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]
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom, Scotland, comedy festival
A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes:
Skankfest 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 countryComediHa! 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] [3] Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival)Melbourne International Comedy Festival [3] 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 , MichiganHa 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 FestivalToronto Sketch Comedy Festival Machynlleth Comedy Festival , Machynlleth , Wales
McCarthy, Sean L. (27 February 2017). "The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017" . The Comic’s Comic . Retrieved 25 March 2020 .
