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Welcome to the official home of the Bath Comedy Festival

Welcome to the home of Bath Comedy - for the Spring time Bath Comedy Festival, now in its 16th year, and year-round Bath Comedy events including Bath Comedy Club shows, July Edinburgh Preview season and many one-off specials.

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BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2024


The 2024 Bath Comedy Festival will run from Monday 1st April - Sunday 21st April 2024

For all forthcoming events - CLICK HERE for full details and online booking for all shows as they come online and on sale.

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BATH COMEDY - WINTER/SPRING SEASON 2024

As always, we have some great on-off tour shows for you while we're preparing for the springtime Bath Comedy Festival!

Friday 29th March
Music Special: Nick Harper - Tempus Fugitive
Old Theatre Royal

Acclaimed guitarist-singer-songwriter Nick Harper plays from his latest album 'Tempus Fugitive' and extensive back catalogue.

"Be there or be denied a life-affirming experience" - Glasgow Herald

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BATH COMEDY CLUB - NOWHERE - OUR BRAND NEW VENUE!

We're delighted with our new Bath Comedy Club venue at Nowhere - a cool new bar (formerly the Green Park Tavern).

Next Bath Comedy Club:

Bath Comedy ClubThursday 16th May 2024
Bath Comedy Club: Nowhere - Starring Ian Stone, Susan Murray & Ben Richmond

Ian Stone: Ranked amongst the top ten stand-ups in Britain by The Independent, Ian Stone is one of the most talented topical acts in the country.
"Seriously funny" ★★★★ The Guardian
Susan Murray: "Her ability to make quirky connections allows her to build a compelling believable and ruchly funny picture of 21st-century womanhood" - The Guardian
Ben Richmond: Not just funny to look at, a family man and big softie. New to comedy, Ben gives us his version of events on surviving life in a female dominated household.

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Nowhere
44-45 Lower Bristol Rd
Bath
BA2 3BD

Nowhere is now home to Magu - absolutely the best burgers in town!

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MUSIC GIGS

Festival Director Nick Steel also promotes "regular-irregular" music gigs .

Now under new management, Nick is helping bring top class live music back to the street at The Ram pub in Widcombe, Bath. The newly revamped cafe/pub now incorporates Widcombe Deli, selling their fabulous home made fayre during the daytimes (including breakfasts fom 8am) with food available in the evenings too, busy sporting fixtures permitting!.

Coming up:
Fri 22nd Mar - Marick Baxter, Aidan Bew & Tess Livingstone - Live at The Ram

Three hard hitters of the South West's Irish Folk scene, who form half of the gang known as the 'Barton Street Regulators'.

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More top bands this season:
Fri 9th Feb - The Young Martyrs
Fri 23rd Feb - Innes Sibun Trio
Fri 8th Mar - The Spoonful
Fri 22nd Mar - Marick Baxter, Aidan Bew & Tess Livingstone
Fri 12th Apr - Jon Amor Trio
Fri 3rd May - The Blues Cafe Allstars
Fri 17th May - LeBurn Maddox Trio
Fri 31st May - Bob Bowles Trio

We'll take a break from music over summer (football and other things rather take over), but look out for more through Autumn and Winter!

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Bath Life Awards 2024

Bath Life Awards 2024 - Proud Finalist

We're a finalist in the Bath Life Awards again this year, in the Arts category

Nick Steel's Radio Interviews

Listen to a selection of Nick's recent radio interviews - click here

Nick says:

I'm always excited about what we have in store for the next Bath Comedy shows, and I'm so proud that we managed to not only survive the pandemic/lockdown periods, but also produce over 60 shows in 2020 and over 75 in 2021, when not much else was able to happen, and then hold two full Bath Comedy Festivals in 2022 and 2023.

Bath Comedy recently reached the top three in category at the 2022 Bath Business Awards - Tourism and Hospitality Resilience Award, and was a finalist in both the Bath Life Awards and Creative Bath Awards 2023.

WATCH THIS SPACE - MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING VERY SOON!

See the what's on calendar for more details of all shows as they come on sale, including Bath Comedy Club nights, Edinburgh Previews season, and all year-round tour shows and one-off events. We're already booking into next year and beyond...lots of excitement to come!

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