Events Diary 2018
Bath Comedy Festival event details, booking information and links will appear here as they are announced.
Browse Bath Comedy Festival events - click on the title of an event below for full details and booking information, including online booking links.
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This symbol denotes events in the core programme, i.e. curated by the Festival. Click here to see all.
This symbol denotes "Pay-as-you-feel" events (you can buy advance tickets to secure a seat or pay what you want on the day). Click here to see all.There is also an A-Z list of performers, plus a PDF of the brochure to view online.
Printed brochures will be available from the end of February in many pubs, cafés and restaurants around Bath and surrounding areas, from all venues, the Polite Box and the Visitor Information Centre. Preview the brochure online.
| Event (click for details) | Venue | Doors / show | Price / concs |
Thursday 22nd March, 2018 - Pre-Festival Fun!
| Larry Dean - Fandan | Ring O Bells | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £8 SOLD OUT |
Tuesday 27th March, 2018
| Jon Richardson - The Old Man | Bath Forum | 7.00pm / 8.00pm | £20.50-£25.50 SOLD OUT |
| Kelly Convey - Dependant Woman | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Wednesday 28th March, 2018
| Becky Brunning - Work In Progress (With Good Bits) | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel** |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Jamie Oliphant and Dan Audritt - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Viv Groskop - Vivalicious | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 1 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Sarah Bennetto - All My Life's Mistakes, Catalogued (Volume One) | Widcombe Social Club | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £10 CANCELLED |
Thursday 29th March, 2018
| Sarah Bennetto - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* CANCELLED |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Superheroes | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 / £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 2 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Open Mic Playgroup | The Bell | 7.30pm / 8.30pm | Free |
Friday 30th March, 2018
| John-Luke Roberts - All I Wanna Do is FX: GUNSHOTS with a FX: GUN RELOADING and a FX: CASH REGISTER and Take Your Money! | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Tony Law - Absurdity For Common People | Komedia Arts Café | 7.00pm / 8.00pm | £12 / £10 |
| Yonic - That Was Obscene And You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| New Act Competition - Heat 3 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Patrick Monahan - Rewind Selector 90s | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Sameena Zehra - Existerhood | St James Wine Vaults | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel** |
Saturday 31st March, 2018
| Adele Cliff - Sheep | Bath Brew House | 2.15pm / 2.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Dorian Wainwright - The Picture of Dorian Wainwright | Bath Brew House | 3.45pm / 4.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Samantha Pressdee - Back 2 Basics | Mission Theatre | 5.30pm / 6.00pm | £8 / £6 |
| Julian Dutton - Do You Think That's Wise? - The Life & Times of John Le Mesurier
| Widcombe Social Club | 6.30pm / 7.00pm | £10 / £7.50 |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Krater Comedy Club - Ben Norris, Adam Bloom, Angela Barnes & MC James Redmond | Komedia | 6.30pm / 8.00pm | £9 - £48 |
| Brew House Saturday Night Live Line-up - starring Jonny & The Baptists & Phil Kay | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 |
| John Otway | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Rosie Jones - Fifteen Minutes | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Simon Evans - Genius | Widcombe Social Club | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £14 / £12 SOLD OUT |
Sunday 1st April, 2018
| Chris Chopping and Steffan Alun - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 3.15pm / 3.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Sarah Breese & Tony Chiotti - Finger Moustache | Bath Brew House | 4.45pm / 5.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Col Howarth - id ego superego | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* CANCELLED |
| George Lewis - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Jake Lambert - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Dan Evans - 10% | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £14 / £10 |
| Marlon Davis - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Monday 2nd April, 2018
| David Tsonos - Walking The Cat 2 | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 4 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| New Act Comedy Night | Komedia Arts Café | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £3 on the door |
| What's Your Flavour? - Dinner TIme | Mission Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £8 CANCELLED |
Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
| Lulu Popplewell - An Awful Time | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience | Abbey Hotel | 7.00pm / 7.30pm | £57.50 incl 3 course meal SOLD OUT |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 5 | The Westgate | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Joanne McNally - Wine Tamer | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| George Rigden - Gorgeous George | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel** |
| Ashley Storrie - Adulting | Ring O Bells | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £9 / £7 |
| Janey Godley - Godley's Cream - 20 Years And Counting | Ring O Bells | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £10 |
| Christian Talbot - Desperately Seeking Approval | Bath Brew House | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Catherine Bohart - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Wednesday 4th April, 2018
