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Huge comedy festival featuring Jon Richardson, Sara Pascoe and Dara Ó Briain coming to Manchester

Everything you need to know about Laughterama 2024 including this year's line-up and how to get tickets

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Adam Maidment What's On and LGBTQ+ Writer
14:22, 02 Aug 2024Updated 14:23, 02 Aug 2024
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The Laughterama comedy festival is coming back to Manchester in September
The Laughterama comedy festival is coming back to Manchester in September(Image: Lloyd Winters)

A huge comedy festival featuring some of the biggest names in stand-up will be coming to Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl next month.

The five-day Laughterama festival, running from September 4 to 8, will feature a range of big-name and homegrown comedians across seven shows who have appeared on our TV screens in the likes of 8 Out of 10 Cats, Taskmaster and Live At The Apollo.

Amongst the roster of talent to take to the stage during the event, which has been billed as Manchester’s biggest ever comedy festival, will include Jon Richardson, Sara Pascoe, Sophie Duker, Phil Wang, Mike Wozniak, Sam Campbell and Stewart Lee.

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The 2024 event, which is expected to be attended by 10,000 comedy fans, will also feature sets from Dara Ó Briain, Simon Amstell, Josh Jones, Reginald D Hunter, Tim Key, Thanyia Moore, Ivo Graham, and Joanne McNally.

Each of the five nights features a different line-up of stars and will also include up-and-coming stars, like Edinburgh Comedy Award best newcomer nominee Lindsey Santoro and viral sensation Janine Harouni.

Laughterama is regarded as the biggest comedy festival in Manchester featuring big names in the world of stand-up
Laughterama is regarded as the biggest comedy festival in Manchester featuring big names in the world of stand-up(Image: Lloyd Winters)

The festival, now in its third year, will also feature street food stalls and fully-stacked bars. Since its inception in 2022, the festival has featured the likes of James Acaster, Aisling Bea, and Josh Widdicombe.

Laughterama comes from organisers 57 Festivals, which is run by sibling duo Will Briggs and Cass Randolph and who have been the masterminds behind comedy programming at various different festivals in the last 15 years.

Sara Pascoe will perform at Laughterama on Sunday, September 8
Sara Pascoe will perform at Laughterama on Sunday, September 8 (Image: Dave Brown)

“We can't wait to get back to Castlefield Bowl,” Will said of the upcoming return of Laughterama. “The energy of our Manchester crowds is electric and our acts always feed off that.

“Each show is totally unique and stacked with the absolute best comedians of the moment, this year is going to be another total blast.”

Tickets for each show are available at £25 each and are available to buy now here.

The full line-up for Laughterama 2024 is as follows:

Wednesday, September 4 (tickets here)

  • Jon Richardson
  • Mike Wozniak
  • Jin Hao Li
  • Harriet Kemsley
  • Amy Gledhill

Thursday, September 5 (tickets here)

  • Dara Ó Briain
  • Rhys James
  • Janine Harouni
  • Stephen Bailey
  • Jen Brister

Friday, September 6 (tickets here)

  • Simon Amstell
  • Tim Key
  • Celya AB
  • Helen Bauer
  • Ivo Graham

Saturday, September 7 (tickets here)

  • Phil Wang
  • John Kearns
  • Lindsey Santoro
  • Tom Rosenthal
  • Rachel Fairburn

Saturday, September 7 (tickets here)

  • Joanne McNally
  • Sophie Duker
  • Dan Tiernan
  • Reginald D Hunter
  • Josh Jones

Sunday, September 8 (tickets here)

  • Sara Pascoe
  • Sam Campbell
  • Kemah Bob
  • Ray Badran
  • Thanyia Moore
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Sunday, September 8 (tickets here)

  • Stewart Lee
  • Lou Sanders
  • Louise Young
  • Rob Auton
  • Felicity Ward
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