{"title": "LGBTQ+ NEW COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Comedy Store", "address": "Oxendon Street 7, SW1Y 4EE London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/lgbtq-new-comedian-of-the-year-finals-tickets-4HRFYJ?ref=thecomedystore", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "society/queer"], "description": "The LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2026 Grand Final brings the Comedy Bloomers competition to the Comedy Store in London. Now in its fifth year, it drew over 140 comedians from across the UK, and ten finalists compete for the title and a £1,000 cash prize. Audiences join judges Chloe Petts, Tia Kofi, Josh Jones and James Barr in deciding the winner, with host Ciara O'Connor and headline act Sydney May, last year's winner. 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Comedians including Chloe Petts and Tia Kofi appear on the bill, with Ciara O'Connor as MC and a long line-up of further acts such as Sydney May, James Barr, Josh Jones, Ro Dodgson and many more. Chloe Petts, one of the featured performers, is a Pleasance Comedy Reserve alumna shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Award and a co-founder of the queer comedy collective The Lol Word. 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Previous finalists include Rob Beckett, Rachel Parris, Viggo Venn, Jessica Fostekew and many more.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lst-new-comedian-of-the-year-2026-quarter-finals-37197/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Queer Comedy Club Raw", "start": "2026-11-05T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "Queer Comedy Club", "address": "9 Hewson Way, SE17 1JS London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.qxmagazine.com/event/shopping-in-soho-4/2026-10-26/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Queer Comedy Club Raw is a new act and new material night at The Queer Comedy Club. The club behind it puts some of the best LGBTQ+ acts on the circuit on stage, plus a few allies. Seasoned comedians, including TV names, try out new routines or prepare for tours, while brand-new comedians take their first steps. 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Headliner Lou Sanders, known from Taskmaster, Last One Laughing UK and Live at the Apollo, is joined by Two Hearts, Dan Tiernan, Frankie Thompson and Sam Eley as Basil Crumbwick. Hosting is Ayoade Bamgboye, winner of the Chortle Award for Best Newcomer 2026 and the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2025. 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It is about her biggest, most scandalous secret and the fallout from blabbing it to everybody at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe. Her accolades include being a BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 Regional Finalist, Funny Women Stage Award 2025 Semi-Finalist, 2nd Place in Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024 and a So You Think You're Funny 2024 Semi-Finalist. 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Accompanied by Jordan Paul Clarke and a live band, she sings reworked local favourites in new ways while recording a live album for release in 2027. The show runs about two hours and twenty minutes with an interval and is recommended for ages 15 and over, with under-18s accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-local-song-for-local-people-kate-butch-35002/", "official_url": "https://www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/11/local-song-local-people-kate-butch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b7b0c8c635b1e8c57adf9025460a403e16c01ec3d9fdf4d1acf4ddf3e7b14e1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Questors Comedy Festival ft. 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Recommended for ages 16+, with strong language expected.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/questors-comedy-festival-ft-marcus-brigstocke-and-shazia-mir-70221/", "official_url": "https://questors.org.uk/event/questors-comedy-festival-nov26-tuesday/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e8ba998366c9e93d0fe4190c1705c5de1a09922c3e45ae24ad525d39215fa40-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ms Amber Guity’s Drag Bingo November 2026", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Queen's Theatre", "address": "RM11 1QT Hornchurch", "price": "£15.70 (Access £12.70)", "price_from": "15.70", "price_to": "15.70", "tickets_url": "https://queens-theatre.co.uk/book?pid=19568&iid=357001", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "games/bingo"], "description": "Ms Amber Guity's Drag Bingo November 2026 is an interactive drag bingo party with comedy, music, sing-a-longs, two full games of bingo and ridiculous prizes. It is hosted by Ms Amber Guity, a self-proclaimed drag legend and Dabbers Next Top Bingo Caller semi-finalist from the Soho Theatre Drag Lab, who returns to the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch with her sell-out show. Audience members may be invited to sing and dance together, and Ms Amber may enter the audience and talk to them, with 'reading' always meant in good humour and love. The show may include swearing and adult themes and is guided for ages 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ms-amber-guitys-drag-bingo-november-2026-64305/", "official_url": "https://queens-theatre.co.uk/shows-items/ms-amber-guitys-drag-bingo-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d4804233ea70b4ba111f268992fa11ee2800f3ac2b5ce8faf420f5fbc941cce2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Neon Nights", "start": "2026-10-31T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Soho Theatre Walthamstow", "address": "Hoe Street 186, E17 4QH London", "price": "From £11", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Neon Nights is a stand-up comedy show at Soho Theatre Walthamstow, this time taken over by the comedy night FOC IT UP!. It is curated by FOC IT UP! founder Kemah Bob, who also acts as MC, alongside performers Marie Faustin, Janine Haoruni and Sophie Duker. The line-up changes every show, and part of the proceeds go to Rainbow Mind, which supports mental health in the LGBTQIA+ community. Since 2018, FOC IT UP! has staged bills celebrating women and trans comedians of the global majority, with a no-white-dudes-onstage guarantee.