---
title: "Johnny Candon: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C."
description: "Johnny Candon is a comedian who regularly plays UK venues including Jongleurs and The Comedy Store, and is a regular at Robin Ince"
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-johnny-candon.html
updated: 2026-11-13
---

Stand-up comedian

# Johnny Candon

## Who Johnny Candon is

Johnny Candon is a comedian who regularly plays UK venues including Jongleurs and The Comedy Store, and is a regular at [Robin Ince](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-robin-ince.html)'s Book Club. He took his first solo show, One Careless Lady Owner, to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2008 and has appeared on BBC1's The Stand-up Show.

## Follow their dates

Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week.

Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live)

## Is Johnny Candon on tour?

**No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked.

Last checked 13 November 2026.

### Are they coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked.

### Want them in your town?

Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html)

## Specials, shows and podcasts

### On screen

- **The Stand-up Show**

## Comedians like Johnny Candon

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

- [Andy Parsons](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-andy-parsons.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Ardal O'Hanlon](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ardal-o-hanlon.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Barry Castagnola](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-barry-castagnola.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Donna McPhail](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-donna-mcphail.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Kevin Hayes](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-kevin-hayes.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Lee Hurst](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-lee-hurst.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Michael Redmond](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-michael-redmond.html) also in The Stand-Up Show
- [Simon Bligh](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-simon-bligh.html) also in The Stand-Up Show

[Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html)

## Questions and answers

### Where is Johnny Candon performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

### What TV shows and films are they in?

The Stand-up Show.

### Who are some comedians like them?

[Andy Parsons](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-andy-parsons.html) (also in The Stand-Up Show), [Ardal O'Hanlon](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ardal-o-hanlon.html) (also in The Stand-Up Show), [Barry Castagnola](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-barry-castagnola.html) (also in The Stand-Up Show), [Donna McPhail](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-donna-mcphail.html) (also in The Stand-Up Show) and [Kevin Hayes](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-kevin-hayes.html) (also in The Stand-Up Show).

## Is this you?

This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter.

Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/johnny-candon**

[Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html)

## The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

[Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-johnny-candon.html)

### Sources

- [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/j/3014/johnny_candon) Comedian profile; Edinburgh Fringe shows
- [The Skinny - One Careless Lady Owner ↗](https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/fest-magazine/johnny-candon-one-careless-lady-owner) First solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, reviewed August 2008
- [The Comedy Club ↗](https://thecomedyclub.co.uk/comedians/johnny-candon) Plays Jongleurs and The Comedy Store; Robin Ince's Book Club; One Careless Lady Owner in August 2008; The Stand-up Show on BBC1

Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026
