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University to be Leicester Comedy Fest main sponsor
De Montfort University has announced increased sponsorship of Leicester Comedy Festival. The university - where the festival began back in 1994 - has confirmed it will be a main sponsor of Leicester Comedy Festival 2017.
De Montfort University, 21st July 2016Council steps in to save 2017 Leicester Comedy Festival
The city council is to plug a £35,000 gap in the funding for the Leicester Comedy Festival to avert the possibility of next year's event being cancelled.
Leicester Mercury, 13th July 2016Leicester Festival's Geoff Rowe on his business award
The man behind Leicester Comedy Festival said he was "delighted" to win last year's Leicester Mercury Small Business Executive of the Year award and wished this year's entrants the best of luck.
Leicester Mercury, 12th July 2016Geoff Rowe: My favourite comedy festival memories
We recently published a list of all the comedians who have performed at the Leicester Comedy Festival since we set the thing up in 1994. There are more than 4,100 of them.
Geoff Rowe, Chortle, 1st February 2016The Last Word: Geoff Rowe, of the Leicester Comedy Fest
Geoff Rowe, director of the Leicester Comedy Festival and all-round good egg, answers some questions.
Leicester Mercury, 31st January 2016Podcast Interview: Geoff Rowe
Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival founder and director Geoff Rowe ahead of the festival's 2016 preview show.
Peter Dixon, Giggle Beats, 12th January 2016Comedy festival boss Geoff Rowe on Leicestershire
Geoff Rowe, 42, director and founder of Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, picks Scraptoft's De Montfort University Campus, where it all began.
Leicester Mercury, 16th February 2014Interview: Geoff Rowe, Leicester Comedy Festival
The festival director on being disruptive, the impact of comedy on TV and why festivals could do with being more 'festive'.
Matthew Caines, The Guardian, 4th February 2014