Glasgow International Comedy Festival
glasgow international comedy festival comedy festival glasgow scotland comedy festival started held annually march venue across city festival aim biggest impact comedy festival world festival promotes glasgow funniest city world look celebrate comedy’s role scottish culture act kevin bridge susie mccabe performed firstever solo show glasgow international comedy festival european commission named glasgow top cultural creative city united kingdom report cited comedy festival alongside cultural event integral status festival recognised playing host number highprofile comedian alongside providing platform new act festival arranged comedy gig held virgin train west coast train service london glasgow eight comedian including patrick monahan performed aboard comedy carriage afternoon service comedy performance linked charity fundraising also common occurrence year festival notably kevin bridge headlined event raise fund mnd scotland memory campaigner gordon aikman raising £ festival organiser aimed widen appeal festival new audience accessibility improvement recent year festival hosted show delivered british sign language understood first kind uk dementia friendly comedy gig held city west end festival new award introduced sir billy connolly spirit glasgow award award given festival inaugural winner janey godley official site