Our guide to the big outdoor events

Stand-up has become a major part of the music festivals that have proliferated across the UK each summer. Here's our guide to which comedians are playing at some of the festivals that still have tickets availabefor this year.

Also Festival

Dates: July 11 to 13
Where? Park Farm, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Comedy line-up: Dom Joly, Felicity Ward, Athena Kugblenu, Robin Ince,  Rob Deering, Marcel Lucont, Alexis Dubus, Queen Mab, Joel Morris and Julia Raeside.
Music acts include: Molotov Jukebox, Smag På Dig Selv, Juliet Russell and DJ Greg Wilson
Weekend camping tickets: Limited number of comedy bundles’ available for £200. Buy

Henley Festival

Dates: July 9 to 13
Where? Leander Club, Near Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames
Comedy line-up:  Alistair McGowan, Matt Forde, Ed Byrne, 
Music acts include: Diana Ross, McFly, Rick Astley
Tckets: Day tickets from £65 to £200. Buy

Splendour

Dates: July 19-20
Where? Wollaton Park, Nottingham 
Comedy line-up: Phil Nichol, Scott Bennett, Paul McCaffrey, Kathryn Mather, Karen Bayley
Music acts include: Bloc Party, Jake Bugg, Kaiser Chiefs, Travis
Tickets: Weekend (no camping) £105 Buy

Latitude

Dates: July 24 to 27
Where? Henham Park, Suffolk
Comedy line-up: Greg Davies, Reggie Watts, Bridget Christie, Alison Spittle, Harriet Kemsley, Amy Gledhill, Huge Davies, Jordan Gray, Joel Dommett, Marcus Brigstocke, Paul Sinha, Mark Watson, Robin Ince, Bec Hill, Kwame Asante, Julia Masli, Elf Lyons, Furiozo, Paulina Lenoir, Lil Wenker, Chortle Student Comedy Awards
Music acts include: Sting, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol, Elbow
Weekend camping tickets: £308 Buy

Deershed

Dates: July 25 to 28
Where? Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
Comedy line-up: Reggie Watts, Lucy Beaumont, John Shuttleworth, Laura Lexx, Frankie Monroe, Jazz Emu, Eleanor Morton, Lachlan Werner, Marty Gleeson, Su Mi, Ignacio Lopez, Emmanuel Sonubi
Music acts include: Wunderhorse, Kae Tempest, The Big Moon, Idlewild, Sprints
Weekend camping tickets: £209. Buy 

Wilderness

Dates: July 31 to August 3
Where? Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire
Comedy line-up: Tom Ward, Aurie Styla, Felicity Ward, Scott Bennett, Morgan Rees, Yuriko Kotani, Jin Hao Li, Nina Gilligan, Robin Clyfan, George Egg
Music acts include: Supergrass, Orbital, Basement Jaxx, Wet Leg, Air, Aurora, Berlioz
Weekend camping tickets: £293 Buy

Y Not? Festival

Dates: July 31 to August 3
Where? Pikehall, Derbyshire
Comedy line-up: Justin Moorhouse, Alex Lowe, Alistair Barrie, Sally-Anne Hayward, Karen Bayley
Music acts include: The Prodigy, Primal Scream, Courteeners, The Last Dinner Party, Madness, Franz Ferdinand
Weekend camping tickets: £169.50 Buy

Victorious Festival

Dates: August 22 to 24
Where? Southsea seafront, Portsmouth
Comedy line-up: Joel Dommett, Ruby Wax, Chris McCausland, Jon Long and Andrew Maxwell
Music acts include: Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Kings of Leon
Weekend camping tickets: £225 Buy 

End Of The Road

Dates: August 28 to 31
Where? Larmer Tree Gardens on the Dorset/Wiltshire border
Comedy line-up: Adam Buxton, Michelle De Swarte, Stewart Lee, Grace Campbell, Ceyla AB, Harriet Kemsley, Lorna Rose Treen & Jonathan Oldfield, Sean McLoughlin, Sharon Wanjohi, Helen Bauer, Huge Davies
Music acts include: Caribou, Father John Misty, Self Esteem
Weekend camping tickets: £275 Buy

Published: 2 Jul 2025