Leicester
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has today launched a fundraising campaign to support acts, promoters and other people affected by the non payment of money from Big Difference Company, the producers of Leicester Comedy Festival. The initial target is £30,000 and the process for people to apply for support will be announced shortly. This fund follows the £5,000 which was distributed by the LCA last month. Donations can be made via
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has responded to the news that Leicester Comedy Festival producers Big Difference Company (registered charity) has ceased trading. The news broke this morning when the trustees of the charity issued a statement saying they had become insolvent and were closing down.
This news comes after the LCA launched a crowdfunding campaign yesterday to raise money to support people affected by non payments following Leicester Comedy Festival 2026.
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has announced the funding which has been made available to comedians and promoters affected by the non-payment of ticket money from Leicester Comedy Festival producers Big Difference Company. The £5,000 hardship fund was launched last month with the money coming from the Stand Up And Give Fund https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up-give
The Leicester Comedy Festival's forthcoming offshoot Open Air Summer Gig which was due to take place in the city’s Abbey Park on Sunday 14th June has been cancelled.
The BBC has reported that ticket holders for LCF In The Park have received an email from the organisers saying that costs would be refunded within ten working days but booking fees were non-refundable.
The BBC has reported that comedians who performed at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival in February have still not been paid.
According to their story the delay is due to cashflow problems that the organisers of the oldest comedy festival in the UK, dating from 1994, are trying to resolve.
The team behind the Leicester Comedy Festival is to take over the city’s Abbey Park on Sunday 14th June for LCF in the Park.
The nominees for the 2026 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards have been announced, celebrating the incredible talent showcased during the Leicester Comedy Festival and the UK Kids’ Comedy Festival. This year 23,869 tickets were sold directly from the festival’s box office to 756 shows county wide.
Leicester Comedy Festival, the largest and longest-running comedy festival in Europe launches tomorrow, running until 22 February with more than 700 shows taking place across the county.
Fourteen acts made it through the heats into the final of this year's Leicester Square Theatre Comedian of the Year competition. That's a lot of fun on a Saturday afternoon and given that this is a competition for newcomers you might have expected the occasional dud.
The final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian 2025 took place at the Leicester Square Theatre on Saturday night.
14 acts competed for the trophy. and the winner, chosen by the judges, was former firefighter Roman Harris. He wins a trophy and £1500.
Second place and £500 went to Lizzie Simpson. Third place and £250 went to Dom McGovern.
The other finalists, in the show compered by 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Sam Nicoresti, were:
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