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Winchester, England

Winchester Comedy Festival 2027

13 March 2027

The Winchester Comedy Festival, first held in 2012, has brought acts such as Tim Minchin, Nina Conti, Katherine Ryan and Stewart Francis to Winchester. Its 2027 shows so far are both on the main stage of the Theatre Royal Winchester in Jewry Street: the Spring Gala, an evening of stand-up at 7.30pm with Tom Deacon as MC and Clinton Baptiste, the clairvoyant from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, Sally Anne Hayward and Jack Gleadow, then the musical comedy duo Flo & Joan on 27 May.

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The 2027 festival

The Winchester Comedy Festival 2027 is a one-day festival, on Saturday 13 March 2027, in Winchester, England. On its stages: stand-up. Tickets, times and the full programme are on the festival's own site. Comedy festivals in 2027, month by month.

What's on

Tom Deacon, the Spring Gala's host, won the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2007 and has had a BBC Radio 1 show of his own. Jack Gleadow, from Hull, mixes physical comedy, music and audience interaction, and he has won the Amused Moose National New Comic Award and was Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. Sally Anne Hayward is a regular host at Jesters Comedy Club in Bristol, and Clinton Baptiste gives readings to the audience. Flo & Joan's show, With Feeling, is new, written around another band's set list; their television work takes in Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance and Comic Relief's Red Nose Day Live 2023.

Its story

Its past bills since 2012 include Jeremy Hardy, Richard Herring, Simon Evans, Doc Brown and Tony Law, alongside Tim Minchin, Nina Conti, Katherine Ryan and Stewart Francis.

Tickets

Both 2027 shows are booked through the Theatre Royal Winchester, online or at its box office on (01962) 840440, at 21–23 Jewry Street. For the Spring Gala, at 7.30pm on 13 March 2027, seats start at £16, with 10% off for the theatre's members outside band C. Flo & Joan on 27 May 2027 start at £37, are for ages 16 and over, and went on general sale on 30 October 2026.

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For comedians: submissions

Not announced No call for acts for the 2027 festival on the festival's own site yet.

As of
31 October 2026

Deadlines and fees change: the festival's own page has the last word. Every festival open for submissions

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Questions

When is the Winchester Comedy Festival 2027?

13 March 2027 in Winchester, England.

Where do I book for the Winchester Comedy Festival?

Through theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk, where the festival's own site, winchestercomedyfestival.co.uk, sends its ticket buyers. The festival's site also has the latest programme and any changes.

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