Winchester Comedy Festival
Winchester Comedy Festival: Spring Gala 2026
An evening of stand-up comedy with Jo Caulfield, Steve Bugeja, Sunil Patel and Tom Deacon (MC).
Line up subject to change.
Jo Caulfield
Described by The Observer as "one of the finest female comedians at work" and by The Scotsman as "quite simply, a damn funny woman" Jo can regularly be seen headlining the UK's biggest and best comedy clubs.
In 2022 Jo was voted The Comedians Comedian of The Year – an award voted for by her peers and members of the comedy industry.
She has had several of her own shows on Radio 4: It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up, Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy and The Jo Caulfield Stand-Up Special.
Steve Bugeja
Steve Bugeja is one of the circuit's most exciting comedians, writers and performers. 2024 was a busy year for Steve, supporting Iain Stirling on tour, and embarking on his own nationwide 25 date tour with his show Self Doubt (I Think) and joins the Love Island US writing team for its sixth series. Recently, he has been performing his latest show Shiny.
A talented all-rounder Steve co-created, co-wrote and starred in ITV2's sitcom Buffering which ran for two series. He previously hosted the BBC Radio 4 series Economics with Subtitles and has made numerous appearances on TV including The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One), Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2), Russell Howard's Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and Zoe Ball on Saturday (ITV1).
Sunil Patel
Early in Sunil's career he received two notable accolades, being a finalist in the prestigious BBC New Comedy Awards and a Chortle Best Newcomer nominee.
He is known for his starring role as Sujan in Borderline, Channel 5's mockumentary series about the UK Border Force and as John Robbins' sidekick and fact-master in quiz show Beat the Internet on Dave. He also co-hosts the BBC Sounds podcast series But Where Are You Really From?.
Sunil has also hosted his own Radio 4 comedy show An Idiot's Guide to Bagging an Heiress in 2024, which was the follow up to his previous Radio 4 show, An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency in 2022.
Tom Deacon (MC)
Since winning the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2007, Deacon has hosted his own BBC Radio 1 show, done some telly (The Rob Brydon Show, Fake Reaction, Dave's One Night Stand), and followed The Champions League around the world as The Eurofan - notching up over one million views on YouTube.
A slick, upbeat, confident and loveable performer.
