Southport Comedy Festival sponsored by Halliwell Jones Kia has opened in style with two sold-out shows from the brilliant Chris McCausland and the Best of The Fest as they kicked off 17 days of laughter.
There’s lots more to come – here’s who you can see at the festival this week.
Southport Comedy Festival runs until Sunday 19th October 2025 with more tickets and more details available here: What’s On – Southport Comedy Festival
1 – An Evening with Clinton Baptiste
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Tuesday, 7th October 2025, 8pm
Sold out – waiting list available
Clinton Baptiste is the useless clairvoyant medium psychic from Peter Kay’s smash hit comedy Phoenix Nights. Fresh from another sell-out UK tour, he’s back to deliver the best of his recent work, plus some new bits. Join Clinton for his stories, jokes plus demonstrations of his amazing ability and as always, he’ll be in the audience to give you truthful (but startling) readings from the spirit world!
Not for the faint hearted!
Plus support from Jamie Sutherland
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2 – Jimeoin – Pandemonium
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Wednesday, 8th October 2025, 8pm
Sold Out – waiting list available
Join us for a not-to-be-missed, hilarious evening with one of live comedy’s universally acclaimed true masters and festival favourite Jimeoin who returns with his brand-new show.
Jimeoin’s cheeky no-gimmicks sense of humour, superb material and broad appeal keeps audiences in stitches across the globe. He has an incredible ability to create belly laughs out of microscopically observed human behaviour.
You might be one of the hundreds of millions of fans who have viewed his online comedy clips, or perhaps you’ve seen his appearances on ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘The Royal Variety Performance’ or ‘Conan O’Brien’… but NOTHING beats seeing this Irish observational joke-master where he is most at home – live-on-stage!
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3 – Ardal O’Hanlon – Not Himself
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Thursday 9th October 2025, 8pm
Sold Out – waiting list available
After an alarming experience at the supermarket, Ardal reflects on who he is as a man and a comedian. He examines his own ethnic and religious background. And thinks twice about the very core of his identity as a voice of reason. Is everything a big lie?
With no major trauma of his own to draw on for material, apart from the drag of getting older, he also turns his gaze outwards at the joys and follies of contemporary life.
Towel Animals? A.I.? Chair Yoga? Cauliflower as a main course? Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes.
No current idiocy is left un-examined. With a highly developed sense of the ridiculous, and proper comedy bones, NOT HIMSELF, is a testament to the healing power of humour. And the joy of jokes.
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4 – Comedy Bingo
Raising funds for the Community Link Foundation
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Friday, 10th October 2025
Eyes Down for a fabulous night of fun(draising) for a fantastic local charity Community Link Foundation with this truly hilarious and unique event!
Comedy Bingo is a highly interactive show hosted by comedian Brendan Riley, “bouncy and engaging” The Scotsman
Sell out show festival 2022, 2023 and 2024
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5 – Mark Steel – The Leopard In My House
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Saturday, 11th October 2025, 8pm
Join multi award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian Mark Steel for his new tour ‘The Leopard In My House’.
The topic? His battle with throat cancer. A battle he is winning (thankfully) and which only his rapier wit could fashion a comedy tour show out of.
Cancer has done nothing to dull Mark’s acute political observations or quash his “frankly bonkers” energy: you will laugh, you will cry, but you’ll laugh again, and again, and again.
The Leopard in My House is proof that this leftie, working-class, Radio 4 favourite truly deserves his place in the UK comedy pantheon.
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6 – Omid Djalili – Namaste
Southport Comedy Festival
Victoria Park, Southport
Sunday, 12th October, 2025, 8pm
The Persian Comedy Powerhouse performs his critically acclaimed new show NAMASTE where Omid peacefully bows to his inner anger and unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the current state of this dangerously messed up planet.
No government gets a green card. No tyrant avoids a take down. No audience member leaves the theatre with an ounce of laughter left in them.
You have been warned.
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