Upload Festival is back for 2021!published at 15:57 British Summer Time 6 April 2021
We've got a new home for 2021 and we don't want you to miss out - so head over to our new Festival Site right now!
Summary
The Upload Festival is taking place between Friday 19 and Sunday 21 June 2020.
Listen live on your local 鶹Լ radio station or watch on this page from 21:00 each night.
Writers and comedians from across England and the Channel Islands uploaded for a chance to appear at the festival.
Friday night is the launch show, Saturday night we're in the comedy tent and on Sunday writers take to the stage.
Around 1200 people signed up to take part in workshops over the course of the weekend.
Upload Festival is back for 2021!published at 15:57 British Summer Time 6 April 2021
What a weekend!published at 22:12 British Summer Time 21 June 2020
Thank you SO much for joining us for 3 days of incredible comedy and writing!
We've loved bringing you wonderful guests, sketches, poems and monologues from right across England and the Channel Islands.
Inspired? Want to be part of Upload? Well you can! Pop your content right here
You may get on the radio - and we might see you at Upload Festival 2021!
Look after yourselves and we'll see you soon ❤️
An evening of INCREDIBLE writingpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 21 June 2020
Here's just a small taster of what's to come tonight - an excerpt from Lanre Sulola's powerful poem, 'It Still Matters'.
Watch here from 9pm, or listen live on your 鶹Լ local radio station!
Media caption, Video for Upload Festival
Upload Festival Workshopspublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 21 June 2020
There's some SERIOUS talent across England and the Channel Islands - and we've loved showcasing it this weekend.
But we don't just want to give people a platform to show off what they can do, we also want help with the journey there!
Over the weekend we've run workshops over Zoom with experts in comedy and writing, featuring fantastic artists like Mark Olver (who's worked for shows such as The Last Leg and 8 out of 10 Cats).
HUNDREDS of you took part - and we hope you've learned loads!
Show us what you've made: /upload.
Welcome to the Writers' Tentpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 21 June 2020
We can't believe it - but the final day of the Upload Festival 2020 has arrived already!
We'll be live in the Writers' Tent from 21:00. You'll be able to watch the programme showcasing some amazing new talent from right across the country on this page or listen on your local 鶹Լ radio station.
In the meantime ... why not have a watch of this brilliant poem by David Attree from Saltdean near Brighton. He adapted it especially for the Upload Festival!
Media caption, David Attree reads his poem which he adapted for the Upload Festival
Thanks for watching!published at 22:07 British Summer Time 20 June 2020
What a brilliant line-up! That's day two of Upload Festival wrapped with plenty of laughs along the way in our Comedy Tent.
Join us tomorrow as we bring you an equally fabulous bill in our Writers' Tent!
You can see that here, or listen on your 鶹Լ local radio station from 9pm.
Cracking.
It's comedy time!published at 19:55 British Summer Time 20 June 2020
Welcome to the Comedy Tent! Tonight, we'll bring you brilliant live guests and fantastic shorts from across the country.
It all kicks off here - and on your 鶹Լ local radio station - at 9pm!
Let us know what you think using #鶹ԼUploadFestival on Twitter.
Writers collective joins the first ever Upload Festivalpublished at 23:01 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Ollie Charles founded Untitled to help underrepresented writers and joined Upload Festival.
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End of twitter postQuote MessageBecause of lockdown we decided to go online and we started a journal where we opened it up to submissions from all over the world and showcase their work. I was really worried that we were only going to get a few submissions but we had over 300 from places like the US, India, Sierra Leone.
Ollie Charles
David Hoare runs 'Chops Comedy'published at 23:01 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Image caption, Comedian David Hoare joins Upload Festival
David runs a comedy night and has tips for getting on the comedy circuit and establishing yourself in the comedy world:
- Get along to your local open mic night and ask if you can do a spot
- Be prepared to fail
- Have lots of fun and make a fool of yourself for a while
Comedian Mark Olver shares his tips for getting a career in comedypublished at 23:01 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Image caption, Mark Olver joined in from his car after being barred from his house while his comedian housemate livestreamed another gig!
Quote MessageThere are three rules to be a successful comic: Work hard, be funny, don't be annoying! If you can do those things, you will have some sort of career in the world of comedy!
Mark Olver, Comedian
Abi Clarke got 1 million views on her uploaded videopublished at 23:00 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Image caption, Abi Clarke uploaded a video to Upload that has been viewed over a million times
Abi Clarke said her follower count has "gotten out of hand - I have more followers than sense now. It's been a mad few months but it's really exciting!" after taking her comedy online on platforms like TikTok.
"A lot of my stuff is obersvational, it comes from conversations I have with friends or situations I've lived through myself, embarrassing moments, that kind of thing!" is what Abi said about how she creates her comedy.
She uploaded her video "New Year, New Me" to Upload on 鶹Լ Radio Bristol and got her work showcased on air and also by the 鶹Լ Comedy and 鶹Լ One social media channels.
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We'll be back tomorrow from 9pm, where we'll be showcasing your COMEDY from across England and the Channel Islands!
Watch here, or listen live on your local 鶹Լ radio station.
Show us your set-uppublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
No queues, cold drinks and (hopefully) clean toilets.
Tonight you can experience Upload Festival 2020 from the comfort of your home. So why not show us your set-up?
Use #鶹ԼUploadFestival on Twitter and we'll take a look!
Welcome to the Upload Festival 2020published at 12:23 British Summer Time 19 June 2020
Showcasing talent from across England and the Channel Islands
We're getting ready to bring you the very first Upload Festival.
The festival site is being built - and the final preparations are being made!
We've got a great line-up of new comedians and writers to share with you.
The weather has been pretty terrible over the festival site for the last couple of days - but the forecast is looking better - so we've got our fingers crossed for a brilliant weekend.
Join us from wherever you are for the launch show tonight at 21:00. You can watch live on this page - or listen on your 鶹Լ Local Radio Station.