Glasgow Work Night Out & Social Event Ideas March 2026
Are you needing to organise your next work night out or needing to bring some ideas to your work’s social committee? A night out at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival is what you are after.
Here are some ideas for a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night for you, that will actually get your work colleagues excited about.
What’s more. Get 2-for-1 pizzas at Blackfriars, BAaD and Nonna Said or 30% off dinner at places like The Duke’s Umbrella, Gost, Gaschu, The Noble, Cuvee and The Club House.
Get the full list list of discounts to maximise your night out here.
WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH
THE CRACKING COMEDY COMPILATION
Tennent’s Laughter Lounge @ Tennent’s Bar
Wednesday 11th March 2026
Show time: 7:00pm
The Cracking Comedy Compilation is back! After a great debut last year, we’ve lined up a brand new batch of brilliant comics ready to test out their freshest jokes. Whether you’re a die-hard comedy fan or just looking for a fantastic night out, this is your chance to see future headliners and laugh-out-loud moments in the making.
THURSDAY 12TH MARCH
THE BIG BAAD COMEDY QUIZ
BAaD
Thursday 12th March 2026
Show time: 6:00pm
The Biggest, BAaDdest Comedy Quiz is back for 2026 with the BAaD Boys of quizzing Jack Traynor, Paddy Linton & Peter Bell. DJ Mikey Motion is on the warm up with the rave hour pre quiz to get you in ready of the most insane night of quizzing you have ever seen.
Grab your mates, look up stupid facts about wrestlers and you could win £1000.
FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
THE FRIDAY SHOW
Stand Comedy Club
Friday 13th March 2026
Show time: 8:00pm
The big weekend shows feature premium stand-up comedy. Seasoned pros from the Scottish and international circuits. Five acts on every bill offer variety and value in every show.
WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH
SPONTANEOUS POTTER
King’s Theatre
Wednesday 18th March 2026
Show time: 8:00pm
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival box office! A very magical improv show awaits…
Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. A new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot – with live musical accompaniment! Accio tickets for this award-winning adult Potter parody.
THURSDAY 19TH MARCH
TALKING CAKES WITH PETER BAKES
Berlinkys
Thursday 19th March 2026
Show time: 7:15pm
Join Peter Sawkins, the youngest ever winner of the Great British Bake Off, and celebrity guests for an hour of high energy chat and baking challenges. This show debuted in the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 selling out multiple shows and performing to almost 1,300 through the run. A must see for any baking fans!
FRIDAY 20TH MARCH
LAURA SMYTH: WORK IN PROGRESS
Oran Mor
Friday 20th March 2026
Show time: 7:00pm
Fresh off her sold-out debut tour, multi-award winning comedian Laura Smyth is working up her new show.
Described as ‘a phenomenon’ (Bruce Dessau) and a ‘big hitting good time comic’ (Guardian), in this new hour, Laura gets to grip with all that life keeps providing her and all she has to swim through to enjoy it. Watch it all come together before her next tour.
As seen on Live At The Apollo, Would I Lie To You and Cats Does Countdown.
WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH
DANIEL DOWNIE: DRAM(A)S – A SHOW ABOUT WHISKY
Blackfriars
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Show time: 8:00pm
Award-winning Scottish comedian and historian of Scottish history Daniel Downie is a self-confessed whisky baw-bag! Indulge him for an hour as he delves into the fascinating and hilarious history and stories around one of his greatest passions, whisky. This is his show about ‘drams’ and ‘dramas’ – the two after all often go hand-in-hand!
THURSDAY 26TH MARCH
PAUL MCAFFREY: WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
The Flying Duck
Thursday 26th March 2026
Show time: 7:00pm
A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? McCaffrey asks in this warm, charming hour of comedy.
Star of Live At The Apollo, BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers and Russell Howard’s Good News.
FRIDAY 27TH MARCH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON COMEDY
Gael & Grain
Friday 27th March 2026
Show time: 4:30pm
Glasgow International Comedy Festival’s most prominent comedy producers present their flagship show featuring Scotland’s best comedians in a laidback time slot for laidback folks.
