A Rich Comic Life Blog & Podcast is honoured to promote the Live Comedy Association, Live Comedy Day & Stand Up and Give:
The Live Comedy Association:
The Live Comedy Association represents and connects the UK Live Comedy Industry. The LCA acts as a network between venues, promoters, festivals, comics, and other stakeholders across the country. The industry will be able to share their concerns, questions, and information. The LCA will also act as a united front for the industry, fighting for more support from the government. For more information, please see the website: www.livecomedyassociation.co.uk
Live Comedy Day: 1st April 2026:
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) is producing Live Comedy Day on 1st April 2026, in partnership with BBC Radio 4. The day is a national celebration of grassroots live comedy with a view to raising the profile of what they all do. For more information, please see the website: www.livecomedyday.co.uk
Stand Up and Give
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) have launched a major new fund aimed to support the grassroots UK live comedy sector. Stand Up And Give is an umbrella campaign to raise money to feed back into the sector to support comedians, promoters, festivals, venues, clubs and other people working across the UK.
The fund will support people working in the sector with training and development opportunities as well as other initiatives. Stand Up And Give will also help support the lobbying of government and projects including those that use laughter and comedy to improve mental health and wellbeing. Pledges can be made by visiting https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up-give