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Nurse John

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 25 April 2026
Nurse John presents The Short-Staffed Tour John Dela Cruz's (a.k.a Nurse John's) comedy is like talking to your work bestie; you trauma dump, cry, scream, and laugh together through all the high and the lows of working in the service indus...

Matt Forde

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 26 April 2026
In Defying Calamity, his biggest live tour to date leading political comedian Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) finds positivity in life despite all the evidence to the contrary in politic...

Pierre Novellie

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Wednesday 29 April 2026
It's time for Pierre to do stand-up! It's time for you to watch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade! You Sit There, I'll Stand Here is a mixture of high-brow and low-brow references from the five-star recei...

Gary Delaney

The Point, Leigh
Thursday 30 April 2026
Gary Delaney's last UK tour ran for two and a half years across 378 dates. People laughed a lot and kept coming back. His videos have hundreds of millions of views. So now he's doing it all again with a brand new show. All new jokes and utt...

Justin Moorhouse

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 1 - Saturday 2 May 2026
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...

Manford's Comedy Club

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Thursday 7 May - 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.. ...

Cally Beaton

Fairfield Social Club, Manchester
Friday 8 May 2026
Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from TikTok favourite Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) - a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife. Combining Cally's comedic and storytelling prowess with extracts...

Kate Butch - Choose Your Own Cabaret

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 10 May 2026
Hot on the heels of her smash hit Wuthering Shites tour, Kate Butch is back with her trademark wit, campery and vocal stylings. Join the star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Celebrity Mastermind, The Power of Parker, and at least three episodes o...

Tom Rosenthal

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 10 May 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 ...

Clinton Baptiste

Middleton Arena, Manchester
Wednesday 13 May 2026
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...

Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends - Kool Story Bro

HOME, Manchester
Wednesday 13 - Thursday 14 May 2026
Star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and The Great British Sewing Bee, Kiell Smith-Bynoe is heading out on tour with an all-star cast of comedians and some very special guests to turn stories from the audience into completely improvised comedy scenes...

Daniel Sloss

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 15 May 2026
  The biggest ticket selling comedian in the world for most of 2021, selling out six New York solo off-Broadway seasons, appearing on U.S TV's 'Conan' ten times, breaking box office records in Edinburgh and touring in 55 countries, Scotlan...

Andy Parsons

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 15 May 2026
Life is hard. Come and have a laugh about it. After his nationwide critical-smash sellout 2023/24 Tour, Andy is back with a brand-new show, Please #@!$ off to Mars. As seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, Live At The Apollo, Mock Th...

Judi Love

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 17 May 2026
  Judi Love is back with a brand-new show, All About The Love, packed with home truths about the hustle of juggling parenting, work and everyday life.  Known for her honesty and humour, Judi offers fresh insights into how a big heart nav...

Ania Magliano

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 17 May 2026
  Fresh from starring in the latest series of Taskmaster, Ania Magliano (Live At The Apollo, Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show Nominee) brings a brand-new show full of jokes, confessions, and occasionally unhinged observations to venues ...

Paul McCaffrey

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 17 May 2026
A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? McCaffrey asks in What a Time to be Alive, a warm, charming hour of comedy.  Star of Live At The Apollo, B...

Joe Tracini

Lowry, Salford
Monday 18 May 2026
Ten Things I Hate About Me is Joe Tracini's new show about hope. It's also about mental illness, good liars, bad ideas, Lorraine Kelly and a gang lord forcing him to hold a raw chicken. But it's mostly about hope. He lives with a complex me...

Andy Parsons

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 21 May 2026
Life is hard. Come and have a laugh about it. After his nationwide critical-smash sellout 2023/24 Tour, Andy is back with a brand-new show, Please #@!$ off to Mars. As seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, Live At The Apollo, Mock Th...

Clinton Baptiste

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 22 May 2026
Hot on the heels of his fourth sell-out UK tour, the nation's favourite clairvoyant medium, from Peter Kay's 'Phoenix Nights', Clinton Baptiste is back with a new live show for 2026 and beyond! In a rudderless world, mankind needs an envoy ...

Gary Delaney

Waterside, Manchester
Friday 22 May 2026
Gary Delaney's last UK tour ran for two and a half years across 378 dates. People laughed a lot and kept coming back. His videos have hundreds of millions of views. So now he's doing it all again with a brand new show. All new jokes and utt...

