The Jesters Comedy Club

Head down the stairs on Alfred Street and you've found the kind of place that makes Bath's nights actually memorable. The Jesters is deliberately unglamorous—low ceilings, sticky floors, the works—but that's precisely why it works. You're crammed in close with strangers, nursing a pint, waiting for the next act to absolutely demolish you. The programming mixes local talent with proper touring comedians, so you might catch someone you'll see on telly in five years. It's the sort of venue where hecklers get properly destroyed and everyone cheers when they do.