Manchester Comedy Festival
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The Manchester Comedy Festival is an annual Comedy Festival held in Manchester, England during the last two weeks of October.
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[edit] Introduction
Unlike the Edinburgh Fringe festival the Manchester Comedy Festival concentrates mainly on stand-up comedy.
[edit] Venues
The Manchester Comedy Festival comprised over 90 shows in 30 individual venues with over 25,000 paying punters in 2005. The largest and most popular of these comprise:
[edit] Performers
Each year a selection of international acts, UK headliners and local comedians take part to create one of the biggest comedy festivals in the country. In previous years they have included:
- Joan Rivers
- Jimmy Carr
- Dave Spikey
- Gina Yashere
- Lenny Henry
- Patrick Kielty
- Richard Herring
- Jason Manford
- Justin Moorhouse
- Ian Cognito
- Brendon Burns
- Reginald D Hunter
- Alan Carr
- Patrick Monahan
- Chris Addison
- Mick Ferry
- Doug Stanhope
- Russell Brand
[edit] Manchester Comedy Festival 2006
In 2006, the festival ran from 19 - 30 October, including a 5 night run from American maverick Doug Stanhope and a show from British eccentric Russell Brand.
