Bury St Edmunds Comedy Festival

Bury St Edmunds third Comedy Festival will bring two months of rib-tickling, laugh out loud fun to Suffolk during funny February and March 2026. For the first time, there will be a competition to find Abbeygate Comedy Club’s Comedian of the Year 2026. The first heat will be held on Sunday, 25^th January with further competitions on 8^th and 22^nd February leading up to the exciting final on Saturday, 28^th February, all the heats will be ticketed events held in the Abbeygate Cinema. Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds comedy season begins on Wednesday evening, 4^th February when Luke Wright brings his adoption to life in Later Life Letter and continues through Pauline Eyre’s Anyone for Tennis?. The Apex entertainment centre is joining in the fun on Friday, 27^th February when Daniel O’Reilly returns to the stage with his brand new, in-your-face tour, ‘Let’s Have It’ followed by Jason Manford and comedy award winner John Kearns. More fun nights are being added as the months gets nearer.  To view the full line-up and book tickets priced from £12 per person visit www. burystedmundsandbeyond.co.uk/comedy-festival.