Comedy festival

A wall of posters for comedy events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland

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. ^[1]

Notable examples

• Birmingham Comedy Festival
• Bris Funny Fest
• Busan International Comedy Festival
• Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival ^[2]
• Cologne Comedy Festival
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe ^{[3] [2]}
• Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Europe's largest comedy festival
• HK International Comedy Festival
• Just for Laughs (Montreal, Canada, the largest international comedy festival in the world ^[2]
• Leicester Comedy Festival, the UK's longest running comedy festival
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival ^[2]
• New Zealand International Comedy Festival
• Perth International Comedy Festival
• RuhrHochDeutsch in Dortmund Germany's largest and longest comedy festival ^[4]
• SF Sketchfest in San Francisco
• Sydney Comedy Festival
• Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
• Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
• World's Funniest Island

See also

• List of improvisational theater festivals

References

1. Lobell, Kylie Ora (16 August 2018). "A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe". Vulture: Devouring Culture. Vox Media Network. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. Guardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world Retrieved 2012-06-01.
3. overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
4. Friedland, Patrick (2024-07-16). "Ruhrhochdeutsch: Wer beim Festival in Dortmund auftritt". WAZ (in German). Retrieved 2025-09-05.

External links

McCarthy, Sean L. (27 February 2017). "The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017". The Comic’s Comic. Retrieved 25 March 2020.