Laughterama 2022 at Castlefield Bowl - lineup, tickets, weather forecast, and everything else you need to know

Comedy superstars and Fringe smashers are preparing to take on Manchester's Castlefield Bowl this week for five days of live comedy. Laughterama - a brand new comedy festival - will feature some of the biggest names in comedy as well as some of the city's best food and drink operators.

The open-air comedy festival will feature stars including James Acaster, The Last Leg's Rosie Jones and British Comedy Award winner Aisling Bea, performing alongside many of the acts that delighted critics at Edinburgh Fringe including Amy Gledhill, Tim Key and Lou Saunders.

The festival has been launched by the team behind a series of successful comedy festivals running annually across London and the south of England. Each show will present of compilation of the biggest names in stand-up comedy alongside emerging talent, plus some standout food and drink courtesy of Manchester's very street food traders.

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Below, you'll find all the information for the inaugural event, from the lineup and last-minute tickets, to the food and drink options and whether to pack a brolly.

The five-night festival will feature Netflix star James Acaster, British Comedy Award winner Aisling Bea, the much-loved Dylan Moran and Taskmaster's Phil Wang. They'll be joined by Josh Widdicombe and and Rosie Jones plus Edinburgh Fringe star Rose Matafeo. one-liner king Milton Jones, David O' Doherty, Nish Kumar, Rhys James and Manchester's very on Stephen Bailey and Josh Jones.

Wednesday, September 21

Doors: 6pm Start time: 7.30pm

David O'Doherty Rose Matafeo Lou Sanders Josh Jones Daniel Kitson

Thursday, September 22

Doors: 6.30pm Start time: 7.30pm

Nish Kumar