The team behind the Leicester Comedy Festival is to take over the city’s Abbey Park on Sunday 14th June for LCF in the Park.

Audiences can see comedy favourites including Last One Laughing’s Lou Sanders,Taskmaster runner-up and co-host of Early Worms podcast Phil Ellis and critically acclaimed Plebs and Friday Night Dinner actor and comedian Tom Rosenthal on the main stage.

They will be joined by Welsh comic and All Killa No Filla true crime podcast co-host Kiri Pritchard Mclean, along with satirical award-winning British-Nigerian comedian Nabil Abdulrashid, as seen on QI and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Adding to the proper festival atmosphere will be local street food and bar vendors providing various options available to purchase on the day.

Tickets are £30 each, with funds raised going directly back into the community. Leicester Comedy Festival is run by charity Big Difference Company. Funds raised from LCF in the Park will help bring comedy programmes to local schools and libraries to improve youth cultural wellbeing and mental health, as well as supporting local emerging talent and comedians from underrepresented groups.

“We work year-round to produce and deliver our festivals, and ambitious events just like this.LCF in the Park is an exciting development of our summer events and is a vital part of enabling our work in the community. Thank you to everyone who attends and helps enable these projects by supporting us directly,” said Michael Harris-Wakelam, Chief Executive at Big Difference Company.

All tickets are on sale now here.

Date:Sunday 14th June 

Time:12:00pm–2:30pm

Venue:Abbey Park, Abbey Park Rd, Leicester LE4 5AQ

Prices:General admission ages 16+ £30+ booking fee