Janine Harouni

Lowry, Salford
Friday 22 May 2026
  Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and 'unstoppably entertaining' (★★★★★ Times) Janine Harouni hits the road with This is What You Waited For, a brand-new hour of joyful, quick-witted stand-up. Fresh off a world tour - in...

Jamie Hutchinson

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 24 May 2026
Following his record-breaking Waterslide tour, Manchester comic and podcaster Jamie Hutchinson is back with Can My Mate Come He's Sound, a brand-new hour of unfiltered mayhem, questionable logic and emotional chaos held together by takea...

Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 24 May 2026
Yorkshire's biggest bastard and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2024 is back, after yet another sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! This time he's dead... dead good! And also, dead. He's a dead man. Join the nation's favou...

Daliso Chaponda

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 24 May 2026
  Hilarious Manchester-based Zambian-born Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda shot to fame in 2017 when he finished third in Series 11 of Britain's Got Talent, and was the Golden Buzzer choice for Amanda Holden. As a result of his appearance...

Derek Mitchell

Lowry, Salford
Thursday 28 May 2026
Double Dutch 2 is the brand-new live show from Dutch-American Ted Lasso actor Derek Mitchell, comedian and viral creator behind @letsdoubledutch. After hundreds of sold-out performances of his hit debut Double Dutch - seen by tens of thousa...

Seann Walsh

Lowry, Salford
Friday 5 June 2026
  After his sell-out 2023 tour, the UK's dishevelled king of stand-up, award-winning Seann Walsh returns with a brand-new hour of side-splitting comedy. Don't miss his trademark high-energy exasperation and razor-sharp observations that le...

Rufus Rice

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 5 June 2026
A rambunctious evening of comedy and music from TikTok's favourite lovable rogue ...

Tom Stade

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 7 June 2026
  The hilarious Wolverhampton-living Canadian superstar stand-up returns with his latest show, Naughty by Nature. Direct from the Edinburgh festival, and his last smash-hit nationwide tour, the legendary Canadian stand-up star is back on ...

Sooshi Mango

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 12 June 2026
What began just nine years ago as three mates filming relatable ethnic-family sketches in their cars has evolved into one of Australia's most dominant comedy success stories. Brothers Joe and Carlo Salanitri, alongside lifelong friend Andre...

Mark Watson

Chorley Theatre, Chorley
Friday 19 June 2026
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...

Mark Watson

Darwen Library Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 20 June 2026
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...

Joanne McNally

Palace Theatre, Manchester
Friday 26 June 2026
After the success of her record-breaking tour The Prosecco Express, Irish comedian Joanne McNally returns with her hotly anticipated new stand-up show Pinotphile. Hailed by Variety as One to Watch, McNally has been keeping herself busy by r...

Gary Delaney

Lowry, Salford
Sunday 28 June 2026
Gary Delaney's last UK tour ran for two and a half years across 378 dates. People laughed a lot and kept coming back. His videos have hundreds of millions of views. So now he's doing it all again with a brand new show. All new jokes and utt...

Roy Chubby Brown

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 4 July 2026
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...

Jarlath Regan

Lowry, Salford
Saturday 4 July 2026
Gas Man is the brand new standup show from "Yer Man" off Instagram. Ireland's favourite comedian/Mammy translator, Jarlath Regan returns to the stage with a brand new show for 2026. The world knows and loves him for his hilarious daily clip...

Stewart Lee

Lowry, Salford
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 July 2026
In this brand new show, "the world's greatest living stand-up comedian" (The Times) shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of North America who hates humanity. The Man-Wulf lays down a ferocious comedy...

Roy Chubby Brown

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 11 July 2026
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...

Peter Kay

AO Arena, Manchester
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 tour...

Kevin Bridges

O2 Apollo, Manchester
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 (2...

Fin Taylor

Aviva Studios, Manchester
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 podcas...

Mike Wozniak

Manchester Opera House, Manchester
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 Taskma...

Sindhu Vee

Lowry, Salford
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 q...

Jonathan Pie

Lowry, Salford
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 voted...

Urzila Carlson

O2 Apollo, Manchester
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 deadp...
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