Comedy Clubs
Live comedy nights and award winning comedy clubs in Liverpool for when you’re looking for a night of laughs
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Blackstock Market Opens Its Doors
Blackstock Market has opened to the public with more than 2,000 people flocking to the multi-million-pound Liverpool venue on its first day. The hotly anticipated new £7million entertainment destination was officially launched, with events including a sold-out evening from Hot Water Comedy Club, led by its popular resident compere Paul Smith. The epic comedy line-up also included fan favourites Jamie Sutherland, Kate Tracey, Danny McLoughlin, Tony Carroll, Rob Thomas, Brennan Reece, Phil Chapman and Freddie Quinn. Earlier in the day, superstar British…
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Liverpool’s New Entertainment Venue, Blackstock Market, Announces Spring Opening
Liverpool’s hottest new independent entertainment destination is set to open its doors this spring, promising a brilliant visitor experience. The new £7million Blackstock Market will boast a wide-ranging programme of entertainment, including comedy, music, sporting events broadcast live on a giant screen and a fantastic food and drink offer. The 60,000sq ft development is the brainchild of Toxteth-raised brothers Paul and Binty Blair who run the city’s hugely popular, multi award-winning Hot Water Comedy Club. Now the pair have harnessed…
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Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase Is Back For 10th Instalment
Designed to provide a platform for black and brown comedy and entertainment talent, the Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase will celebrate its 10th instalment next month at Liverpool’s Royal Court on 11 April. Run in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. and founded by comedian and resident host Che Burnley, the showcase began at Edinburgh Festival in 2016 before finding a regular home in the Liverpool theatre five years ago. Over that time, the showcase has provided…
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New Comedy Night Launches At Tempest On Tithebarn
A brand-new monthly comedy night is launching in Liverpool. Comedy at Tempest will showcase some of Liverpool’s recognised faces trying new material and those taking their first steps in the spotlight. It launches on Thursday 12 October at 8pm and then will run every second Thursday of the month at Tempest on Tithebarn with free entry for all. Hosted by Mark Devine, Comedy at Tempest will complement the established comedy already in the district. Each…
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Comedy @ Turncoat, New Monthly Comedy Night at the Royal Albert Dock
Turncoat Bar will be serving up lots of laughs alongside signature gins and pizza with the launch of its new monthly comedy nights, Comedy @ Turncoat, launching on Sunday 8 August. The bar, in the vaults at Edward Pavilion at Royal Albert Dock, is already a go-to for its amazing cocktails created using Turncoat’s own spirits distilled at its distillery just up the road in the Baltic Triangle. Now as well as its selection of…
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Liverpool Comedy Festival Returns For 18th Year This September
The Liverpool Comedy Festival is back again for its 18th year with a jam-packed delivery of giggles across the city from 20th -29th September. This year’s Festival is set to be #wellfunny as it shines the spotlight on how humour can make us happier and healthier, while showcasing some of the finest comedians in the land at the city’s best comedy venues. There’ll be free comedy events popping up all over the city – keep…
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Festival No.6 Announces Comedy Line-Up
Reginald D Hunter, Tim Key, Lauren Pattison, Stuart Goldsmith, Spencer Jones, Jayde Adams, John Kearns, Fern Brady and more join the bill. Festival No.6 has revealed the first names on this year’s comedy line-up at The Gatehouse as part of the Arts and Culture programme. With a mixture of heritage names and emerging talent, this year is set to be the best edition yet. Reginald D. Hunter makes his debut at Festival No.6 this year. During…
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Hugely popular Edinburgh Fringe stand-up comedy is coming to Liverpool’s Hot Water Comedy Club
Yolav and Graham’s Jovial Trauma Refugee Stand Up Comedy is coming to Hot Water Comedy this Spring. The daringly dark and illegally funny double act, Yolav and Graham, are set to bring their subversive stand up style to the now legendary Hot Water Comedy Club. The character act created by Michael Burton (Yolav) and Danny Bradley (Graham) is quickly becoming established as one of the most unique acts on the UK comedy circuit. The premise?…
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Laughter Locker Comedy Nights Are Here To Promote Male & Female Comedians Alike
It’s fair to say that the comedy scene has been historically male dominated but women are fighting back (like we always do) and proving it’s not just a male sport. With female comedians blowing up; think Amy Schumer, Katherine Ryan, Sara Pascoe and Aisling Bea to name just a few, the scene has never looked healthier. And that’s where we’ll introduce Laughter Locker – a monthly comedy night held at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre Bistro. Established…
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TV Star & Comedian Paul ‘The Sinnerman’ Sinha Comes To Hot Water Comedy Club
Paul Sinha returns to Hot Water in Liverpool with his latest solo show, direct from this year’s Edinburgh Festival. In his 2015 Edinburgh Fringe show, the stand-up comedian and doyen of daytime, weaved an intricate tale of happiness based on a combination of doing the two jobs he loved, enjoying parental approval, and, actually being in a proper, grown-up, long-term relationship. The day after he returned home from Edinburgh, the illusion of happiness was shattered.…
