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 Festival2
- Cologne Comedy Festival
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe32
- Freaky Weeky Fest in Denver, Colorado45
- 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 world2
- Leicester Comedy Festival, the UK's longest running comedy festival
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival2
- New Zealand International Comedy Festival
- Perth International Comedy Festival
- RuhrHochDeutsch in Dortmund Germany's largest and longest comedy festival6
- SF Sketchfest in San Francisco
- Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
- Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
- World's Funniest Island
References
References
- 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.
- Guardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
- "idiot theatre". www.idiottheatre.com. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- "Best Things to Do in Denver, Colorado This Weekend | Denver Westword". Archived from the original on 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- Friedland, Patrick (2024-07-16). "Ruhrhochdeutsch: Wer beim Festival in Dortmund auftritt". WAZ (in German). Retrieved 2025-09-05.
External links
External links
McCarthy, Sean L. (27 February 2017). "The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017". The Comic’s Comic. Retrieved 25 March 2020.