Comedy at the Taproom Sunday Showcase 2026 with Headliner Sara Pascoe

Reading Indie Comedy Festival will return in 2025 between the 14 - 17 of May.

The festival will comprise of 4 days of hilarious shows across Reading's independent comedy circuit.

Further detail will follow as we confirm the festival programme so keep an eye on this page.

Sunday's headline event at Double-Barrelled Brewery on Sunday's 17 May will be closed by the hilarious Sara Pascoe.

Festival Pass - Early Bird (£40)

Festival Pass - Standard Advance (£50)

Advance - Sara Pascoe ONLY (£18)

Lineup subject to change. Timings may changes slightly as we finalise the festival schedule.

Confirmed partners:

Laughter Craft Comedy, Mates Rates Comedy Club, Stand and Deliver Comedy Club, Roast Battle UK, Milk Bar, Double-Barrelled Brewery, The Roseate Reading, The Purple Turtle, plus more.

Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe is a critically acclaimed comedian, author, screenwriter and broadcaster whose latest stand-up show I Am a Strange Gloop is her biggest ever and will tour the UK, Australia and Canada from 2025, including playing the UK's iconic London Palladium in 2026.

2025 also sees Sara's return to hosting The Great British Sewing Bee for BBC One and starring alongside a stella line up of British comedians in Prime Video’s Last One Laughing UK, co-hosted by Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty. As a TV regular, Sara has appeared on the likes of Taskmaster (C4), Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), QI (BBC Two), 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and Mock the Week (BBC Two) to name a few.