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Cambridge Comedy Festival The Cambridge Comedy Festival returns for its 14th edition presenting a spectacular event featuring superstar household names, the very best circuit acts, left-field fringe performers, live podcast shows plus brilliant family shows and all set in a beautiful countryside open air location. The Festival was launched in 2007 with the aim of recreating a micro version of the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival experience in Cambridge. Its unique appeal has been that it presented a host of big name comedians and the finest emerging to the city as they hone their shows for the Edinburgh Fringe and forthcoming UK tours and iron out any rough edges. It’s been venue based each year but in 2016 and 2017 we moved it outdoors to Jesus Green park which proved very popular and due to the current climate this year we’ve decided to once again host it outdoors but expand it into a fully fledged festival experience with camping. The festival will take place on Grange Farm in Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon which is where the Secret Garden Party was held – it’s a fantastic countryside location and its unique and quirky landscaped features lend itself perfectly to a comedy festival.
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We have over 150 acts appearing across 4 stages packed with so many amazingly funny comedians including household names from TV and stage such as Rob Beckett, Milton Jones, Dara Ó Briain, Ed Byrne, Gary Delaney, Nina Conti, Tom Allen, Al Murray, Reginald D Hunter and Russell Kane to the very best club circuit acts plus live podcast shows, lots of fantastic kids/family shows and after the comedy shows have finished each evening we’ve even got comedians having a go at DJ’ing their favourite tunes in the Glade bar area and if all of that isn’t enough to tickle your comedy appetite we’ve also got a fresh water swimming lake on site! We have camping right next to the arena and for those that want their creature comforts we’ve got Boutique Camping too. With either full weekend passes or individual day tickets (with or without camping) available we’ve tried to create an event for comedy fans so they get to watch all the very best acts in one place but also an event where they can feel safe and be outdoors. Full festival details can be found at www.cambridgecomedyfestival.com
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