Comedians
The core of Altitude is its comedy line up. Festival goers of 2008 were impressed with the line up of French speaking and English speaking comics from around the world. Altitude 2008 featured some seriously award winning comedy featuring...
7 Perrier winners/nominees (the highest award in stand up), 4 Chortles awards, 2 British comedy ward nominations, 2 British comedy award nominees, 2 Baftas, 1 Emmy and C4’s King of Comedy!

Altitude 2009 will feature an exciting line up showcasing the best talent from Europe, mixing up styles of improve, stand up, satire sketch and physical comedy and will once again feature bilingual comedy shows to recreate that very special entente cordiale in the Alps! With this years line up yet to be announced, here is a taste of what you can expect…

Last year’s performers:
Marcus Brigstocke – Co-Founder of the Altitude Festival, Marcus has emerged as a major comedy, writing and acting talent, performing in the UK and beyond. He has become a regular voice on BBC Radio with an impressive list of TV and film credits.

Andrew Maxwell – Co-Founder of the Altitude Festival, Dublin-born stand-up as well known as Bono in Ireland, was named comics' comic in the 2005 Chortle awards. In 2007 he was nominated for the if.comedy award for the best show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Maxwell hosts his own weekly late-night comedy gig Fullmooners, which mainly takes place in London but also tours around comedy festivals such as Edinburgh and the Kilkenny Cat Laughs

Rich Hall – The grouchy, deadpan, comic genius, Rich is a master of absurdist irony while eschewing the human condition. He is well known in the United States for appearing and writing on the David Letterman Show – for which he won an Emmy Award.

Lee Mack – Winner of the Best Stand-Up award at the Loaded LAFTA’s, Lee was a key performer in ITV1’s ‘The Sketch Show” which ran for two series and was BAFTA award winning. He has also written and starred in two series of ‘The Lee Mack Show” on BBC Radio 2, hosted They Think It’s All Over (BBC One) and headlined on Jack Dee Live at the Apollo.

Ed Byrne – Ed Byrne is a household name in Ireland, his Edinburgh and Melbourne shows always sell out, his DVD’s are amongst the biggest selling in the world of comedy and he has die hard fans everywhere. Its easy to see why. His fast pace delivery, razor sharp timing and his affable manner make his stand up shows engaging, entertaining and of course funny!

Phil Jupitus – A regular on television and radio panel shows, including BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and BBC Two/BBC Four's QI, and is probably most well known for his regular slot as team captain on BBC Two's Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

The Venues
This is a list of last year’s venues to give you an idea of the size of and scale of the Altitude Festival.

Numbers on the map correspond to the venues below - click here>
1. Main Marquee 2. Méribel Auditorium
3. Doran Pub
4. La Taverne 5. Bar Fifty 50
6&7 Jack’s & Evolution
8. Le Loft discotheque
9&10 Dick’s Tea Bar and Pizza Express
11. Lodge Du Village
12. La Taiga
13. Pub Le Ski Lodge
14. Méribel Tourist Office
15. Ticket office, La Chaudanne
16. Méribel Alpina, Lift pass office, La Chaudanne
17. Barometer