Maidstone Improv Festival

Overview

The Maidstone Improv Festival is four days of live improv comedy shows and workshops hosted across venues in Maidstone, Kent. Organised by Christopher Riley of County Town Improv, the festival brings together local and national improv troupes from Kent, Sussex, London, and beyond. After launching in 2024 as a nine-day programme, the organisers condensed the festival to a weekend in 2025 and have expanded slightly back to a Thursday-through-Sunday run for the third edition.

The 2026 programme spans seven events across four venues, with the Saturday Improvaganza at Exchange Studio billed as the headline show. County Town Improv perform their short-form sell-out Instacomedy at Maidstone Museum on Friday, and the weekend closes with a Comedy Brunch at Craft Brewed on Sunday.

Workshops

Saturday daytime workshops include a two-hour kids' improv class and a four-hour Pro Improv block led by Lucy Trodd and Seamus Allen, each running a two-hour session.

Sources

• Maidstone Improv Festival: Official Website
• Kent Current: Maidstone makes it up as it goes along
• British Comedy Guide: Maidstone Improv Festival