We’re back for our 9th year with 18 days of laughter lined up.

The Festival promises to be the biggest and best yet with more TV names, more venues and even more events including our fantastically popular Comedy Pub Crawls supported by Southport BID.

The Waterfront Southport are the new sponsor of the annual Southport New Comedian Competition and all heats and the Grand Final will be held in their stunning venue.

This year’s star studded line-up sees the return of some festival favourites, Jimeoin, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince, Tom Binns, Hal Cruttenden, internet sensations Farmer Michael and Kathleen and the “King of the Festival” Jason Byrne, all appearing with brand new shows.

We are delighted to announce that The Godfather of comedy Alexei Sayle will be making his debut appearance. Other Big TV names appearing include Daliso Chaponda, Sindhu Vee, Geoff Norcott, Darren Harriott and Irish TV star Neil Delamere.

If you want to make sure of your tickets, just click the images in the slide show to go directly to our ticket sales. It's never too early.

We are extremely grateful to our fantastic local and national sponsors. Without their support we just couldn't bring you such great comedy year after year. So Folks, come along to The Southport Comedy Festival this October and Keep Southport Smiling!

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