Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (1st Wednesday of every month) Hosted by Sarah Larkham & Elliot Hall, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message us on our dedicated Facebook Page (clickable link below)...
A brand new stand-up show from the TV and radio favourite, Lucy Porter. As heard on Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show and seen on Would I Lie to You, QI and Live at the Apollo. Wake-Up Call is a show about revelations, realisations and epiphanies - both large and small. Subjects covered...
Saxophonist Jon Lloyd arrived on the UK free jazz scene in the early 1990s and rose to prominence with recordings on Leo records and HatHut, and with many UK and European concerts with his quartet comprising John Law, Paul Rogers and Mark Sanders. Highlights during this period included Berlin's FMP Festival, several Arts Council tours and the...
Join us in the Chicken Shed as England take on Scotland at Twickenham Stadium in Round 1 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations on 4th February 2023, 4.45pm GMT.
Stand Up For The Weekend with Roger Monkhouse Featuring Helen Bauer and compere Tom Glover Roger Monkhouse is one of the most original and distinctive acts on the comedy scene. A consummate stand-up who employs a deadly combination of charm and menace to exert a masterful control over any audience. A highly original and quirky performer,...
Fresh from Live at The Apollo, A League of Their Own, Mock The Week, and The Last Leg, Best Newcomer nominee Maisie Adam is back with her new show ‘Buzzed’, which makes its second appearance in Bristol. Rammed with witty observations, high-octane energy and some right good jokes. This high-energy show promises to be better than whatever...
North Street Games 101: Different Ways to Play… – Let us know how many of you there are and what type of games you like and we’ll pop you with some like-minded gamers for your first game of the day! – If there’s something you’d like to get to the table, bring a game you...
The traditional use of psychoactive plants and fungi for spiritual and shamanic rituals has occurred for thousands of years, whereas the Western scientific research of these substances has only been explored in the last 100 years, and prohibition stalled the last 50 years of this. In this talk, you will be introduced to the science...
An evening of musical theatre performed live with songs from Moulin Rouge, The Greatest Showman and more.
A simple scroll through Instagram or TikTok and you’ll be left questioning: do I have ADHD? The rise in ADHD in adults is undeniable. But only over the last decade has ADHD been formally recognised in the UK. It has been suggested that about 1.5 million adults in the UK have ADHD but only 120,000...
Having had to cancel their December gig due to illness, we're very pleased to have been able to reschedule a date for Starlings. Starlings are four seasoned Bristol musicians with a wealth of playing experience behind them, with each musician having played for such bands as Cut Capers, Dockside Latin Orchestra, Brass Junkies and World...
Please contact ticket provider for all refunds. Breakout stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2 (and the two most despised queens), Ginny Lemon & Sister Sister are trying to bring you the most disappointing drag show you’ve ever seen! They have both performed to sell-out audiences across the UK and made television...
Showing in the Chicken Shed Ireland v France 14:15 Scotland v Wales 16:45 No booking required.
Stand Up For The Weekend with Andrew Bird featuring Jenny Collier and compere Clint Edwards Andrew Bird is a top headline act throughout the UK and Ireland and has performed all around the world. He is highly in demand as a tour support for big-name comics such as Rhod Gilbert, Rob Brydon, Jon Richardson and...
Join us in the Chicken Shed for round 2 of the Guinness Six Nations rugby. England v Italy 15:00 No booking required
After Lloyd Griffith’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting eight years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new fresh stand-up tour show for 2023. This is Lloyd’s biggest tour to date and he is pumped/really needs you to come. Since school, Lloyd has always been a show off, doing anything...
North Street Games 101: Different Ways to Play… – Let us know how many of you there are and what type of games you like and we’ll pop you with some like-minded gamers for your first game of the day! – If there’s something you’d like to get to the table, bring a game you...
Following his groundbreaking 2018 show, Deaf Comedy Fam, Ray Bradshaw’s new stand-up show, Deaf Com 1, covers his recent fatherhood, teaching his young son sign language and a disastrous trip to Bahrain! International award-winning comic, Ray, spent 2021/22 touring the UK as John Bishop’s handpicked support act, having previously toured with Frankie Boyle in 2019. Ray was...
The club is delighted to welcome back one of the UK's most highly regarded guitarist, Nigel Price. This gig is made extra special by the fact that the Be-Bop Club has received financial assistance from the charity Grassroots Jazz which Nigel founded. The short story behind this is that for many years it has been difficult for...
