81 shows. Three venues. One very funny February.

Thu 4 Feb · 7pm

Rachel Creeger: "Queen of the Jews!"

After the dramatic cancellation of her show at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, multi-award-winning comedian Rachel Creeger presents a brutally warm and darkly…

Thu 4 Feb · 7:15pm

Human Safari

Onojie Idemudia

What happens when a wildlife scientist turns his attention away from the animals and starts studying the humans?

Thu 4 Feb · 8:30pm

Jim Hooker: Stupistition (WIP)

Jim Hooker (SNL UK Five to Live, West End Comedian of the Year runner-up, SYTYF) doesn't look like a superstitious man.

Thu 4 Feb · 8:45pm

An Asexual Guide On Love: Luke Harrower

Luke Harrower is an asexual comedian with an arsenal of silly quick-fire gags.

Thu 4 Feb · 9pm

Rahul Somia: Cooked (WIP)

Rahul is cooked. He's got too much on his plate. Maybe he can use some of the food for thought as Rahul WIPs up some jokes about everything and nothing.

Thu 4 Feb · 9pm

Trev Bickles: Where to Guv

Trevor Bickles

A hilarious ride through London life with a cabbie's eye view. Buckle up for a night of sharp wit and unforgettable characters.

Fri 5 Feb · 5:30pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Fri 5 Feb · 6pm

Human Safari

Onojie Idemudia

What happens when a wildlife scientist turns his attention away from the animals and starts studying the humans?

Fri 5 Feb · 7pm

Currer Ball: The Neighbours

Something funny is going on next door... A comedy show about the couple next door.

Fri 5 Feb · 7:30pm

Richard Todd: Are These Your Crumbs?

Todd returns. No motivation, no background, no speculation on causes.

Fri 5 Feb · 7:30pm

Trev Bickles: Where to Guv

Trevor Bickles

A hilarious ride through London life with a cabbie's eye view. Buckle up for a night of sharp wit and unforgettable characters.

Fri 5 Feb · 8:30pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Fri 5 Feb · 9pm

Adam Riley: After Dark

Looking for dark and dirty jokes from a deadpan redhead?

Fri 5 Feb · 9pm

Jake Donaldson: That's Where I Want To Be (WIP)

A new work-in-progress stand-up show about being a teenager, wanting desperately to belong, and the ridiculous lengths we go to…

Sat 6 Feb · 1:30pm

Tasmin Sarkany: Now That's What I Call Bach!

Tasmin Sarkany (BBC New Comedy Awards nominee 2025, Musical Comedy Awards finalist 2023) plays Amelia Crotchet, a classical musician in a double act…

Sat 6 Feb · 2pmFamily

Improv Banana

Roy Allaway

Huge fun at the Edinburgh Fringe: kids learn some basic improv rules with active warm-ups, games and scenes in a show style.

Sat 6 Feb · 2:45pm

Scott Manley Hadley: Seventeen Songs About Lonely Vampires (WIP)

What is a vampire? A creature of desire and hunger, and most of all, loneliness.

Sat 6 Feb · 3pm

Currer Ball: The Neighbours

Something funny is going on next door... A comedy show about the couple next door.

Sat 6 Feb · 4pm

Callum Mackenzie: A Clean Comedy Show

This is stand-up comedy with the naughty bits scrubbed out.

Sat 6 Feb · 4:30pm

Andy Stedman: Confessions Of A Failed Rockstar!

Guitar-slinging comedian Andy Stedman was once a promising singer-songwriter with a small record deal and a few decent press quotes to stick by his name.

Sat 6 Feb · 5pm

A-Z of Puns

Think you can outsmart "Scotland's Prince of Puns"?

Sat 6 Feb · 5:30pm

James O'Donoghue: If We Fight Like Animals, We Die Like Animals (WIP)

Being in Central London these days is like being in a failed Soviet dictatorship, if the dictator in question happened to be Paddington Bear.

Sat 6 Feb · 5:45pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Sat 6 Feb · 7pm

I am Tokihiko Kiesewetter

What happens when a Japanese boy is adopted and raised in the US.

Sat 6 Feb · 8pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Sat 6 Feb · 8:30pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Thu 11 Feb · 6pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Thu 11 Feb · 7:30pm

Sean Gorman: Mmm…Daddy!

From Jägerbombs to wiping bums. Disposable income to disposable nappies.

Fri 12 Feb · 5:30pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Fri 12 Feb · 6pm

Sallyann Fellowes: Birdy

Survivor to detective to comedian: multi-award-winning comedian Sallyann Fellowes brings her new show "Birdy" to Leicester.

