Comedy / Angelos Epithemiou

Wells Comedy Festival: biggest lineup yet

By Steve Wright  Monday Apr 24, 2017

The Wells Comedy Festival, which takes place over the second May Bank Holiday weekend (May 26-28), has announced a bunch of new shows, with plenty more top-notch comics heading down to Somerset.

Joining the previously announced lineup are Cheddar’s own Richard Herring – performing a work-in-progress as well as his hugely popular podcast – plus Angelos Epithemiou’s (Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford’s two-hander, the gloriously inventive Ben Target, comic, poet and Twitter supremo Rhys James and WCF favourite Lou Sanders.

Local boy Richard Herring and (top) Sara Pascoe are among the big names gracing the 2017 WCF

There are also extra shows announced for Stewart Lee and Sara Pascoe, while James Acaster – who is already performing three different shows over the weekend – has added a preview of his forthcoming book tour, Classic Scrapes.

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Ben Williams, the festival’s founder and producer, said: “The response to this year’s festival has been overwhelming so far. So much so we’ve had to add extra shows as many have already sold out. I’m incredibly excited to welcome this many comedy shows to Wells.”

Wells Comedy Festival in association with Brothers Cider Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28. For more info and to book tickets, visit www.wellscomfest.com and www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellscomfest

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