Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala Explained

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, or Oxfam Gala, is a comedy show run annually as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Billed as Australian comedy's 'night of nights', it is held one week before the festival opens, and acts as a fundraiser for the charity Oxfam Australia.[1]

List of performers by year

1991

Host:

1992

Host: Shane Bourne

1993

Host: Gerry Connolly and Ernie Dingo

1994

Host: Wendy Harmer

1995

Host: Andrew Denton featuring Magda Szubanski

1996

Host: Julia Morris featuring Bruno Lucia

1997

Host: Judith Lucy and Shane Bourne

1998

Host: Paul McDermott

Source:[2]

1999

Host: Rove McManus

Source:[3]

2000

Host: Lano & Woodley

Source:[4]

2001

Host: Jimeoin

Source:[5]

2002

Host: Wil Anderson

Source:

2003

Host: Dave Hughes

Source:[6]

2004

Host: Magda Szubanski

Source:[7]

2005

Host: Dave Hughes

Source:[8]

2006

Host: Adam Hills

Source:[9]

2007

Host: Peter Helliar

Source:[10]

2008

Host: Paul McDermott

Source:[11]

2009

Host: Shaun Micallef

Source:[12]

2010

Host: Kitty Flanagan

Source:[13]

2011

Host: Josh Thomas

Source:[14]

2012

Host: Sammy J & Randy

Source:[15]

2013

Host: Dave Hughes

Source:[16]

2014

Host: Eddie Perfect

Source:[17]

2015

Host: Joel Creasey

Source:[18]

2016

Host: Celia Pacquola

Source:[19]

2017

Host: Wil Anderson

Source:[20]

2018

Host: Matt Okine

Source:[21]

2019

Host: Tom Gleeson

Source:[22]

2021

Host: Becky Lucas

Source:[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francis. Hannah. 2019-03-21. From Fraser Anning to avocado, comedy festival Oxfam Gala smashes it. 2021-03-18. The Age. en.
  2. Web site: The Comedy Festival Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20020214172603/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/1998_site/gala.htm . 2002-02-14 . 2019-12-31.
  3. Web site: 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020917012743/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/1999.htm . 2002-09-17 . 2019-12-31.
  4. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20001020024536/http://comedyfestival.com.au/cgi-bin/details.cgi?show=179 . 2000-10-20 . 2019-12-31.
  5. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20010707030014/http://comedyfestival.com.au/2001_site/gala/ . 2001-07-07 . 2019-12-31.
  6. Web site: Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20030417184330/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2003/gala.shtml . 2003-04-17 . 2019-12-31.
  7. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20040603165339/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2004/the-gala.php . 2004-06-03 . 2019-12-31.
  8. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20060503065738/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2005/the-gala.php . 2006-05-03 . 2019-12-31.
  9. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20060410104307/http://comedyfestival.com.au/season/2006/show.php?id=279 . 2006-04-10 . 2019-12-31.
  10. Web site: News . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510061627/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2007/news.php#17 . 2007-05-10 . 2019-12-31.
  11. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20080531023443/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/specialevents/gala/ . 2008-05-31 . 2019-12-31.
  12. Web site: The Gala and the Comedy Allstars Supershow . https://web.archive.org/web/20090819050225/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/specialevents/gala/ . 2009-08-19 . 2019-12-31.
  13. Web site: The Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215175224/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/the-gala-proudly-supporting-oxfam . 2013-12-15 . 2019-12-31.
  14. Web site: The Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606005419/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/the-gala-proudly-supporting-oxfam . 2011-06-06 . 2019-12-31.
  15. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20120514120451/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2012/season/shows/the-gala/ . 2012-05-14 . 2019-12-31.
  16. Web site: Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420025110/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2013/season/shows/gala-proudly-supporting-oxfam . 2013-04-20 . 2019-12-31.
  17. Web site: The Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam . https://web.archive.org/web/20140411231510/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2014/season/shows/the-gala-proudly-supporting-oxfam . 2014-04-11 . 2019-12-31.
  18. Web site: The Gala, proudly supporting Oxfam . https://web.archive.org/web/20150509091258/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2015/season/2015-gala . 2015-05-09 . 2019-12-31.
  19. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20160501142028/http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2016/season/shows/the-gala . 2016-05-01 . 2019-12-31.
  20. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316002624/https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2017/shows/the-gala . 2017-03-16 . 2019-12-31.
  21. Web site: The Gala . https://web.archive.org/web/20180327185521/https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2018/shows/the-gala . 2018-03-27 . 2019-12-31.
  22. Web site: Artists from The Gala 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406232202/https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/curated-lists/artists-from-the-gala-2019 . 2019-04-06 . 2019-12-31.
  23. Web site: The Gala . Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021 . 18 March 2021.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.