Winner, winner chicken dinner! Check out the amazing winners of the Chortle Awards (THAT ARE ALSO AT GICF25! 🥳). Don’t miss out on your chance to see these amazing award winning shows at Glasgow International Comedy Festival Here Comes The Guillotine LIVE Join Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd for an evening of live […]

CRAIG HILL, PAUL BLACK, MARJOLEIN ROBERTSON AND MORE IN RUNNING FOR AWARD AS GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN VENUES ACROSS CITY Scotland’s biggest comedy festival has officially kicked off with Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) announcing the Shortlist for 2025’s Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award in the event’s opening days. Craig […]

To celebrate the start of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2025, we have a belting prize for you for the first weekend of the festival. Paddy McDonnell is currently one of Ireland’s finest exports and he is performing at the very special Barrowland Ballroom. It is not every day you get to experience comedy in […]

Here at GIFC we have today unveiled a host of stellar guests set to appear throughout the Festival as it brings 19 days of comedy to the city this spring. Fern Brady, Ashley Storrie, Stuart Braithwaite, Chris Brookmyre, Alison Spittle and more will appear as special guests at various GICF shows from the King’s Theatre […]

Do your little monkeys love to giggle? Glasgow International Comedy Festival have the perfect silly, goofy and of course, FUNNY, children shows this March! BYOBABY COMEDY Bring Your Own Baby to an adults comedy show with a selection of Scotland’s Best Comics from Scotland’s coolest comedy producers, the Good Egg Comedy company. They run the […]

There are 24 shows taking place at Platform across Arches 4 and Arches 5 & 6. A special place to watch some special shows. WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH ANU VAIDYANATHAN: WORK IN PROGRESSPlatform (Arch 4)Show Time: 6.00pm REBECCA PEWTERBAW: HOURGLASS (WIP)Platform (Arch 4)Show Time: 8.00pm SAM SERRANO: MARSPlatform (Arch 4)Show Time: 10.00pm THURSDAY 13TH MARCH PURE […]

The nominations are in for this years Chortle Awards! And wouldn’t you know it, Glasgow International Comedy Festival have a whole stack of the amazing-ly talented nominees performing at this years festival! Check out these hot commodity before it’s too late 🔥 Best newcomer nominee: Jin Hao Li JIN HAO LI: SWIMMING IN A SUBMARINETHE […]

Looking for the staff night out activity? Look no further than Glasgow International Comedy Festival! We have done all the work for you with our top picks for the best staff night out fun times. So sit back, relax and be the coolest person in the office, with these hilarious recommendations 😎 And to make […]