About
The Wells Comedy Festival – founded in 2015 – brings the finest comedians in the country to the heart of Somerset for one jam-packed weekend. Previous line-ups have included Stewart Lee, Rhod Gilbert, Alexei Sayle, Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett, Omid Djalili, Limmy, Milton Jones, Tommy Tiernan, Lost Voice Guy, Josie Long and Bridget Christie.
Previous line-ups
2023
James Acaster
Phil Wang
Tim Key
Rosie Jones
Mark Watson
Rhys James
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
Lou Sanders
Jen Brister
Paul Foot
Jamali Maddix
Sam Campbell
Richard Herring
Spencer Jones
Chloe Petts
Jordan Brookes
Shelf
Esther Manito
Celya AB
Sikisa
Nabil Abdulrashid
Jessica Fostekew
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Robin Morgan
2022
Harry Hill
Al Murray
Shaparak Khorsandi
Reginald D Hunter
Tim Key
Phil Wang
Mike Wozniak
Lou Sanders
Mark Watson
Isy Suttie
Jamali Maddix
Mark Thomas
Sophie Duker
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Nick Helm
Rhys James
Jessica Fostekew
Paul Foot
Glenn Moore
Spencer Jones
Babatunde Aleshe
Esther Manito
Amy Gledhill
Rob Auton
Harriet Kemsley
Felicity Ward
Bobby Mair
Sean McLoughlin
Aaron Simmonds
Sunil Patel
Stuart Goldsmith
Olga Koch
Jacob Hawley
Foxdog Studios
2019
Nish Kumar
Lost Voice Guy
Josie Long
Mark Watson
Nick Helm
Phil Wang
Ed Gamble
Shappi Khorsandi
Hal Cruttenden
John Robins
Jan Ravens
Jamali Maddix
Dave Johns
Suzi Ruffell
Fern Brady
Desiree Burch
Lou Sanders
Sofie Hagen
Rhys James
Jayde Adams
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Andrew Maxwell
Spencer Jones
Glenn Moore
Sarah Kendall
Jessica Fostekew
Abandoman
Karl Theobald
John Kearns
Adam Hess
Foxdog Studios
Jarred Christmas
Comedians Cinema Club: Hot Fuzz
Tony Law
Jordan Brookes
Harriet Kemsley
Hoovering Podcast
Laura Lexx
Vikki Stone
Adam Riches
Rosie Jones
Ahir Shah
Lucy Pearman
Garrett Millerick
Bobby Mair
Luke McQueen
Olga Koch
Tiff Stevenson
Sara Barron
Ben Target
Pat Cahill
Gein’s Family Giftshop
Goose
Annie McGrath
Stevie Martin
Matthew Highton
2018
Rhod Gilbert
Alexei Sayle
James Acaster
Limmy
Sara Pascoe
Tim Key
Mark Watson
Richard Herring
Michael Eavis
Rob Newman
Nish Kumar
Paul Sinha
Hal Cruttenden
Paul Foot
Dane Baptiste
Spencer Jones
Jessie Cave
Tony Law
Brett Domino
John Kearns
Jayde Adams
Fern Brady
Dave Hill
Jarred Christmas
Adam Riches
Lou Sanders
Distractions Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Tez Ilyas
Lloyd Griffith
Gein’s Family Giftshop
Steen Raskopoulos
Lazy Susan
Harriet Kemsley
Bobby Mair
Joseph Morpurgo
Comedians Cinema Club: Hot Fuzz
Ahir Shah
Ben Target
Lucy Pearman
Luke McQueen
Jen Brister
Brett Goldstein
Evelyn Mok
Elf Lyons
Colin Hoult
Sean McLoughlin
Adam Hess
Pat Cahill
Mat Ewins
Kwame Asante
Rob Kemp’s The Elvis Dead
Tom Neenan
2017
Stewart Lee
Milton Jones
Bridget Christie
Sara Pascoe
Joe Lycett
James Acaster
Richard Herring
Paul Foot
Hal Cruttenden
Nish Kumar
Angelos & Barry
RHLSTP
Kieran Hodgson
Comedians Cinema Club: Hot Fuzz
Simon Munnery
Ed Gamble
Adam Riches
John Kearns
Sarah Kendall
Ellie Taylor
Jayde Adams
Brian Gittins
Jamali Maddix
Fin Taylor
Ben Target
Lou Sanders
Sean McLoughlin
Rhys James
Sam Fletcher
Jordan Brookes
Alfie Brown
Bec Hill
2016
Stewart Lee
Omid Djalili
Sara Pascoe
Mark Steel
Arthur Smith
Bridget Christie
Sam Simmons
Katy Brand
Robert Newman
Tony Law
Robin Ince
Spencer Jones
Lou Sanders
Dane Baptiste
Ed Gamble
Andrew Hunter Murray
Pat Cahill
Stuart Laws
Comedians Cinema Club
2015
Tommy Tiernan
Mark Watson
Nick Helm
Tim Key
Paul Foot
Robin Ince
Alun Cochrane
Nish Kumar
Simon Munnery
Lazy Susan
Mike Wozniak
Iain Stirling
Tiernan Douieb
Three Half Pints