After what feels like a thousand days of January, February is finally here, which means 5pm sunsets, the end of dry Jan (if you were partaking), and maybe an emerging secret admirer or two… This month there’s loads of comedy happening, whether you want to visit the 31st annual Leicester Comedy Festival, celebrate LGBT+ history month at a queer comedy night, or get the giggles at a brand spanking new central London comedy venue, we’ve got it all here.
1. LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL


FUNNY WOMEN LEICESTER SPECIAL
Sat 8 February @ 7:30 PM, The Big Difference, Leicester
This year marks the 31st annual Leicester Comedy Festival, and it’s the biggest one yet at a whopping 720 shows, including sketch, stand up, musicals, as well as a host of shows for kids that make up the UK Kids Comedy Festival, so really, there’s something for everyone. The most exciting news (in our humble opinion) is that this year, Funny Women will be at the Festival over the first weekend, with workshops, mentoring events as well as two shows hosting some of our fantastic alumni, including Lorna Rose Treen, Marjolein Robertson, Hannah Platt and Kate Cheka. Ample opportunity to support women in comedy and have a blast while doing so.
Grab a ticket here.
BRIDGING THE GAP
Fri 7 February @ 7:30 PM, The Guildhall, The Great Hall, Leicester
New this year, Leicester Comedy Festival’s charity arm Big Difference has launched a new scheme Bridge The Gap, aimed at supporting comedians to perform at the festival, making it more accessible. Bridge The Gap are kicking off the festival with a showcase featuring new voices in comedy, including: Alex Gibbon, Caroline Madds, Crudi Dench, Mark Nicholas, Rachel Baker and Shawn Uyosa, hosted by Festival Patron Sikisa.
Grab a ticket here!

KATHERINE RYAN: BATTLEAXE
Thurs 6 February @ 8:00 PM, De Montford Hall, Leicester
As part of her 2025 national tour, Katherine Ryan (The Duchess, Parental Guidance) kicks off Leicester Comedy Festival headlining one of their newer venues De Montford Hall with her newest show Battleaxe, in which she shows us how to enter our ‘battleaxe eras’. You’d be silly to miss it.
You can grab your ticket here


MARJOLEIN ROBERTSON: O
Thurs 7 February @ 8:00 PM, The Big Difference, Leicester
2024 NextUp Award nominee Marjolein Robertson brings her acclaimed comedy show to Leicester this month, which looks at discovering her health condition and understanding menstrual health through humour, and sometimes slapstick gags, with some Shetland folklore thrown in for good measure. Don’t miss!
You can grab tickets here
SARA BARRON: WORK IN PROGRESS
Sun 9 February @ 2:00 PM, Firebug Upstairs, Leicester
Fantastically funny and characteristically snarky Sara Barron (Edinburgh Award nominee, various telly and podcast credits that I can’t fit in here) brings her newest work in progress show to Leicester this month, with new jokes and stories to make you chuckle. What can I say, you’ll just have to go and see it.
You can grab a ticket to the show here

LIL WENKER: BANGTAIL
Thurs 7 February @ 7:00 PM, Phoenix, The Nest, Leicester
US clown comic Lil Wenker brings their acclaimed show Bangtail – which has toured round various venues in the UK and the States – to Leicester this month. Bangtail is a comedy show about the baddest cowboy in town, who finds himself getting a job as an accountant. If you relate to being a secret bad boy cowboy, or in fact if you don’t, we recommend this show.
You can grab your ticket here
2. VARIETY SHOWS

ACID’S REIGN
Thurs-Sat, 6-1 Feb-March @ 2:00, 7:00, 9:00 PM, The Pleasance, London
This month is LGBT+ history month, and what better way to celebrate than heading down to The Pleasance and catching the fiercely fantastic drag musical Acid’s Reign? With a cast of climate queens keen to save the planet and a hot-headed Alex Acid gunning for world domination, will Acid Reign? A whopping 23 night run and multiple shows a day, you have no excuse not to nab a ticket.
You can grab your ticket here
While you’re at it, why not check out the cracking comedy at London’s exclusively queer comedy venue: The Queer Comedy Club, with comedy every night of the week except Mondays. You can check out What’s On here.


CHUMPS COMEDY
Thurs 27 February @ 9:30 PM, Underbelly Boulevard Soho, London
At Soho’s newest comedy venue; Underbelly Boulevard Soho, you can catch this top notch monthly comedy night hosted by Amy Annette. Line up for February includes Tom Davis and Janine Harouni, more TBD. Definitely not one to miss.
You can grab your ticket here
3. FUNNY WOMEN EVENTS
Funny Women events in Leicester this month!
Stand Up To Stand Out here! Saturday 8 February @ 2:00 PM
The Glitter Project Mentoring here! Sunday 9 February @ 10:00 AM
The Glitter Project Open Mic here! Sunday 9 February @ 1:00 PM
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