The inaugural Big Funny Fest takes place on Father’s Day Weekend, the 15 & 16 June, and they are marking the event with a Dad jokes competition. 

The Festival sponsor, independent brewery Shepherd Neame, is offering a brewery tour, lunch and a supply of goodies for two, plus festival weekend tickets, to the winner of best Dad joke. Jokes submitted on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram by Saturday 1st June using #bffdadjoke will be submitted to our team of corny comedy judges with the winner chosen by top Dad Comedians – Mark Dolan and Hal Cruttenden.

Mark Dolan says: “As a father to two boys, I’m honoured to be one of the judges of the Dad Joke competition at Big Funny Fest. I’ll be donning my corduroy trousers for the role and my pipe and slippers are at the ready. Oh God, is that a dad joke?” 

 Big Funny Fest takes place in the historic Old Deer Park, in Richmond Upon Thames.

There are three shows in a fully seated Big Top, an afternoon, early evening and evening, each featuring 3-4 comedians.  The fully seated Little Top hosts 4 shows. There will be comedy on somewhere every minute from 3pm until 10pm both days. Every show ticket gives full access to see all of the shows and comedians performing at the Big Top and on a first come basis at the Little Top.  

Big Top line up for Saturday 15TH June

Jayde Adams, Jason Byrne, Lloyd Griffith, Adam Hess, Russell Hicks, Rhys James, Thanyia Moore, Luisa Omielan, Phil Wang, Tom Ward and Mark Watson. 

Big Top Line up for Sunday 16TH June

Stephen Bailey, Desiree Burch, Hal Cruttenden, Gary Delaney, Mark Dolan, Angelos Epithemiou, Darren Harriott, Olga Koch, Nish Kumar, Andrew Maxwell, Glenn Moore and Lou Sanders. 

Visit www.bigfunnyfest.com for more information