| Joey Page - Perhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever | Ring O Bells | 6.00pm / 6.30pm | £8 |
| Ed Night - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience | Abbey Hotel | 7.00pm / 7.30pm | £57.50 incl 3 course meal SOLD OUT |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 6 | The Igloo | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| David Mills - Rumour Has It | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Sally-Anne Hayward - Um...I Was Talking About You Not To You | Ring O Bells | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £9 / £7 |
| Holt & Talbot - Mansplaining Feminism | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Christopher Macarthur-Boyd - Home Sweet Home | Ring O Bells | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £8 |
| Romina Puma - It's All My Mother's Fault! | Bath Brew House | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Thursday 5th April, 2018
| Rachel Parris - Keynote | Ring O Bells | 6.00pm / 6.30pm | £10 SOLD OUT |
| Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming | Frome | / 7.00pm | £8 adv / £10 on the day |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £10 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 7 | The Igloo | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Carl Hutchinson - Live | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 |
| Gamble & Hoskins | Mission Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £8 |
| Markus Birdman - Grimm Realities | Ring O Bells | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £10 |
| Pauline Eyre & Rebecca How - Better | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Open Mic Playgroup | The Bell | 7.30pm / 8.30pm | Free |
| Diane Spencer - 2018 Collection | Ring O Bells | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £10 |
| Maisie Adam - Vague | Bath Brew House | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Friday 6th April, 2018
| Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Unravelled Commedia Company - A Night at the Novelty Theatre | Mission Theatre | / 7.30pm | £8 / £5 |
| Rachel Parris - Keynote | Widcombe Social Club | 7.00pm / 7.30pm | £10 SOLD OUT |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 8 | The Igloo | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Croft & Pearce Are Not Themselves | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Pauline Eyre & Rebecca How - Better | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Chris Norton Walker - YEAH! | Bath Brew House | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Mother's Ruin - A Cabaret About Gin | Widcombe Social Club | 9.30pm / 10.00pm | £14 / £10 |
Saturday 7th April, 2018
| David Ephgrave - Under Construction | Bath Brew House | 2.15pm / 2.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* CANCELLED |
| Tales of Britain Live | Widcombe Social Club | 3.30pm / 4.00pm | £3 on the door |
| Sally-Anne Hayward - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 3.45pm / 4.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Kane & Abel - Breaking The Magicians' Code | Mission Theatre | / 7.30pm | £12 / £10 |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Krater Comedy Club - Paul McCaffrey, Jarred Christmas, Robert White & MC Sally-Anne Hayward | Komedia | 6.30pm / 8.00pm | £9 - £48 |
| Brew House Saturday Night Live Line-up - starring Jarred Christmas & Wes Packer | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 |
| George Egg - DIY Chef | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Esther Manito & Jake Howie - Out Rage | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Sunday 8th April, 2018
| The Wine Arts Trail 2018 | To be revealed... | 10.40am / 11.00am | £30 SOLD OUT |
| The Wine Arts Trail 2018 | To be revealed... | 2.40pm / 3.00pm | £30 SOLD OUT |
| Sally-Anne Hayward - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 3.15pm / 3.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| David Ephgrave - Under Construction | Bath Brew House | 4.45pm / 5.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* CANCELLED |
| The Unrelated Family - Funny Noises | Moles Nightclub | 5.30pm / 6.00pm | £5 on the door |
| David Hoare and Richard James - My Cool Mac & Tyre | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Elf Lyons - Swan | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
| Milo McCabe - An Evening With Troy Hawke | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Monday 9th April, 2018
| Josh Pugh - These Things | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Henning Wehn - Das Neuen Materialen Nachten | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £15 SOLD OUT |
| New Act Competition - Heat 9 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
Tuesday 10th April, 2018
| Tom Lucy - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* CANCELLED |
| Alison Thea-Skot and Lorna Shaw - Work In Progress | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Henning Wehn - Das Neuen Materialen Nachten | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £15 SOLD OUT |
| New Act Competition - Heat 10 | The Westgate | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Seasoned Plums | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Carey Marx - Contrary Carey | Bath Brew House | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Si Deaves - Si's Matters | Bath Brew House | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Phil Cooper - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Wednesday 11th April, 2018
| Archie Maddocks - Matchstick | Ring O Bells | 6.00pm / 6.30pm | £5 |
| Lou Conran - At Least I'm Not Dog Poo Darren | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Jamie Oliphant and Dan Audritt - Work In Progress | St James Wine Vaults | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| New Act Competition - Heat 11 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Tom Stade - I Swear | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £17.50 |