Babatunde Aléshé is one of the fastest rising stars in British Comedy. He regularly performs for audiences of thousands at iconic venues such as the O2 and Hackney Empire. A powerhouse performer, his stand up presents a hilariously fresh perspective, oozing charisma whilst showcasing impeccable stagecraft and comic timing. Join Babatunde Aleshe, the multi-award-winning star of Celebrity...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Daliso Chaponda featuring Jake Lambert and compere Jake Campbell Daliso Chaponda shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent, making it to the final of the 2017 series and establishing himself a firm favourite with the judges and the British public. He became a Facebook and YouTube star amassing over 300...
Welcome to the days of mind your own business and don’t comment on others business. Not their gender, sexuality, body, hair, education or career. Also, welcome to the days of total oversharing on social media, but STILL, mind your own business. We want to talk about things and want everyone to know IT’S PERSONAL! This...
It’s magic, to make something out of nothing. Science can reveal how the brain does this amazing trick! In this talk, Dr Jonathan Iliff shows you what we know about the neuroscience of creativity. It is the process that sees something arrive in the brain and be transformed into a work of art, a wonder...
Circuit Breakers with Jessie Nixon Freaturing Celia Ab, Firuz Ozari, Dani Johns & Roger O'sullivan Join us for a fantastic night of comedy in the Chicken Shed at The Hen and Chicken! Circuit Breakers is a monthly night which showcases the best up-and-coming talent on the UK comedy circuit. Each month we invite a comedian to...
It's time to grab the mic and sing your heart out - solos, duets and group singalongs are all welcome. Join us for a relaxed, friendly evening of sharing our favourite songs. Karaoke nights will be on every last Wednesday of the Month. Free shot for the first 10 singers Cocktails 2 for £10 Double...
Eshaan Akbar has announced his first solo tour, The Pretender, which will kick off right here in The Comedy Box in February 2023. Whether it’s you, the person you go on a date with, your boss, or the opinion-makers on TV, we’re all pretending we know what we’re doing. We don’t. And it’s about time...
With their debut release “Aether Drift”, Bristol-based Michelson Morley announced themselves as one of the most original and exciting UK jazz bands. The first album as writer and leader by Get The Blessing saxophonist Jake McMurchie exposed the talents of a brilliant and highly inventive new voice. Melodic, atmospheric, minimalist music featuring the best of...
Guinness Six Nations Rugby showing in the Chicken Shed. Join us as Italy take on Ireland at Stadio Olimpico in Round 3 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations at 2.15pm Then watch Wales take on England at the Principality Stadium at 4.45pm We will also be showing France take on Scotland at the Stade de...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Ria Lina featuring George Lewis and compere Clint Edwards Ria Lina is a touring Filipina comedian, actor and writer known for her appearances on BBC’s Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, The Now Show and Mock The Week - and in November was named as...
Showing in the Chicken Shed Join us as France take on Scotland at the Stade de France in Round 3 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations on 26th Feb at 3 pm
Multiple universes and parallel worlds are all the rage in film and TV these days from the Marvel cinematic universe to Stranger Things. But multiverses are more than just fiction, many scientists are increasingly convinced that our universe is just one of a vast number of hidden worlds. Multiverses crop up all over the place...
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (1st Wednesday of every month) Hosted by Sarah Larkham & Elliot Hall, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message us on our dedicated Facebook Page (clickable link below)...
We're pleased to welcome back veteran pianist Ray D’Inverno who last visited just over a year ago. 2023 is a milestone year for Ray as he reaches 80 years of age, and in fact this Bristol gig is a warm-up performance for a major concert at Southampton's Turner Sims concert hall to celebrate Ray's enormous contribution...
Men will literally do a 55-minute show about identity, social class and drinking olive oil, instead of going to therapy. Award-winning wide boy Jacob Hawley considers whether ample mental health is an exclusively middle-class pursuit, if he’s finally graduated from drugs to antipasti and, all considered if he’s ready to be a father. As seen on...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Dane Baptiste featuring Erich McElroy and compare Clint Edwards Original and provocative, Dane Baptiste is hailed as one of the most exciting acts to break in years. The London-born stand-up made comedy history in 2014 as the first Black British act to be nominated for a comedy award at the Edinburgh...
