Comedy legend Bill Bailey announces arena show in Manchester

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Bill Bailey has announced a show at the AO Arena in Manchester

Bill Bailey has announced a show at the AO Arena in Manchester

Bill Bailey is heading back to Manchester with a huge arena show on his Vaudevillian tour.

The legendary comic and musician is set to perform at the AO Arena next winter, along with a string of other huge gigs across the UK.

His new tour is inspired by Vaudeville, a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which was popular in the early 20th century.

Bill Bailey plans to strip his material back to the days before streaming, TV, cinema and radio, with a night of comedy, songs, and multifarious skills in Manchester.

The star is a famed jack-of-all-trades, a multi-lingual, multi-instrumental talent and comedian – ‘a modern Vaudevillean’.

The show promises to bring: “Tales of the strange, the unusual… All with the aim to amuse and amaze a broad audience.

“Enthralling family fun, to divert and transport from the tribulations of daily life!

“Bill Bailey returns with a show that celebrates this great tradition, as the versatile multi-instrumental, multi-lingual, purveyor of humour and musical prowess, who could lay claim to being perhaps the foremost practitioner of this great tradition…”

Bill Bailey will perform at the AO Arena in Manchester on Thursday 3 December 2026, along with shows in Leeds, Sheffield, the mighty O2 Arena in London, and plenty more.

Tickets will go on sale from 10am on Thursday 27 November HERE.

Bill Bailey 2026 tour dates

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