Fri 12 Feb · 7pm

Dan James: Lucky

Dan James writes very good punchlines – and a lot of them.

Fri 12 Feb · 7:30pm

Lenny Sherman: Warning Actual Jokes!

Lenny Sherman has a serious commitment to punchlines.

Fri 12 Feb · 7:30pm

Sean Gorman: Mmm…Daddy!

From Jägerbombs to wiping bums. Disposable income to disposable nappies.

Fri 12 Feb · 8pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Fri 12 Feb · 9pm

The Drunk and Heckle Show

David Tsonos

Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.

Fri 12 Feb · 9pm

Tim Reeves: An Hour Of Accessible Material To Further My Career (WIP)

BBC New Comedy Awards 2026 shortlisted Tim Reeves returns to Leicester with anxious tales of the everyday.

Sat 13 Feb · 1pm

Jacob Lovick: The Famous Ashtray

Miles Betterthanieu is one of the world's leading True Crime Podcasters (TM).

Sat 13 Feb · 2:30pm

David Tsonos: Club Comedian

Now with 25 years of stand-up comedy under his belt, Canadian David Tsonos is doing it by himself.

Sat 13 Feb · 4:15pm

Scott Manley Hadley: Seventeen Songs About Lonely Vampires (WIP)

What is a vampire? A creature of desire and hunger, and most of all, loneliness.

Sat 13 Feb · 6pm

Lou Conran? Coarse I Am!

Award-winning comedian Lou Conran is offensive, apparently.

Sat 13 Feb · 6pm

Sorabh Dhir: Good Boy

Can slumdogs be good boys? Sorabh Dhir grew up in a typical Indian household, where education was paramount and dogs were to be feared.

Sat 13 Feb · 7:30pm

Tommy North: Stand Up To Suicide

Tommy works in suicide prevention and has seen how powerful humour can be in keeping people safe.

Sat 13 Feb · 8pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Sat 13 Feb · 9pm

The Drunk and Heckle Show

David Tsonos

Veteran Canadian comic David Tsonos hates one thing: the drunk heckler.

Sun 14 Feb · 2pmFamily

Edy Hurst's Dream Park (WIP)

Join acclaimed comedian Edy Hurst and map out, plan and build the theme park of your dreams, live on stage!

Sun 14 Feb · 3:30pmFamily

Improv Banana

Roy Allaway

Huge fun at the Edinburgh Fringe: kids learn some basic improv rules with active warm-ups, games and scenes in a show style.

Sun 14 Feb · 6:30pm

Battle of the Sexes

Roy Allaway

The most high-profile part of Roy's breakfast radio show was Battle of the Sexes – now live on stage.

Thu 18 Feb · 6pm

Daniel McKeon: Bad Soulmate (WIP)

Daniel McKeon is the last living wife guy, returned for one last job: proving that not every man hates their wife.

Thu 18 Feb · 6pm

Les Keen: Dinosaur (How to wipe out the human race)

Big laughs, tiny arms. What if every 21-year-old was shown a video of what their life would really be like…

Thu 18 Feb · 7pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Thu 18 Feb · 7:30pm

I Spend All Night Daydreaming

Andy Watts

A stand-up comedy show like no other, set during yet another sleepless night.

Thu 18 Feb · 7:30pm

Mat Smith: The Middle

Fresh from winning Best Standup Show at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2026, Mat brings his debut hour to Leicester.

Fri 19 Feb · 5:30pm

Comedy Shomedy

Roy Allaway

The usual team of Roy and Graham are joined by a guest comedian and/or improviser for a fun-filled show which always leaves you smiling.

Fri 19 Feb · 6pm

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon

Jokémon Red and Blue returns! Elliot Wengler's comedic and chaotic history of the monster-hunting franchise, with a joke for every Pokémon.

Fri 19 Feb · 6pm

The Eavesdropper (WIP)

Atharva Pharande

People say the weirdest and most brutally honest things when they think no one's listening.

Fri 19 Feb · 7:15pm

Will Davies: Serious William (WIP)

There are no more Silly Billies. There is only: Serious William.

Fri 19 Feb · 7:30pm

Giddy Aunt Improv

Giddy Aunt Comedy

The best improv I've ever seen! (The Telegraph). Your favourite chaotic comedy relatives are back in Leicester!

Fri 19 Feb · 7:30pm

Sam Coade: JAZZ RUINED MY LIFE (WIP)

This guy used to play music but then he stopped.

