Welcome to the home of Bath Comedy - for the award-winning Spring time Bath Comedy Festival, now in its 16th year, and year-round Bath Comedy events including Bath Comedy Club shows, July Edinburgh Preview season and many one-off specials.
Coming next: BATH COMEDY AUTUMN SEASON 2024
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The Festival season may be over but fear not, many more laughs are coming your way soon!
Bath Comedy Club nights return on the last (pay day!) Thursdays of the month at Nowhere, and we've three fab tour shows for you as well:
Fri 11th Oct - Upstairs @ Bath Pizza Co
Kai Humphries: Gallivanting
"Massively funny" ★★★★ Scotsman
Thurs 31st Oct - Nowhere
Bath Comedy Club: Nowhere - Starring Mike Gunn, Stella Graham & Luke Richards
"Mike Gunn will make you die laughing" ★★★★ Guardian
Thurs 14th Nov - Upstairs @ Bath Pizza Co
Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion
"A genuinely exciting talent" ★★★★★ The Herald
Thurs 28th Nov - Nowhere
Bath Comedy Club: Nowhere - Starring Steve Gribbin, Kev Mud & Krishna Hurry
"More energy than a friendly Tasmanian devil" ★★★★ Scotsman
Thurs 12th Dec - Nowhere
Terry Alderton: Terry & Friends, with Esther Manito
"The comedy thrill of a lifetime" ★★★★★ Scotsman
Thurs 30th Jan 2025 - Nowhere
Bath Comedy Club: Nowhere - Starring Ronnie Golden
"A very appealing hour...well spent in good company" ★★★★ One4Review
Secure your tickets by booking online -
SEE THE EVENTS DIARY FOR DETAILS OF ALL FORTHCOMING SHOWS HERE.
BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2025 - CROWD FUND
Dear Bath Comedy Supporters
It has been a Herculean task to wean the public back to live performances over recent years. You'll be aware I'm sure that the spirit of "carry on regardless" resulted in a programme of almost uninterrupted live comedy since the pandemic, but the repercussions of Covid are still with us.
Pre-pandemic, the Festival was lucky to receive generous corporate sponsorship from the likes of Lovehoney, Bath Ales and others, but since then we have endured four years without any sponsors. This, combined with our policy of producing affordable comedy for all, means we cannot survive on ticket sales alone.
Nobody could have worked harder to keep the festival going through a horrendous period for all live entertainment, but there's a limit to how long hand to mouth can sustain. And this limit is close to being reached.
Whilst very busy programming for next year and beyond, we are appealing to you all for your help to ensure the survival of the Festival. Here are some moments from the last year of shows: Read on to see how you can help us continue to bring world class comedy to Bath.
Here are some selected moments from the last year of shows:
Pledge your support online -
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE CROWD FUND
Aside from the crowd fund, our Friends of the Festival scheme is another way to support - sign up for £75 a year to enjoy invitations to VIP receptions, discounted tickets, advance notice of popular events and a chance to win your money back. See below.
Bath Comedy Festival is an essential annual part of our city's cultural offering and it would be sorely missed if it were to disappear; Bath has so much more to offer than just it's beautiful old buildings, some of which will be used by Bath Comedy for the first time during the 2025 Festival.
Let's do our best to keep Bath's cultural and comedic heart beating!
In accordance with our previous tradition, anyone giving £100 or more to the crowd fund or signing up as a Friend of the Festival will be invited to a VIP drinks party before the April Fools' Gala show on Friday 4th April 2025.
All monies received will go to artists and the direct costs of bringing more laughter to Bath.
With huge thanks for your support.
Pledge your support online -
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE CROWD FUND
Become a Friend of the Festival
The Festival is not regularly funded and relies on support from businesses' sponsorship and support from YOU too!
Join our merry band of Friends for an annual £75 and enjoy such benefits as:
- Invitations to exclusive VIP receptions
- 'Thank you' accreditations on our web site and printed programme
- Concession rate tickets for selected events
- Early notice of special events
- Membership of an exclusive group of donors whom, by their generosity, contribute to the long term success of the Festival.
Alternatively if you would just like to donate please use the other checkout link below - all contrbutions are very gratefully received and go towards bringing more laughter and fun to our city!
MUSIC GIGS
Festival Director Nick Steel also promotes "regular-irregular" music gigs.
Nick is continuing to bring top class live music back to the street at The Ram pub in Widcombe, Bath. The ever-improving revamped cafe/pub now incorporates Widcombe Deli, selling their fabulous home made fayre during the daytimes (including breakfasts fom 8.30am) with food available in the evenings too, (busy sporting fixtures permitting!).
After a break from music over summer (football and other things rather take over), live bands started again in September 2024, including trios featuring some of the country's finest blues guitarists.
Live bands this season:
Fri 6th Sept - The Pinkertons
Fri 20th Sept - Innes Sibun Trio
Fri 4th Oct - Ben Fletcher Blues Cafe Orchestra
Fri 18th Oct - Babois Eats The Lizard
Fri 1st Nov - Bob Bowles Trio
Fri 8th Nov - The Poorbox Brothers
Fri 15th Nov - Will Edmunds Trio
Fri 29th Nov - Magpie
Fri 6th Dec - LeBurn Maddox Trio
Fri 13th Dec - The Andy Burden Band
Fri 20th Dec - Jon Amor Trio
2025
Fri 10th Jan - Courting Ghosts
Fri 17th Jan - Future Plan
Fri 24th Jan - Bob Bowles Trio
Fri 7th Feb - Jon Amor Trio
Fri 14th Feb - Mireille Mathlener Band
Fri 21st Feb - Innes Sibun Trio
Fri 7th Mar - Ben Fletcher Blues Cafe Orchestra
Fri 14th Mar - The Patsy Gamble & Muddy Manninen Blues Collective
Fri 21st Mar - Bob Bowles Trio
Click here for the complete Music events diary.
Nick Steel's Radio Interviews
Listen to a selection of Nick's recent radio interviews, and some famous performers too - click here
Nick says:
I'm always excited about what we have in store for the next Bath Comedy shows, and I'm so proud that we managed to not only survive the pandemic/lockdown periods, but also produce over 60 shows in 2020 and over 75 in 2021, when not much else was able to happen, and then hold full Bath Comedy Festivals every year since.
Bath Comedy recently reached the top three in category at the 2022 Bath Business Awards - Tourism and Hospitality Resilience Award, and was a finalist in both the Bath Life Awards and Creative Bath Awards 2023 and 2024.
WATCH THIS SPACE - MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING VERY SOON!
See the what's on calendar for more details of all shows as they come on sale, including Bath Comedy Club nights, Edinburgh Previews season, and all year-round tour shows and one-off events. We're already booking into next year and beyond...lots of excitement to come!
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