The Glasgow International Comedy Festival is in full flow and, if you listen hard, the city’s usual noisy hum has an additional layer of background chortles and guffaws.

Having your ribs tickled can be a hunger-provoking business. If you are out and about catching some comedy this weekend, here are a few suggestions for a bite in between belly laughs.

Craig Hill will be camping it up at Oran Mor tonight and tomorrow night. Rated a stonking 4.2/5, The Brasserie at Oran Mor is handy for a pre-show meal at a welcome £12.95 for two courses.

A hop, skip and a jump away on Great Western Road, Cail Bruich serves sophisticated Scottish cooking.

Gartmorn Farm duck with white turnip, cabbage, chestnut and spiced jus is the sort of inventive dish you might find on the menu. The restaurant has just been refurbished so it’s even more stylish than before.

Back in the centre of town, the so-laid-back-he’s-horizontal Seann Walsh is gigging at the Garage on Saturday night.

In his last show, Seann was living alone and trying to sort himself out.

At 28 years of age he returns with his aptly named new show ’28’ where he is now living with his girlfriend, and she is trying to sort him out. Much hilarity ensues.

Sauchiehall Street rock ‘n’ roll

Found at the rock ‘n’ roll end of the Sauchiehall Street strip, The Garage’s location means that Walsh fans have plenty of choice when it comes to nosebag.

Cafe Antipasti does a good range of keenly priced menus including one at £12 for a three course seasonal menu. Or you could go Spanish and book into Torres Tapas. Both are on Sauchiehall Street.

Just around the corner, The Art School, part of Glasgow School of Art’s Student Association, has a vibrant and varied menu with dishes from all over the globe.

If you wanted to push the boat out further and dine in one of Glasgow’s more notable buildings then Blythswood Square Restaurant is a sophisticated venue. The premises used to house The Royal Scottish Automobile Club.

Now a five star hotel, it features a striking restaurant which is equipped with the ever popular, charcoal-fired Josper grill. Try the 45 day, dry-aged rump steak.

Comic anarchy

If you fancy entertaining your nippers tomorrow, then you could swing by the Tron for the afternoon performance of Funz and Gamez. Anarchic fun is promised.

Soho on Miller Street is nearby and does tremendous pizza. Or you could head East and try the Russian-flavoured Cafe Cossachok on King Street.

Give the wee ones a proper chicken Kiev and they may never look at another turkey twizzler.

If late night laughs are more your bag, the Yesbar on Drury Street is a fun restaurant, bar and comedy club which serves pizza by the metre and Prosecco from a font.

Their Late Night Laughs show is hosted by Viv Gee and kicks off at 11.15pm on Fridays and Saturdays. They also have a Last Laugh Show at 10pm – handy for those of us who quail at the thought of not being in bed before midnight.