Comedy festival explained

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]

Comedy festivals

A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes:

• The Portland Comedy Festival
• Moontower Comedy Festival
• Leicester Comedy Festival (In Leicester, England the UK'S longest running comedy festival and one of top 5 in world)
• Algé'rire, In Algiers, Algeria, the largest comedy festival in the country
• ComediHa! Fest-Québec (In Québec City, Canada, one of the largest international comedy Festival in the world)
• JFL NorthWest
• Big Pine Comedy Festival
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe^[2]
• Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival)
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival
• YYComedy Festival
• Cologne Comedy Festival
• Just for Laughs (Montreal, Canada) (Largest international comedy festival in the world)^[3]
• Iowa Comedy Festival
• Birmingham Comedy Festival
• Great Plains Comedy Festival
• Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
• HK International Comedy Festival
• Motor City Comedy Festival, Detroit, Michigan
• Ha Ha Harvest Comedy Festival - Portland
• Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival^[3]
• Perth International Comedy Festival
• Sydney Comedy Festival
• World's Funniest Island
• New Zealand International Comedy Festival
• Busan International Comedy Festival
• Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
• Xanthi Comedy Festival - Greece
• Bris Funny Fest
• Stand Up Fest - Indonesia
• Brisbane Comedy Festival
• SF Sketchfest - San Francisco Comedy Festival
• Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
• Machynlleth Comedy Festival, Machynlleth, Wales

See also

• List of improvisational theater festivals

External links

Web site: The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017 . McCarthy . Sean L. . 27 February 2017 . The Comic’s Comic . 25 March 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe . Lobell . Kylie Ora . 16 August 2018 . Vulture: Devouring Culture . Vox Media Network . 15 March 2020.
2. http://thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/20913/comedy-overtakes-theatre-in-edinburghComedy overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
3. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/16/scotland.canada.australia Guardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world