BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2025
The 2025 Bath Comedy Festival runs from Monday 31st March to Monday 21st April, and was jam packed with dozens of shows featuring over 250 performers, in 15 venues across the city.The fun will carry on all year round, with two weeks of Edinburgh (and beyond!) Previews in July, Bath Comedy Club nights and tour shows in venues big and small.
For all forthcoming events - CLICK HERE for the full event calendar, with details and online booking for all shows.
We're programming into next year and beyond already, and we need your help to keep the laughs coming - why not become a Friend of the Festival, or if you have a business become a Festival Sponsor or Business Partner - there is a whole range of benefits available. Email Sponsor@BathComedy.com to start the conversation.
BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 31st March - 21st April 2025
February 2025 - PRESS RELEASE
Have a #LaughInBath as Bath Comedy Festival returns
with a broadening programme and outlook!
With over 70 shows and featuring more than 250 performers, Bath Comedy Festival is back again to keep Bath roaring with laughter over three weeks this April.
Heats of the esteemed New Act Competition run throughout the Festival at Nowhere, culminating in the Grand Final at The Old Theatre Royal on Easter Monday. Core venues include Bath Forum, Upstairs @ Bath Pizza Co and the Ring O Bells, and for the first time in a number of years Bath's prestigious Guildhall.
Regular venue partners Rondo Theatre and Komedia host some great shows; as always there are affordable 'pay what you feel' gigs, and there's every genre of comedy on offer, plus film, art and family friendly events.
The Festival wouldn't be the same without the flagship bonkers bus tour The Wine Arts Trail (T.W.A.T.) – discovering new businesses and secret corners of Bath with a glass of wine and a 'happening' at each stop.
Other highlights include some old school comedy from Bobby Davro and Basil Brush, household names and 'Live At The Apollo' stars such as Henning Wehn, Simon Evans, Dylan Moran, Jen Brister, Maisie Adam, Rich Hall and Hal Cruttenden, alongside Edinburgh Fringe and circuit legends Simon Munnery, Glenn Wool, Barbara Nice, Markus Birdman, Patrick Monahan and Marcel Lucont, as well as works in progress from many fast-rising stars such s Dan Tiernan, Hannah Byczkowski and Kuan-wen Huang.
This year's Festival starts Bath Comedy's year-round programme off with a bang, and will be followed by a mini-festival of Edinburgh (and beyond!) Previews in July, Bath Comedy Club shows and some exciting one-offs. Bookings are already being made into next year, with Paul Merton & Suki Webster already on sale for March 2026!
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Festival Director Nick Steel says: "This year's Festival line-up is an impressive mixture of well-known comedy stalwarts and rising stars, but also a new starting point towards a broader remit encompassing literature and film, a future filled with more shows for families and younger audiences through our 'Junior Jokers' programme, more daytime events and workshops, as well as continuing our esteemed New Act Competition and regular favourites and unique events like The Wine Arts Trail.
This last year, the post-pandemic challenges have continued, but it is finally starting to feel as though confidence and forward thinking might be returning in a way that will encourage new partnerships and collaborations, both between arts organisations and with businesses, and I will be seeking to devise more ways to work together on mutually beneficial ideas, to shore up the Festival's future and to keep bringing laughter to Bath.
We're extremely grateful to our current supporters, venues and partners, and I'm looking forward to welcoming new Sponsors and Business Partners – why not get in touch and see how being aligned with the Festival can help you, your company and your employees? Individuals can join the Friends Of The Festival scheme to be a part of our exciting journey, gain tangible benefits and help sustain the Festival's continuing evolution and development.
Bath Comedy Festival is now widely recognised as a destination for comedy and a key date on the annual cultural calendar. We can't do it without you, so join us as we welcome both Bath residents and visitors...and have a laugh!”
Check out the What's on listings, which are correct at time of going to press.
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Use our hashtag: #LaughInBath
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Bath Comedy Festival runs Monday 31st March – Monday 21st April 2025 in various venues throughout Bath
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How and where to book tickets
Nick Steel says: "Check out the Festival line-up online for show details and online booking links, including our new zero-fee ticket portal, or pick up a printed programme around town from March, from shops, bars, Bath Station, Southgate, venues and hotels, or Bath Box Office at Bath Forum. I hope you enjoy this year's fantastic series of events, see as much as possible and discover new comedians and venues in the process."
Check out the what's on pages which are constantly being updated with show details and booking links, as more and more shows come online and on sale, and remember Bath Comedy isn't just for Easter...we run Bath Comedy shows in multiple venues throughout the whole year!
