Southport Comedy Festival returns this weekend

The Southport Comedy Festival in association with Halliwell Jones MINI returns this Friday for its 13^th year.

From 27^th September 2024 to 13^th October 2024 stars of the comedy world will descend on the lovely seaside town of Southport for 17 fun filled days of laughter.

The entire festival will be staged for a fourth year in a giant luxury heated and fully seated marquee courtesy of Elite Marquees in Victoria Park, home of the world-renowned Southport Flower Show. Thousands of comedy goers came along over the last three years to enjoy the festival in a marquee and the feedback has been so good that it is all happening again but this time it’s bigger and better than ever.

The star studded lineup includes undisputed godfather of modern stand-Up Ben Elton, TV superstar Jason Manford, German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn, American Comedy Legend Rich Hall, Festival favourites Jason Byrne, Jimeoin, Godfather of Political Comedy Mark Thomas, Star of ITV’S The Chase Paul Sinha ‘The Sinnerman’, comedy stars of TV Jo Caulfield ,Hal Cruttenden, Ria Lina, Patrick Monahan, Comedy Circuit favourites The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Review, Rising local star Katie Tracey, host of smash hit podcast ‘Have a Word’, Dan Nightingale and one of the UKs most treasured entertainers Mick Miller.

Four shows have already sold out and others are selling fast so make sure to grab your tickets for the shows you want to see while they are still available!

The festival is also supporting the stars of tomorrow with the return of the Southport New Comedian of the Year Competition, sponsored for a third year by Dragon Soop. The final takes place on Sunday 6^th October with 8 comedians selected from over 100 applicants from around the country battling it out for the coveted title. This event is always a highlight of the festival.

The festival is proud to support charity fundraising. This year it will be ‘raising money while raising a smile’ with special charity events planned for two great local charities Southport Flower Show and Community Link Foundation, this event is sponsored by Anthony James Estate Agents for a second year.

The festival is extremely grateful to our fantastic local and national sponsors. Without their support they just couldn’t bring you such great comedy year after year. So Folks, come along to the Southport Comedy Festival this autumn and Keep Southport Smiling!