| Bentley Browning and Simon Capes - Comedy Double Whammy | Assembly Inn | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | Free entry (donations) |
| Matt Green - These People | Ring O Bells | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £7.50 |
| Sam Carrington - All Grown Up | Ring O Bells | 9.15pm / 9.30pm | £5 |
Thursday 12th April, 2018
| Sam Fraser - Stand Up, Weather Girl! | Ring O Bells | 6.00pm / 6.30pm | £5 |
| Jake Baker - No Success Like Failure | Bath Brew House | 6.15pm / 6.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Rare Species - Frome - The Fecund Coming | Frome | / 7.00pm | £8 adv / £10 on the day |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| New Act Competition - Heat 12 | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Tom Stade - I Swear | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £17.50 |
| Colin Hoult - Anna Mann in How We Stop The Fascists | Ring O Bells | 7.45pm / 8.00pm | £9 / £7 |
| Open Mic Playgroup | The Bell | 7.30pm / 8.30pm | Free |
| Arthur Smith & The Smithereens - PC Syd | Widcombe Social Club | 9.00pm / 9.30pm | £12 / £10 |
Friday 13th April, 2018
| New Act Competition - Semi-Final 1 | Widcombe Social Club | 5.30pm / 6.00pm | £6.50 |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| Alex Williamson - Make The World A Banter Place | Komedia | 6.30pm / 8.00pm | £17.50 - £28 |
| Mark Steel - Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright | St Margaret's Hall, Bradford on Avon | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £15 SOLD OUT |
| Brew House Friday Night Live Line-up - starring Arthur Smith & Yuriko Kotani | Bath Brew House | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 |
| Tez Ilyas - Teztify | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £12 |
| Michael Hackett - Giantology | The Bell | 8.00pm / 8.30pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| New Act Competition - Semi-Final 2 | Widcombe Social Club | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £6.50 |
Saturday 14th April, 2018
| Hilary Chaplain - Physical Comedy Workshop. Don’t just watch it - do it! | Burdall's Yard | 10.00am / 2 day workshop | £120 or £100 earlybird / £100 |
| Unrehearsed Theatre Company - Monty Python And The Holy Grail | The Bell | / 3.00pm | Free |
| Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt - My Hairy Belly Button | The Bell | / 4.30pm | £5 |
| The Matt Cranium Radio Hour | The Bell | / 6.00pm | £5 |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
| The Walcot Street Comedy Club | The Bell | / 8.00pm | £5 |
| Krater Comedy Club - Duncan Oakley, Alex Smith, Allyson June Smith & MC Maff Brown | Komedia | 6.30pm / 8.00pm | £9 - £48 |
| Festival Closing Gala Show - starring Zoe Lyons, Simon Day, Arthur Smith & more | Apex Hotel Conference Centre | 7.00pm / 8.00pm | £22 / £18 |
| Mitch Benn - I'm Still Here | Rondo Theatre | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £12 |
Sunday 15th April, 2018
| New Act Competition - Grand Final | Widcombe Social Club | 6.45pm / 7.30pm | £10 |
| Bizarre Bath | Meet outside The Huntsman | / 8.00pm | £8 / £5 |
Thursday 31st May, 2018 - Bath Comedy Festival @ Bath Fringe!
| James Hollingsworth's Pink Floyd Night | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £10 / £8 |
Thursday 7th June, 2018 - Bath Comedy Festival @ Bath Fringe!
| Andy Davies & Kirsty Newton - The Scott Walker Songbook | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £10 / £8 |
Sunday 17th June, 2018
| Doug Stanhope | Bath Pavilion | 7.00pm / 8.00pm | £37.50 |
Tuesday 24th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
| Faye Treacy - The Problem With Faye Treacy | Ring O Bells | 6.30pm / 7.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Carey Marx - Carey Carey Quite Contrary | Ring O Bells | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Wednesday 25th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
| Anna Morris - Bombastic | Ring O Bells | 6.30pm / 7.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Simon Munnery - The Wreath | Ring O Bells | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Thursday 26th July, 2018 - Edinburgh Previews!
| John Hastings - Float Like A Butterfly John Hastings Like A Bee | Ring O Bells | 6.30pm / 7.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
| Stephanie Laing - Quitter | Ring O Bells | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £5 or pay what you feel* |
Wednesday 10th October, 2018 - Autumn Season!
| Neil Innes | Apex Hotel Conference Centre | 7.30pm / 8.30pm | £17.50 / £12.50 |
Thursday 25th October, 2018 - Autumn Season!
| Nick Page - Page Against The Machine | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £10 |
Thursday 8th November, 2018 - Autumn Season!
| Swear along with Withnail & I | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £8 SOLD OUT |
Thursday 29th November, 2018 - Autumn Season!
| Bonbon Cabaret - Christmas Special | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £15 / £12 |
Friday 1st February, 2019
| Nick Harper - 58 Fordwych Road | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £15 |
Thursday 28th March, 2019
| Croft & Pearce - Double Take | Widcombe Social Club | 7.30pm / 8.00pm | £14 / £10 |
Friday 5th April, 2019
| Jess Robinson - No Filter | Widcombe Social Club | 8.30pm / 9.00pm | £15 / £12 |
Printed Programme
Pick up a copy of our glossy printed programme around town from late February or early March, or if you would like a copy posted to you, please send an A5 sized s.a.e. with two first class stamps affixed, to Bath Comedy Festival, Programme Request, 4a Sussex Place, Bath BA2 4LA (programmes will be posted by return).
You can also read the programme online - click here for details.
Details of 2018 Bath Comedy Special events will be posted here when they come on sale.
