Southport Comedy Festival have announced another big name for this year’s Southport Comedy Festival in association with Halliwell Jones MINI as multi award-winning comedy legend and festival favourite Rich Hall returns with a brand-new show ‘Chin Music’ on Friday 17th October 2025.
The Montana native is renowned for his expertly crafted tirades, quick-fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences. Rich, who has won the Perrier Award (Edinburgh Comedy Festival) and Barry Award, (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) has been described as a transatlantic messenger, lampooning each country he visits with his laser-guided observations.
He has fronted the hugely successful BBC Four documentaries Rich Hall’s Red Menace, Rich Hall’s Working For The American Dream, Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You, Rich Hall’s Presidential Grudge Match, Rich Hall’s California Stars, Rich Hall’s You Can Go To Hell, I’m Going To Texas, and Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian.
In addition, he has appeared on BBC One’s QI, Live At The Apollo and Have I Got News For You, he wrote and starred in his own reoccurring BBC Radio 4 show Rich Hall’s (US Election) Breakdown and has penned articles for The Guardian and The Sunday Times.
For TV, Rich has acted in the Peacock’s dystopian thriller Brave New World, hit Disney+ series Extraordinary, ITV2 sitcom Cockroaches and in Comedy Central’s Drunk History UK and lent his voice to characters on CITV’s Thunderbirds Are Go and Cartoon Network’s Elliot from Earth.
Tickets for Rich Hall go on sale at 11am on Wednesday 19th March 2025 from Southport Comedy Festival website.
Rich is the sixth name to be announced for this year’s event. Rich will be joining festival favourite and King of Live Comedy Jason Byrne, Multi award winning comedian and broadcaster Mark Steel, internationally acclaimed Irish comedian Ardal O’ Hanlon, best known for his starring roles in Father Ted, Death in Paradise and Derry Girls, Persian Powerhouse and Star of the Silver Screen Omid Djalili and comedian and star of Strictly Come Dancing Chris McCausland.
The 14th annual Southport Comedy Festival will take place from 3rd to 19th October 2025. The entire festival will be staged for a fifth year in a giant luxury heated and seated marquee courtesy of Elite Marquees in Victoria Park, home of the world-renowned Southport Flower Show.
Keep an eye on the festival website or join the mailing list https://southportcomedyfestival.com/mailing-list to find out first who else will be making Southport Smile this October
About the show
Rich Hall: Chin Music
“Chin Music” has two meanings. One is idle talk. The other is a brushback throw in baseball or cricket to intimidate the batter. Both describe Rich Hall’s comedy. Idle but intimidating. Sharp, quick, splenetic, and sublimely improvisational. If you’ve never seen him, you need to hustle down to this year’s Southport Comedy Festival and grab a seat because he never disappoints. Ever.
Date of show: Friday 17th October 2025
Tickets: £18 +BF
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
Age suitability: 14+PG
Venue: Southport Comedy Festival Under Canvas at Victoria Park in Southport, Esplanade, Southport, PR8 1RX
Book: Southport Comedy Festival website
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