David Callaghan: These Lanes I Watch Into The Fog
David Callaghan brings a work in progress of a multidisplay multimedia comedy show, told in half remembered CRT and handpainted 3D animation to Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Trans*Atlantic
What happens when you're transgender, American, and can't quite figure out which one the British dislike more? Find out in Trans*Atlantic!
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Jeremy Cram: My Midlife Crisis And Me
Jeremy Cram (older millennial aged 44 and a half) explains why everyone and everything has failed when he brings his show, My Midlife Crisis And Me, to Glasgow Comedy Festival!
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Celtic Da’s: A New Play By Phil Differ
Phil Differ brings his new play Celtic Da's, starring Raymond Mearns and Bruce Morton, to Oran Mor Glasgow as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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The Best of Front Tier Comedy with headliner Des McLean
Front Tier Comedy, Scotland's newest and fast growing comedy club, presents a showcase of top class comedy talent at Drygate on Wednesday 26th March!
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Darren Connell: My Name Is Darren Connell and This Is My Self-Tape
Expected the unexpected as Darren Connell takes the audience through a journey of his surreal dark madness when he returns to Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025!
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Kat Powell - Why Am I Like This?
Join Kat Powell for a stand up show about love, family, and growing up a little bit odd. 'Why Am I Like This?' is the story of a West Coast lass and the bag of squirrel that raised her.
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Stand-Up, Look Pretty
Join anxiety-riddled New Yorker Madeleine Munford as she creates the ultimate love letter to the girlies when she brings Stand-Up, Look Pretty to Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Stand-Up, Look Pretty
Join anxiety-riddled New Yorker Madeleine Munford as she creates the ultimate love letter to the girlies when she brings Stand-Up, Look Pretty to Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Michael Herd: Bandwagon
Bandwagon is all about comedian Michael Herd's music career as part of 6 bands nobody has ever heard of!
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Susie McCabe: Best Behaviour
The Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow award winner Susie McCabe is back! On the back of her sold out shows Femme Fatality and Merchant of Menace, this year she is on her Best Behaviour!
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Tom Whiston: The Dandy Daniels
This is a tale of friendships lost, and learning to live with a present that isn't as rosy as the past. It's also the story of a barbershop singer who was kicked out of his quartet for stage-diving.
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Gearóid Farrelly: Gearóid Rage
Gearóid Farrelly follows his mammoth Glamour Hammer tour with a hilarious new stand up show Gearóid Rage, catch him live at the Old Hairdressers as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?
In his much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone's lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?
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Taryam Boyd: Masc. Mask
With sharp wit and raw honesty Taryam Boyd's show, Masc Mask is a celebration of authenticity and finding joy in being unapologetically yourself!
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James Gardner: Journeyman
James Gardner - one of the rising stars of UK comedy - brings his new show Journeyman back to The Social Hub as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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5 Fifers For A Fiver
5 Fifers For A Fiver, Mirth of Forth Productions' popular showcase show, returns to the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2025, featuring some of the best Fife-based acts on the circuit!
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Phil Green: Guilt
After seeking forgiveness for a silly childhood game that accidentally put his sister in hospital 30yrs ago, Phil Green wants to forgive us all for some of our biggest regrets.
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Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty (WIP)
Stuart Thomas delivers a sharp, unapologetic standup show with Bad Fatty, diving into life as a fat Welshman for Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Snug And Grub Catch A Bug!
Join Garlic Theatre for a funny organic tale, with colourful puppets, a beautifully crafted set and foot tapping music at Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre!
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Eddie French: Poser
Are you a poser? Eddie French thinks that they might be. Follow them through, Punk Rock, gender and other places where they fear they're going to get caught out!
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Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 (WIP)
All aboard the ghost train through Sarah Roberts's mind, in a show that asks, should she be lobotomised?
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Zoe Lyons: Werewolf
If life is a journey, Zoe Lyons' has had more than its share of potholes and diversions, don't miss her live at The Stand Glasgow with brand new show, Werewolf!
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Robin Grainger: T-Shirt Weather (WIP)
Robin Grainger brings his work-in-progress show, T-Shirt Weather, to Van Winkle West End as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Dane Buckley & Daniel Foxx: Welcome To Hell Live!
Join comedians Daniel Foxx & Dane Buckley as they manifest in Glasgow for a LIVE recording of their hit podcast, Welcome to Hell!
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Don’t Cry For Me, I’m The Cleaner: Confessions Of A Glasgow Scrubber
Filled with laughs, tears & gossip Jean has put down her soap bar and got on her soap box, don't miss Don't Cry For Me, I'm The Cleaner: Confessions Of A Glasgow Scrubber at The Britannia Panopticon!
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Comedy Arcade Live
The Comedy Arcade, the smash hit competitive story telling game based on the podcast of the same name, comes to Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Stephen Halkett: Save the Planet Kids Show
Glaswegian comic and science teacher Stephen Halkett is your host for a fun filled interactive show on how to save our beautiful planet at the Stand Glasgow!
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Ross Leslie: Work In Progress
Ross Leslie brings his work in progress show to The Admiral Woods on Saturday 29th March as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025!
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Fred MacAulay: Goodnight... Comedian - A Work In Progress
Two years since his last Glasgow International Comedy Festival show at Oran Mor, Fred MacAuley's back with an hour of work in progress material!
