The Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival (Oxford Comedy Festival) is a month-long comedy festival that takes place in Oxford throughout July and curated by QED Comedy Lab.

The festival brings the best comedians headed to Edinburgh and other large festivals to the Oxford community.

The festival has a particular interest in amplifying traditionally underrepresented voices, such as women, the global majority, and LGBTQ+ comedians, as well as giving a stage to more experimental shows.

The ultimate goal is to bring the talent that people love to Oxford to share with as many people as possible – and there were over 50 amazing shows planned at different venues around town, including:

Tap Social Movement
Trinity College Beer Cellar
Pegasus Theatre
The Ultimate Picture Place

Festival line-up

Tap Social Movement

Wednesday 01 July at 8:00pm – Loremen Live!
Wednesday 01 July at 9:15pm – Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman
Tuesday 07 July at 7:30pm – Eddy Hare
Monday 07 July at 9:00pm – Bec Hill Creates the Perfect Show
Monday 13 July at 7:30pm – Matt Forde
Monday 13 July at 9:00pm – Kate Smurthwaite writes a brand new show in 24 hours based on audience suggestions
Tuesday 14 July at 7:30pm – Esther Manito/Matt Richardson
Tuesday 14 July at 9:00pm – Sara Barron
Monday 20 July at 6:00pm – Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts
Monday 20 July at 8:00pm – Pat Cahill: PatatOnatTheatBackatFootatFoward
Tuesday 21 July at 7:30pm – Jack Barry : Let’s Get Barried
Tuesday 21 July at 9:00pm – Glenn Moore
Monday 27 July at 7:30pm – Bilal Zafar
Monday 27 July at 9:00pm – Pierre Novellie
Tuesday 28 July at 7:30pm – Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)
Tuesday 28 July at 9:00pm – Rob Auton: Jupiter
Wednesday 29 July at 7:30pm – Maisie Adam
Wednesday 29 July at 9:00pm – Bella Hull

Trinity College Beer Cellar

Thursday 02 July at 7:30pm – Andrew White: What a life
Thursday 02 July at 9:00pm – Marise Gaughan
Friday 03 July at 7:30pm – Freya McGhee
Friday 03 July at 9:00pm – Dee Alum
Thursday 09 July at 7:30pm – Catherine Bohart
Thursday 09 July at 9:00pm – Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge
Friday 10 July at 7:30pm – Celya AB
Friday 10 July at 9:00pm – Adam Flood: The Drop
Thursday 16 July at 7:30pm – Amy Matthews: Definitions Of Toast
Thursday 16 July at 9:00pm – Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x
Friday 17 July at 7:00pm – Tadiwa Mahlunge
Friday 17 July at 9:00pm – Adele Cliff
Saturday 18 July at 7:00pm – Yuriko Kotani
Saturday 18 July at 9:00pm – Hasan AlatHabib
Thursday 23 July at 7:30pm – Eric Rushton
Thursday 23 July at 9:00pm – Katie Norris
Friday 24 July at 7:30pm – Ayo Adenekan: We’ve Hit the Second Hour
Friday 24 July at 9:00pm – TBA
Friday 31 July at 7:30pm – Dom McGovern: Prize Hog
Friday 31 July at 9:00pm – Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head

Pegasus Theatre

Sunday 05 July at 2:00pm – Bec Hill Treats You Like a Child for an Hour
Sunday 19 July at 2:00pm – Iszi Lawrence: Pirates, Pharoahs and Pterosaurs

The Ultimate Picture Place

Sunday 28 June at 8:00pm – Legally Blonde
Sunday 12 July at 8:00pm – What We Do in the Shadows
Sunday 26 July at 8:00pm – Sherlock Jr. X R.E.M.

Visit the festival website for a tickets and further details.

Festival website

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