Leicester Comedy Festival 2023

[Stadt]

Starts on the 8th, Ought to have a thread for the biggest comedy festival in England.

 

https://comedy-festival.co.uk

 

Last year was the first time I went to any festival gigs, really enjoyed it. Interesting array of venues and the smaller acts are great value for money - lots of free or pay what you want events.

 

Seeing Jason Neale on the 9th at Manhattan 34.

 

7 acts for £7 was fantastic last year.

 

Anybody else going to anything?

Edited 1 February 2023 by Stadt

[Libertine]

Stew Lee next Friday at DMH.

[westernpark]

Working at it this year, albeit rather briefly. I am not a comedian. Look out for Alex Hylton's show. Always a good one and he loves the city!

[Kinowe Soorie]

Is Brendan on?

[Steve_Walsh5]

The Black Horse in Aylestone do some cracking comedy nights. 
 

If you have never been and local try it, nice beer & food also.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

If I was still local I'd be all over Jamie Hutchinson at the Black Horse

[Ashley]

I want to go and see Fesshole, some of the stuff posted on Twitter 😂

[Nalis]

Not from Leicester and never heard of it - shouls be promoted a bit more nationally really as the line ups are decent.

 

[Voll Blau]

Had a great Saturday out there last year (apart from a horrifically bad improv show).

 

Haven't clocked much of the line-up this year but will try to get to something.

[Lako42]

29 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Not from Leicester and never heard of it - shouls be promoted a bit more nationally really as the line ups are decent.

 

Its exactly as you would expect being in  Leicester

 

Well and truly un-loved and under publicised. 

[Costock_Fox]

5 hours ago, Stadt said:

Starts on the 8th, Ought to have a thread for the biggest comedy festival in England.

 

https://comedy-festival.co.uk

 

Last year was the first time I went to any festival gigs, really enjoyed it. Interesting array of venues and the smaller acts are great value for money - lots of free or pay what you want events.

 

Seeing Jason Neale on the 9th at Manhattan 34.

 

7 acts for £7 was fantastic last year.

 

Anybody else going to anything?

The Just The Tonic ones are always good. I went to £20 acts for £20 and that was great, each act was only on for a max of 5 mins but worked really well.

 

I’m off to Fesshole live and an event at the Black Horse, they are always good as well.

[RonnieTodger]

Going to see Mike Bubbins at The Y

[Lako42]

is that fesshole decent? 

[Daggers]

On 01/02/2023 at 11:16, Libertine said:

Stew Lee next Friday at DMH.

Set is decent, not brilliant. There again I did take my wife who doesn’t understand comedy or find it funny so she ends up being a laugh black hole. She does enjoy it when people (mainly me) hurt themselves - the more painful and life changing, the harder she laughs. Odd woman.

 

 

[Stadt]

19 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

is that fesshole decent? 

If it's how I imagine it, £15 for somebody reading out tweets seems a bit steep 

[CosbehFox]

Have ummed and erred on Mike Bubbins at the Y Theatre 

[Voll Blau]

Emmanuel Sonubi was excellent last year at Brewdog. He's playing there again this year, would recommend.

[Libertine]

47 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Set is decent, not brilliant. There again I did take my wife who doesn’t understand comedy or find it funny so she ends up being a laugh black hole. She does enjoy it when people (mainly me) hurt themselves - the more painful and life changing, the harder she laughs. Odd woman.

 

 

I really enjoyed his last one (Snowflake/Tornado). He's been a bit up and down over the past few years IMO but always decent at least.

[SemperEadem]

It's a shame for such a big and great event how little it is pushed by the city and the merc etc.

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, Libertine said:

I really enjoyed his last one (Snowflake/Tornado). He's been a bit up and down over the past few years IMO but always decent at least.

I was wondering how he'd fill a set tbh given that anything building on stuff he's done before would just be going through the motions. Not his best, but still miles better than spending 30 seconds listening to Michael Mcintyre. 

[Stadt]

There's gigs on around the county too, check the website for gigs in the towns and villages 

[Mike Oxlong]

Simon Brodkin on 19th

[SemperEadem]

Not living in Leicester I don't really see it but is the Mercury pushing this?

[lcfc278]

48 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Not living in Leicester I don't really see it but is the Mercury pushing this?

The odd story every so often about where tickets are available for but nothing like what they should be doing for an event that has potential to bring £'s in to the city, not just from Leicestershire and the Midlands but further afield.

It's literally a no brainer for the council and businesses to promote Leicester but it feels like no one's bothered.

[Voll Blau]

2 minutes ago, lcfc278 said:

The odd story every so often about where tickets are available for but nothing like what they should be doing for an event that has potential to bring £'s in to the city, not just from Leicestershire and the Midlands but further afield.

It's literally a no brainer for the council and businesses to promote Leicester but it feels like no one's bothered.

That's the thing. It has the potential to bring in loads of people from around the country if it's promoted right beyond Leicestershire - the same kind of people who spend a load more dough going up to Edinburgh every summer than they would in Leicester in February, even though there's lots of crossover with the acts they'd see.