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Mitch Benn: The Point
Like all those who spread mirth for a living, Mitch Benn has been wondering if he's really making a difference, and if there is – yes – a POINT to what he – or anybody – is doing.
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Gareth Mutch: Modern Man
Don't miss award-nominated stand-up comedian Gareth Mutch live at The Stand Glasgow with his fantastic new show Modern Man as part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Liam Farrelly - Flipbook
Liam Farrelly brings his show about becoming a father at 21 to Glasgow Comedy Festival as he laments about going to baby ballet to the many issues of owning Guinea pigs!
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Big Zeus Energy Present: Werewolves of London
From the creators of Big Zeus Energy comes Werewolves of London a new sketch/clown show about werewolves!
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George Fox: Sugar Daddy (WIP)
George Fox is resident host of the famous Monkey Barrel Comedy Club, Twitch streamer and Youtuber... come discover how he learned to take control of his life... and insulin!
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Rory M Spence: Mammal
In this hour of stand up, Rory M Spence will explore what it means to be part of the animal kingdom while also having a bank account and a social media presence.
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Dean T. Beirne: Fated To Pretend
Dean T. Beirne, the Scottish finalist for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 and star of Rosie Jones' Comedy Disability Extravaganza, presents his debut show, Fated to Pretend.
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Rosco Mclelland: Sudden Death
Step into the wild world of Rosco McClelland's Sudden Death, where old friendships collide with the unexpected in a comedic whirlwind set in the heart of Scotland.
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3 Little Pigs TAILS
Bristling with puppets, live music and lots of joining in, Garlic Theatre will entertain the whole family when they bring 3 Little Pigs TAILS to the Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre!
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Andy Zaltzman: The Zaltgeist
In the biggest stand-up tour of his career, Andy Zaltzman will attempt to concoct vaguely plausible answers to perennial questions such as What?, Who?, Where?, and above all Why?
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Jenny Eclair: Jokes Jokes Jokes
In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to Glasgow International Comedy Festival!
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Russell Kane: HyperActive
Whirlwind, FitBit-breaking comedian, presenter, actor and author Russell Kane is back on tour, and his brand new show, HyperActive, heads to Glasgow in March 2025!
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival Gala
See out the 2025 festival in style with the GICF Comedy Gala at the King's Theatre Glasgow, a special afternoon showcase of the best talent the festival had to offer!
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Glasgow International
Glasgow International ,
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For 17 days Glasgow International showcases the best of local & international visual art in venues across the City!
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Glasgow Science Festival
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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!
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Aye Write!
The Mitchell Library North Street,
Glasgow City Centre G3 7DN
Aye Write is Glasgow's annual book festival, bringing writers and speakers from across Britain and beyond to the heart of Scotland's largest city!
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Glasgow Zine Fest
Centre For Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow City Centre G2 3JD
Glasgow Zine Fest is a yearly celebration of zine culture, featuring events about art, community, and heritage!
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Glasgow Wildfest
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Now in its fourth year, Glasgow Wildfest, is a whole month of events celebrating Glasgow’s greenspaces!
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Southside Fringe Festival
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Glasgow South Side
Enjoy a fortnight of music, workshops and events south of the river Clyde when the Southside Fringe Festival returns in May 2022!
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Glasgow Jazz Festival
Glasgow Jazz Festival ,
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The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place annually in June and features a wide range of jazz artists from around the world!
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Merchant City Festival
220 High Street,
Glasgow City Centre G4 OQW
The Merchant City Festival is an annual extravaganza of street theatre, music, dance, circus, visual arts, comedy & literature in Glasgow's City Centre!
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Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Theatre Rose Street,
Glasgow City Centre G3 6RB
One of the friendliest film festivals on the planet with a wide-ranging programme that celebrates every corner of world cinema and provides a fantastic showcase for the best of Scottish film!
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The Village Storytelling Festival
The Village Storytelling Festival CCA Glasgow,
Glasgow City Centre G2 3JD
The Village Storytelling Festival, Scotland's community and contemporary storytelling festival, is back for 2024!
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Glasgow International
For 17 days Glasgow International showcases the best of local & international visual art in venues across the City!
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!
Aye Write is Glasgow's annual book festival, bringing writers and speakers from across Britain and beyond to the heart of Scotland's largest city!
READ MORE
Glasgow Zine Fest
Glasgow Zine Fest is a yearly celebration of zine culture, featuring events about art, community, and heritage!
READ MORE
Glasgow Wildfest
Now in its fourth year, Glasgow Wildfest, is a whole month of events celebrating Glasgow’s greenspaces!
READ MORE
Southside Fringe Festival
Enjoy a fortnight of music, workshops and events south of the river Clyde when the Southside Fringe Festival returns in May 2022!
READ MORE
Glasgow Jazz Festival
The Glasgow Jazz Festival takes place annually in June and features a wide range of jazz artists from around the world!
READ MORE
Merchant City Festival
The Merchant City Festival is an annual extravaganza of street theatre, music, dance, circus, visual arts, comedy & literature in Glasgow's City Centre!
READ MORE
Glasgow Film Festival
One of the friendliest film festivals on the planet with a wide-ranging programme that celebrates every corner of world cinema and provides a fantastic showcase for the best of Scottish film!
READ MORE
The Village Storytelling Festival
The Village Storytelling Festival, Scotland's community and contemporary storytelling festival, is back for 2024!
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