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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.
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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
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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YYComedy Festival
Cologne Comedy Festival
Just for Laughs (
Montreal , Canada) (Largest international comedy festival in the world)
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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
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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
References
External links
McCarthy, Sean L. (27 February 2017).
"The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017" . The Comic’s Comic . Retrieved 25 March 2020 .