Stand-up comedy listings. These line-ups are as accurate as we can make them, but things change, and it may be worth checking before you travel.
Kathy Rivett's Comedians Nativity
Date: Tue 8 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester 53two
Price: £3.30 to £6.60
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Hayley Ellis, Matt Richardson, Rob Mulholland
Date: Wed 9 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Will Hannigan
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Hayley Ellis, Matt Richardson, Rob Mulholland
Date: Thu 10 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Will Hannigan
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 11 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester O2 Apollo
Hayley Ellis, Matt Richardson, Rob Mulholland
Date: Fri 11 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Will Hannigan
Show starts: 15:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Hayley Ellis, Matt Richardson, Rob Mulholland
Date: Fri 11 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Will Hannigan
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Manford's Comedy Club
Date: Fri 11 Dec 2026
Venue: Poynton Workmens Club
Price: £13.50
Comics: Daisy Earl, Stephen Carlin, Mike Wilkinson
Plus: Adam Anwar
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Hayley Ellis, Matt Richardson, Rob Mulholland
Date: Sat 12 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Will Hannigan. Two shows: 3.30pm and 8pm
Show starts: 15:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 13 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus Sugar Sammy, Preet Singh, Raajiee Chelliah
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Beat The Frog
Date: Mon 14 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Price: £5.50 to £8.80
MC Danny McLoughlin
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Brennan Reece, Danny McLoughlin, Larry Dean, Lou Conran
Date: Wed 16 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Amy Gledhill, Elis James, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Tom Rosenthal
Date: Thu 17 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Albert Hall
Date: Thu 17 Dec 2026
Venue: Stockport Thread
Price: £13.80
Plus: Rich J Wall
Show starts: 19:45 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Brennan Reece, Danny McLoughlin, Larry Dean, Lou Conran
Date: Thu 17 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Brennan Reece, Danny McLoughlin, Larry Dean, Lou Conran
Date: Fri 18 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Brennan Reece, Danny McLoughlin, Larry Dean, Lou Conran
Date: Sat 19 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Two shows: 3.30pm and 8pm
Show starts: 15:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Brad Williams
Date: Sun 20 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester New Century
Visiting US comedian
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Beat The Frog
Date: Mon 21 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Price: £5.50 to £8.80
MC Rob Mulholland
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 27 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Plus: Faizan Shah, Jordan Ducharme, Kay Nicholson
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Beat The Frog
Date: Mon 28 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Price: £5.50 to £8.80
MC Hayley Ellis
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Fake New Year's Eve
Date: Wed 30 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Comics: Chris Washington, Hayley Ellis, Paul Pirie, Simon Wozniak
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Chris Washington, Hayley Ellis, Paul Pirie, Simon Wozniak
Date: Thu 31 Dec 2026
Venue: Manchester Frog And Bucket
Show starts: 20:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 2 Jan 2027
Venue: Manchester Co-Op Live
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 9 Jan 2027
Venue: Manchester Co-Op Live
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Stephen Lynch: the Me Tour
Date: Fri 15 Jan 2027
Venue: Manchester Albert Hall
Date: Fri 15 Jan 2027
Venue: Salford Lowry
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
wn
Date: Sat 16 Jan 2027
Venue: Manchester O2 Apollo
Lucy Beaumont: Bad At Quiz Shows, Good With Weirdos
Date: Sat 16 Jan 2027
Venue: Salford Lowry
Date: Sun 17 Jan 2027
Venue: Salford Lowry
Grief Sucks: A One Man Show by KevOnStage
Date: Sat 23 Jan 2027
Venue: Manchester Stoller Hall
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