Southport Comedy Festival Under Canvas At Victoria Park Southport reviews by real event-goers

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Great venue and Jimeoin top drawer.

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

I gave 1 star for music as there wasn't any, it was a comedy night. Jimeoin was brilliant and his comedy is something everyone can relate to

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Another fantastic evening of comedy organised, by Brendan Riley and all the team at Southport Comedy festival. Well done for putting on such a fantastic event.

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Brilliant night, never laughed so much. Very organised on arrival, the best seats in the house. Will definitely be back to see Jimeoin and look forward to next years Southport Comedy Festival

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

The Southport Comedy festival is certainly a great venue with good organisation and location. Jimeoin was great entertainment, a casual and loosely scripted set which had the audience laughing most of the evening. He isn't everyone's cuppa but the crowd last night were holding a glass for him.

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Great evening in a lovely venue. Jimeoin was hilarious, as always. Prices of food and drinks was very reasonable and the burgers were fab. Friendly staff made everyone feel welcome.

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Was 7nawate I was paying to watch jimoin practice some new material, some of which was 30 year old. The act was heavily disjointed with little to no cohesion . Shame as I've seen him before and he was brilliant

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Review of Jimeoin The Craic

Great night. Very funny man. Totally enjoyable.

Review of Southport New Comedian of the Year 2023 Grand Final

Eight brave and amazing new comedians battled it out for the ultimate prize !

Review of Southport New Comedian of the Year 2023 Grand Final

Great night out for not a lot of money, great value, lots of laughs

Review of Southport New Comedian of the Year 2023 Grand Final

It was a very enjoyable night with no hassle. There was a bar, food and toilets onsite.

Review of Southport New Comedian of the Year 2023 Grand Final

Always a good night.

Review of Southport New Comedian of the Year 2023 Grand Final

Best show in the 2 weeks. 8 comedians, excellent value. The place should be bursting at the seams.

Review of Simon Brodkin Screwed Up

Review of Jason Byrne the Ironic Bionic Man

Review: Jason Byrne, Southport Comedy Festival 2023

I’m writing this a day after watching Jason Byrne perform at Southport Comedy Festival and I’m still recovering from so much laughing.

He’s known as ‘The King of Southport Comedy Festival’ for very good reason.

This is one show that needs no promotion. Such is the quality of his act, and the devotion he has built up among his fans, Jason never needs to do any interviews ahead of the event, it’s not something that needs promoting through social media.

I was speaking with friends last week who said they had booked tickets for his show back in February when tickets were first announced, because they knew his show would sell out fast.

Jason Byrne is a real one-off as a stand-up comedian. A real-life whirlwind of hilarious gags, funny stories and priceless interactions with the crowd.

You’ve got to be brave to be a heckler at one of his gigs!

Despite being a huge fan of stand up comedy, and a huge fan of Southport Comedy Festival, I’ve bizarrely never seen Jason Byrne perform live until now – what was I thinking?

My wife and I came to enjoy the show and as we sat waiting for it to start, we wondered – does he have a support act? Does he have a compere such as Brendan Riley to get the crowd going?

The answer to both was a resounding no – he bounced onto stage like Tigger and had everyone in hysterics from minute one.

He didn’t need a support act or a host because his support act is the audience!

The best from Southport was ‘What do you do for a job?’ – ‘My job is looking for water’…

It was the gift that kept giving.

We also had the lad from Maghull; the 16-year-old out with his Mum and Dad; the Irish rugby fan and hotelier; the heckler who kept shouting ‘no!’; all became stars of his live sitcom in a quite brilliant way.

It’s the only comedy gig where you need to wear a seatbelt.

Jason Byrne brought his show The Ironic Bionic Man to Southport Comedy Festival.

It got its name because he was ‘born with a c**k eye (then straightened), his lung collapsed (it was blown back up and sealed with metal pins), appendix removed, cartilage replaced in his knee from a poo-on-the-loo accident, arm dislocated by a wave, heart now functioning on six stents’.

The only pain in the room was from people laughing.

Some comedy acts you see run from scripts which are crafted, honed with practise and precision.

This show contains some favourite (true) stories – the one about the explosion in the Guinness factory was amazing.

But Jason’s improvisation skills and his interactions with the audience, such as his on-the-spot imaginary conversations between the new Irish hotelier and his Scouse hotel staff, were simply genius.

An extraordinary comedian at his very best.

Review of Simon Brodkin Screwed Up

Superb show from Simon Brodkin from first minute to the very last. Special mention to the Southport festival staff who were so helpful and polite. We really enjoyed the evening and will definitely be back.

Review of Simon Brodkin Screwed Up

Brilliant comedian, I've liked him for years, it was great to finally see him in the flesh. Highly recommended.