Scottish Comedy Highlights: September 2025
Maybe you were avoiding the Fringe or you’re in need of a new funny fix? Either way, September’s got you sorted all month long with these comedy shows
With the first month in their new home (416 Great Western Road, where Webster’s Theatre used to be), The Stand Glasgow have some cracking shows to kick off this new chapter. As part of Glasgow 850, the venue’s hosting Big Yin’s Best Of (6 Sep, 4pm, £4.50-£8.50), which celebrates the big man himself with past winners and nominees of the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award (expect Rosco McClelland and Susie McCabe) making appearances. Josie Long also brings her gorgeous Fringe show home, sharing Now Is The Time Of Monsters (The Stand, Glasgow, 11 Sep, 8pm, £22) with her adopted city.
Way East, there’s a new regular show from hip-hop-comedy-baller MC Hammersmith. Once a month at Monkey Barrel, he presents MC Hammersmith and Friends (Monkey Barrel, 14 Sep, 7.30pm, £7-£9) with a top-secret lineup. Heavy on the beats and batshit suggestions, it’ll be an excellent way to round off your weekend.
As for solo shows this month, we’d suggest seeing David Callaghan and Jin Hao Li. Callaghan’s These Lanes I Watch Into The Fog (Gael & Grain Glasgow, 10 Sep, 7.30pm, £10) is a real marvel of comedy, storytelling and tech. Well worth a punt, we can guarantee it’ll be unlike any other comedy show you’ll have seen before. And Best Newcomer Nominee Jin Hao Li is back in the city with Greatest Hits Aug-Sep 2025 (Monkey Barrel, 26 Sep, 8pm, £7), a tongue-in-cheek-titled WIP to roadtest some new and on brand off-kilter punchlines.
Finally, get your tickets booked in advance for Sick of this Shift (The Stand, Glasgow, 6 Oct, 8pm, £12-£15), a fundraiser for Unite Hospitality Glasgow branch with an absolutely stacked lineup. Supporting this excellent cause will be Liam Withnail, Krystal Evans, Kim Blythe, Amelia Bayler and headliner Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. With a bill like this, tickets will get snapped up sharpish.