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Award Winning Comedian John Robins Comes To The Epstein Theatre
Double Chortle Award winning comedian John Robins will be bringing his new show The Darkness of Robins to The Epstein Theatre on Saturday 24 February and tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 13th October. One of the most exciting and distinctive voices in comedy, John’s new show reflects on love, loss and lamenting the fact he can’t break up with himself. The stand-up, vibe magnet and London’s saddest DJ ™ would love to…
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Liverpool Comedy Festival 2017 Line Up Revealed
Top comedians from around the UK will be descending on Liverpool for two weeks to turn the funniest city in the UK into the funniest city across the world. This year’s festival will welcome some of the biggest names on the comedy scene including Rob Brydon, Micky Flanagan, Greg Davies and Jerry Sadowitz. They will be complemented by the very best of home-grown Scouse talent including Liverpool legend Stan Boardman, rising star Adam Rowe, Twitter pseudo-celebrity Ant Campbell, and…
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Hot Water Comedy Club; Liverpool’s Home of Humour, Seven Days A Week
Liverpool isn’t exactly short on comedy, scousers are a pretty funny bunch of people in general so you’ve probably got to be pretty good to get genuine laughs out of a crowd who have come to be entertained. Luckily for Hot Water Comedy Club, the city’s only purpose built comedy club, they have the laughs all wrapped up. Operating seven nights a week from their Seel Street home they are pros at the comedy game.…
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Liverpool Comedy Festival’s ‘Funny Looking Fringe’ Launches This Week At 81 Renshaw Street
Bido Lito! – the Liverpool music magazine is helping launch Liverpool Comedy’s Funny Looking Fringe Festival this September. The free event at arts café 81 Renshaw will consist of tasters from various acts from the fortnight-long festival and music from A Lovely War and Cliff Buddle. Funny Looking Fringe takes place from 15th September-2nd October with acts from all over the UK hand-picked by curator and podcaster Gav Cross. There is also local representation from…
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The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s New Home of Comedy At Camp And Furnace
The Liverpool Comedy Club, Liverpool’s new home of stand-up comedy, will open its doors to the public on Saturday 17th September in one of the city’s most exciting venues. From the unique and ultra-trendy Camp and Furnace in the Baltic Triangle, The Liverpool Comedy Club will host the very best comedians from the international Comedy Circuit every Saturday night. The people behind this new venture are husband and wife team Brendan Riley and Val Brady…
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Comedy Act ‘Tape Face’ Comes To The Epstein Theatre 19th October
The artist formerly known as The Boy with Tape on His Face brings his multi-award winning, multi-hyphenate spectacle to The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool. Join Tape Face as he conjures uproarious & moving tableaux using only the most everyday of objects and the most popular of songs. This truly is comedy made for everyone, be prepared to get involved and enraptured as you step inside a comedy world unlike any other. Visually stunning, heart-stopping, and…
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Shiny New Festival Marks Lantern Theatre Liverpool Closure
Lantern Theatre Liverpool’s annual Shiny New Festival returns this July for its fifth year acting as the theatres final in house production at their Blundell Street venue. The festival will run for an extended length of 10 days this year from 15th – 24th July due to an increase in applications from theatre companies and comedians keen to showcase their work ahead of August’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Since launching in 2011 Shiny New Festival has…
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An Evening With Scroobius Pip; Leaf Bold Street
Waterstones Liverpool have announced performance poet, dj & broadcaster Scroobius Pip will be visiting Leaf on Bold Street on Tuesday 9th August to discuss his new book “Distraction Pieces”, based on his best-selling podcast of the same name. Distraction Pieces features both curated highlights from the iTunes-chart-topping podcast – from Akala to Howard Marks via the likes of Adam Buxton, Romesh Ranganathan and Amanda Palmer – and exclusive new content, with chapters on politics, social media, music, comedy and more.…
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Hot Water Comedy Coming To The Jacaranda Every Wednesday
Hot Water Comedy brings a brand new night to Liverpool, in it’s new addition to it’s already growing repertoire of venues, Jacaranda Basement. The Jac as it is more locally known, was home to the first gig of small indie band known to few, The Beatles, and in keeping with that ethos, will now play host to some of best comedy talent road testing their ‘New Material’. The Jac has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and reopened back…
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Laughterhouse Live Returns To Liverpool Philharmonic
No less than seven giants of comedy will come together in Liverpool this Christmas to perform at Laughterhouse Live on Sunday 13 December 2015. Presented by Laughterhouse Comedy in the wonderful setting of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the line-up will be headlined by Irish comedy sensation Tommy Tiernan. Known for his unique style of humour, comedy circuit favourite Tommy is known for his live performancesincluding Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. He burst onto…
