The festival promotes Glasgow as the funniest city in the world and look to celebrate comedy’s role in Scottish culture.
[1] Acts such as Kevin Bridges[2] and Susie McCabe have performed their first-ever solo shows at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
In 2019 the European Commission named Glasgow as the top cultural and creative city in the United Kingdom.
The festival is recognised for playing host to a number of high-profile comedians alongside providing a platform for new acts.
In 2017 the festival hosted a show delivered in British sign language, understood to be the first of its kind in the UK[citation needed] and in 2020 a dementia friendly comedy gig will be held in the city's west end.