
Which venues have won 2025 Chortle Awards?
Best comedy clubs revealed
We can today reveal the venue and club winners in this year’s Chortle Awards.
They come after almost 5,000 people voted in this year’s accolades. And in these categories, readers had a free vote, with no nominees to pick from.
Winners of the comedian and show categories will be announced at a ceremony in London on Monday, hosted by Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Felicity Ward.
The venue winners in the 2025 Chortle Awards, supported by Ticketmaster, are:
London
Best comedy venue: The Bill Murray
Best pro comedy night: Always Be Comedy
Best live comedy format: Quantum Leopard, London
Best open spot comedy night: Comedy Bandits in Clapham
Midlands
Best comedy venue: Birmingham Glee
Best pro comedy night: Jericho Comedy Oxford
Best live comedy format: Club Wormhole, Nottingham
Wales and the West
Best comedy venue: Cardiff Glee
Best pro comedy night: The Peoples Comedy, Bristol
Best live comedy format: The People's Comedy, Bristol
The North
Best comedy venue: Frog & Bucket Manchester
Best pro comedy night: XS Malarkey, Manchester
Best live comedy format: CroppaChoppa's Slumber Party, Manchester
Best open spot comedy night: Beat The Frog, Frog & Bucket Manchester
The South and East
Best comedy venue: Komedia Brighton
Best pro comedy night: Quip Shed Comedy Thames Ditton
Best live comedy format: Boast in Show. A reverse roast battle in Brighton.
Best open spot comedy night: Comic Boom at Komedia Brighton
Scotland
Best comedy venue: Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Best live comedy format: The Haters’ Ball, Edinburgh Fringe
Best open spot comedy night: Open Comedy, Leith
Published: 14 Mar 2025