The Leicester Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in a number of venues across Leicester, England early in the year. In the early 1990s, De Montfort University arts administration student, Geoff Rowe proposed a project to his lecturers to set up and run a comedy festival for Leicester. Rowe called Tony Slattery, Harry Hill and Matt Lucas for the inaugural Leicester Comedy Festival in 1994, with 40 events at 23 venues for 5,000 tickets. In 1995, the first Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award was given to Stevie Knuckles, the best young comedian, later awarded to Johnny Vegas, Jason Manford, Josh Widdicombe and Romesh Ranganathan. Leicester Comedy Fringe events occur in Loughborough, Lutterworth, Foxton, and Coalville. Leicester Comedy Festival is Europe's largest and longest-running comedy festival with 560 shows at 64 venues. Rowe founded Leicester Comedy Festival with The Big Difference Company, as a charity, providing opportunities for young people to "learn about comedy, address health inequalities and improve people’s well-being", launching The Big Difference venue for up and coming comedy in Leicester. More information...
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