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The final has taken place of this year's Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Comedians chosen by promoters around the UK competed for the prestigious title previously won by stars including Josh Widdicombe, Johnny Vegas, Seann Walsh, Rhod Gilbert, Miles Jupp and Jason Manford.
DJ Geoff Lloyd and previous winner Tom Rosenthal commentated on the event for a live broadcast on Union Jack Radio.
The final took place at The Y Theatre in Leicester.
Comedian Jenny Bolt has won this year's Silver Stand-Up Competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
The competition is open to aspiring comedians over 55 years old.
The final took place at Peter Pizzeria in Leicester and was hosted by Mrs Barbara Nice.
The Festival finishes on Sunday. This weekend's highlight is the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Final at the Y Theatre in Saturday night.
More details here.
Jo Brand, Arthur Smith, Hal Cruttenden, Milton Jones, Lost Voice Guy, Phil Nichol, Ivan Brackenbury and Eshaan Akbar have all helped raise thousands of pounds to support Leicester Comedy Festival and the registered charity that produces it, Big Difference Company. All the acts took part in fundraising shows and events for the festival, which runs until Sunday 23rd February 2020.
Union JACK Radio has announced its full line-up of Leicester Comedy Festival coverage. The festival sponsor will be broadcasting events to make them available for people who can't get to the gigs.
Organisers of the annual Leicester Comedy Festival have launched a crowd funding campaign to raise £3,000 to continue their support of new and emerging comedians.
The Leicester Comedy Festival’s Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Competition has been running 25 years (this year's final is on Feb 23) and has featured future stars including Johnny Vegas and Jason Manford. The latter looked terrifyingly young in a clip of archive footage at the start of an epic evening featuring previous acts. The gig featured so many winners and finalists it felt like it lasted a quarter of a century too. But in a Good Way.
National digital radio station Union JACK has signed up as one of the sponsors of the forthcoming Leicester Comedy Festival, with the sponsorship delivering live, on-air broadcasts from some of the festival’s greatest occasions.
The final of the 2018 Leicester Mercury Comedian Of the Year has taken place at the Y Theatre as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival.
The winner is Jack Gleadow. Rosie Jones was in 2nd place and 3rd place went to Radu Isac.
Gleadow has previously won the Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year and The Amused Moose National New Comic Award Final.
The submission process has opened for acts, promoters and venues wanting to submit shows and events for Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2016. The festival runs from 3-21 February and organisers expect over 600 events to be submitted, with over 100,000 people attending the festival. The submission deadline is Thursday 1st October 2015.
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