CLOSEUP COMEDY at Hockley Social Club (with Matt Bragg + more)

Join us for one of Birmingham’s best mid-week comedy nights, as Closeup Comedy returns to Hockley Social Club! Expect some of the sharpest stand-up acts on the UK circuit, alongside top-tier street food, banging drinks, and DJs spinning until late.

Whether you’re after belly laughs, loaded fries or craft beer, this is the ultimate way to break up the week.

Lineup:

🎤 Rachel Fairburn — Live at the Apollo, All Killa No Filla podcast

🎤 Matt Bragg — Live at the Apollo, support for Ricky Gervais World Tour

🎤 Nick Doody — Multi award-winning, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

🎙️ Hosted by your resident MC: Freddy Quinne

Key Info:

📍 Hockley Social Club
🕕 Doors open: 6PM | Show starts: 8PM
🍔 Food service ends: 7.30PM
🐾 Dog-friendly (within reason – material may offend sensitive pups)
🔞 18+ only

Event Details

Thursday 16th October 2025
60 Hampton St, Birmingham B19 3LU, UK See Location Details;
Doors open at 6:00 pm Show starts at 8:00 pm
£7-£13

Closeup Comedy is Birmingham’s go-to night for stand-up done right — up close, personal, and properly hilarious. Taking place regularly at two of Birmingham’s most exciting venues, Hockley Social Club and Herbert’s Yard, we bring you a rotating lineup of award-winning comedians from across the UK.

From breakthrough stars to TV favourites, each month’s line-up is carefully curated to keep you laughing long after the lights go down. Pair that with street food, cocktails, and DJs? That’s your week made.

Hockley Social Club 60 Hampton St, Birmingham B19 3LU, UK Get Directions

Hockley Social Club is Birmingham’s biggest destination for the UK’s best street food.

Digbeth Dining Club’s city centre home, Hockley Social Club is one of the most vibrant and busiest bars in the city. Open every Thursday to Sunday all year round: think a rotating offering of the UK’s best in street food that changes every week, live music every Friday and Saturday night, monthly comedy nights, after parties at their in-house record store, a huge outdoor terrace that flourishes in the Summer, plus Sunday morning markets, art exhibitions, spoken word nights and a whole programme of events 5 days a week.

Drinks at Hockley Social Club

We have three great bars across Hockley Social Club, including: The Warehouse bar, Cafe Artum & our cocktail bar Tax Reasons.
All of our bars will be serving beers, cocktails, two great wine lists and amazing coffees from Cafe Artum!

Please Note: Menus valid from July 2023, menus may change

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