Comedy Festival

A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers (such as stand up comics, sketch troupes, variety performers, etc.) and is held over a specific block of time. Normally, each festival has a diverse range of comedy themes and genres.

A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes:

  • Edinburgh Fringe
  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • Sydney Comedy Festival
  • FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
  • Cologne Comedy Festival
  • Just For Laughs Montreal (Largest international comedy festival in the world)
  • Iowa Comedy Festival
  • Great Plains Comedy Festival
  • Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
  • HK International Comedy Festival
  • Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
  • New Zealand International Comedy Festival
  • Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
  • Xanthi Comedy Festival - Greece

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