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NCF Comedy holds regular comedy nights at various venues in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Featuring some of the UK’s top names as well as brilliant up-and-coming acts, we pride ourselves in providing a great value evening of comedy in friendly environments.
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month our award winning £1 Comedy Night takes place at The Canalhouse in the city centre. This is a show where you can watch a variety of acts including established names trying out new material and brand new acts. If you would like to have a go yourself then just get in touch.
We also run the annual Nottingham Comedy Festival, which takes place every November. Each year the festival brings together all varieties of comedy all over the city for 9 days at various venues. We work with many of the great Nottingham clubs and promoters and feature something for everyone.
Come see some of your favourite acts, find some new talent, get involved yourself, experience new things and enjoy!
| NCF Comedy (16 Mar 2026 - 17 Mar 2027) |
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Nottingham Comedy Festival 2026The Nottingham Comedy Festival will be back for its 18th year between Friday 30 October - Sunday 8 November 2026. 
£2 Canalhouse Comedy NightThe Canalhouse Comedy Night features a mixture of established acts trying new material and new acts. You never know what you're going to get but it's always a great laugh.
Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!Following two hit UK tours, Biggest Award in Comedy nominee and resident (junior) Doctor Michael Akadiri prescribes X (insert town or city here) with a potent dose of his latest offering, Don't Call Me Uncle!
Rachel Fairburn: Vexy BeastsHot on the heels of her critically acclaimed 2024 show Side Eye, Rachel Fairburn is back with new personalities and some old favourites
Milo Ewards: CatamaranShould you know about your dad's seduction techniques?
In 2025 Milo Edwards found a box of old letters in the back of his late Mother's wardrobe. Catamaran is a show about his parents and the letters they wrote and the 1980s, in which Milo asks what remains of a human life, what's torn out, what…
David Eagle's winging ItYour favourite blind folk-singing comedian returns.
Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle!Following two hit UK tours, Biggest Award in Comedy nominee and resident (junior) Doctor Michael Akadiri prescribes X (insert town or city here) with a potent dose of his latest offering, Don't Call Me Uncle!
Patrick Monahan - I'm Not a Terrorist, I'm Freddie MercuryHe's more in common with Freddie Mercury than Hezbollah. He's had visas turned down & access restricted. 60 minutes to prove he's not a terrorist.
Kemah Bob: Love ChildAcclaimed stand-up Kemah Bob (The Guardian's 10 Best Comedy Shows of 2024) returns with her much anticipated second show.
Chloe Petts: Work in ProgressHaving appeared on Have I Got News For You, Live at the Apollo, Off Menu and upcoming contestant on Taskmaster, Chloe Petts is one to watch.
Gareth Mutch Means WellCatch the Scottish hot shot with a show about good intentions, bad timing, and constantly putting his foot in it.
Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat: Hairy Indian Bikers Without Bikes as our mums won't let usJoin the hairy Indians Tharun Chelley and Hitz Unadkat as they join forces to provide you with pure laughter for an hour!
Hot Mess Mansfield TakeoverJoin the regulars of Hot Mess - Mansfield's own spoken word open mic night) for an evening of fanciful, sometimes twisted but always furiously funny spoken word. 
Sophie Duker: Hot Beef InjectionTaskmaster Champion, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and retired sugar daughter Sophie Duker is back with a brand-new 2027 stand-up tour, 'Hot Beef Injection'.
Tom Wrigglesworth: A History of Hand DriersExpect engineering revolutions, social etiquette theory, and utter nonsense courtesy of one of the finest and most original comics in the UK.
Patrick Spicer: The Big Daddy Spice TourPatrick Spicer is back on the road. Following a debut tour that sold out 30 dates across 14 countries (with an additional 40-date extension and three shows at London's Leicester Square Theatre added to meet demand), Patrick returns with his second international tour.
Hayley Ellis: Stop Showing Off In Front Of Your MatesJoin ex-popstar Hayley for an hour of joyous retrospection on body image, Smash Hits Magazine and an indoor skydiving debacle that’ll convince you some dreams are better left in the past. An hour of so-tragic-it’s-funny nostalgia, from your favourite no-singing, no-dancing funny girl.
Rob Auton's: JupiterFollowing the success of his sell-out 2025-26 nationwide tour, multi-award-winning writer, performer, podcaster and actor Rob Auton is returning to stages across the UK in 2027 with his thirteenth hour JUPITER.
Micky Overman: Don't Threaten Me With A Good TimeMicky Overman is an award-nominated comedian, whose previous shows have received critical acclaim. With over 325,000 followers, tens of millions of views online, and appearances on ITV2, Channel 4, and LUBACH, Micky has rapidly built a reputation as one of the sharpest and funniest voices working…
Seann Walsh: This is TortureAs part of Nottingham Comedy Festival, award-winning comedian Seann Walsh brings his brand-new show to Nottingham Arts Theatre.
Juliette Burton: Villain EraJoin the dark side in a comedy quest for grown-up geeks and justice-hungry joy seekers ready to battle the REAL dragons: inequality and bad sex lives. It's time to iron out the kinks!
LOL-GBTQ+ at The Lord Roberts: Live from The Rainbow Quarter!LOL-gbtq+ at The Lord Roberts presents our annual cabaret and comedy event, featuring some of Nottingham's funniest and most fabulous performers!
Angela Bra: Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl 2The queen of ball based bedlam returns to Nottingham with a brand new show packed with original songs and stories from the front line of the party bingo circuit, wrapped up in a round of her very own "Great British Bingo" and topical stage games.
Chloe Reynolds: DissonanceA story about transition, faith, cancer, football and the unsettling realisation that changing your life doesn't necessarily change who you are.
The Grapevines and The Vox Pops: Lovers Double Bill: Star-Crossed Lovers: The Improvised Romantic-Comedy, and Vox Pops - Take TwoMissimp Improv Comedy is proud to present a lovers themed double bill of Star-Crossed Lovers: The Improvised Romantic-Comedy, by The Grapevines, and The Vox Pops - Take Two, both as part of the Nottingham Comedy Festival 2026.
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It's a Trap! The improvised Star Wars show at Nottingham Comedy FestivalHilarious unscripted tales from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. You can expect a celebrated blend of Jedi, jokes and Jawas. Over the course of an hour, see agents on both the Dark and Light side of the force struggle to make their way through an ever expanding galaxy; on a collision…
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