Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival

Following on from 2024’s sell-out inaugural event, 2026’s festival boasts a lineup that includes comedian, presenter, actor and household name Jason Manford (8 Out of 10 Cats, Live At The Apollo, QI, Have I Got News ForYou); one of ‘Britain’s favourite Irishmen’, the award-winning comedian, broadcaster and writer Dara Ó Briain (8 Outof 10 Cats, Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week which he hosted for 21 series) and stand up, screenwriter, broadcaster and esteemed Taskmaster alumni, Lucy Beaumont (8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News For You, The Last Leg).

Joining them are the likes of hilarious comic Sara Pascoe (Mock The Week, QI, Would I Lie To You?), TV comedy royalty Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek, QI, Taskmaster); comedian, writer and political commentator Geoff Norcott (The Mash Report, Mock The Week, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order) and energetic actor, writer and Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer nom’d observational comedian Hal Cruttenden (Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie ToYou?, Live At The Apollo) all in the capable hands of host, the New Zealand-born, Chortle Comedy Best Compère Award-winningJarred Christmas.

General Admission and Premium Seated tickets are available, which include priority access and access to ‘Bob’s Monkhouse’, a premium hang out area in the Abbey’s cloister.

The festival will be 16+ and the gates will open at 2pm on the day