How to Buy Comedy Carnival Tickets and What They Cost
Updated
Comedy Carnival sells tickets directly through its website: each upcoming show has its own listing with a "Buy Tickets" button, and prices are set per event rather than as one flat club entry fee. On the listings shown on the site, Covent Garden stand-up nights start at £10, £12 or £15 depending on the night, while a Cabaret Carnival show at the Phoenix Arts Club starts at £35. Treat those as starting prices for those specific dates — the price for the show you want is the one shown on its own event page.
Where to buy tickets
- Go to the Comedy Carnival site and open What's On (the same listings are reachable from the Book Tickets links on the homepage).
- Find the date and venue you want. Each entry shows the line-up, the start and end time, the venue, and a "Price From" figure.
- Select Buy Tickets on that listing to go to the booking step for that specific show.
- Check the line-up before you pay: the site lists named acts and an MC for each night, and these change from show to show.
The homepage also carries a separate Book Your Christmas Party here route, which is a package rather than a standard ticket — the site describes it as a comedy show plus three courses plus Prosecco, with its own Package Info page. If you want the party package, use that link rather than a normal show listing.
What tickets cost
Prices vary by date, venue and type of show. From the listings visible on the site:
| Show | Venue | Time | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand-up club night (Thu 1 Oct) | Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden | 8.00pm–10.00pm | £10 |
| Stand-up club night (Fri 2 Oct) | Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden | 8.30pm–10.30pm | £12 |
| Stand-up club night (Sat 3 Oct) | Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden | 8.30pm–10.30pm | £15 |
| Cabaret Carnival (Thu 8 Oct) | Phoenix Arts Club | 7.30pm–9.15pm | £35 |
| Stand-up club night (Fri 9 Oct) | Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden | 8.30pm–10.30pm | £12 |
| Stand-up club night (Sat 10 Oct) | Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden | 8.30pm–10.30pm | £12 |
Two patterns are worth noting. First, within the Covent Garden stand-up nights, the Saturday show is priced higher than the Thursday show on the dates shown. Second, the cabaret format costs substantially more than the stand-up club nights. "Price From" means the entry price starts there; the site does not state on these listings whether booking fees, group rates or concessions apply, so confirm the final total on the booking page before paying.
What you are buying
- Format: international stand-up comedy, with acts described as TV stars from Live At The Apollo and Comedy Central, plus international comedians. The cabaret show is a separate format with a different line-up.
- Nights: stand-up shows run Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- Venues: Covent Garden (Seven Dials Club) and Leicester Square are the locations named for the club's shows; the cabaret listing is at the Phoenix Arts Club.
- Runtime: roughly two hours for the stand-up nights (for example 8.30pm–10.30pm), and about 1 hour 45 minutes for the cabaret show.
- Reputation signals on the site: a 5-star rating claim, over 1,000 reviews, and quoted praise from Time Out, Design My Night and Tripadvisor.
Practical points before you book
- Pick by date, not by price alone. Because each night has a different line-up and a different starting price, decide which acts you want to see first, then compare the price for that date.
- Check the start time against the venue. Times differ between nights (8.00pm, 8.30pm, 7.30pm), and the venue changes between Covent Garden and the Phoenix Arts Club.
- Book early for weekends. Saturday listings show the highest stand-up starting price of the dates shown, which suggests weekend demand; the site does not publish a separate advance-purchase discount.
- For groups or Christmas, use the package route. The Christmas party package is booked through its own page and includes food and drink, so it is not comparable to a standard ticket price.
- Confirm the total at checkout. The listings give a "from" price only; any booking fee or per-ticket charge will appear at the payment step.