TheFuture

I live in Leicester and we host a comedy festival that runs for the majority of February. I plan on trying to catch a show or two this weekend and it got me wondering about other similar festivals around the UK and whether there are any. Of course we have the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh which I'd argue is the purpose of the Leicester festival, where we get a fair few 'Work in Progress' type shows amongst some very random acts, but I've yet to be disappointed. The most well known comedian I've seen (a few years ago now) was Seann Walsh who was doing a work in progress act. Very enjoyable experience and somewhat interesting to see them testing new material. So, I guess a two-part question - 1) Have you caught any shows in Leicester at the festival in the past, or maybe even this year? 2) Does your city host any similar type of events, if so and you're happy to share, whereabouts in the UK?

Would highly recommend this as well. Fantastic show.