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Leicester Comedy Festival & The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival – Covid update

We are thrilled to announce that both Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival will go ahead ONLINE in February 2021. Big Difference Company, the registered charity which produces the festivals, will work with our long established (& new!) partners to make the event as festive as possible. Both festivals will take place from 3-21 February 2021.

The festival team is committed to producing a significant online programme in February. There will once again be special events, including Q&As with special guests, seminars and discussions and online comedy performances. The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival will feature online performances and workshops.

If you have ideas about getting involved please get in touch as soon as possible.

I'M AN ACT

Finding a venue

To perform at the Leicester Comedy Festival the first thing you need to do is find yourself a 'spot' in a venue. Most venues are booked by comedy promoters who come to the city for the festival, others are...

Submitting your shows (and participation fees)

Once you have confirmed your show(s) you'll need to get them submitted via 'Eventotron'. It's at this point that you'll be required to pay the participation fees. For more information fees please...

Promoting your shows

Your shows will feature in over 80,000 copies of the Festival brochure, which will be distributed across the county's bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, arts centres and all festival venues...

YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE

Box Office & ticketing

Your time at the Festival

Awards

To take part in Leicester Comedy Festival, you need to allocate at least 30% of your tickets to be sold by our Box Office. Here are some key information to think about before registering your show on Eventotron...

We want you to have the best experience at Leicester Comedy Festival. To help you, we put together a Welcome pack that will be sent a few days before the Festival, but before then, here are some information to keep in mind

Each year, we organise an Awards Ceremony, to celebrate the best shows, venues, promoters and many other brilliant people taking part of the Festivals.

KEY DATES

Festival dates & deadlines

Click here for some dates for your diary! Including Venue Registration, Show Submission and the 2021 Festival dates.

CONTACT

Feel free to get in touch with any queries, questions, thoughts or comments you have - we’re here to help you have the best possible festival experience.

General Office Enquiries 0116 2616812

Festival Director Geoff Rowe geoff@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk

Festival Producer Charlotte Laidet charlotte@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk

Festival Assistant Producer Fern Beard fern@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk

Festival Assistant Jennifer Pethick jennifer@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk

Volunteer Manager

Finance Manager Asma Manjothi asma@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk

VENUES & PROMOTERS

Registering your venue

Programming: Venues and Promoters responsibilities

Promoting your shows

In order to give acts and audiences accurate information Leicester Comedy Festival now asks venues to register if they want host and promote shows in the festival. There is no direct cost attached to this; venues will simply need to fill submit a few key...

As a venue you may be booking your own programme, or you may have a promoter doing it on your behalf. In either case it’s important that any potential programme disruptions are avoided from the outset – this could include screenings of major sporting....

Great, you’ve sorted the programme and submitted the shows – but the fun doesn’t stop there! Now you’ll need to think about how best to promote your shows and make sure that each and every one of them has a buzzing audience. If you have a promoter for you venue this...