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on Thursday 8th January. The event starts at 19:30.
WINNER – Best Pro Comedy Night & Best Live Comedy Format for Wales & the West (Chortle Awards, 2025)
Winner – Best Comedy Format in Britain: Midlands & the West (Chortle, 2024)
Winner – Best Themed Comedy Night in the UK outside London (Chortle, 2023)
Live from the Red Lion, featuring a hand-picked line-up of comedians:
Kate Cheka ✅ (Winner: 2023 Funny Women Award)
Katie Kamola ✅('dark, irreverent and acerbic' (British Comedy Guide)
Kev Mud ✅ (UK Pun Champion for 2024)
Phil Wathern ✅ (finalist: Stand Up For Cider)
Jo Somner ✅ (Funny Women Awards 2025: Runner Up)
Max Mckenzie ✅ (Bristol heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2024)
Jacob Hatton as MC ✅ (as seen on Radio 4 Extra)
+many more to be announced!
Join us at “the wokest pub in Britain” (New York Post) for a night with The People’s Comedy – the award-winning stand-up night that’s original, countercultural, and downright hilarious.
Why The People’s Comedy?
Since 2018, we’ve been on a mission to spotlight comics with something to say – smart, original, countercultural voices – and make sure they’re actually paid fairly. Revolutionary.
✔ We’ve raised tens of thousands for comedians through our equal pay structure.
✔ Comedy shouldn’t just be “bread and circuses” – it should make you laugh, think, and question.
Curious about the Red Lion’s “woke” credentials? Check this out: https://www.bristol247.com/culture/comedy/big-laughs-small-room-comedy-at-bristols-wokest-pub/
Note: The more we make through tickets, the more we can pay acts! Please only give as much as you can comfortably.
Entry requirements: 16+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio