Most Popular Comedy in Manchester
Sun 17 Jan - Fri 28 May 2027
Fri 23 Oct 2026 - Wed 1 Sep 2027
Sun 21 Mar - Sun 25 Apr 2027
Tue 26 Jan - Sat 6 Feb 2027
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB - 7TH AUGUST - STOCKPORT GARRICK
Friday 7 August 2026
EDDY BRIMSON - To say East Ender Eddy Brimson has a colourful past is something of an understatement. A self-confessed former football hooligan before turning?his hands to better use as a writer and comedian, Eddy has written a host of amu...
Friday Comedy Kick-Off Creatures Comedy Club
Friday 7 August - Friday 11 December 2026
6:45PM - Start your weekend with a laugh Our Friday early show works on a 'Pay what you think the night is worth' model and lasts for an hour...
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...
Saturday Afternoon Comedy Showcase
Saturday 8 August - Saturday 19 December 2026
Four amazing comedians with a resident host, presenting a mix of up-and-coming talent and international headliners at the only seven-night-a-week comedy club in Manchester. ...
Saturday Night Comedy Showcase
Saturday 8 August - Saturday 19 December 2026
A flagship show featuring four amazing comedians with a resident host, presenting a mix of up-and-coming talent and international headliners. ...
The Wigan Joker LIVE
Saturday 8 August 2026
Join Jimmy O - The Wigan Joker for an evening of laughs and giggles with support from Russ Lee. Hosted by Rusty B. STRICTLY 18+...
Made in Manchester Creatures Comedy Club
Sunday 9 August - Sunday 27 December 2026
This is your Sunday night showcase of homegrown talent Join us as we spotlight the next generation of local comedians....
Murder Inc presents: DEAD VALUABLE
Wednesday 12 August 2026
The North's finest improvisers return with another comedy murder mystery for you and your friends to solve, this time set at Antiques Roadshow...
Comedy Debate Show Creatures Comedy Club
Thursday 13 August - Thursday 31 December 2026
Comedians. Chaos. Debates decided by applause. You bring the topics - they bring the nonsense. Pay What You Think the night is worth...
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...
Sammy Obeid
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Lebanese-Palestinian American, born in Oakland California, Sammy Obeid double majored in Business and Mathematics at UC Berkeley and then turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. Now the host of 100 Humans on Netflix, he's also appear...
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 (...
Allo Allo Tribute Comedy Train
Friday 21 August - Friday 9 October 2026
'Allo! 'Allo! This is nighthawk calling! Listen very carefully, we shall say this only once! Renѐ was hoping for a quiet night in his humble little cafe in Nouvion, but things aren't quite going according to plan. The Resistance wants to ...
The Ab Fab A-Thon
Saturday 22 August 2026
Four iconic episodes, live performances, and more - celebrating the gloriously unapologetic world of Absolutely Fabulous....
Rice and Peas vs Jollof
Saturday 22 August 2026
Top tier comedy back at the MCR lounge for a brunch like no other . Two of the country's most in demand comedians entertain , with authentic food ....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thursday 27 August 2026
Love, laughter, and a little bit of lunacy - enter a world where fairies meddle, lovers quarrel, and magic runs wild! This summer, join us for a breathtaking open-air performance of William Shakespeare's beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's...
The Schitt's Show - A Drag Celebration of Schitt's Creek
Friday 28 August 2026
A drag tribute to the classic sitcom. It's been 10 years since the Rose empire crumbled and our favourite well-to-do family were forced to become small-town simpletons... Over the following 5 years the people of Schitt's Creek carved a pla...
Faulty Towers - The Original Dining Experience
Saturday 29 August 2026
Interactive Theatre's globetrotting show is truly quite legendary, selling out at venues like Edinburgh Fringe, Raffles Singapore and Sydney Opera House. When the audience become diners in the 'Faulty Towers' restaurant and are served by B...
The Totally Improvised Musical
Saturday 29 August - Saturday 17 October 2026
The Totally Improvised Musical returns. Every night is opening night as these top Mancunian improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. That's right; the story, songs, characters and "choreography" are all ma...
Laugh Out Proud
Saturday 29 August 2026
LAUGH OUT PROUD IS BACKPride Saturday 29th of August our gayest comedy show returns with a fabulous lineup tba...
GK Barry
Tuesday 1 September 2026
She's hilarious, honest and completely unfiltered - and now she's hitting the road. Join GK Barry as she celebrates the release of her new book, It's Giving Life, with an unmissable live tour packed full of laughs, oversharing, and some...
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...
Swamplesque
Wednesday 2 - Thursday 3 September 2026
After taking Australia by storm and smashing box office records at Edinburgh Fringe in 2024 & 2025, everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody returns to the UK! Swamplesque is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, bu...
TITLE FIGHT COMEDY
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Manchester's most inventive comedy night! An evening like no other as comedians and performers pair up and create brand new shows from the title chosen by their opponents, with the winners decided by you! ...
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...
Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Friday 4 September 2026
The award-winning West End smash-hit comedy Austentatious comes to you on a strictly limited tour. For a delightful evening, the all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title fro...
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...
East is East
Friday 4 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
The 30th anniversary production of Ayub Khan Din's modern classic, a story about identity, generational conflict, and the messy, unbreakable bonds of family. Salford, 1971. The Khan family are living above a chip shop and on the fault line...
Chorlton Comedy Club
Friday 4 September 2026
Chorlton's longest running comedy night moved from the Irish Club in 2020 and changed it's name to Chorlton Comedy Club in the process. Brought to you by Comedy in a Van, you can expect the very best in live stand up from the UK and abr...
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...
OUTSIDE THE BOX COMEDY CLUB - 5TH SEPTEMBER- STOCKPORT GARRICK
Saturday 5 September 2026
MAFF BROWN - Maff is like royalty to us after all, he is the founder of our award winning Outside the Box Comedy Club. He has a mischievous style of joke telling and Frank Skinner once described him as "one of those comics that doesn't nee...
Comedy at the Mill
Saturday 5 September 2026
We're bringing another huge night of comedy to MiddletonJoin us at the Engine House & enjoy some of the best acts on UK Comedy Circuit...
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 ...
