Where is the fifth best comedy festival in the world?
The mainly Victorian city centre of Leicester plays host to the longest running comedy festival in the UK. Now in its 15th year, the Leicester Comedy Festival opened its doors on Friday the 8th of February and runs through to the 17th of February 2008.
With 230 events taking place across the city in 60 venues, Leicester warms to the coming spring season offering up national, international and emerging artists as they fill every corner of the city with laughter. 60,000 visitors are testament to the fact that this is a significant comedy festival. In fact Leicester is one of the top 5 comedy festivals of the world:
- Canada: Just for Laughs, Montreal International Comedy Festival.
- Scotland: If Comedies (formerly the Perrier Awards).
- Australia: Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
- Ireland: Smithwick’s Cat Laugh Comedy Festival in Kilkenny.
- England: Leicester Comedy Festival.
An insignificant but perhaps rather interesting fact is that Thomas Cook set up his first excursions from Leicester, and therefrom took his business world wide.
Happy 15th Birthday Leicester!
