Bath Comedy Festival
Next dates to come · the last festival ran 21 March – 19 April 2026
Bath Comedy Festival is a four-week spring festival run by Bath International Comedy Festival Limited, with Nick Steel as its director, putting on more than 100 shows in about a dozen venues around Bath. The bill runs from big names at Bath Forum to rising acts upstairs at the Ring O Bells, with heats and a final of the New Act Competition, and it is mostly stand-up alongside street theatre and music. The 2026 edition ran from 21 March to 19 April.
The 2026 festival
The Bath Comedy Festival 2026 ran 30 days, from Saturday 21 March 2026 to Sunday 19 April 2026, in Bath, England. On its stages: stand-up. Its next dates are not out yet: the festival's own site will have them first.
On the 2026 bill
The festival's own line-up as of 6 October 2026. Line-ups change, and the festival's site has the last word. Who's on every festival's bill.
Questions
When is the Bath Comedy Festival next on?
Its next dates are not announced yet. The 2026 festival ran 21 March – 19 April 2026 in Bath, England.
Where do I book for the Bath Comedy Festival?
On the festival's own site, bathcomedy.com, which also has the latest programme and any changes.