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/neon-nights-61169/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sam Nicoresti: Work In Progress", "start": "2026-11-01T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Bill Murray", "address": "Queen's Head Street 39, N1 8NQ London", "price": "£7.65 + 85p booking fee", "price_from": "7.65", "price_to": "7.65", "tickets_url": "https://link.dice.fm/pacfaf8e6693", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "A work-in-progress comedy show by award-winning comedian Sam Nicoresti, who won the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show at the Fringe 2025 with Baby Doomer, a Sky Arts Award Winner 2026 and Chortle Breakthrough Act. Sam is also the reigning UK Air Guitar Champion. The show offers new material from an acclaimed performer praised as \"one of the sharpest, funniest, most exciting hours of comedy at the Fringe\". This is an 18+ event presented by Angel Comedy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sam-nicoresti-work-in-progress-40895/", "official_url": "https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/sam-nicoresti-work-in-progress-sun-1st-nov-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202611012030", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17501fb2563571b13c4f78830f2f100789e66e298aee1d2546ca09e58f7b2020-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lovers Rock & Comedy Link Up", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£35.00 - £37.50", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "37.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/performance?id=124401", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/world/reggae", "comedy"], "description": "Lovers Rock & Comedy Link Up is an evening combining Lovers Rock music with comedy. Harmony Productions and 908 Productions bring back this anticipated event, pairing some of the UK's finest Lovers Rock performers with top comedy talent for a blend of music and laughter. It is hosted by Robbie Gee and Felicity Ethnic and takes place at the Broadway Theatre in Catford.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lovers-rock-comedy-link-up-69597/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/lovers-rock-comedy-link-up", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9e47bb2bd576ecac9030aa18ac07345528b2bbbe3f8ab788808ac73f02c34513-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Come Mek We Larf: A Comedy Night", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T22:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Town Hall", "address": "Judd Street, WC1H 9JE Camden", "price": "Pay What You Can, all proceeds to ACLT", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/come-mek-we-larf-tickets-2001592668553", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Come Mek We Larf: A Comedy Night is an evening of stand-up comedy celebrating Black British humour, culture and community, hosted by Mr Cee in The Salon. It is presented by Love Camden as part of Camden Council's Black History Season 2026, and joining Mr Cee on the bill are Josephine Lacey, Diesel, Selam Amare and Slim, the People's Champion: five distinct voices and plenty of feel-good moments. All proceeds from the Pay What You Can tickets go to the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust, and The Salon seats around 60, so booking early is advised.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/come-mek-we-larf-a-comedy-night-69623/", "official_url": "https://townhall.co.uk/events/come-mek-we-larf/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a73b4adcc40a560f7b153bf61aa84882aff8b807fb0bfa0103414f6b04b6ead4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Queer comedy Saturdays", "start": "2026-10-31T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T21:30:00Z", "place": "Queer Comedy Club", "address": "9 Hewson Way, SE17 1JS London", "price": "GBP 15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Queer comedy Saturdays is a comedy night with professional stand up comedians on stage at the Queer Comedy Club. It promises the best in queer comedy every Saturday night, in an LGBTQ+ comedy series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/queer-comedy-saturdays-46345/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/baf581d3c757ad9ff82f9fa76aed34036dfa94035cad6db95d4c15933b626372-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Deliberately Steve Does the Cost of Living", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Vauxhall Tavern", "address": "372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.vauxhalltavern.com/venue-hire/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/kabarett", "occasion/charity-fundraiser"], "description": "Deliberately Steve Does the Cost of Living is a fundraiser show at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, in aid of the Kaleidoscope Trust. Deliberately Steve returns with his regular fundraiser, packed with songs, games and innuendo, giving his take on everything from politics to Grindr to world events. Familiar features include the limerick game and the heckle competition, plus new soon-to-be favourites such as 'Let's trash a musical!'. Tickets are £20 for the show, 100% of which goes to the Kaleidoscope Trust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/deliberately-steve-does-the-cost-of-living-70368/", "official_url": "https://www.vauxhalltavern.com/events/event/deliberately-steve/?oid=6657", "image": "https://noky.io/images/55f15c75afb92b72be9661c00931d3269fa10c3e366052283f31efcc584dbe5d-600.webp"}]}