STAND UP COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
STAND UP COMEDY IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Stand Up Comedy in Manchester
Sun 28 Jun 2026 - Fri 28 May 2027
Sun 21 Mar - Sun 25 Apr 2027
Sun 5 Jul 2026 - Wed 1 Sep 2027
Mon 13 Jul 2026 - Sun 13 Jun 2027
Paul Smith
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Liverpool comedian Paul Smith, who is best known for the many viral social media clips of his lightning quick audience interaction, is hitting the road again with his brand-new tour Happy and this is the biggest, boldest show of his ca...
An Idiot's Guide to Wine
Friday 24 July 2026
A hilarious comedy show paired with six different wine varietals from around the globe, the smash-hit stand-up comedy show, An Idiot's Guide to Wine is the brainchild of Merrick Watts, one of Australia's best-known comedians and the only c...
Dan Tiernan
Friday 24 July 2026
Manchester comic Dan Tiernan is back at it again: and this time he's got magic rocks in his pocket. With a hat trick of sold-out Edinburgh Festival runs, Dan's a two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee who has received countless five-star...
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Saturday 25 July 2026
Join host of hit American podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray Radio), Scott Aukerman ("Mr. Show" & "Between Two Ferns: The Movie") as he interviews celebrity guests. Plus, the show's open-door policy brings an assortment ...
Paul Foot
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown Paul Foot is back on tour with a brand new stand-up show, The Future. Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling ...
Comedy Striptease
Thursday 30 July 2026
The best, most daring stand-up comedians from around the world showcase their skills but if they can't make you laugh... then they must Strip...
Aarian Mehrabani
Friday 31 July - Saturday 1 August 2026
Aarian is a triple threat. Brown, Blind and Bi. Arguably already too many things to talk about in a debut stand up hour. Then 2024 came, and he only had to go and get f**king brain cancer. The highly anticipated debut stand-up show from...
Rosie Holt
Saturday 1 August 2026
As seen on the Russell Howard Hour and heard on Radio 4, Social Media sensation and Chortle Award winner Rosie Holt returns with her third live tour, The Illegal Aliens Have Landed. Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their bi...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 6 August - Thursday 12 November 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.....
Jack Carroll
Friday 7 August 2026
Britain's Got Talent Runner-Up, Star of BBC's Live at the Apollo, QI and Sky sitcom Trollied, as well as award winning movie Eaten by Lions, returns to the stage with his new stand up comedy show, Walking Funny. ...
Peter Kay
Saturday 8 August 2026
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tou...
Mick Miller
Saturday 15 August 2026
Guess who's back!?! Mick Miller, the bald Liverpool comedy legend with the long hair! One of the country's most treasured entertainers who has been at the top of his game for over 40 years. Mick first came to prominence in the 70's on t...
Kevin Bridges
Thursday 20 August 2026 - Friday 12 February 2027
Kev.I.n is back, and he's Here If You Need Him. Scotland's comedy powerhouse Kevin Bridges returns to the stage in 2026 with a brand-new stand-up show. After shattering box office records with Overdue Catch-Up (2022), Brand New Tour (...
Laughterama - Stewart Lee + Fern Brady + more
Wednesday 2 September 2026
STEWART LEE + FERN BRADY + CELYA AB + ELIS JAMES + IVO GRAHAM LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more. "One of the fine...
Laughterama - Nick Mohammed + Ania Magliano + more
Thursday 3 September 2026
NICK MOHAMMED + ANIA MAGLIANO + KIRAN SAGGU + VITTORIO ANGELONE + AMY GLEDHILL. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more...
Laughterama - Nina Conti + Bridget Christie + Josh Pugh + more
Friday 4 September 2026
NINA CONTI + BRIDGET CHRISTIE + EVALDAS KAROSAS + JOSH PUGH + THANYIA MOORE. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more. B...
Jack Rooke
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 September 2026
BAFTA-winning writer and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu / C4's Big Boys) brings back his debut comedy-theatre show 'Good Grief', a decade on from it launching his career. Featuring the original show (co-written w...
Laughterama - Jack Dee + Red Richardson + more
Saturday 5 September 2026
JACK DEE + RED RICHARDSON + JEN NOLAN + STEPHEN BAILEY + RACHEL FAIRBURN. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more. On...
Laughterama - Sara Pascoe + Tom Rosenthal + more
Saturday 5 September 2026
SARA PASCOE + TOM ROSENTHAL + MICHAEL ODEWALE + MICHELLE DE SWARTE + JEN BRISTER. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & mo...
