In-tents comedy... and the rest of the week's best live gigs

The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region.

Sunday July 20

MANCHESTER: The ongoing Creatures Comedy Festival has declared today 'Northern Takeover Day' with acts front the region including Rob Auton, Jack Carroll and working-class acts from Best In Class, plus a live podcast recording of Proper Rank hosted by Brennan Reece and Danny McLoughlin, and the final of the venue's comedy competition.

LUDLOW: The castle hosts a major comedy festival with the likes of Katherine Ryan, Russell Howard, Joel Dommett and many more less-well-known but equally as talented comedians. Unsurprisingly it's sold out, but some fan-to-fan resale tickets are available here.

Tuesday July 22

LONDON: Police Cops celebrate their 10th anniversary of low-budget epics with the return of both their original 1980s-set show of adrenaline-fuelled physical comedy, as well as Badass Be Thy Name, a gritty kitchen-sink drama that turns into a vampire-slaying romp. The latter's at Underbelly Boulevard from now til Sunday, and next week they return to the hour where it all began.

Thursday July 24

LONDON: The Ealing Comedy Festival opens its doors (or flaps, given it's in a giant marquee) with a typically star-studded opening gala featuring Andy Parsons, Jo Caulfield, Judi Love, Mark Watson, Paul Sinha, Sam Campbell and Stephen K Amos. A must-see if you're anywhere around West London.

ST ALBANS: The Comedy Garden festivals, and their sister events, are like a modern-day circus, rolling into a new town each week of the summer with their marquee and line-up of weirdos and freaks. In Verulamium Park this week are the likes of Ed Gamble, Rosie Jones, Bridget Christie, Joel Dommett, Jamali Maddix and many, many more. Listings and ticket links.

Published: 20 Jul 2025