We are very excited to be putting on Bristol’s very first comedy competition. This is an amazing opportunity to platform the city as the hub for comedy it has become over the past few years and platform the many talented people that perform there, with first place being worth £1000!
The competition will be open to all but we will be particularly keen to platform newer acts.
Each heat and semi final will have an audience vote and two judge votes. The audience vote will always be counted first so whoever brought the thunder will always progress. Each heat will be watched by our club booker with a view to bring acts into our venue.
The grand-final will have an industry panel and be held in the main room of The Bristol Folk House and will be comprised of six acts doing ten minutes. Each act that made it this far will be guaranteed paid work within Bristol, with the runner up having that guarantee be equivalent to at least £250 and the winner getting £500 cash and £500 in club spots both with us and our links round the city. That way anyone who performs in the final is getting their foot in the door, and those who place getting to swing that door wide open.
On top of all the above all, the festival will be ongoing around the competition with plenty of opportunities for participating acts to hop on other line ups and be part of the fun.
Applications are open as of you reading this and close on December 1st with successful entrants being made aware the following week. Enter here.