Laughterama - Chris McCausland + John Robins + more
Sunday 6 September 2026
CHRIS MCCAUSLAND + HARRIET KEMSLEY + JANINE HAROUNI + RHYS JAMES + JOHN ROBINS. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft beers, street eats & more...
Laughterama - Special Guest (TBA) + Rose Matafeo + more
Sunday 6 September 2026
SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER (TBA) + ROSE MATAFEO + BELLA HULL + AMY ANNETTE + SARAH KEYWORTH + PHIL ELLIS. LAUGHTERAMA, Manchester's biggest comedy festival returns to Castlefield Bowl with five nights of astounding all-star stand-up, craft be...
Zachary Ruane
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Multi-hyphenate comedy genius Zachary Ruane (Aunty Donna, Mish & Zach, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves*) is finally gifting the world with his debut solo show. Comedy promises to be the most important and definitive comedic work ...
Reuben Solo
Thursday 10 - Friday 11 September 2026
Australian stand-up and sketch comedian Reuben Solo rose to prominence via social media in 2020, becoming known for his use of self-referential and surreal humour. After months spent touring worldwide, Reuben returns with knives in his bac...
Fin Taylor
Friday 11 - Saturday 12 September 2026
Men want to be him, Women want their boyfriends to stop showing them his videos. The King of the Internet Jungle is back where he belongs, doing stand-up in front of a live audience. After the whirlwind success of his chart-topping podca...
Kyla Cobbler
Saturday 12 September 2026
Ticket with Book offer available. Join one of the fastest-rising names in comedy Kyla Cobbler for an in-conversation about her hilarious and honest memoir, Happy, Thank You. More, Please. Kyla will be chatting about her path to self...
Mike Wozniak
Sunday 13 September 2026
New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that. As seen on Taskmaster, Man Down and Junior Taskm...
Sindhu Vee
Sunday 13 September 2026
Born and raised in India, Sindhu Vee (full name Sindhu Venkatanarayanan) came to London in her 20s to begin a career in investment banking before shocking her parents and switching to comedy. Someone once asked Sindhu Vee a very stupid ...
Kanan Gill
Sunday 13 September 2026
Indian stand-up sensation Kanan Gill embarks on a UK tour with "What is This?", a show about nothing at all (so far...). But what does nothing mean? What is emptiness empty of? Are thoughts thieves in an empty house? Oh shut up dude, stop ...
Henry Paker
Friday 18 September 2026
Pencil Case is a brand new comedy show from Henry Paker, featuring live illustration. You've looked behind a Wizard's Curtain. You've visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist's pencil case? Leave your preconceptio...
Larry Dean
Friday 18 September 2026
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Hellbent. Recently married, emotionally feral, the Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refus...
Jonathan Pie
Sunday 20 September 2026
Jonathan Pie, the UK's angriest news reporter returns for a brand-new Live Show, This is The End of The World according to Jonathan Pie. Jonathan Pie is coming to terms with the horror of Keir Starmer's Labour and the fact that he vote...
Larry Dean
Sunday 20 September 2026
Thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominee and two-time star of Live At The Apollo, returns with a hilarious brand new show, Hellbent. Recently married, emotionally feral, the Gallus Glaswegian Goon returns with a riotous show about refusing...
Aoife Dunne
Sunday 20 September 2026
Aoife Dunne is one of Ireland's most exciting new comedy voices, known for blending razor sharp stand-up with painfully relatable storytelling. In just over a year, she has quickly made her mark on the Irish comedy scene, performing at El...
Ricky Gervais
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Ricky Gervais has today announced the highly-anticipated first set of official UK dates for his brand-new stand-up show 'Mortality'. Fresh from his most recent stand-up special 'Armageddon' winning a Golden Globe, hitting Number 1 on Net...
Paul Foot
Thursday 24 September 2026
Pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown Paul Foot is back on tour with a brand new stand-up show, The Future. Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling ...
Manford's Comedy Club
Thursday 24 September - Thursday 26 November 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.....
Urzila Carlson
Friday 25 September 2026
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australia and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars. In 2026 the fan-favourite comedian returns to the UK with even more understated punchlines and her signature dead...
Tom Rosenthal
Friday 25 September 2026
Arctic Monkeys' album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, hit the shelves in January 2006. Tracks like 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' and 'When the Sun Goes Down' became anthems, showcasing Alex Turner's sharp lyrics...
Manford's Comedy Club
Friday 25 September - Friday 27 November 2026
Bringing the best comedians to a theatre near you. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all chosen by Jason Manford! Many comedians from TV plus the best of the UK and International comedy circuit. Live at the Apollo.....
