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Late Night Comedy at Wickham Festival 2021

We’ve just updated our Late Night Comedy page within the Line Up section. This Late Night Comedy will take place in the Quay West Cave tent from 23.30 after music on the main stages finishes at 23.00. There’s also late-night storytelling and other entertainment until the arena closes at 01.00.

On Thursday we’ve Keith Farnan and Sally Anne Hayward.  Keith has appeared on BBC’s Michael Mcintyre Comedy Roadshow and Sally has provided tour support for Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Russell Kane, Hal Cruttenden and Suzi Ruffell.

On Friday we’ve Steve Bugeja and Raymond & Mr Timpkins.  Steve is the co-creator of ITV2’s brand new sitcom Buffering which airs in summer 2021 and Raymond & Mr Timpkins won the UK Comedy Awards, Comedian of the Year award!

On Saturday we’ve Jayde Adams and Rich Wilson.  Jade has been a panellist on Channel 4’s comedy quiz shows, 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.  Rich is a regular with UK comedy clubs  such as Just the Tonic, The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cafe, & Big Night Out.

Tom Deacon will be the MC for all 3 nights.  Tom has been performing live stand-up for the last 14 years – with four Edinburgh solo shows under his belt – and has been the host of his own TV, radio and online shows on BBC2, BBC Radio1, The Capital FM breakfast show, plus host of Gfinity Esports shows and YouTube football channel Copa90 – where his Eurofan escapades have notched up over 8 million views.

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