All Jokes Aside

11/09/2026

As always hige, colossal amounts of love for everyone who came to see our funny foursome last night, another great night in the books.

Thanks also as always to the amazing acts:
Hannah Margaret (Hannah Margaret) - professional human seeing eye picture
Eddie Lombardo (Eddie Lombardo ) - obsessed with Princess & the Frog
Robby T (Rob Thomas) - loves water, hates fish
Sam Strachan (Sam Strachan) - terrible at snake impressions

And as usual, problematic MC Sunny Shine, seen here pretending to be player character from Disco Elysium, Harry duBois.

Big thanks as well to our hosts at the THE NORTHERN MARKET , and we will be back there on Thursday 8th October so please come along!

04/09/2026

Thursday 10th September we welcome these funny folk through our doors, so please come along with them for a giggle.

Sam Strachan - Sam Strachan didn't provide a bio, so he gets one made for him: Sam likes to not only sing in the shower, but perform whole concerts..his record is 3 encores, and his entire body shrivelled. His mum was just happy he wasn't in there doing something else.

Eddie Lombardo - Eddie Lombardo ALSO didn't provide a bio, so here's another home made one: Eddie once punched a terrapin. He would go on to lose the subsequent fight. He's never seen Wreck-It Ralph, but would like to.

Rob Thomas - Rob Thomas did actually provide a bio ... shame: UK Pun Champion and Evening Standard's 'Critics Choice', Robby T is a storytelling comedian with a razor-sharp wit and quirky physicality.

Make sure to reserve your spot on skiddle or Eventbrite and get down to the THE NORTHERN MARKET on the 10th

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1988179095194

26/08/2026

Thursday 10th September make sure you've got your ticket as we return to the ever amazing THE NORTHERN MARKET , more acts, more drink, more food, more great times.

Make sure you reserve your place on skiddle or Eventbrite now:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1988179095194

Free Stand Up Comedy 10th September2026 The Northern Market, The Event Space, 12 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3ED, 7.30pm doors

14/08/2026

It's Friday, it's been hotter than the surface of Hell's Sun with extra petrol chucked on, so let's distract ourselves with some profiles of the acts coming your way on Thursday 20th August (which should reach no higher than 20 degrees Celsius, FYI) at the ever amazing THE NORTHERN MARKET

Dan Lythe - Daniel Lythe

A regular for us, and winner of the RAM comedy festival Comedian of the Year.

"Not much taller than me, but a comedy giant" - Lucy Porter

"Lanky bastard" - R2-D2 (translated)

Kimia Etemadi - Kimia Etemadi

Kimia is an Iranian-born British comedian with stories about being bisexual, having survived cancer, being well-travelled and other humorous everyday observations of life.

Calum Murray - Calum Murray

Calum didn't give a bio, so here's a custom one (from our own brain, none of that AI s**te) - Calum almost had the perfect name, just one extra 'l' would have seen his life be infinitely better in every way. Unfortunately, his parents made a mistake on the paperwork. Now he does comedy to hang on to the last scrap of sanity he has. He also likes dogs.

Michele Siciliano - Michele Circa Siciliano

All the way from Italy, Michele ended up in Yorkshire due to a series of misunderstandings and poor life choices. It was only a matter of time before stand-up comedy joined the list.
Michele's jokes will either leave you laughing or with a burning desire for tighter immigration rules. No in-betweens.

If you've made it this far, please accept this as one free ticket for you to walk up to Sunny at any point and say "you sir, are a disappointment to every generation of your family".

Find us on eventbrite or skiddle, and get ready for a lark filled evening.

06/08/2026

Thursday 20th August warm up your giggle muscles as we rock back to the THE NORTHERN MARKET to bring you another night filled with amazing acts.

Make sure to get in early, get your fill of the terrific food and drink before settling down in the Cinema Room for a few hours of mirth therapy.

Grab your tickets now on skiddle or Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1987902685445

Free Stand Up Comedy 20th August 2026 The Northern Market, The Event Space, 12 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3ED, 7.30pm doors

05/08/2026

Last Thursday was another wonderful night featuring some old friends, so as ever we want to say a big, sloppy thanks to everyone in the audience who came to watch, our amazing hosts at the THE NORTHERN MARKET and of course our acts:

Jamie Clinton - Jamie Clinton
Gemma Day - Gemma Day
Angela from Spain (no Instagram, clearly not as cool as us young bucks eh?)
Matt Fong - Matt Fong comedy

Resident MC was also there, this time portrayed by the upcoming GTA VI box, because he too has nothing inside him other than a download code for a soul* (1mb in size).

We will see you all again in a couple of weeks, Thursday 20th August we're back again to rock your world.



*Rockstar Games we are, of course, absolutely open to any and all sponsorship you may wish to throw our way. We have "offices" in Leeds. You have offices in Leeds. It just makes sense, right?

23/07/2026

Thursday 30th July don't you dare forget that we're rocking back to THE NORTHERN MARKET and what's this?

Resident MC , cosplaying as Tom deLonge, grinning from ear to ear, but why?

Why because he's been reminded of the wonder of LEGO , with all their terrific sets, there's something available for all the family*

Remember to reserve your place on skiddle and eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1980813661985

*we're not sponsored by them, but we want to be, got to try.

03/07/2026

Thursday 30th July you'll be able to see more superb silliness thrown at you by comedians from all over the place. Amazing food and drink as always supplied by .

It's a bug old delay we know, but apparently this "World Cup" lark goes on for a while. You know what doesn’t last nearly 2 months? The 1998 family classic Small Soldiers, the finest work of Tommy Lee Jones' career.

What was I saying? Oh yeah, get your tickets on skiddle or Eventbrite now!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1980813661985

Free Stand Up Comedy 30th July 2026 The Northern Market, The Event Space, 12 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3ED, 7.30pm doors

26/06/2026

A little late, mainly becuase we've been trying to prevent ourselves being reduced to gibbering puddles of good, but as always a mega-massive thank you to all you superb folks who came out last Thursday when it was only 'frigging warm' instead of the current 'hot enough to boil s**t inside your arse'.

Also continuous heaps of thanks to the amazing folks at the for letting us bring you nights riddled with silliness.

And lastly, but not leastly, the acts who brought the chuckles through the cheeks (edit that out, we can't put that on the internet):

Infamous Castro - Infamous.
Adam Jarrett - Adam Jarrett
Slightly Psychic Cynthia (seen leaping over her table to assault a man who said Yorkshire Tea was s**t) - Liz
Matt Fong - Matt Fong comedy

Oh yeah, and Sunny Shine () was also there wearing his Tom deLonge skin mask.

We'll be back in July, providing that the Sun God Ra doesn't descend from above and decide now is the time for a super sweaty disco.

17/06/2026

Thursday 18th June we're returning to the to bring more mirth and merriment to the menu.

Here's a lowdown on the acts:

Liz - Liz appears with her late grandmother Slightly Psychic Cynthia, A comedy puppet character who makes silly, psychic, rude predictions.
Adam Jarrett - Council estate story teller extraordinaire.
Matt Fong comedy - he's the guy in the blue circle. Local hero. Jet setter, go getter, wearer of a fatherly sweater. All things he's never said about himself.
Infamous. - amateur foreign concern raiser. Unlike other foreign imports to the UK, he actually thinks deep fried pies are banging.

Make sure to grab your place for absolutely nothing on skiddle or Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-jokes-aside-free-comedy-club-tickets-1980813584754