Bright Club Glasgow

Bright Club Glasgow Bright Club Glasgow: an academic comedy cocktail for your entertainment and enlightenment! brightclubglasgow.org One year on and we're still going strong!

Bright Club is a unique comedy night in which academics from Glasgow's plethora of universities take to the stage, blending comedy with science, the arts and humanities... with live music and banter a'plenty! Our inaugural show on 17th November 2011 at The Admiral Bar was declared a resounding success. If you're interested in performing or helping organise future Bright Clubs, please get in touch

! Researchers from ALL disciplines are welcome. Previous participants have included scientists, philosophers, archaeologists, engineers, historians… even mathematicians! Join the banter! You can also keep up to date via twitter (http://www.twitter.com/BrightClubGLA) and our blog (http://brightclubglasgow.blogspot.com )
or view previous performers on our youtube channel (youtube.com/brightclubglasgow)

Contact us on: [email protected]

Thanks again to all our fantastic academi-comics and YOU the audience for making last night's show so great!!Tempted to ...
03/02/2026

Thanks again to all our fantastic academi-comics and YOU the audience for making last night's show so great!!

Tempted to try out Bright Club for yourself? Here's how and why researchers can use comedy to communicate their work from one of our organisers, Liam Brierley via the University of Glasgow blog!

Dr Liam Brierley is a Research Fellow at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. In today’s guest post, he talks about the value of using comedy as a tool for communicating r…

28/01/2026

First show of 2026 is on Monday night at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow. Come along to laugh and learn. Tickets only £4 in advance using the code BRIGHTCLUB. Follow QR code for tickets

23/01/2026

Bright Club Glasgow
The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow
Monday 2nd Feb
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets £4 with code BRIGHTCLUB

Thank you to everyone who came to our November show. We had over 180 people attend! Hope you all had a great evening at ...
13/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our November show. We had over 180 people attend! Hope you all had a great evening at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow and we will see you again for our February 2nd show!

It's show day! Come along tonight to the new home of The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow and laugh and learn!Tickets £4 using...
10/11/2025

It's show day! Come along tonight to the new home of The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow and laugh and learn!

Tickets £4 using code BRIGHTCLUB, with our new start time of 8pm. Doors open at 7pm

Bright Club is the thinking person variety night. Bright Club’s unique blend of comedy, academia and music has won support from New Scientist, The Guardian, ...

Bright Club Glasgow is back!First show of the new academic year is on Monday 10th November 8pmNote the The Stand Comedy ...
30/10/2025

Bright Club Glasgow is back!

First show of the new academic year is on Monday 10th November 8pm

Note the The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow has moved to Great Western Road, across from Kelvinbridge Underground Station

Tickets £4 with the code BRIGHTCLUB

Come along to laugh and learn at the fantastic new venue!

Bright Club is the thinking person variety night. Bright Club’s unique blend of comedy, academia and music has won support from New Scientist, The Guardian, ...

We are back for a Glasgow Science Festival special. Monday 9th June at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow.Come along to laug...
04/06/2025

We are back for a Glasgow Science Festival special. Monday 9th June at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow.

Come along to laugh and learn from compere Sarah-Jane Judge and eight fabulously funny researchers from the Glasgow area.

Use Promocode BRIGHTCLUB for discounted tickets

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Spring Bright Club show this Monday, it was great to have such a large audie...
12/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Spring Bright Club show this Monday, it was great to have such a large audience. We will be back on Monday 9th June at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow for our Glasgow Science Festival Special Show.

Our spring show is on Monday 10th March at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow. Come along to the academic comedy night where...
28/02/2025

Our spring show is on Monday 10th March at The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow. Come along to the academic comedy night where you will laugh and learn!

Tickets £8/£6

Doors 7.30pm for an 8.30pm start

Bright Club is the thinking person variety night. Bright Club’s unique blend of comedy, academia and music has won support from New Scientist, The Guardian, ...

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