Tickets Now Available For Reading Indie Comedy Festival 2026
Tickets Now Available For Reading Indie Comedy Festival 2026
Reading Indie Comedy Festival 2026 14 - 17 May
Festival Pass
7:30pm
Reading
Reading Indie Comedy Festival will return in 2026 between the 14 - 17 of May.
The festival pass will give you access to 4 days of hilarious shows across Reading's independent comedy circuit.
We don’t have loads to say right now as we are in the process of booking acts and confirming venues.
However, booking in advance really helps us build the festival so if you had a good time in previous years and believe in us please consider getting an early bird ticket!
Further detail will follow as we confirm the festival programme so keep an eye on this page.
Saturday 16 May
Special Saturday Show at The Pentahotel
8pm
Pentahotel, Reading, Oxford Rd, Reading,
RG1 7RH
Saturdays’s closing event at Pentahotel on Saturday 16 May will be headlined by the hilarious Simon Brodkin
Simon Brodkin
Of his many characters, Simon is best known for his irrepressible, south London wide boy Lee Nelson. With each of his Lee Nelson tours (Serious Joker, Suited & Booted, Lee Nelson’s Well Good Tour and Lee Nelson Live) being extended twice or more.
Simon is also the writer, star and creator of two series of BBC Three’s ratings smash Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show, sketch series Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, and the 90-min special Jason Bent’s World Cup’s Best Ever Goals, Ever! (BBC Three). Lee has appeared multiple times on BBC One’s Live At The Apollo, as guest and host.
As well as numerous TV and radio credits including Sunday Night at The Palladium (ITV); The John Bishop Show (BBC One); Absolutely Fabulous (BBC One); Children In Need (BBC One) – Lee Nelson also made a highly anticipated return to BBC One’s Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, reaching the final with an impressive hip-hop-ballet performance of Swan Lake!
Sunday 17 May
Comedy at the Taproom Sunday Showcase 2026 with Headliner Sara Pascoe
8pm
Double-Barrelled Brewery, Unit 20 Stadium Way, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6BX
Sunday's headline event at Double-Barrelled Brewery on Sunday's 17 May will be closed by the hilarious Sara Pascoe.
Sara Pascoe
Sara Pascoe is a critically acclaimed comedian, author, screenwriter and broadcaster whose latest stand-up show I Am a Strange Gloop is her biggest ever and will tour the UK, Australia and Canada from 2025, including playing the UK's iconic London Palladium in 2026.
2025 also sees Sara's return to hosting The Great British Sewing Bee for BBC One and starring alongside a stella line up of British comedians in Prime Video’s Last One Laughing UK, co-hosted by Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty. As a TV regular, Sara has appeared on the likes of Taskmaster (C4), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), QI (BBC Two), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and Mock the Week (BBC Two) to name a few.