The 8th African Comedy Festival holds at different local venues across the UK from May 6 to June 24 and ends with a grand event on June 25 at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
11 top international African comedians from different parts of the continent will feature during the festival organised by E&C Global Entertainment.
African Comedy Festival
The line-up features Tumi Morake (South Africa), Gordons (Nigeria), Eric
Omondi (Kenya), DKB (Ghana), Meskerem (Ethiopia), Alex (Uganda), GH Wiilwall (Somalia), Long John (Zimbabwe), Brother Franklyn (Kenya) and guest comedians Prince Ezikah and MOG.
The African Comedy Festival is part of the African Comedy Show - a monthly event that has been running for the past 8 years in London. The African Comedy Show has become an enormously popular destination for hearing African comedy from around the world.
The African Comedy Show has hosted top comedians such as world famous Comedy Central Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Andi Osho (BBC Live at the Apollo / Channel 4 comedy); Paul Shuddery (BBC Live at the Apollo / Channel 4 comedy); and many more. Heavyweight champion - Anthony Joshua is a regular attendee at the monthly event.
The Copper Box Arena is operated by charitable social enterprise GLL, on behalf of London Legacy Development Corporation. After hosting handball, modern pentathlon, fencing and goalball during the 2012 Games, the Copper Box Arena is now one of London’s most versatile and exciting events venues - open to the public as a fully-equipped, 80-station gym. As part of its London 2012 Legacy commitments, the Copper Box Arena also delivers a diverse and plentiful grassroots sports programme for the local community. In 2015, the Copper Box Arena won the accolade for New Event Space at the National Event Awards.