Bill Bailey Confirms Two Huge Outdoor Yorkshire Shows For Summer 2024

Comedy great Bill Bailey has confirmed two massive outdoor summer shows in Halifax and Scarborough.

The master comic, musical maestro and Strictly Come Dancing champion headlines TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall, Halifax, on Wednesday, July 31.

Bill then heads up the Yorkshire coast to play TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Friday, August 2.

Bill is a comedian, actor, musician and author known for his role in the cult sitcom Black Books, as team captain on the anarchic music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his appearances on the freewheeling panel show QI and his many critically acclaimed UK and international stand-up tours.

He was crowned Strictly Come Dancing champion 2020.

“A veteran of UK festivals”

Bill’s other notable TV work includes the two-part series Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero for BBC Two about the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace, and a brilliant deconstruction of the way orchestras work in Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra, both garnering much acclaim and winning international awards.

Bill’s comedy is a fusion of the surreal and the intelligent, blending stories, poetry and deft wordplay that takes aim at the absurdities of our world, set against an impressive array of weird and wonderful instruments.

Music is the defining feature of his live shows, where his expertise allows playful interpretations of classic styles such as Tom Waits singing Old Macdonald or Kraftwerk singing the Hokey Cokey… as the Sunday Times says, “Comedy’s Mozart”.

Bill is a veteran of UK festivals having performed at Latitude, Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, Sonisphere, and the Eden Project.

His current arena-filling Thoughtifier tour is playing to sold-out audiences across the UK and Europe.

Bill joins the likes of Tom Jones, Blondie, Grace Jones, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Sheryl Crow, Underworld, Richard Ashcroft, Michael Kiwanuka, Rick Astley, Jess Glynne, Air, Fatboy Slim, PJ Harvey among the headliners for TX Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall 2024.

Nicky Chance-Thompson MBE DL, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust, said: “We’re always exploring how to increase our offer here at The Piece Hall and make sure there it truly something for everyone in our events programme. This is the first time we’ll get to experience comedy on this scale and from such a globally recognised talent in the courtyard. Laughter is such a tonic and I can’t wait to welcome Bill Bailey to our iconic venue in the summer.”

Bill joins Madness, Johnny Marr and The Charlatans, Tom Jones, Korn, Simple Minds, Anne-Marie, Paul Weller, Fatboy Slim, Deacon Blue, JLS, Gregory Porter, James, Jess Glynne, Status Quo and Busted among Scarborough Open Air Theatre’s 2024 summer season of headline stars.

Julian Murray, Cuffe and Taylor’s venue programmer at Scarborough OAT, said: “Bill Bailey is a national treasure, a true one-off and someone who packs arenas across the country. We are excited to announce he is joining our brilliant summer line up here on the Yorkshire coast. This is the first time we have announced a comedy star to headline Scarborough OAT and this is going to be a truly historic and special night at this incredible venue.”

Tickets for both shows – which are the first headline outdoor comedy shows at the historic Yorkshire venues – go on sale at 9.00am on Friday March 22 via ticketmaster.co.uk