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Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2027

10–28 March 2027

The festival, its rooms and the comedians connected to it, with a budget for the trip in GBP.

The festivalPlan the trip
The underside of a theatre marquee studded with warm bulbs, no lettering 01 · The festival

What it is, when and where

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival brings stand-up, improv, sketch and alternative comedy to the city in March, with Scottish comedians on the same programme as emerging acts from around the world. Its aim, in its own words, is to put Glasgow at the heart of the festival.

Past festivals

  • 2026 Amanda Dwyer won the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the closing gala at the King’s Theatre. chortle.co.uk ↗
  • 2025 · 12–30 March The 22nd festival and its biggest: 605 shows and over 61,000 comedy fans; new venues included the OVO Hydro and the Barrowland Ballroom. glasgowcomedyfestival.com ↗
  • 2024 · 19 days The 21st edition: over 560 shows and over 50,000 tickets in more than 50 venues, a record. glasgowcomedyfestival.com ↗

Where the shows are

An audience in silhouette from behind, warm orange stage light and haze 02 · The comedians

Who to see

On the 2027 bill

The festival's own line-up as of 6 October 2026; a linked name opens their page on Disciples of Comedy. Line-ups change, and the festival's site has the last word.

Alan CarrChris ForbesConnor BurnsCraig HillDaniel SlossDavid ElmsDonny VostokJimeoinKrystal EvansMike WozniakMorgan JayRowan HackettSam CoadeSeann WalshShane Daniel ByrneSusie McCabe
The festival's line-up ↗

Award winners

03 · The city

Glasgow, around the festival

Glasgow is next

The city chapter is on its way: things to do around the shows, by what you like, from food and culture to the outdoors and the night.

04 · Around the show

Before the show and after it

Dinner, the night after and the way back

Places to eat near the rooms, what fits after your last show by the places' published hours, and the way back to your hotel are coming to this guide.

King's Theatre, Glasgow on the map ↗SEC Armadillo on the map ↗Òran Mór on the map ↗Stand Comedy Club Glasgow on the map ↗
05 · Plan the trip

Plan the trip

Where to stay

Hotels near the rooms and the way in from the airport are coming to this guide. The budget below works now, with your own prices.

Ornate brass cash register in amber light The budget

What will your trip cost?

Use the prices you actually find. The calculator adds up what you enter; it fetches no prices and checks no availability.

Your trip

Stay and shows

Food and getting around

At home while you're away

The rest

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Your ready-to-go list

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Questions

When is the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2027?

10–28 March 2027, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Where are the Glasgow International Comedy Festival's shows?

King's Theatre, Glasgow, 297 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JN; SEC Armadillo, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW; Òran Mór, 351-357 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 8QX; Stand Comedy Club Glasgow, 420 Gt Western Road, Glasgow G4 9HZ.

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