Birmingham Comedy Festival 2024

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Posted 2024-10-02 by David Vincent ⇒ follow

Fri 04 Oct 2024 - Sun 13 Oct 2024

Above: Sarah Millican, Maisie Adam, Milton Jones and Rachel Parris

The long-running annual Birmingham Comedy Festival returns from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 October 2024 and boasts over 80 performances across 10 days - with more than 30 of them Free / Pay What You Want too!

With big names, like Sarah Millican, Milton Jones, Rachel Parris and Jason Byrne, as well Richard Blackwood, Maisie Adam, George Lewis and Jonny Awsum, there are plenty of international stars too, including South Africa's Schalk Bezuidenhout, Aussie Frenchy and American SNL writer Sam Jay.

Above: Dom, Lin, Rich, Tom and Gareth

One of the biggest events in the festival is undoubtedly the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024 which takes place at The Glee Club on Thursday 10 October 2024.

The event sees five of the very best emerging comedians from the region - Dom Bant, Lin Smith, Rich Spalding, Tom Towelling and Gareth Williams - vie for the award.

An exciting chance to see the comedy stars of tomorrow, previous Breaking Talent nominees and winners have included such acts as Josh Pugh, Celya AB, Lindsey Santoro, Gary Powndland and Eric Rushton.

Above: Just some of the acts you can expect to see at the Birmingham Comedy Festival FREE Half-Dayers Part 1 and Part 2

The festival also hosts two Free Half-Dayers on consecutive Sundays (Sun 6 and Sun 13 Oct). Running from 1pm at Cherry Reds and The Victoria pub, both on John Bright Street in Birmingham's City Centre (close to New Street Station), each afternoon features eight one hour comedy shows - many of which come fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe.
Among the comics attending are Eric Ruston, Rob Kemp, Sian Davies, Tal Davies, James Cook and Jules O'Brian.

All shows are Free / PWYW, with no prior booking required.

Above: At Home With Laurel and Hardy, which can be seen at the West Midlands Police Museum and Stourbridge Town Hall

Other festival highlights include a staging of scripts from previously lost Hancock's Half Hour recordings, a Laurel and Hardy triple-bill, a special Family Show with Robin Morgan and guests, plenty of improv (with Jumprov!, Behind The Headlines and more), and some of the very best comics from the city and surrounding area, such as Shazia Mirza, Jo Enright, Jonny Cole, Hasan Al-Habib, Rachel Baker, Richard Dadd, Joe Bingham and Mary Flanigan ...

Birmingham Comedy Festival runs from Friday 1 to Sunday 13 October 2024. For tickets and more information see bhamcomfest.co.uk