Fri 19 Feb · 8pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Fri 19 Feb · 9pm

Jon Gibbons: Real Adult Man

Jon Gibbons (twice-nominated, BBC New Comedy Award) is venturing out as a Real Adult Man.

Fri 19 Feb · 9pm

Off With Your Head!

Sam See

★★★★★ Unabashedly silly, plenty of laughs, and all-around fun! – EdFringeReview

Sat 20 Feb · 1pm

Paul Dennis: Full Frontal Cortex – Songs From The Synaptic Closet

When Paul registered this show, he was advised to "make the title explanatory". This resulted in a downward spiral of overthinking…

Sat 20 Feb · 2pmFamily

Improv Banana

Roy Allaway

Huge fun at the Edinburgh Fringe: kids learn some basic improv rules with active warm-ups, games and scenes in a show style.

Sat 20 Feb · 2:30pm

Giddy Aunt Improv

Giddy Aunt Comedy

The best improv I've ever seen! (The Telegraph). Your favourite chaotic comedy relatives are back in Leicester!

Sat 20 Feb · 2:30pm

Tasmin Sarkany Performs the Entirety* of Les Misérables on Violin and Kazoo (WIP)

Tasmin Sarkany (BBC New Comedy Awards shortlist 2025) performs Victor Hugo's devastating work with the lesser-known…

Sat 20 Feb · 2:45pm

Ridwan Hussain: I Love This Show!

Ricky Gervais Spirit of Comedy finalist and BBC New Comedy shortlisted Ridwan Hussain brings his debut hour to Leicester for one afternoon only!

Sat 20 Feb · 4pm

Tim Reeves: An Hour Of Accessible Material To Further My Career (WIP)

BBC New Comedy Awards 2026 shortlisted Tim Reeves returns to Leicester with anxious tales of the everyday.

Sat 20 Feb · 4pm

You're Doing It Wrong!

Cedric Aubert

It begins as a straight solo set: sharp, darkly observational stand-up where the jokes carry weight rather than just a punchline.

Sat 20 Feb · 4:15pm

Ben Treloar: Other Shows Are Available But Please Come To This One Instead

A work-in-progress show about growing up rural, moving to the big city (Plymouth) and generally not having a clue what's going on.

Sat 20 Feb · 5pm

Richard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned Jokes

One-liners and quality light-hearted jokes from the UK Pun Championships winner 2022 and Scottish Comedian of the Year runner-up 2021.

Sat 20 Feb · 5:30pm

Battle of the Sexes

Roy Allaway

The most high-profile part of Roy's breakfast radio show was Battle of the Sexes – now live on stage.

Sat 20 Feb · 5:30pm

Sam Coade: JAZZ RUINED MY LIFE (WIP)

This guy used to play music but then he stopped.

Sat 20 Feb · 5:45pm

Hipster Hell: Small Plates Ruined My Life

Christopher Beanland

Christopher is fuming about sourdough, matcha, gentrification, hipsters, Love Island, Temu, Kazakhstan, Birmingham…

Sat 20 Feb · 6:30pm

Asian Comedy Showcase

Sam See

★★★★★ Mervyn Stutter's Pick Of The Fringe. "One of the standing institutions of the festival!" – One4Review

Sat 20 Feb · 7pm

Katie Johnson: Neurodivirgin

You're a virgin? Why? What's wrong with you? That's the question Katie Johnson has been asked many, MANY times (mostly by herself).

Sat 20 Feb · 7pm

Pat Smith & Wilson Milton: Work In Progress

Pat Smith, Wilson Milton

Stand-up comedians and online idiots Pat Smith and Wilson Milton have watched their social media followings grow to the point where people want to see them live…

Sat 20 Feb · 7:15pmFamily

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon – Gold & Silver

Elliot Wengler presents a second hour of Pokémon-based comedy.

Sat 20 Feb · 8pm

Comedy Mash-Up!

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy

Getaway Comedy & Jokers Comedy join forces to create a mash-up of some of the best acts at the festival, each doing shorter sets in a club-style format.

Sat 20 Feb · 8:30pm

Bobby Davro: Everything Is Funny If You Can Laugh About It

A masterclass in stand-up from one of Britain's best-loved comedians at the top of his game.

Sat 20 Feb · 8:30pm

Sam See: Sam See It, Sam Say It, Sam Sorted

Sam See's got a show that promises to be rib-tickling, side-splitting, and [INSERT THIRD GENERIC ADJECTIVE LATER – Brian]!

Sat 20 Feb · 8:45pm

Kris Davies: Cracked!

Drawn from real life: two decades as a youth worker, becoming a grandfather at 41, raising neurodiverse children…