Comedy at the Taproom Saturday Showcase 2025 with Headliner Sean Walsh

Reading Indie Comedy Festival will return in 2025 between the 16 - 18 of May.

The festival will comprise of 3 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.

Saturday's headline event at Double-Barrelled Brewery on Saturday 17 May will be closed by the hilarious Sean Walsh.

Festival Pass - Early Bird (£40)

Festival Pass - Standard Advance (£50)

Advance - Sean Walsh ONLY (£15)

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.

Sean Walsh

Described as “the best observational comedian of his generation” (The Guardian), this Edinburgh Award nominee has been touring Back From The Bed throughout 2023 and 2024. His previous tour show After This One, I’m Going Home ended with standing ovations around the country.

Seann has appeared on Live at the Apollo, The Wheel, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Last Leg, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Alan Davies’: As Yet Untitled, World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Battle In The Box and Series 22 of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, where he placed 5th. Seann can also be heard on his regular podcasts What’s Upset You Now, alongside co-host Paul McCaffrey and Oh My Dog, with Jack Dee, where they interview a special guest all about their relationships with their beloved dogs.

‘Unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation’

The Guardian


‘A cracking good show’

The Telegraph


‘One of comedy’s hottest properties... very talented, very funny’

The Evening Standard


‘He remains one of the most entertaining observational comics on the block’

The Independent